Solly Kaplinski, former Headmaster of Herzlia High School in Cape Town, also headed up Jewish Day Schools in Toronto and Vancouver before making Aliyah more than 25 years ago. His professional life in Israel was bookended by working at Yad Vashem in the International Relations Department, and at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), where he served for 17 years as the Executive Director of Overseas Joint Ventures. The author of a novella, A world of Pains: A Redemptive Parable?, he also compiled 2 books on Donors and Fundraisers, available as a giveaway - see www.journeysintothegentleheart.com. Solly lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Arleen. Their 3 daughters - and spouses, and an egalitarian minyan of grandchildren, all live in Israel.
