Introduction to 162

Welcome to our web site!

The idea of creating a web site first arose around 2002. John Goldlust and Harry Stuart had created a CD-ROM to collect and distribute the memories of our youth in Betar. Since the distribution of a physical CD had limitations, we decided to create a web site. Along with Aaron Ninedek and others, we assembled materials from the CD and produced this site - well, not quite this site, but its predecessor. In June 2015, the old site gave up (due to unsupported technology) and the result is this creation, released in August 2015.

The name "162 Smiling Faces" was chosen, in part, to honor Yosef Steiner's "guess" as to the number of participants at the 1954 Kinglake West camp. That number stuck in future years as a measure of success of Betar's expertise in organizing and running camps. Unfortunately, the camp photo doesn't match the estimate - but we went with it anyway.

- Harry Stuart

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Donations!

YOUR donation will help the longevity of this site. We exist only due to the monies donated to pay the hosting and domain registration costs for the site. The work to create this site has been done - although updating will be ongoing - please donate via the button above or on the home page to cover these out-of-pocket expenses.

Photo Galleries:

Almost all the photos on the site are expandable. The photos will expand to their full size when clicked, however some can be enlarged further by clicking on the top right button on the photo (if one appears.)
Some of the indicators on the photo will become visible by hovering over the photo.

Search the Site:

The search facility can be initiated from a button at the top of each section page. Entering just a few letters of the search term will generate a pick list (after a few seconds) from which you can choose.

Note: this search facility, as supplied by the website builder's package, has limitations. When you click on a link in the search results, it takes you to a page which has what you are looking for. If you need to find where on the page it is, you can use your computer's Find facility.

Thank You...

... to the reviewers who spent hours correcting the minutest grammar and spelling issues and pointing out image duplicates and date taken dates. The original site crashed 2 months to the day of the release of "162SmilingFaces - the return". It's been a journey and we hope you enjoy the result, contribute financially to its upkeep and contribute material to its database.

In alphabetical order, thanks to Sid Agranoff, Henry Ben Ezra, John Goldlust, Noni Gordon and Evie Katz.

Harry Stuart (USA)
Aaron Ninedek (Australia)

Please send suggestions, corrections, material to betar162@162smilingfaces.com.

Changes made in 2019: (not reflected in image above)
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Note:
* "News" section is now divided into 2. "News 2018" and "News Archive" exist as 2 separate buttons. News Archive contains articles from 1948 to 2017 and News 2018 - from 2018 forward.

* Another menu selection has been added - "Videos" takes the user to a selection of Betar Australia videos which span from 1954 to the present.

This website honors and is supported by the boys and girls, now the men and women who built the youth movement Betar in Australia between 1948 and 1966 - and beyond.
Its members reside in Australia, Israel and the United States of America.

The site was conceived, created and is maintained by - Harry M. Stuart.

Copyright statement:
All images and videos in the site are coprighted by Harry M. Stuart and may not be reproduced in any way without written permission of the above author.

All Rights Reserved.

Contact: betar162@162smilingfaces.com