Shuka Tamir
Israel Lions Commissioner between 1986-1987
His motto: “Serve us”
Shuka Tamir was born in Tel Aviv in 1927. Married to a Jewish woman, father of a son and grandfather of three grandchildren.
He was a member of the ‘Haganah’ from 1942. He took part in the War of Liberation, in the “Shuali Shimshon” unit, Givati.
The road to Lyons:
Shuka Tamir came to the Givatayim club in 1965, at the invitation of the late Micha Tsuk, who was
His friend from the army, and the founders of the club. Together with his wife Judith, he came to the meetings and lit up.
Judit joined the Lions Aviv club in Tel Aviv, and Shuka – in Givatayim.
Until he was appointed president of the club, in 1972, he held all positions in the club’s management: secretary, treasurer and chairman of the committee for the blind.
In 1985 he was elected to the cabinet, as second deputy, and at the World Conference in New Orleans, which was held
In June 1986, he was appointed to the position of Commissioner of the Israel Lions. The international president elected that year,
Stan Akstem from Sweden, helped a lot, during the following years, in the transition of Israel Lions
from Asia to Europe.
From his actions as commissioner:
· Establishment of the “Dror” club in Ra’anana.
Buying an ambulance for the association for the blind in Tel Aviv, through the aid fund
the international.
Opening of a cornea bank at Ichilov Hospital, with the active help of a professor
Lazar, who was the director of the hospital’s eye department. The bank was inaugurated by Stan Eckersten, the world president at the time, during a visit to Israel.
For the first time, participation in the forum of the countries of the Mediterranean basin, which took place in Sicily.
The visit of the president of Sicily to Israel, as a guest of the Lions.
The story of the school for guide dogs in Beit Oved
Due to their friendship with the late Rafi Soskin, Noah Braun and the blind Itzik Ha’Iwar gave a lecture at the Tel Aviv club. The lecture impressed the listeners and aroused in them the need to help the two.
At a meeting of several former commissioners, it was decided to establish a fund, the profits of which will be transferred
to a school for guide dogs. The money for the fund was raised through events in Israel and donations
from abroad. With the fund’s funds, a lecture room was built, with its electronic equipment, and over the years,
The room was named after the late Rafi Soskin.
Since the end of his position as commissioner, Shuka Tamir has contributed his ability to the national activity in Lyons,
He advocates the idea that the success of the Lions in the future depends on mutual cooperation
between his management and his friends.