1.0Maccabi South Africahttps://maccabi.co.za/siterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xXNhu2MZLb"><a href="https://maccabi.co.za/site/macabbi-sa-news/obituary-louis-gecelter/">Obituary: Louis Gecelter</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://maccabi.co.za/site/macabbi-sa-news/obituary-louis-gecelter/embed/#?secret=xXNhu2MZLb" width="600" height="338" title="“Obituary: Louis Gecelter” — Maccabi South Africa" data-secret="xXNhu2MZLb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://maccabi.co.za/site/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://maccabi.co.za/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Louis-Gecelter-2.jpg700527Believed to have been the last surviving member of Maccabi in that country, Louis Gecelter was born in Lithuania in 1919. He and his family then emigrated to South Africa in 1937 as they could not get the correct certificates for then Palestine. Upon arriving in South Africa he immediately joined the local Jewish sports […]