Alain Jeger (1981-83)

The Road from Carmel

Joining Jill and Doron on our 23rd episode, the fifth of our second season, to tell us his story is our first Belgian guest, Alain Jeger.

Alain grew up in Antwerp, and prior to Carmel, went to the renowned Tachkemoni school. After Carmel, he studied at the European Business School in London. For the past 15 years he has been the Managing Director of an Environmental Safety group that offers enterprise clients testing, inspection and control services. He lives in Brussels, and is the father of two daughters, aged 32 and 28.

Hear Alain talk about his boozy encounter with a tzadik, becoming ‘Head of Detention’, getting in his 10,000 steps-a-day Carmel style, whom he surprisingly plied with gefilte fish, making ‘apple pies’, and nocturnal outings to Oxford.

Thank you, Alain Jeger, for turning us again to Carmel days!

Dedication: at Alain’s request, this episode is dedicated to the memory of David Jones, the coach of the Carmel College First XI football team and an English teacher. Many of us will also fondly remember Jones as the Mongewell Housemaster. He was originally from Wales, fought in the Korean War when he was called up for National Service, and played league football professionally as a goalkeeper for Reading FC. He lived out his years in a care home, and sadly passed away in 2022 at the age of 90.

Personal mentions in this episode:

• Rabbi Jeremy Rosen (Headmaster)

• Vera Rosen (Housemistress)

• Gordon Nickerson (EFL & Mongewell Housemaster)

• Martin Edmonds (French)

• Allan Hodge (Politics & Economics)

• Isabel Craston (English & EFL)

• Rony Greenberg (Jewish Studies)

• Moshe Miller (Jewish Studies)

• Joel Silver (Computer Sciences & Ridgeway Housemaster)

• David Jones (Football coach & Mongewell Housemaster)

• Maurice Zollman

• Serge Beller

• Danny Rubens

• Edmond Perkal

• Aby Sassoon

• Aby Rubinstein

• Orly Marx Koppel

• Leila Djemal

• Tina Bernstein

• Robin Rahimian

• Jeremy Solomon

• Andrew Sonning

• Marcus Flacks

• Jack Mizel

• Danny Shiraz

• Jonas Cygielman

• Aslan Boz

• Jonathan Stern

• Michele Menton

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