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Women’s Month 2026

The month of August in the South African calendar provides an encouragement for us to turn our attention...

Crafting a Cannes winner the human way

By EDITOR In an era when artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the creative industries, one of advertising’s most prestigious...

Building a Maccabiah legacy

For Jacqui Boyd, representing South Africa at the Maccabiah Games has become a lifelong journey spanning more than...

Paige Nick: South Africa’s ultimate Book Person

By KAREN MILLER If there is such a thing as a ‘Book Person’, then Paige Nick may well be...

Rebecca Gore: asking the hard questions

By KAREN MILLER Hard questions are what occupy much of Rebecca Gore’s search for solutions to humanity’s pressing predicaments.  They...

August 2026

In our Women’s Month edition, we focus on local women doing extraordinary things – in the medical field, as authors, in filmmaking and in the law. See more on...

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Changing the future of maternal mental health

By EDITOR For more than two decades, Associate Professor Simone Honikman has dedicated her career to helping women and their...

Podcast review: Episode 310. DAVID BADDIEL

Recommended by Matthew Berman, a World War II history enthusiast British Jewish writer and comedian David Baddiel has explored Jewish...

An unexpected homecoming: a Kaufhaus Galliner ashtray returns after 92 years

By JEANINE HACK In 1909 my great-grandparents, Emil and Martha Galliner, opened Kaufhaus Galliner, a department store in Finsterwalde, Germany....

Are Jews terrible at world domination? 

By DANIEL BLOCH  For as long as any of us can remember, Jews have been accused of dominating the world....

The teacup moment 

By SIMONE SULCAS  An objectively minor incident occurred in the first week following my admission as an attorney.  Subjectively, it was...

Beyond charity: Building a more equal South Africa

By BONNY FELDMAN South Africa is a wealthy country with many poor people. It possesses the resources, infrastructure, and institutions...

From Chesed Comes Hope

By The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies It was the distinct privilege of the Cape South African Jewish...

The Shock of the Light

Listen to this review: I was broken by the time I finished reading this book.  Lori Inglis Hall’s debut novel The...

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An unexpected homecoming: a Kaufhaus Galliner ashtray returns after 92 years

By JEANINE HACK In 1909 my great-grandparents, Emil and Martha...

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Julian Resnick asks, “What do dead Jews think?”

In the July edition of the Cape Jewish Chronicle,...

Are Jews terrible at world domination? 

By DANIEL BLOCH  For as long as any of us...

The teacup moment 

By SIMONE SULCAS  An objectively minor incident occurred in the...

Beyond charity: Building a more equal South Africa

By BONNY FELDMAN South Africa is a wealthy country with...

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Raising the bar for South African kosher wine

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