By Tyla Dallas, Marketing and Legal Officer, Cape SAJBD
On Thursday 23 September, the Cape SAJBD hosted its first in-person event since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was great to see so many familiar faces as well as to meet some new ones!
To celebrate the week-long festival of Sukkot, we invited guests to join us for lunch in the Gardens Shul sukkah. During Sukkot, we are supposed to live, eat and sleep in a temporary shack or ‘sukkah’. This not only reminds us of the 40 years when the Children of Israel wandered in the wilderness, but also makes us identify with the plight of those who have to live permanently in such homes.
Many religious leaders joined us, including Archbishop Brislin and Rev Dr Lionel Louw of the SA Council of Churches, as well as the Consul General for Germany Tanja Werheit, the DA mayoral candidate Geordin Hill-Lewis; GOOD mayoral candidate Brett Herron, Freedom Front Plus (VF+) mayoral candidate Adv Lennit Max, ACDP mayoral candidate Ferlon Christians, One SA party leader Mmusi Maimane, current standing ward councillors from major districts, and representatives of the Burundi, Congolese and Rwandan communities.
Tzvi Brivik, Chairperson of Cape SAJBD, welcomed our guests before Rabbi Osher Feldman explained the meaning of the festival and blessed the guests with a shake of the Lulav. Guests chatted among themselves while enjoying the delicious Sukkat Shalom meal prepared by Norrie Caterers. They were able to meet people they would not normally have occasion to meet, in a friendly and relaxed environment, while taking advantage of the warm weather in the shade of the sukkah. All COVID-19 protocols were observed.
We were honoured to bring together people from different faith communities, countries, and civil and political organisations so that we could all engage and get to know one another, embracing the diversity that makes our city such a special place.
Dawn Nathan-Jones (Associate Relations Chairperson of Cape SAJBD), Geordin Hill-Lewis (DA mayoral candidate) and Rabbi Osher Feldman 
Catholic Archbishop Steven Brislin, Daniel Bloch (Executive Director of Cape SAJBD), and Consul General for Germany, Mrs Tanja Werheit 
Dr Corne Mulder (VF+ provincial head), Adv. Lennit Max (VF+ mayoral candidate) and Tzvi Brivik 
Grant Haskin, Marvin Christians, Tzvi Brivik (Chairperson of Cape SAJBD) and Ferlon Christians (ACDP mayoral candidate) 
Tzvi Brivik (Chairperson of Cape SAJBD) and Councillor Mikhail Manuel 
Tasso Evangelinos (CEO of CCID) and Daniel Bloch (Executive Director of Cape SAJBD)
Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies website: www.capesajbd.org, Instagram, and Facebook page.
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