Books

The Glass Island

Listen to this review We are beset with stories of war. Pervasive and shocking, our world seems to revolve around the Middle East, Ukraine, refugees escaping tyranny. How do we...

The sixth Jewish Literary Festival will see a stellar line-up of authors

The 2027 Cape Town literary calendar is soon to be rolled out, but be first in line for...

A life across continents: from Asia to Europe to Africa

By RABBI NAFTALI Y. SILVER, Rabbi, Sephardi Hebrew Congregation Some books preserve history. The finest ones remind us that...

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...

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...

The Travelling Rabbi’s journey continues

For over 30 years, as CEO and Spiritual Leader of the Small Jewish Communities Association of South Africa - and formerly as the country...

Turning murder on its head

Reviewed by BERYL EICHENBERGER Listen to this Review: There’ve been a number of recent crime novels where authors have relished telling readers how to ‘off’ those...

A remarkable life, remarkably told

BY JACK HOFFMANNJack Hoffman is a retired surgeon. He is the author of the novel He Does Not Die A Death Of Shame, which...

Six Days in Bombay 

Listen to this book review: By BERYL EICHENBERGER  What would it mean to be of mixed race in the India of 1937, when fighting for independence could mean a blurring of identities?  Where do you belong? That...

What happened in Room 11?

Reviewed by BERYL EICHENBERGER Listen to this book review Memory – it’s a fickle thing. It can be used, abused, warm, comforting, traumatic, repressed, buried or...

Memories of a childhood in Calvinia 

Forever keen to take on a challenge, and certainly not one to slow down because of age, Shirley Kantor has led a life she...

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