A feast of literary treats at the 2025 Jewish Literary Festival (JLF)
From the moment the doors opened, the atmosphere was electric, brimming with expectation and bonhomie. What a festival this fifth Jewish Literary Festival turned...
Lessons for life
As mental health grows in importance, Rabbi Levi Y. Shmotkin shares timely and needed perspectives with South Africa’s Jewish community. On June 9, Shmotkin...
In Sacred Memory: Holocaust survivor experiences
In the years following the end of the Second World War, a number of Holocaust survivors found refuge in Cape Town, a city that...
The world according to Merle
The Western Cape was blessed in 2020 when the town of Stanford was chosen as home by a Jewish couple returning to South Africa...
Jonathan Freedland at JLF 2025!
As a kick off to the Jewish Literary Festival we will host Jonathan Freedland, award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster (on zoom from the UK)...
The JLF 2025 programme is out!
The month of the Jewish Literary Festival is finally here, and our much-anticipated schedule of sessions is available. It’s not too late to buy...
