Community News

More than food: How our Foodbank supports the Community

Our JCS Tikvah Foodbank exists to help ensure that no one faces hunger alone. Through the generosity of donors, volunteers and community partners, we collect, sort and distribute food...

Remembering a community connector 

The Cape Town Jewish community has lost one of its great connectors and cultural entrepreneurs with the passing...

A Jewish pioneer of Spanish dance 

The internationally acclaimed Spanish dancer Enrique Segovia, who passed away in late June, was born Geoffrey Neiman to...

Tikkun Olam: Get involved to help support those affected by xenophobia 

Our country has been ravaged yet again by horrific xenophobic hatred, leaving thousands of people displaced. Cape Town’s...

The Truth shall set you free – that’s if you believe in the truth… 

By DANIEL BLOCH  The week of 15-19 June will certainly be remembered, at least by me, as one filled...

Cape SAJBD and UJC bring Power Shabbos to Paarl  

By JOSH FRIEDMAN, Programme & Development Manager, Cape SAJBD   The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape SAJBD) engages regularly with our country communities....

Why Australia’s Royal Commission matters to us 

In December last year, what should have been a joyful Chanukah celebration on Bondi Beach became something else entirely: the site of a devastating...

Country Communities: visit to Hermanus Jewish community

The Cape SAJBD embarked on a visit to the Hermanus Jewish community for an event-filled Shabbat over the weekend of the 15th of May. Coinciding...

Rabbi Greg Alexander’s move to London

Popular leader of the Cape Town Progressive Jewish Congregation, Rabbi Greg Alexander, will soon be leaving Cape Town to take up a position at...

SAJM calls for descendants of Ochberg Orphans

Isaac Ochberg saved almost 200 Jewish orphans from the pogroms of eastern Europe. With the help of the South African Jewish community, he gave...

Things happen for a reason – be grateful for what we have

The past month has been an extremely emotional rollercoaster for me personally. It has certainly made me reflect on what is truly important in...

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