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Palliative care – helping people live with comfort, dignity and meaning

Palliative care focuses on quality of life Palliative care is often misunderstood as being only about the final days of life. However, as Shelly Korn of Sunset Care explained during...

A new Torah for the Sephardi community

A joyous celebration at the Cape Town Sephardi Synagogue marked the donation of a new Sefer Torah to...

Save the date: Care Services AGM 2026

12 November 202616h30-18h30Venue will be emailed to you after online registration. REGISTER HERE

Two hours of your time. One community counting on us.

Every day of the year, there are organisations in our community quietly doing extraordinary work. Care for our...

Democracy is not a spectator sport

South Africans have far more power to bring about change than they may realise – but only if...

ORT educates for life

ORT SA CAPE’s diverse educational expertise has been continuously enriching education in impoverished schools. ORT SA CAPE is contributing to the improvement of education in...

Limmud: Celebrating diverse Jewish journeys

When delegates arrived at the Protea Hotel in Stellenbosch on Friday 10 August, it was easy to spot who’d attended Limmud before. Some were...

The Simcha Fund

“Only simchas!” is something we often exclaim, and indeed, all of us encounter our fair share of celebrations. Yet many community members cannot celebrate...

Seeking stories: From the Shoah to South Africa

“I thought there was nothing more to say about Anne Frank, because she was so famous. But I was wrong — no one had...

1948 heroes re-create history

64 years separate these two remarkable photographs. 72nd Command Battalion October 1948. Standing: Luther Brand (SA), unidentified (UK), Joe Woolf (SA), A unique contribution Sam...

Shwekey in Cape Town?!

Who (or what?) is Shwekey? Yes it’s true! International Jewish music superstar Yaakov Shwekey is making his first ever appearance in Cape Town on Thursday...

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