“Justice, justice, you shall pursue it”
Mervyn Smith
Community stalwart Mervyn Smith shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of the South African Jewish community and beyond.
“It was the...
No man left behind
Gilad Shalit salutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The release of Gilad Shalit on 18 October, in exchange for some 1,027 Palestinian prisoners was greeted by...
Grand opening of Temple Israel West Coast’s new shul building
Saturday 5 November was a truly great evening for our West Coast shul and for Progressive Judaism in Cape Town.
Ian Staniland, Rabbi Greg Alexander,...
Vibrant and varied ‘Voices from Africa’
The Union of Jewish Women recently held an event entitled ‘Voices from Africa’ at the Moyo restaurant on the Spier wine estate.
For the past...
SHAWCO, success and student leadership
Final year medical student Simon Mendelsohn was recently awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Student Leader Award at the University of Cape Town.
UCT Vice chancellor Max...
9/11 – A Jewish Retrospective
‘The crisis went to waste’
The New York City skyline on 11 September 2001.
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” White House Chief of...
