Community News

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 chapter for the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

By Jakub Nowakowski, CTHGC Director Twenty-five years after the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre (CTHGC) pioneered Holocaust education...

New Vintage: The surprising revival of Paarl and Stellenbosch Jewry

By Julia Coscia Decades after congregations dwindled across the rural Western Cape, Jewish life in Paarl and Stellenbosch is...

Apples, honey and a mighty sting

By DANIEL BLOCH, Exec. Director Cape SAJBD Can you believe it’s already time for apples dipped in honey? Where...

One email, one people, one heart 

By SIMONE SULCAS, Chairperson Cape SAJBD This Rosh Hashanah again feels different in our house.For the past four years,...

WP Maccabi Action Day

Maccabi Western Province held their first ever Action Day on Sunday 28 September 2008, with over 100 participants and supporters attending the sporting day....

Holocaust Centre’s 10th Anniversary invitation

During the past 10 years over 200 000 people have visited the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, including 100 000 who have participated in our...

Hermanus Shul and Community Centre consecrated to much acclaim

In a reversal of the trend for synagogues in rural communities, to close as their members migrated to the urban centres, the newly-built synagogue...

Bnoth Zion WIZO Yom Tov market

The annual Yomtov Market held by Bnoth Zion WIZO is the largest fundraising event of the year and members of the organisation work very...

Graduation Day for bright young communal leaders

For the past five months fourteen young Jewish adults have taken part in the Young Jewish Leadership Development Course. The aim of this is...

Starting the CommUnity Torah – In Cape Town!

Have you ever written the beginnings of a new Torah? “No,” said Rabbi Maizels, “this is a first in my career as a scribe.”...

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