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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 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,...

Iran and Israel – War Games, or War ?

Following years of growing concerns over Irans nuclear intentions, the crisis has now moved to a new and more dangerous level. After months of...

Experiences of Yachdav

Sitting here surrounded by a half unpacked suitcase, with the sand of the Negev still in my shoes, I cant help but feel that...

MaAfrika Tikkun celebrates

On Friday, 6 June, MaAfrika Tikkun, in partnership with The City of Cape Town, launched the Mfuleni Community Park in Mfuleni. The parks main aim...

For Highlands House the apple does not fall far from the tree!

My brief was to interview Eliot and Bernard Osrin, as it is thought to be the first time that a father and son have...

The Rebbe who saved a village

On the 6th of July this year, corresponding to the 3rd of Tammuz, we will commemorate the 14th Yortzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe obm....

Ringing changes at Rosecourt

Rosecourt, on the corner of Breda and Vriende Streets in the Gardens, is in the process of major transformation. The original house is to...

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