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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 in SA, its permanent exhibition is set for a significant transformation....

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,...

The other side of repentance

Growing up, Rosh Hashanah meant the warmth of family. Aunts and uncles, cousins and the occasional friend would...

The Friday Club – a special band of ’old-timers’

On Tuesday 13 November Cyril Jaffe turned 92, a celebration that he enjoyed with a group of his ‘old’ friends. So happens, such get-togethers have...

Sid Kiel – the South African who boycotted Hitler’s Games

Sid Kiel, a notable member of the ‘Friday Club’ passed away in July last year aged 91. Sid was born in Vrede, Orange Free State....

UCT bestows rare honour on Dr Wulf Utian

Wulf H. Utian, MB BCh, PhD, former South African and internationally renowned Cleveland physician, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in Medicine...

Throwing down the challenge

Individuals could influence public opinion in the “war of legitimacy” being waged against Israel, Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, a Geneva-based...

SA Holocaust Foundation to establish centre in Johannesburg

The Board of Trustees of the South African Holocaust Foundation (formerly known as the Cape Town Holocaust Centre Trust) has appointed a committee...

Annapolis here they come?

As the vital behind-the-scenes negotiations between Israel, the Palestinians and the Americans continued over the past weeks in advance of the Annapolis summit, one...

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