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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....

What a new Demographic Report by the Kaplan Centre tells us about Cape Town Jewry

By REVIVA HASSON Research Officer at the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research Is the Cape Town Jewish...

A new season, a new beginning

By Shelley Trope-Friedman, President, WIZO SA  How is it Rosh Hashanah already? There is something about this time of...

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...

It is a day of new partnerships

A lunch meeting with Professor Malcolm Hedding, international executive director of the International Christian Embassy based in Jerusalem, is always a ‘must’. Listening to...

A Board Perspective

Just before Rosh Hashanah the Board was engaged in the latest round of its extended battle against Radio 786 when the Constitutional Court considered...

MaAfrika Tikkun’s initiatives in Western Cape bear fruit

MaAfrika Tikkun was invited to submit their Informal Education programmes for the 2007/8 Impumelelo Innovations Award programme, the goal of which is to unearth...

Young Herzlian wins top national

Sixteen year-old grade 10 Herzlian, Simone Abramson, has become a major media celebrity after winning the top award for the best female project at...

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