Arts & Culture

SOBREMESA – celebrating the life and legacy of Sir Geoffrey Neiman

The extraordinary life of Sir Geoffrey Neiman will be honoured by the dance community with SOBREMESA, a once-off performance curated to celebrate his far-reaching contribution to Spanish dance and...

A Spielberg movie never before seen in Cape Town!

While most people associate the name ‘Spielberg’ with acclaimed director Steven Spielberg, his younger sister Nancy Spielberg is...

Art bursaries changing lives

“Cape Town is the best place in South Africa for anyone interested in art.” That is the view...

The Catalogue that became a Book

BY MARC HOBERMAN About a year ago, Gavin Morris invited me for one of our favourite coffee catch up...

Enjoy the Jewish humour in earthside 

When I saw Candice Bernstein’s one-woman show, earthside, about a year ago, I was struck by how sad it...

Warhol’s Einstein – a masterpiece of cultural significance

By AMY CARRINGTON, Art Specialist, Aspire Art  On display as part of the Aspire Art Gallery’s Modern & Contemporary Art Live Auction in Cape Town,...

We will never forget you

By EDITOR The most recognised victim of Nazi tyranny during World War II is probably Anne Frank, the teenage diary writer many of us got...

Did you know?

Amsterdam’s Public Transport company, which ran (and still runs) the trams in the city, played an integral part in the deportation of Jews to...

The audience is waiting: let the show begin!

Arts & Culture The origins of theatre in South Africa owe much to the presence of enterprising Jewish immigrants to the country. Perhaps the most...

The Stodel tradition lives on

Rosemary Magid, who recently turned 100 and lives in Cape Town, is a granddaughter of Jack Stodel. Growing up with the theatre and the...

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