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...

ECHOES OF PAROW – The Story of a South African Jewish Community

The South African Jewish Museum is hosting an exhibition, entitled Echoes of Parow – The Story of a South African Jewish Community. Taking the...

Researching family history just got a whole lot easier

Digital tools are making records housed all over the world far more accessible. That was a comment made by American filmmaker, Marcia Rock, during...

SUKKAH-BUILDING: Involve the children in a day of constructing and decorating!

The Book of Leviticus makes it clear that our obligation as Jews is to “live in booths…or a seven-day period”, the idea being that...

Samuel Bak: Painter of Questions

Join us for a documentary screening and lecture by author Ute Ben Yosef.

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