Arts & Culture

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...

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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...

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Art bursaries changing lives

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

Arts & Culture

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...

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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...

David Kramer returns to the stage with an enchanting musical

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Digital Coordinator - July 1, 2024

The hugely talented David Kramer will be bringing his latest musical, Ver In Die Wêreld Kittie, to Cape Town during July and August. The show...

New UJC community video

Community News

Digital Coordinator - July 1, 2024

What does it really mean to be part of our Cape Town Jewish community? That's the big question we dived into while filming our...

The Liberman Memorial Door

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Digital Coordinator - July 1, 2024

The fascinating carved wooden door in Cape Town’s National Gallery, The Liberman Memorial Door, offers the viewer not only an intriguing look at the...

Free community library on your doorstep for the whole family

Community News

Digital Coordinator - July 1, 2024

Come and browse our collection. Exciting new titles arriving weekly by Jewish authors or with Jewish themes. An extensive and eclectic mix of fiction...

The story of Janusz Korczak

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Digital Coordinator - July 1, 2024

Book Talk English novelist, Elisabeth (Liz) Gifford, made a surprise visit to the Jacob Gitlin Library recently. Her book, The Good Doctor of Warsaw, is...

New film highlights role of Jewish partisans in defeat of Nazis

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Digital Coordinator - June 1, 2024

Conventional wisdom is that Jews ‘went like lambs to the slaughter’ during the Holocaust, that they put up little resistance in the face of...

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