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...

Herzlia Haggadah travels the globe

Herzlia alumni were asked to send photos of themselves with their Herzlia Haggadot at their Seders, celebrating family and friends. Over 84 years, Herzlia...

Mother’s Day – bringing joy to Highlands House residents

Recognising that many of the elderly in our community have no close family here — because of emigration — three members of the community...

Paying it forward twice over

Members of the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) in the Helderberg region (Somerset West, the Strand and Stellenbosch) came up with an innovative way...

A beautiful new mosaic artwork

The Cape Jewish Cemetery in Pinelands boasts a beautiful new addition thanks to the generosity of members of the Ackerman family. Donors Suzanne Ackerman...

Local youngster achieves at the highest levels internationally

By EDITOR Achieving the highest accolades on a programme involving more than 1 million of your peers internationally is certainly no mean feat! And so...

The late Paul Auster’s works at the Jacob Gitlin Library

The acclaimed Jewish American author Paul Auster passed away recently. A world-renowned writer of both fiction and non-fiction, Auster’s books have been translated into...

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