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...

MIMESIS – The blurred line between nature and man

Long in preparation, the fascinating exhibition of Israeli artist Moran Kliger’s work at the South African Jewish Museum opened in December last year. While...

Author of Langbourne series visits Cape Town

The Jacob Gitlin Library recently hosted visiting author, Alan Landau, well known for his Langbourne series of books, during a visit to Cape Town...

New book by Cape Town psychologist – Human psyche and aggression

Local clinical psychologist Dr Adrian Perkel recently launched his book, Unlocking the Nature of Human Aggression: A Psychoanalytical and Neuroscientific Approach. Adrian holds an...

Trends in emigration

By Grant Sakinofsky of Smooth Migration For many years, South Africans have investigated the possibility of leaving the country to live elsewhere. At various times,...

Passing of filmmaker who brought Fiddler on the Roof to the world 

By Editor A few months ago, the SAZF Cape Council (CC) secured tickets at the Encounters Documentary Film Festival for a documentary about the making...

Works by Amschewitz on show in Franschhoek

Cape Town art lovers have a unique opportunity to view works by the English Jewish artist, John Henry Amshewitz, at The Old Corkscrew in...

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