Arts & Culture

Art bursaries changing lives

“Cape Town is the best place in South Africa for anyone interested in art.” That is the view of SAFIM Art Collaborative Executive Coordinator Lisa Truter, who points to...

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...

A Little Night Music – a night of lots of entertainment 

After performing last in a full-length production almost 30 years ago, Cape Town’s well-known opera star of many years Aviva Pelham is...

Judge Dennis Davis: A life in law and music

From courtroom to concert hall, a lifelong devotion finds its fullest expression KAREN MILLER There are public figures whose reputations...

A Golden opportunity for Mikyla

Mikyla and fellow cast members rehearse for Sophiatown, running from 2 - 5 August Mikyla Emergui is Ruth Golden in Pinelands High School’s Sophiatown. She...

14 things you didn’t know about Gal Gadot

By Nicky Blackburn for Israel21c She’s taken the world by storm in Wonder Woman, which looks to bring in $200m. on its opening weekend. Here...

Saving the planet one step at a time

By Jessica Kotlowitz Veganism is now recognised as one of the fastest growing dietary and lifestyle trends in the world . A 2016 survey in the...

Drawing Lines, Crossing Lines: Jews & Their Neighbours in Small-Town Lithuania

On Tuesday 16 May the SAJM hosted a talk by visiting Kaplan Centre academic Prof Eric. L. Goldstein. Prof Goldstein’s talk, entitled Drawing Lines,...

Following her yellow brick road

By Vanessa Levenstein Dancing down the yellow brick road, in her first lead role on Artscape’s stage, is twenty-one year old Martine Kawalsky as Dorothy...

Teaching the Partisan Song to a new generation

Every year on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust survivors and Jewish communities sing the song Zog Nit Keynmol ‘Never Say’, known as the Partisan Song. However,...

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