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 witness to history

“It is not often that the liberators are asked to tell their stories, yet they are key witnesses to the horrors of the Holocaust,”...

South African Junior Chess Championship

In the sweltering heat of 36 degrees and above, 2000 participants from across the country gathered at Mitah Seperepere Convention Centre in Kimberly for...

The (unconventional) life of a Rabbi’s wife

“Being Frum doesn’t need to be synonymous with being frumpy,” says Rebbetzin Sarah Feldman. It is this philosophy that has inspired her new blog...

Ghosts of memory in a Jewish family

“The book is about our quest to belong — when emigration is often portrayed in terms of exhilaration; I am more interested in the...

Jewish community in Crimea

An amazing relationship between the Jewish community of Cape Town and Hessed Yahad in the Crimean city of Feodosia began in 2012. At that time,...

Lost voices of the Holocaust

In June 2013, the Cape Jewish Chronicle featured an article on Dr Stephen Muir, who was looking to trace music from Poland or Lithuania...

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