Arts & Culture

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 was that, other than myself and the two other people in...

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...

Auction of local art a resounding success

LISA TRUTER, Coordinator, SAFIM Art Collaborative On Tuesday, 12 May, SAFIM Art Collaborative hosted their 9th Gala & Auction...

A debut under pressure – South Africa at the 1950 Venice Biennale

In 1950, South Africa stepped onto one of the world’s most prestigious cultural stages – the Venice Biennale....

Is there romance after 50 years of marriage?

Following the Garden Shul’s 50th Friday Night Live initiative, during which ‘Golden Globes’ were awarded to couples who had reached over 50 years of...

A violin virtuoso

One of my highlights of my career was playing at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York,” says musical maestro and violinist...

Gay and lesbian Jews seek to have their voices heard

On a Thursday evening in May, a crowd gathered in the ballroom of the Table Bay Hotel at the Waterfront. They were all Jewish, and...

A chocolate wonderland in Israel

“On Moshav Ein-Vered in the Sharon area, in the middle of the orchard, there is a magical world of chocolate,” says Limor Drucker, who...

Too Zionist to date

Some mornings I walk into work and I think, “How did I get here?!” I work in the Samson Centre, the hub of Cape Town’s...

Lost and found: a true story

In this incredible story of luck and coincidence, items lost from the Ponovez Shul made their way home, through the connection of community members...

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