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From Iraq to Israel: the extraordinary journey of Noga and Zaki Sharon

By LIBA NEU-NER For thousands of years, Jewish life flourished in what was once ancient Babylonia – modern-day Iraq. Jewish scholars composed the Babylonian Talmud there, merchants built thriving businesses,...
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Redemption Songs

The world seems to grow more polarised every year. Israel/Palestine, antisemitism, gender, Brexit, Russia vs Ukraine. The only...
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Is Judaism something we do – or something we live?

By RABBI SHMUEL OZHEKH There is something uniquely beautiful about the anticipation of the Pesach Seder. We look forward to...
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Pesach greetings

Pesach greetings from some of our community organisations. The Cape Jewish Chronicle team wishes you a Pesach filled...
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Not only at the Seder Table

SHELLY KORN Care Imagineer | Sunset Care The five children of the Haggadah at the bedside.  As I began preparing...

Channukah lights up Cape Town

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Mincha prayers at the Claremont Wynberg Shul and Ohr Somayach Kirstenbosch party. Hundreds of community members joined Chabad West Coast at Dolphin Beach for the...

Yom Hazikaron – a moving memorial

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Andrea Freeman and Dalit Anstey perform ‘A million stars’. “The young soldiers who died will not speak but we will hear them nonetheless. The voice is...

The Universality of Pesach

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The annual celebration of the Israelites liberation from slavery in Egypt is one of the most popularly observed festivals in the Jewish calendar. Most...

Pesach … and 40 years of Gefilte Fish in the City Bowl

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The City Bowl today retains but a remnant of what was once a lebedieke community of Jews, who filled the roads and avenues of...
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