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September 2026

Inside our September edition: Rosh Hashanah greetings, the revival of Jewish life in Paarl and Stellenbosch, a new chapter for the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, and one...

A new chapter for the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

By Jakub Nowakowski, CTHGC Director Twenty-five years after the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre (CTHGC) pioneered Holocaust education...

Lunch with Danny

By KAREN MILLER I arrived at Ladles of Love’s warehouse in Epping Industria expecting to interview the founder of...

New Vintage: The surprising revival of Paarl and Stellenbosch Jewry

By Julia Coscia Decades after congregations dwindled across the rural Western Cape, Jewish life in Paarl and Stellenbosch is...

Save me a seat!

By Shelly Korn | Founder, Sunset Care Last Rosh Hashanah, for the first time, my father-in-law was unable to...

Youth power

The Chronicle brings you stories of some the young heroes of today: young Capetonians taking on the mantle of Tikkun Olam in truly concrete...

Why Australia’s Royal Commission matters to us 

In December last year, what should have been a joyful Chanukah celebration on Bondi Beach became something else entirely: the site of a devastating...

Daddy Ochberg – as remembered by Molly Cohen z”l

Chronicle reader Charlotte Cohen read the article about the ‘Ochberg Orphans’ in our May edition (read it here!), and shared the recollections of her...

Look out for these books

The Cape Jewish Chronicle has invited some of our readers who are book lovers to share their recommendations about books they have read –...

A Flotilla and a Minister

Julian Resnick Many years ago, a friend and I were approached by a senior team member of Makom, an innovative education initiative within the Jewish...

The future starts in the first five years

We often say, somewhat glibly, that “young people are our future”. But what does that mean in practice? What responsibility does it place on...

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