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SOBREMESA – celebrating the life and legacy of Sir Geoffrey Neiman

The extraordinary life of Sir Geoffrey Neiman will be honoured by the dance community with SOBREMESA, a once-off performance curated to celebrate his far-reaching contribution to Spanish dance and...

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Pre-elections debate

The Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies in partnership with eNCA, hosted a pre-elections debate among the main...

Previous Issues

October 2026

There are some fascinating and thought-provoking stories in this month’s Cape Jewish Chronicle. We meet two young Cape...

Books

The sixth Jewish Literary Festival will see a stellar line-up of authors

The 2027 Cape Town literary calendar is soon to be rolled out, but be first in line for...

Community News

A new Torah for the Sephardi community

A joyous celebration at the Cape Town Sephardi Synagogue marked the donation of a new Sefer Torah to...

The Glass Island

Books

Digital Coordinator - October 1, 2026

Listen to this review We are beset with stories of war. Pervasive and shocking, our world seems to revolve around the Middle East, Ukraine, refugees...

What is restorative justice?

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Digital Coordinator - October 1, 2026

DANIEL BLOCH, Exec. Director, Cape SAJBD Restorative justice is an approach to conflict and crime that focuses on repairing the harm caused by wrongdoing and...

Why I’m voting

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Digital Coordinator - October 1, 2026

I once asked someone whether she was going to vote and she replied, with great confidence, “I don’t do politics.” It was said as...

Cape Town’s own Crypto-Jews

Stories

Digital Coordinator - October 1, 2026

The definition of a Crypto-Jew provided by Google is: “a person who secretly practises Judaism while publicly professing another faith”. Based on this definition,...

Decide the future of your community by exercising your right to vote

Community News

Digital Coordinator - October 1, 2026

https://www.elections.org.za/pw

Palliative care – helping people live with comfort, dignity and meaning

Community News

Digital Coordinator - October 1, 2026

Palliative care focuses on quality of life Palliative care is often misunderstood as being only about the final days of life. However, as Shelly Korn...

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