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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...

A new season, a new beginning

By Shelley Trope-Friedman, President, WIZO SA  How is it Rosh Hashanah already? There is something about this time of...

Rosh Hashanah Greetings

May 5787 bring hope, strength and unity to us all, and may we be inscribed and sealed for...

Holocaust Centre’s 10th Anniversary invitation

During the past 10 years over 200 000 people have visited the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, including 100 000 who have participated in our...

Hermanus Shul and Community Centre consecrated to much acclaim

In a reversal of the trend for synagogues in rural communities, to close as their members migrated to the urban centres, the newly-built synagogue...

Graduation Day for bright young communal leaders

For the past five months fourteen young Jewish adults have taken part in the Young Jewish Leadership Development Course. The aim of this is...

Starting the CommUnity Torah – In Cape Town!

Have you ever written the beginnings of a new Torah? “No,” said Rabbi Maizels, “this is a first in my career as a scribe.”...

Partnership 2000 in action

Aunique aroma of Israel’s ethnic flavour wafted through Cape Town during two glorious weeks in August. Eight talented, warm and wonderful ethnic cooks; ambassadors...

Habitat for Humanity Build

The UJW of Cape Town built two houses simultaneously in Mfuleni as part of the Habitat for Humanity project, which is designed to expedite...

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