Letters Archives - Cape Jewish Chronicle https://cjc.org.za/category/letters/ Cape Town Jewish community news, views and stories Thu, 08 May 2025 11:20:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://cjc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Letters Archives - Cape Jewish Chronicle https://cjc.org.za/category/letters/ 32 32 Diary of a miluim wife https://cjc.org.za/2025/05/02/diary-of-a-miluim-wife/ https://cjc.org.za/2025/05/02/diary-of-a-miluim-wife/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=32366 Submitted by Cape Town’s Glenda Mark, this piece of writing expresses the feelings of a British-Israeli woman, worn down by the ongoing war. Putting your thoughts down on paper can […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2025/05/02/diary-of-a-miluim-wife/feed/ 0 Letters to the editor https://cjc.org.za/2023/06/01/letters-to-the-editor-7/ https://cjc.org.za/2023/06/01/letters-to-the-editor-7/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=24792 In the heart of our city lies a jewel.  A jewel of which not many people take advantage. This is the Jacob Gitlin Library. A place where the librarians are […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2023/06/01/letters-to-the-editor-7/feed/ 0 Reconnecting Sephardi roots https://cjc.org.za/2023/02/01/reconnecting-sephardi-roots/ https://cjc.org.za/2023/02/01/reconnecting-sephardi-roots/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=23920 Letter to the editor I had the pleasure of visiting the South African Jewish Museum last month, with the American delegation of IBSI (Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel) PEACE Ambassadors, […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2023/02/01/reconnecting-sephardi-roots/feed/ 0 A message from a new Olah https://cjc.org.za/2022/08/01/a-message-from-a-new-olah/ https://cjc.org.za/2022/08/01/a-message-from-a-new-olah/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=22543 Letter to the editor I left on Aliya from Cape Town two months ago and now live in Modi’in. It is a privilege beyond words. I keep thinking, ‘this must […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2022/08/01/a-message-from-a-new-olah/feed/ 0 Terrorism and antisemitism do not discriminate https://cjc.org.za/2022/02/01/terrorism-and-antisemitism-do-not-discriminate/ https://cjc.org.za/2022/02/01/terrorism-and-antisemitism-do-not-discriminate/#respond Tue, 01 Feb 2022 06:15:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=20933 Letter to the editor To my Jewish sisters and brothers, I learnt of what was going on at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, USA late on Saturday night 15 […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2022/02/01/terrorism-and-antisemitism-do-not-discriminate/feed/ 0 Letters to the Editor https://cjc.org.za/2021/12/01/letters-to-the-editor-6/ https://cjc.org.za/2021/12/01/letters-to-the-editor-6/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=20538 PO Box 4176, Cape Town, 8000 or e-mail: chron@ctjc.co.za Country Communities The Country Communities’ articles that appear regularly on our SAJBD Cape Council pages have aroused much interest from family […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2021/12/01/letters-to-the-editor-6/feed/ 0 Letter to the editor: Finding meaning in grief https://cjc.org.za/2021/05/02/letter-to-the-editor-finding-meaning-in-grief/ https://cjc.org.za/2021/05/02/letter-to-the-editor-finding-meaning-in-grief/#respond Sun, 02 May 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=18012 My name is Lisa. I work as a child and adult psychologist in our community. It’s been almost eight years since my husband and child passed away. I survived the […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2021/05/02/letter-to-the-editor-finding-meaning-in-grief/feed/ 0 Letters to the editor https://cjc.org.za/2020/09/01/letters-to-the-editor-5/ https://cjc.org.za/2020/09/01/letters-to-the-editor-5/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=15183 PO Box 4176, Cape Town, 8000 or e-mail:chron@ctjc.co.za Annexation article problematic In her View from the Chair in the August issue of the Cape Jewish Chronicle Esta Levitas provides a […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2020/09/01/letters-to-the-editor-5/feed/ 0 Letters to the editor https://cjc.org.za/2019/12/01/letters-to-the-editor-4/ https://cjc.org.za/2019/12/01/letters-to-the-editor-4/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2019 07:00:15 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=12232 I am writing to you as it appears that few here in South Africa know about the Article 116 Exclusions Group that is championing the restitution of German citizenship for […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2019/12/01/letters-to-the-editor-4/feed/ 0 South African Jewish Board of Deputies responds to letter from Ann Harris in April’s Chronicle https://cjc.org.za/2019/04/04/south-african-jewish-board-of-deputies-responds-to-letter-from-ann-harris-in-aprils-chronicle/ https://cjc.org.za/2019/04/04/south-african-jewish-board-of-deputies-responds-to-letter-from-ann-harris-in-aprils-chronicle/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2019 06:08:43 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=10412 Please see below the responses from the National Chair and National Vice-chair of the SAJBD, Shaun Zagnoev and Rael Kaimowitz respectively as well as a response from Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, […]

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