Stories

Cape Town’s own Crypto-Jews

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, it’s probably not inaccurate to...

International leadership award for Helen Lieberman

By KAREN MILLER This September, Helen Lieberman received the 2026 Stephen R. Covey Principle-Centered Leadership Award, an international recognition...

Making a difference through civic work: Errol Anstey and Danielle Klaff

By Karen Miller There are many ways of contributing to a city. Some people begin with politics; others arrive...

Lunch with Danny

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

Mandela Day Activities

WIZO Cape Town In the spirit of Mandela Day, our incredible WIZO volunteers came together to make sandwiches for...

Caught in the Silvermine fire

Members of the Cape Town Jewish community found themselves in the thick of the recent Silvermine fire. Having gone on a hike in the...

Former Hamas hostages find healing respite in Cape Town

In today’s world, we’ve come to realise the value of talking about traumatic experiences – of sharing the stories about what happened and about...

A passion for learning

It's certainly true that education can change lives – which is something that an organisation like ORT SA Cape sees happening all the time....

Swimming, cycling and running for a great cause

Completing three major endurance events in a single day might sound like a feat only the most daring would attempt – yet around 150...

A Blooming good Covid idea

Cape Town’s Leon Boyd, 80, unwilling to remain housebound for an extended period during Covid lockdown, came up with a wonderful idea that would...

The greatest gift

One would imagine that having to decide to donate an organ – a part of one’s own body – must be extremely difficult. And...

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