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...
Six generations at the shul
A long line of descendants of one of the founders of the Claremont Hebrew Congregation continues to honour the legacy of Reuben Newstead. Most...
Cape Town’s ‘Daddy Ochberg’ legacy
By Michel Levine, Human Rights Historian
In the early 1920s, thousands of Jewish children across Eastern Europe were left orphaned – victims of war, pogroms,...
A Yiddish-speaking family on the train
The Cape Jewish Chronicle’s columnist JULIAN RESNICK recently wrote this on Facebook.
You have to love this place (I do). On the train to trendy...
Recording and preserving Holocaust survivor testimony
French-American journalist and filmmaker Leslie Benitah recently visited Cape Town to attend a family bar mitzvah. While here, she shared her documentary film, The Last Ones, at an event hosted...
Supporters of Israel stand together in public – Roar Lion, Roar!
Brave South Africans gathered peacefully in large numbers on Saturday, 7 March 2026, at the V&A Waterfront. They all stood strong and united in their support for Israel. They chanted...
