Stories

An unexpected homecoming: a Kaufhaus Galliner ashtray returns after 92 years

By JEANINE HACK In 1909 my great-grandparents, Emil and Martha Galliner, opened Kaufhaus Galliner, a department store in Finsterwalde, Germany. Twenty-five years later, in 1934, they marked the milestone by...

The teacup moment 

By SIMONE SULCAS  An objectively minor incident occurred in the first week following my admission as an attorney.  Subjectively, it...

Raising the bar for South African kosher wine

When respected South African wine critic Michael Fridjhon conducted a blind tasting featuring both kosher and non-kosher wines,...

Mandela Day Activities

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

Durban July triumph for Cape Town owner with historic 1st–2nd finish

For Cape Town's Jonathan Bloch, this year's Hollywoodbets Durban July will be remembered as the day a lifelong...

Travelling off the map: a Cape Town family’s journey through Iraq and Kurdistan

For most travellers, Iraq sits firmly in the category of places not to visit. Decades of conflict, political instability and alarming headlines have kept...

From Iraq to Israel: the extraordinary journey of Noga and Zaki Sharon

By LIBA NEU-NER For thousands of years, Jewish life flourished in what was once ancient Babylonia – modern-day Iraq. Jewish scholars composed the Babylonian Talmud...

Remembering Robert Schroder 

By CARYN TAMARI, Robert Schroder’s sister When Robert Schroder’s 60th birthday came up recently, his family invited people to share memories of him on a...

From smous to soft drinks

By BubbleS Segall The Lurie and Segall families helped bottle a piece of Stellenbosch history From Lithuania to a new life In the early twentieth century, long...

In My Pocket at Herzlia Primary Schools

Former Capetonians, Jill and Eli Rabinowitz from Perth, Australia, recently presented their In My Pocket project to Grade 5 learners at Herzlia Highlands and...

From Auschwitz to Sea Point: the astonishing journey of Rudolf Höss’s confession

BY KAREN MILLER By any measure, it is an extraordinary twist of history that one of the most chilling confessions of the Holocaust should resurface...

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