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...

The fate of Jewish languages today

A fascinating talk at Limmud this year by Sarah Bunin Benor, Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Linguistics...

Ann Nurock on creativity, AI and advertising that makes an impact

For the ninth year, leading advertising and marketing executive Ann Nurock returned to share her annual report on...

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...

Cape Town’s Yiddish Folkshul

A well-known former Capetonian now living in Israel, Solly Kaplinski – whom many of our readers will remember as the Headmaster of Herzlia High...

Recognition for Jewish Capetonians

In 2025, members of our community were recognised for the outstanding contributions they have made to the Jewish community and to the wider Cape...

Genealogical research uncovers family members

Former Capetonian Janice Levy, daughter of Fred Levy z’l, contacted the Cape Jewish Chronicle to share research undertaken by her cousin, Sivan Kaufman, into...

Loyalty betrayed: German Jews and the myth of disloyalty

The Cape Jewish Chronicle brings you the second article in our series on the Fabian family and the legacy of Kuno Fabian, the first...

Obituary: Professor Dan Stein z”l

With contributions by JUDGE DENIS DAVIS and PROFESSOR MARK COTTON The Cape Jewish Chronicle informs the Cape Town Jewish Community with sadness of the untimely...

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