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...

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,...

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...

Toldot – The Bar Mitzvah of Christian (Chaim) Kaiyatsa  

By PNINA JANTJIES, lay leader, Temple Israel Progressive Synagogue, Cape Town Christian Kaiyatsa (15) was calledto the Torah at Temple Israel Greenpoint, Cape Town, on...

Cycling through history: honouring a great-uncle’s wartime journey 

Many members of the Fabian family have lived in Cape Town, contributing to both the city’s economy and to Jewish communal life.  The Cape...

A consistent presence for 35 years 

Staff of the various communal organisations housed in the Samson Centre and Hatfield Campus recently celebrated a milestone for their colleague, Louise Segall, as...

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