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By Shelly Korn | Founder, Sunset Care Last Rosh Hashanah, for the first time, my father-in-law was unable to join our celebration. His care needs made it impossible for us...
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Apples, honey and a mighty sting

By DANIEL BLOCH, Exec. Director Cape SAJBD Can you believe it’s already time for apples dipped in honey? Where...
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One email, one people, one heart 

By SIMONE SULCAS, Chairperson Cape SAJBD This Rosh Hashanah again feels different in our house.For the past four years,...
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The other side of repentance

Growing up, Rosh Hashanah meant the warmth of family. Aunts and uncles, cousins and the occasional friend would...
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A new season, a new beginning

By Shelley Trope-Friedman, President, WIZO SA  How is it Rosh Hashanah already? There is something about this time of...

What do you see in Timbavati?

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What do you see wherever you are right now?  What do your eyes focus on?  What is on your mind? What is in your mind’s eye? When you...

The Chanukah enigma

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By RABBI M LIEBENBERG Jews have a tendency to rank mitzvoth, with Torah obligations at the top of the list and rabbinic enactments quite low...

Talking publicly, thinking communally 

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Connect, Collaborate, Community DANIEL BLOCH Exec. Director Cape SAJBD Lately, whenever I bump into someone, they greet me with such enthusiasm and a cheeky comment like,...

Unity in diversity: Lessons from Michigan to Cape Town 

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SIMONE SULCAS Chairperson, Cape SAJBD I recently returned from a trip to Michigan with my husband. We visited our son, who is a student athlete...

Just do it…now! 

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Having bumped into someone I hadn’t seen for a number of years after she moved to an aged home, I promised to visit her...

Celebrating our Judaism 

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For more than two years, we have been praying and hoping for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas.  We have pleaded for...
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