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Save me a seat!

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...

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...

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,...

The other side of repentance

Growing up, Rosh Hashanah meant the warmth of family. Aunts and uncles, cousins and the occasional friend would...

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...

Why you can’t look on the bright side of someone else’s trauma

People often ask me how I come up with ideas for my columns. I dream about having a file on my desktop filled with...

Laughter is the best medicine

By Craig Nudelman When I was still living in Jo’burg, my family and I used to read a daily column in The Star by James...

So a woman sang….

By By Ben Rabinowitz and Gilad Stern A woman sang solo at Cape Town’s annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Memorial ceremony in April. It hardly seems a...

JCS@WORK – Raising a responsible teenager

The social work team at JCS renders services to teenagers and a need has been identified to assist parents and caregivers with how to...

It takes a sacred community to raise a rabbi

by By Sofia Zway There is an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. I am not a parent, so can’t...

Why it shouldn’t be about Sapogy and Fufaikas

I read many setwork books while I was in school. Most of them washed over me — I squelched through Macbeth no less than...

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