Cape Jewish Chronicle https://cjc.org.za/ Cape Town Jewish community news, views and stories Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:42:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://cjc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Cape Jewish Chronicle https://cjc.org.za/ 32 32 SOBREMESA – celebrating the life and legacy of Sir Geoffrey Neiman https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/21/sobremesa-celebrating-the-life-and-legacy-of-sir-geoffrey-neiman/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/21/sobremesa-celebrating-the-life-and-legacy-of-sir-geoffrey-neiman/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:42:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36608 The extraordinary life of Sir Geoffrey Neiman will be honoured by the dance community with SOBREMESA, a once-off performance curated to celebrate his far-reaching contribution to Spanish dance and the […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/21/sobremesa-celebrating-the-life-and-legacy-of-sir-geoffrey-neiman/feed/ 0 Pre-elections debate https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/20/pre-elections-debate/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/20/pre-elections-debate/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:38:36 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36604 The Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies in partnership with eNCA, hosted a pre-elections debate among the main political parties contesting the local government elections in the Western Cape on […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/20/pre-elections-debate/feed/ 0 October 2026 https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/october-2026/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/october-2026/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:04:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36500 There are some fascinating and thought-provoking stories in this month’s Cape Jewish Chronicle. We meet two young Cape Town women whose journey to embrace their Jewish heritage is both unusual […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/october-2026/feed/ 0 International leadership award for Helen Lieberman https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/international-leadership-award-for-helen-lieberman/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/international-leadership-award-for-helen-lieberman/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36515 By KAREN MILLER This September, Helen Lieberman received the 2026 Stephen R. Covey Principle-Centered Leadership Award, an international recognition of a lifetime of leadership.  There is something particularly appropriate about […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/international-leadership-award-for-helen-lieberman/feed/ 0 Cape Town’s own Crypto-Jews https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/cape-towns-own-crypto-jews/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/cape-towns-own-crypto-jews/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36509 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 call […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/cape-towns-own-crypto-jews/feed/ 0 Is Cape Town as welcoming as we think? https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/is-cape-town-as-welcoming-as-we-think/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/is-cape-town-as-welcoming-as-we-think/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36525 Cape Town has won its fair share of international accolades – for its extraordinary natural beauty, its lifestyle and, most recently, Time Out magazine’s Best City in the World award. […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/is-cape-town-as-welcoming-as-we-think/feed/ 0 Court victory affirms limits of protest and harassment https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/court-victory-affirms-limits-of-protest-and-harassment/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/court-victory-affirms-limits-of-protest-and-harassment/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36527 A judgment by the Western Cape High Court has affirmed that the constitutional right to protest does not extend to defamatory, intimidating or unlawful conduct, following a legal challenge brought […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/court-victory-affirms-limits-of-protest-and-harassment/feed/ 0 The Glass Island https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/the-glass-island/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/the-glass-island/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36493 Listen to this review We are beset with stories of war. Pervasive and shocking, our world seems to revolve around the Middle East, Ukraine, refugees escaping tyranny. How do we […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/the-glass-island/feed/ 0 Palliative care – helping people live with comfort, dignity and meaning https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/palliative-care-helping-people-live-with-comfort-dignity-and-meaning/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/palliative-care-helping-people-live-with-comfort-dignity-and-meaning/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36512 Palliative care focuses on quality of life Palliative care is often misunderstood as being only about the final days of life. However, as Shelly Korn of Sunset Care explained during […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/palliative-care-helping-people-live-with-comfort-dignity-and-meaning/feed/ 0 Marc Sternberg z”l: A champion of Cape Town’s Jewish community https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/marc-sternberg-zl-a-champion-of-cape-towns-jewish-community/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/10/01/marc-sternberg-zl-a-champion-of-cape-towns-jewish-community/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=36521 The sudden passing of Marc Sternberg z”l has left a profound sense of loss across Cape Town’s Jewish community – a community to which he gave generously, energetically and, very […]

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