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The shtetl by the sea
Muizenberg holds a special place in so many memories, and it is also filled with Jewish history and incredible stories. Now, Hedy I Davis...
Who owns ‘Brand Jewish’?
South African-born new Chief Rabbi of the UK, Rabbi Ephraim Mervis, recently announced that he would attend the next Limmud Conference in that country,...
Starting a conversation
The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies recently hosted a ground-breaking community meeting with Western Cape ANC Chairman and Deputy Minister of International...
The ‘we’ generation and the Jewish community
My full disclosure upfront: This is written as an observer and participant over a few decades, without research on patterns and trends.
In fact, one...
The Simcha Fund
“Only simchas!” is something we often exclaim, and indeed, all of us encounter our fair share of celebrations. Yet many community members cannot celebrate...
Lessons learned from AIPAC
Being an effective pro-Israel activist in South Africa is no easy feat.
Dan Brotman, ex-Capetonian AIPAC lay leader Clive Lipshitz, Congressman Steven Rothman of New...
Opinion piece: ‘Forces of justice’ — being Jewish in South Africa today
In 2002, whilst I was working for Cape Town Tourism, I went to the World Travel Market in London. Settling into my seat on...
A message from the State of Israel
Dear friends around the world In the wake of yesterday’s interception of a flotilla of ships and activists bent on lifting Israel’s blockade of...
Pesach … and 40 years of Gefilte Fish in the City Bowl
The City Bowl today retains but a remnant of what was once a lebedieke community of Jews, who filled the roads and avenues of...
2008 March
Read this issue and you’ll see without any doubt that things are really jumping at this tip of Africa. While not launching ships from...
