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Fencing at the Pinelands Jewish Cemeteries

BY JOEL MERRIS, Executive Director (UOS & CMB)

The Cemeteries Maintenance Board (CMB) and the Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) are aware of the issue regarding the missing or stolen boundary fencing on the Thornton Drive side of both Pinelands No.1 and Pinelands No.2 Jewish Cemeteries. The CMB and the UOS have been working tirelessly over the past three years with The City of Cape Town and our community leadership in order to resolve this ongoing issue and replace the missing fencing with a more vandal-resistant Clearview fencing solution. 

The CMB and The City of Cape Town have an MOA in place, in which it is clearly stated that The City is responsible for the erection and maintenance of ALL boundary fencing bordering our Jewish Cemeteries. We are engaging with The City on a weekly basis in order to resolve the ongoing issue in accordance with this MOA, as a matter of urgency. The UOS and CMB also regularly consult with CSO regarding security at our Pinelands Jewish Cemeteries. The CSO remains updated on the status of the fencing and have been involved in consultations with The City of Cape Town in this regard.

Work has begun on replacing the stolen fencing at our Pinelands Jewish Cemeteries. The City of Cape Town contractors will be working over the next two weeks to erect new fencing along both the Pinelands No.1 and Pinelands No.2 boundaries on Forest Drive.  

This is a temporary measure until such time as The City is able to secure funding for a more robust and vandal-resistant ClearView fencing solution in July 2026.

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Toldot – The Bar Mitzvah of Christian (Chaim) Kaiyatsa  

Christian holds the Torah at his Bar Mitzvah

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 22 November 2025 (Kislev 2/5786).

Christian’s parents, Fred and Sphe Kaiyatsa, originally from Malawi, completed the Progressive Synagogue’s Jews by Choice (JBC) course in February 2025.

What made this Bar Mitzvah occasion especially meaningful is that Christian is deaf. Currently a Grade 8 student at the Dominican School for the Deaf in Wynberg, Christian has two younger brothers.                          

The synagogue was filled to capacity: a huge contingent of friends; family and fellow congregants joined him for the celebration. As I sat under the blue art canopy in the sanctuary, I knew I was a witness to something special. The goodwill and spirit were contagious.

Officiating Rabbi, Malcolm Matitiani, had prepared Christian over a number of months for this day. Assisted by two sign language interpreters, the Bar Mitzvah boy delivered a thought-provoking Dvar Torah on Toldot, the Torah portion of the week. His timely reflections on family dynamics (of parent-and-child, and of siblings) were insightful and mature. It warmed the heart, too, that a larger than usual number of congregants were called up to participate in the service itself.

In his Thank You speech, Fred Kaiyatsa, Christian’s father, expressed his appreciation, ’Dear family, thank you for an incredible Bar Mitzvah celebration. Your support meant so much to us. We are grateful for your involvement.’

Indeed, this day was a beautiful celebration of what this community strives for: kindness, inclusivity, and love of one’s neighbour.  May we share and remember more days such as these. We need them.

A proud day for the Kaiyatsa family
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Ballet: Alice in Wonderland

Picture credit: Caitlin Smith

Jewish ballet dancer Tamar Moross from Cape Town City Ballet makes her lead role debut as Alice in Alice in Wonderland at the Artscape on Tuesday,16 December at 16h30.

These children from the Herzlia schools are also members of the cast:

Ella Wagenheim (Highlands Primary)
Sacha Endler (Weizman Primary)
Romi Lahat (Weizman Primary)
Amelie Duveen (Highlands Primary)
Liv Kowarski (Highlands Primary)
Eden Kowarski (Highlands Primary) 
Sofia Geva (Highlands Primary)
Lily Peters (Highlands Primary)
Sasha Rogow (Highlands Primary)
Mila Kaplan (Highlands Primary)

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What do you see in Timbavati?

Julian Resnick

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 close your eyes, for a moment during the day, or when you fall asleep at night, what comes into your mind?

I am in the Timbavati area right now in a lovely private Game Reserve called Motswari. I love coming here. The people are lovely, the food is delicious, the accommodation excellent.

But the real reason for coming here is the beauty of nature and the animals we seek out and happily find on our game drives in the early morning as the sun rises and in the early evening as the sun gets ready to set.

I saw amazing things today.

I saw a family of three rhinos.

I saw a herd of some four hundred Cape Buffalo.

I saw a leopard and its kill.

I saw a Dung Beetle slowly, patiently, rolling a perfectly shaped ball of dung across the road as we sat patiently in our vehicle, not moving, to allow him/her (them?) to cross the road safely, dung and all.

I am not here on my own. I am here with a group of eighteen American Jews on a South African Jewish Journey. 

Because of them, in spite of them, I saw some other things more clearly than the dung beetles or the rhinos. More clearly than the leopard or the buffalo, I saw the funeral of Sergeant (First Class) Oz Daniel, murdered on October 7th by Hamas terrorists, in Kfar Sabba. I saw his comrade in arms, Nimrod Cohen, recently released from captivity in Gaza, standing at his funeral, paying his respects.

I saw Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh (of blessed memory) writing her poem, ‘Planting a Seed’, still filled with hope, before he was murdered by Hamas, and my voice quivered, and my eyes teared up as I read these lines:

There is a Yiddish lullaby that says, “Your mother will cry a thousand tears before you grow to be a man”
I have cried a million tears in the last 67 days
We all have
And I know
… way over there
There is another woman who looks just like me,
Because we are all so very similar
She has also been crying…
All those tears
Our sea of tears.
They all taste the same.
Can we take them, gather them up, and remove the salt,
And then pour them over our desert of despair…
And plant one tiny seed
A seed wrapped in fear, trauma, pin and hope?
And see what grows…

And I could no longer see the three rhinos, or the four hundred Cape Buffalo, neither the leopard nor his kill, let alone the tiny little dung beetle rolling his dung along a dirt road.

I could only see Nimrod Cohen, his mother and the mother of Oz Daniel in the cemetery in Kfar Sabba, even though I am here in Motswari, in Timbavati, to see animals and sunsets.

May his memory be for a blessing. ●

Julian Resnick, spoke to an audience of readers while on a visit to Cape Town

Columnist for the Cape Jewish Chronicle, Julian Resnick, spoke to an audience of readers while on a visit to Cape Town
The Chronicle columnist Julian Resnick (right) chats to Raymond Schkolne during his visit to Cape Town
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WIZO: Women of light, courage, and new beginnings 

WIZO South Africa

As we approach Chanukkah, our festival of courage and illumination, we are reminded of who we are as a people.  

Hanukkah is not simply about the oil that lasted eight nights. It is the story of defiance in the face of persecution, of hope forged under pressure, of light insisting on shining despite every attempt to extinguish it. 

It is the story of triumph, our triumph. 

As we step into a new year and welcome the new season, we are reminded of the enduring truth that has carried our people through every generation: when our people stand together, we do not merely witness change… we create it. 

Across more than a century, the Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) has embodied that strength. It has been the heartbeat of women who rise, build, repair, uplift, and nurture, women who refuse to accept despair as a final chapter, who insist on writing hope into the lives of every child, every mother, every family who turns to us. 

In Israel, our homes for vulnerable women and children turn safety into a pathway for healing. It is there in our day care centres, where the next generation is held with tenderness and possibility. It is alive in every empowerment programme, where dignity is restored and futures are rebuilt. 

So much of our impact begins quietly, with one conversation, one idea, one fundraiser, one act of kindness. Yet these small beginnings ripple far beyond what our eyes can see.  

Our world often looks for success in size or numbers, but we all know there is a deeper truth: Impact is measured in compassion. Greatness is measured in courage. Legacy is measured in love.  

We are a people of victory, resilience, and unwavering might. We are a people who rebuild even when others expect us to break. We are a people who choose light, again and again. 

As we enter 2026, may we continue to begin boldly, joyfully, and proudly.  

WIZO wishes every member of our cherished community a bright, hopeful, and meaningful 2026. May it be a year of strength, renewal, and continued triumph. 

Chag Hanukkah Sameach. Am Yisrael chai! 

With love, 
Shelley Trope-Friedman 
President, WIZO South Africa

Website: WIZO South Africa

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Art as witness: Marcelo Brodsky brings history and activism to Cape Town

One of Marcelo Brodsky’s South West Africa works, ‘We enslaved your children’

Internationally recognised Jewish artist Marcelo Brodsky made a brief visit to Cape Town at the end of October, engaging educators and members of the public in conversations about his art and the power it holds. The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre will host an exhibition of his work next year.

Brodsky’s practice blends activism and art in a distinctive and compelling way. Working primarily with archival photographs, he overlays paint and handwritten text onto these historic images, creating powerful visual narratives that expose conflict, discrimination, and human rights abuses. His work asks viewers not only to confront the past, but to reflect on its echoes in the present.

Originally from Argentina, Brodsky went into exile in Spain following the 1976 military coup. He returned home after the dictatorship collapsed in 1984. His personal history is interwoven with his art: his brother was among Argentina’s ‘disappeared’ – men and women who were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by the regime. This deeply personal loss has informed his lifelong mission to use art as a voice for those silenced by repression and violence.

During his Cape Town presentation, Brodsky shared work highlighting the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in German South West Africa (now Namibia). He spoke of his collaboration with Forensic Architecture, a research group based at Goldsmiths, University of London. The organisation brings together architects, archaeologists, lawyers and other specialists to investigate alleged state-led violence and human rights violations. Through their interdisciplinary methods, they reconstruct events and uncover evidence that might otherwise remain hidden.

Brodsky’s visit offered a moving reminder of art’s ability to confront injustice, preserve memory, and inspire reflection – a preview of what local audiences can expect when his exhibition opens in Cape Town in February next year.

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Talking publicly, thinking communally 

Daniel Bloch

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, “Such a celebrity these days!” 

While my name and face do appear regularly in local and community media – and I seem to be quoted left, right, and centre – I’d hardly call myself a celebrity. I won’t lie though: the attention has been good. Even when my name pops up in local anti-Israel interviews – well, at least it’s out there and gaining traction. They say there’s no such thing as bad PR.

It’s certainly been a busy month for the Cape SAJBD, with both our organization and me featuring everywhere, really. We attended the High Court hearing of Mendelsohn vs UCT, which lasted three days. Friends and colleagues kept sending me screenshots from the livestream, encouraging me not to “pick your nose” or fall asleep – thankfully, I managed to remain a true professional! The same, however, cannot be said for our colleagues on the other side, who dramatically walked out of court, slamming the door, during Mendelsohn’s legal team’s address.

Another major news story this month was about the former Mayor of Johannesburg being found guilty of hate speech by the South African Human Rights Commission. Significantly, the SAHRC referenced our Equality Court victory against Thomas Torr as one of the precedents for their finding. That ruling has paved the way for more hate-filled antisemites to be held accountable for their actions. It sends a strong message to all the haters out there: the Jewish community will not be intimidated, and the Cape SAJBD will protect our rights as South African Jews!

Even’ bigger news this month was the launch of my new podcast series, ED Talks – a play on the famous TED Talks. The ‘ED’ comes from my title at the Cape SAJBD – ‘Executive Director’. When I first joined the Board in May 2021, a mate of mine started calling me ‘ED’, and the name just stuck – either that, or he’s so old he forgot my name completely.

At the time of writing this article, only two episodes have gone live, but the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive – especially after the second episode featured a true local celebrity, Gareth Cliff. By the time you read this, there’ll be more ED Talks episodes covering topics such as the UCT court case, the Investec Jewish Achievers Awards, and our ongoing advocacy work. When I was in Johannesburg for the Achievers Awards, several Joburgers approached me to compliment the podcast or thank the Cape Board for the steady flow of information and updates.

Speaking of the Awards and Johannesburg, in early November, our chairperson, Simone Sulcas, and I attended the Investec Achievers Awards. This was a spectacular event with a strong Cape contingent in attendance. Several members of our community were nominated, and while only one walked away with an award, we’re proud of them all. Mazel Tov to Wendy Ackerman, who deservedly won the Lifetime Achievement Award. Even though the rest of our Capetonians didn’t win, their nominations alone speak volumes about their achievements and contributions. We are proud of all of them.

While the so-called ‘fame and fortune’ (though I still can’t seem to find the fortune), along with the public spotlight and social media buzz, are all flattering, that’s not why I do what I do. I didn’t take on this role for the accolades or the praise. I do it because I love my family and my community, and I will do everything in my power to protect them, you and our way
of life. ●

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Letters across time: a family story that teaches the next generation

Karen Kruger, an American visitor to Cape Town, is using her family’s history to inspire meaningful learning among teenagers worldwide.

Her extraordinary story is captured in Letters from Brno, a documentary she co-created with filmmaker Jeffrey Gary, who is also working on a film about the Auschwitz Album.

During a recent visit to South Africa, the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre (CTHGC) hosted a public screening of the film, which moved many audience members to tears. Karen, an educator by profession, also led a workshop for learners from a local high school as part of the Centre’s educational programme. Her teaching highlighted the extraordinary impact of personal testimony and primary sources, including original photographs and wartime letters.

Letters from Brno traces Karen’s own journey to uncover her identity. Raised in a Christian home in the United States, she was one of four children and grew up knowing only that her mother had emigrated from Czechoslovakia. Her mother spoke little about her past,
giving no indication of her Jewish heritage.

Everything changed when Karen discovered a bundle of letters written by her grandparents in Brno to relatives who had escaped Europe before the Nazi occupation. Over years of research and by painstakingly translating the letters from German and Czech, she pieced together a remarkable truth: her mother, Erika, and her aunt, Daisy, were among the 669 Jewish children rescued by Nicholas Winton through the Kindertransport.

The letters, written between 1938 and 1941, give voice to the heartbreaking uncertainty of parents separated from their children, unsure of their safety or well-being. Although Karen never met her grandparents – they were murdered after being deported to the Terezin Ghetto – their words allowed her to build a powerful personal connection across generations.

Her story resonated deeply with the teenagers she taught in Cape Town. “Many of our learners report how valuable personal stories are in immersing them in this history, and creating empathy towards others,” observed Orli Barnett, Education Director at the Centre.

Letters from Brno is a compelling and important film. While it is not yet available internationally, Karen is actively seeking a distributor so audiences beyond the United States can share in this moving family journey and its lessons for today’s world.

See more at http://www.lettersfrombrno.com

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

Henry and Ryan Fabian enjoying a braai at Henry’s home near Cognac. L: WWI Jewish gravestones were markedwith a Latin Cross prior to 1968

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 Jewish Chronicle will share the fascinating story of the life of Kuno Fabian, who fled to South Africa to escape the scourge of the Nazis, over the next few editions of the publication. (Well-known Capetonian, Selwyn Fabian, is one of Kuno’s sons.) In this edition, we interview Ryan Fabian, a great-nephew of Kuno, who explains the background to the research undertaken by members of the family into the story. 

Q: Tell us about your family connection to Kuno Fabian. 
Kuno Fabian was my great-uncle and the first of the Fabian family to find refuge in Cape Town after fleeing Nazi Germany in the 1930s. His eldest son, Dr Henry Fabian z’l – my 94-year-old cousin and co-author of the memoir we have written – was born in Germany. Our project became a multigenerational effort to honour Kuno’s legacy and ensure his story is remembered. Unfortunately, Henry passed away very recently. 

Q: What inspired you to trace Kuno’s wartime journey by bicycle, and where did your route take you? 
I wanted to connect with his story in the most visceral way possible. A 1 500km solo cycle along the Western Front felt like the best way to physically and emotionally grapple with the terrain, distances and battlefields he would have known. 

My route followed the First World War front line – from the Belgian coast, through Ypres and the Somme in France, finishing in the Alps near the Swiss border. The scale of loss becomes overwhelming when one sees the endless war cemeteries, and even today the land still gives up pieces of shrapnel – some of which caused punctures on my ride. 

The most moving section was through the Champagne region near the Chemin des Dames, Craonne and Prosnes, where Kuno was wounded and his elite regiment suffered devastating losses. What began as a physical journey ended as a deeply emotional one, especially when I sat afterwards with Henry at his home near Cognac to piece together memories, research and family stories. 

Q: How much did you and Henry know about Kuno’s wartime experience, and what sources helped you uncover more? 
Before this project, our knowledge was mostly fragmented family lore. We knew he was a decorated officer, but details were sparse – partly because many German Jewish WWI veterans remained silent after the Holocaust. 

Kuno’s distinguished service on both the Eastern and Western Fronts meant there was more to uncover. We found photographs of him in uniform, Iron Cross citations (including one describing his act of bravery), and multiple wounded lists naming him. Using German regimental records, we mapped these documents to specific battles and locations, revealing where he fought and the extreme casualty rates his units endured. 

Q: Many German Jews served in World War I, but their stories are rarely told. Why is this history overlooked, and why does it matter? 
This history was effectively erased twice. The Nazis first purged Jewish soldiers from public memory, pushing the “stab-in-the-back” myth and stripping them of honours and pensions. Later, the subject became overshadowed by the Holocaust and did not sit neatly within either German or Jewish historical narratives. 

We believe revisiting these stories is vital: 

  • To expose the Nazi lie. Over 100 000 Jews served in the Kaiser’s army; 12 000 were killed and 35 000 were decorated – facts that demolish antisemitic claims of disloyalty. 
  • To understand the heartbreak of betrayal. Men like Kuno fought believing their service proved and secured their place in German society. Their later persecution is one of history’s most profound betrayals. 
  • To reclaim a stolen legacy. These soldiers’ courage and identity, as both Germans and Jews, deserve recognition. Remembering them restores dignity and honours a chapter of history unjustly forgotten. 

Through this journey – both on the bike and through the archives – we aim to restore Kuno’s place in our family story and in the broader historical record. 

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Just do it…now! 

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 in her new home. A warm, friendly woman, I truly had wanted to see her again and to catch up. 

I hadn’t got round to arranging a visit because, well, life intervened: there was shopping to be done, other things to sort out, and so I put the visit off until I felt I would have the time. But, as you can probably guess, I found out recently that, sadly, she passed away. 

And my immediate feeling was one of regret. Why hadn’t I made visiting this woman an immediate priority? 

The same thought came to mind when I listened in to a workshop at the Holocaust & Genocide Centre presented by an American woman, Karen Kruger. Relating the fascinating story of her own quest to find her true identity – which you can read about on page XXX of this edition – she made the point that, after many years of research into her family’s history, she has one regret: that she did not ever sit her uncle down to find out from him all he knew of the family story. Similar to my regret, this uncle died before she got round to interviewing him. And so she effectively lost a potential gold mine of information about her mother and other family predecessors. 

This happens so often. But we can easily avoid the regrets: all we have to do is prioritise the thing that we know may be a fleeting opportunity. Whether it’s spending a bit of time with someone who will enrich your day (and who will probably be enriched in return), or whether it’s setting up time to sit down with the family member whose grasp of your ancestry is unique, prioritise it now. Other things can wait. 

In this edition, there is a great example of what the above editorial refers to. Ryan Fabian, a young Capetonian now living in the UK, has spent many an hour researching the fascinating World War I experience of the ancestor who first settled in Cape Town, Kuno Fabian. Among other things, it’s meant tapping into the recollections of his great-uncle, Henry Fabian. 

We also continue our reporting on the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre’s tour to Poland during July. We reflect on the experience of one of the participants: she felt that, in visiting the city of Krakow in Poland, she connected with family members she never actually knew (because they were victims of the Nazi terror), only to bid them farewell in her recognition that they did not survive the War. 

With best wishes from the Cape Jewish Chronicle for a Chag Chanukah Sameach! 

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