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10th Anniversary of Cape Town Holocaust Centre

The Holocaust Centre's 10th Anniversary Dinner on the 01/12/08

The Cape Town Holocaust Centre opened its doors in August 1999. To mark its 10th anniversary year the Centre is planning a special programme of events. launched in December last year with a celebratory dinner for benefactors.

Guest speaker, renowned British actor and trustee of the Holocaust Educational Trust (UK), Sir Antony Sher stressed, in a stirring address, that the lessons of the Holocaust must be remembered and passed down from generation to generation. He applauded the Cape Town Holocaust Centre for its role in this important mission.

Speaking at the dinner, founder Myra Osrin said that when a vision for the yet-to-be established Holocaust Centre was first conceptualised and articulated in 1996, it was that of creating a more caring and just society in which human rights and diversity are respected and valued.

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Glendale’s Fish Braai

Despite the sweltering heat, Capetonians came out in their droves last month to support the 8th annual Glendale’ famous fish braai.

A social occasion with a purpose, spirits were high as a team of more than 35 volunteers arrived early to set up. Vegetables were chopped, flowers picked and drinks packed in ice. The farm stall, braai stands and food stalls were manned and eager raffle ticket sellers embarked on a crusade to encourage visitors to buy as many tickets as possible — all with the hope of winning one of the great prizes and enriching the home’s needy coffers.

Convener Julia Rabie was thrilled with the turn-out of young and old to support the Retreat-based home’s 64 residents, the oldest of whom is 81.

“We started off in 2000 with 70 visitors. This year, including the residents, we had about 550 people, which is a record number.”

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Who was this ‘Two-Gun Cohen’

Despite the various accounts written of this powerful and colourful figure of the early part of the last century, few people have actually heard of Morris Abraham ‘Two-Gun’ Cohen. A glance into the Encyclopaedia Judaica reveals that he really did exist, offering but a brief description of his origins and his life.

It is an article that was passed on to the Chronicle written by the American Rabbi Marvin Tokayer that details what he describes as a “truth is stranger than fiction” story of a man “frequently and referred to as ‘the uncrowned Jewish king of China’.”

Moishe Abraham Cohen was born in London’s East End in 1887, to poor Orthodox Polish immigrants. “Fat Moishe’ was a bad youngster, a pickpocket and street kid who ended up in a reformatory, but stuck to his criminal ways.

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2009 February

February 2009 Cape Jewish Chronicle PDFOur entry into our 25th year has not been such a happy one, affected as we all are by events in Israel and Gaza, whose troublesome turmoil continues without sign of resolution in view.

This issue features much on the subject, with our 4-page feature covering the community response by way of a prayer service and show of solidarity, and Hagai Segal’s pinpoint perspective on the situation and aftermath.

Surprisingly, while there is so much in the general press in letters, both for and against, we have received none, other than one which came in too late for inclusion. Possibly because it would be ‘preaching to the converted’?

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Hagai Segal on ‘After Gaza’

Conflict is over – maybe – but underlying causes remain as strong, and intractable, as ever A tense ceasefire has taken hold in Gaza, bringing to an end — for now anyway — the conflict that has been raging for three weeks. Almost as soon as the ‘lull’ of previous months between Israel and Hamas ended conflict had resumed, turning quickly into the largest military conflict seen in Gaza since the Six Day War.

Israel pounded Hamas and targets relating to the government it runs across the Strip and its troops reentered Gaza, all after Hamas resumed mass rocket firing, hitting Israeli cities it had not been able to reach before the ‘lull’ started — now Ashkelon and Beersheva and not just Sderot being hit, bringing a massive Israeli response that left over 1,300 Palestinians dead.

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BZA WIZO Rebecca Sieff Awards

60 year award recipients: Back: Rene Kleinman and Sylvia (Lovey) Elyan. Front: Rosette Weber, Mary Atlas and Ada Scher.

Bnoth Zion Association WIZO honoured its Rebecca Sieff Award recipients at World WIZO Day, at the glorious Gardens Shul, home of the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, on Tuesday 2 December.

Rabbi Osher Feldman delivered the dvar Torah, Ivor Joffe and talented pupils of the Herzlia Highlands Primary School together with Cantor Ian Camissar entertained the guests, with Mendel and Jill Kaplan guests of honour.

Mendel Kaplan‘s passionately delivered address enthralled the audience as he recounted his own and his family’s personal and long-time involvement with BZA WIZO and his fervour for the State of Israel.

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Herzlia Matrics 2008

The following matrics achieved 6 or more distinctions:


Dalya Levin
Rebecca Segall
Daniel Kaliski

Amy Kaplan
Danielle Kaplan
Roxy Kawitzky

Kirstie Kleinman
Kelly Kowalski
Robert Shaff

Jamie Srubis
Kiara Suttner
Jenna Joffe

Joshua Anstey

First Chabad Golf Day

“I’ve never had sushi delivered in the marshall’s cart – and a hot pancake buffet at the 14th hole?”

This was just one of the many sentiments heard from the players overwhelmed by the unprecedented golfing experience at the Chabad Golf Day at King David.

The beautiful weather and holiday season on 11 December saw a full field tee off at the inaugural Chabad – Alliance Group Golf Day. This memorable day, which included great entertainment, great prizes and food carts doing the rounds with fresh sushi, droewors and l’chaims, was a delight for all who participated. The feelings of excitement are still reverberating amongst the players and the community.

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2008 December

December 08 Cape Jewish Chronicle PDFAt the outset, I must explain the reason for the rather belated appearance of this issue on the web, needing, as it did to coincide with the postage of the ‘hard’ copies.

The paper was always intended to be posted later than all previous months, as it is a combined December/January edition and thus needs to be staggered somewhat, to offset the long wait for the February 2009 issue.

In this instance, however, while production was ready on time for home and web-postage by about 5 December, the technical part of the process was dramatically delayed by the repro house, causing a spiraling of delays at the printers and distributors. This latest public holiday on 16 December did not help matters.

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Historic AGM consolidates the 7 welfare organisations

AGM for all Jewish Welfare Organisations 4/11/08

“This consolidated AGM is, I believe, a defining moment for welfare for the Jewish Community of Cape Town,” said Chairman Paul Berman at the historic first ever combined AGM of the 7 welfare organisations in Cape Town: ASTRA (Jewish Sheltered Employment Centre), Rosecourt (Rosecourt House & Vriende House), Cape Jewish Seniors Association, Glendale, Highlands House, Jewish Community Services, Nechama and Oranjia Child & Youth Centre. The meeting took place at the Albow Centre on 4 November.

“Today is the culmination of four years of intense commitment, sacrifice and dedication by a group of outstanding individuals representing all the seven welfare bodies.”

The process had taken four years to create a unified, committed and engaged welfare organisation known as Jewish Care Cape, he said.

“A wealth of experience, passion and energy is contained in this room — we have a duty to awaken the endless possibilities in others – and encourage them to transform. We have together, as Jewish Care Cape, successfully completed the process of transformation by entering into a new world of possibilities.

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