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The Guide to Hipster Israel
Israel is already famous for its innovation and its technology, but how many people know that the country is also a capital of cool?
This...
Teaching the Partisan Song to a new generation
Every year on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust survivors and Jewish communities sing the song Zog Nit Keynmol ‘Never Say’, known as the Partisan Song. However,...
An evening of debate with local politicians
The Cape Town Jewish Board of Deputies’ Electoral Panel Debate gave constituents an opportunity to separate practical policy from political posturing.
“I’ve got a red...
Remembering the spirit of Pesach past By Ann Harris
How vivid it still is in the video of the mind — Pesach in the English spring with the apple trees in blossom swaying...
I am Jewish, therefore I question By David Jacobson
It is not by coincidence that our Pesach Seder begins with questions.
Questions have long been both the focus of the Seder as well as...
Lindy with a why – Why akrasia, covert racism and the single story are...
New Year’s Resolutions. Many of us create them in the fresh-eyed optimism of a new year, only to relegate them, dusty and unfulfilled to...
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...