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Weaving the threads

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Local conceptual artist Kim Lieberman and United States Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg have connected across continents over a deep understanding of the concepts underpinning lace.
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Second-hand book store provides glimpse of a life well lived

Dec 06, 2018 1 Comment

A chance finding of books, letters, postcards, tram stubs, dinner invitations, and concert tickets of a David Polnay in a second-hand bookshop in Johannesburg led to a voyage of discovery for this journalist of a life lived almost a century ago.
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Albania’s righteous Muslims testimony to the power of good

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

“How many people would lay down their lives for a stranger? Albanians would.” So says American photographer Norman H. Gershman, explaining why he devoted his time to capturing a visual record of Albanians – predominantly Muslim – who saved the lives of Jews during World War II.
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King David at 70: the legacy

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Braving the tuckshop queues for a Sloppy Joe. Passing notes in class. Checking out the good-looking prefects. Releasing balloons for Yom Ha’atzmaut. Singing and dancing at Encounter. Laughing at the eccentricities of favourite teachers. Finally, taking our rightful seats on the matric wall. Making it through finals. That’s a King David experience.
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The lighter side of King David life

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Pranks and fun are part of school life. Often, they are the moments we remember the most. King David schools have had plenty of fun over the past 70 years.
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King David turns to emigres for funds

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

A staggering 500 King David scholars – out of more than 3 000 – are being subsidised to enable them to get a Jewish education.
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What does it take to get an EU passport?

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

While the British government is embroiled in extricating itself from the European Union (EU), an increasing number of South African Jews are bent on joining the bloc. With the majority of their ancestors hailing from Eastern European countries that are members of the EU, this is feasible.
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Khumalo got off lightly compared to Sparrow

Dec 06, 2018 1 Comment

I see that Velaphi Khumalo “eventually apologised” for his arrogant remarks, such as that blacks should do to whites what Hitler did to the Jews! Some of his remarks reported in the SA Jewish Report are illiterate, such as, “Noo must be bushed alive and skinned and your off springs used as garden fertilizer” (23 November 2018). In comparison to Ms Sparrow, he escaped lightly, and had to be taken to court before apologising.
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Hatikvah more than an Israeli anthem

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Hatikvah is a popular song and anthem of the Jewish people expressing the aspirations and hopes of the majority.
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Where is free-speech outrage over Stellenbosch’s exclusion of Israelis?

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

I refer to the racist decision by Stellenbosch University to exclude all Israelis from the conference titled “Recognition, Reparation and Reconciliation: The Light and Shadow of Historical Trauma”.
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Barring of Israeli academics hypocrisy of the highest order

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

A conference titled “Recognition, Repatriation, Reconciliation: The Light and Shadow of Historical Trauma” being held at Stellenbosch University this month had a number of Pro-Palestinian delegates call for the barring of Israeli academics on the grounds of the usual trumped-up Israeli abuse of Palestinian human rights.
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Acceptance of diversity makes anti-Semitism almost non-existent in India

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Two days after my return from a Jewish heritage tour of India, Robert Bowers, 46, opened fire on a congregation of Jews assembled at their synagogue on a Shabbat morning in Pittsburgh in the United States. He is quoted as having said to special weapons officers at the scene, “All Jews to die”, in an incident that federal authorities have charged as a hate crime.
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ORT partnership teaches business skills to disabled

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

People with disabilities don’t get a lot of development opportunities after school, says Naomi Schauer, Chevrah Kadisha’s Programme Co-ordinator Disabilities. That’s why Chevrah Kadisha Protected Employment has embarked on a learnership programme with ORT SA and partner Hudaco Industries to teach a group of 10 disabled people business skills.
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UJW adult education division celebrates another successful year

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The adult education division (AED) of the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) recently celebrated another successful year of weekly thought-provoking and stimulating talks. Members danced to the sounds of the Beatles, Buddy Holly, Tom Jones, and others as they celebrated the year that has been. Hilary Fineberg and Marcia Kaplan were given certificates of appreciation for their committed service of more than 40 and 60 years respectively.
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WIZO spreads festive cheer

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Every year, the women of the Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) endeavour to spread a little festive cheer to those less fortunate in our society. This year, Sithandiwe Disabled Care Centre was the recipient of these efforts, with WIZO throwing a Christmas party for its recipients and caregivers.
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The disgrace of a country that lies to its children

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

The children of South Africa have been betrayed by the education system. And the clamour to enter universities has given them a false sense of a passport to a better life. But it isn’t doing so, given the declining state of our universities, and the abysmal matric system which sent them there.
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For censorship to exist, it’s sufficient for academics to do nothing

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Since the early years of this century, regular attempts have been made on university campuses throughout the world to impose a boycott against Israeli academics and academic institutions. In real terms, the boycotters have had little to show for their efforts.
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Ramaphosa: SA has constructive role to play in Middle East

Nov 29, 2018 3 Comments

President Cyril Ramaphosa this week praised South African Jewry for setting an example of unity to the nation.
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Stellenbosch University discriminates against Israeli academics

Nov 29, 2018 5 Comments

Professor Shifrah Sagy of Ben Gurion University in the Negev found out she had been excluded from attending a conference at Stellenbosch University when she saw that the names of her and fellow delegates from Israel had simply been erased from the programme.
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Board apologises for apartheid-era errors

Nov 29, 2018 1 Comment

In the presence of President Cyril Ramaphosa and senior Cabinet ministers, Jewish communal leadership expressed deep regret for not having supported Jewish activists.
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