Cemetery in sad state & no funds for repair
The Jewish cemetery in Roodepoort on the West Rand is in a sorry state of disrepair, with nearly a third of the tombstones broken or pushed over. There is also no wall to demarcate the area from the general cemetery. Unfortunately, no Jewish congregation remains to deal with the problem, nor are there funds available to carry out the necessary restoration.
UOS/Congregations
UOS/Congregations
Ambassadors talk about Israel and Germany
On Sunday May 29, SACRED (South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity) in collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, Bet David Progressive Synagogue and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, was an organiser of “Ambassadors in Conversation: Dealing With a Complicated Past, Creating a Common Future”.
UOS/Congregations
Remember those who refused to be mere victims
For Yom Hashoah 2016, the international theme chosen by Yad Vashem is remembering those victims of the Holocaust who resisted being brutalised by the horrific circumstances in which they were placed, but instead strove to maintain and preserve their essential humanity.
UOS/Congregations
Young Jews make waves in the Mother City
A yacht party on the bobbing waves of Table Bay, last Sunday, brought together close to 150 of Cape Town’s young Jewish students for the “Chabad on Campus” official launch. The Sea Princess, South Africa’s largest day passenger boat, was commissioned to accommodate a sold out crowd for cocktails, live music and vibrant Jewish socialising.
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Letters/Discussion Forums5 days ago
Protest not a creative solution to education funding crisis
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Letters/Discussion Forums5 days ago
Only those on the frontline should be vaccinated
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Letters/Discussion Forums5 days ago
Looking for descendants of Lithuanian great-grandfather
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Youth5 days ago
KDVP holds siyum for firstborn boys
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Voices5 days ago
Time for Israelis to pray for South Africa
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Voices5 days ago
Join us for Yom Hashoah
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Religion5 days ago
Finding faith in the hippo
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Israel5 days ago
Helen Mirren to play Golda Meir in upcoming film
David B
Jun 1, 2017 at 6:41 am
‘A really sad state of affairs — although , with no alternative given to this unfortunate choice I would rather subsidise the living via the Chevra , than the dead. Not ideal by any means , but pragmatic in the unfortunate circumstances’