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WIZO South Africa has had an industrious and fruitful first half of 2022. We’re an organisation full of dynamic women with a passion for Israel and...
A special thanks and mazeltov to the outgoing and the incoming chairpersons of WIZO (the Women’s International Zionist Organisation) Cape Town, as well as the incoming...
In spite of the challenges of 2021, WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organisation) South Africa, under the excellent leadership of President Shelley Trope-Friedman, enjoyed a productive and...
‘’If you want this, or are doing this now, then you need to join me,” says Shelley Trope-Friedman, the new president of WIZO (the Women’s International...
The Elise WIZO Gift Shop sadly closed its doors at the end of 2020 after being a well-known feature of Johannesburg Jewish life for many decades....
The Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO), accompanied by the South African Friends of Israel (SAFI), on 8 October handed over four wheelchairs to the Kutullo Disability...
Lorraine Rosmarin, a past president of WIZO SA and honorary life vice-chairperson of WIZO Johannesburg, died on Yom Kippur, 27 September. However, her illustrious titles don’t...
As Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman ends her decade-long term as head of department of diaspora affairs at the World Zionist Organization (WZO) in October, she is more determined...
Rosh Hashanah has brought new beginnings for all of us and the hope that the special connections and support of family, friends, and community, will continue...
An exhilarating, informative, and nostalgic day enthralled a full busload of participants on a tour of “Remembering the Jewish Contribution to the Struggle” recently.
WIZO held competition for kids to design labels on tzedakah boxes. Entries flooded in & 3 girls, one each from Durban, Joburg and Cape Town scooped...
Wherever there is a WIZO branch in SA, members & friends will be celebrating Shabbat together as a community or at home. The weekly parsha is...
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