February 2008 – Jewish Affairs

Some Jewish booksellers and bookshops in Johannesburg: past and present

19 years ago in

(Author: Reuben Musiker, Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) This overview of Jewish bookshops and booksellers in Johannesburg (which is by no means comprehensive, and indeed is selective) is divided into two parts. Part One consists of bookshops which are owned by Jews, and the

More about yiddish colloquialisms

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(Author: Gabriel A. Sivan, Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) Like many others, no doubt, I enjoyed reading Maurice Skikne’s article on ‘Yiddish South Africanisms’ in your Rosh Hashanah 2008 issue.1 Most of the words and expressions that he quotes are definitely peculiar to South

Jewishness and the liberation movement – a help or a hindrance?

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(Author: Leon Levy, Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) Feature image: Leon Levy receiving the Rabbi Cyril & Ann Harris Human Rights Award, SA Jewish Board of Deputies national conference, 22 November 2015. From left: President Jacob Zuma, Leon Levy, Ann Harris, Mary Kluk, Zev Krengel.

The Yodaikens: migrations and re-migrations of a Jewish family

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(Author: Anne Lapedus Brest, Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) The Yodaiken family (aka. Judeikin, Jodaiken, Yudaiken, etc) has been traced back to the mid-1600s. Their original progenitor Yodaiken was Hirsh Hacohen, born 1641 in Lithuania. They were Cohanim and from Judeike, as well as

“Who is a Jew” revisited

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(Author: Arnold Levin, Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) The question of “Who is a Jew” is indeed a very vexed one. It is of great concern especially to Reform converts, and children whose fathers were Jewish but whose mothers belonged to a different religious

Why do Jewish egalitarians not circumcise their daughters?

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(Author: David Benatar, Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) Many contemporary Jews espouse egalitarianism (of the sexes). However, Jewish egalitarians are not all of one stripe. For some, the extent of their egalitarianism is limited. My question is not directed to these restricted ‘egalitarians’. Instead it

Sir Martin Gilbert: the holocaust in sanitized interpretation

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(Author: Alexander J. Groth, Vol. 63, No. 3, Chanukah 2008) A variation on Holocaust denial is a more subtle attempt to absolve so-called bystanders, especially Allied governments, of complicity in the mass murder of European Jews. A foremost example of those who disguise the

Schneir Levin

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(Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) Dr. Schneir Levin, who passed away in Johannesburg on Yom Kippur at the age of 83, was a much beloved paediatrician who will be fondly remembered by several generations of parents whose children he tended with his expertise and

Aleck Goldberg

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(Vol. 63, #3, Chanukah 2008) Aleck Goldberg, who passed away just after Succot at the age of 85, was a much loved and respected Jewish communal leader. A true scholar and gentleman, he epitomised the dedication and professionalism that characterised a now vanished era

Jocelyn Hellig

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(Vol. 63, # 3, Chanukah 2008) The untimely passing of Dr. Jocelyn Hellig, one of South African Jewry’s most respected scholars, writers and communal leaders, was a grievous loss to the community as a whole and to Jewish Affairs in particular. She was an

Some Jewish booksellers and bookshops in Johannesburg: past and present

More about yiddish colloquialisms

Jewishness and the liberation movement – a help or a hindrance?

The Yodaikens: migrations and re-migrations of a Jewish family

“Who is a Jew” revisited

Why do Jewish egalitarians not circumcise their daughters?

Sir Martin Gilbert: the holocaust in sanitized interpretation

Schneir Levin

Aleck Goldberg

Jocelyn Hellig

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