April 2019 – Jewish Affairs

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(Author: Steven Mark Katzew, Vol. 72, No. 1, Pesach 2017) Much has been written about the ten Springboks who make up a so-called ‘Minyan’ of Jewish rugby players who have represented South Africa in the international arena. This statistic certainly ranks high in the

With Gandhi in South Africa: Sonja Schlesin

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(Author: Harriet Feinberg, Vol. 72, No. 1, Pesach 2017) Feature image: Sonja Schlesin with M K Gandhi and Herman Kallenbach (centre) and another, photographed shortly after Gandhi's release from prison in 2013 Here's a question you’ve probably never contemplated: What did Gandhi think about

Soweto’s Morris Isaacson School and the man who made it possible

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(Author: Paul Trewhela, Vol. 74, No. 1, Pesach 2019) Morris Isaacson, c. 1879-1954 Morris Isaac Isaacson, the founder of Soweto’s Morris Isaacson High School, was born in or near Kovno (now Kaunas) in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, in about 1879.1 The village

Beneath the Minyan – a Close Miss

With Gandhi in South Africa: Sonja Schlesin

Soweto’s Morris Isaacson School and the man who made it possible

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