September 2019 – Jewish Affairs

The role of Swiss Banks during the Holocaust

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(Author: Marlene Bethlehem, Vol. 74, #2, Rosh Hashanah 2019) Background: In 1995, the World Jewish Congress instituted a lawsuit to retrieve deposits made into Swiss banks by victims of Nazism prior to and during World War II. In 1998, a settlement was reached, which

Israel’s Women Wage Peace show the way

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(Author: Yanir Grindler, Vol. 74, #2, Rosh Hashanah 2019) The author introducing the Women Wage Peace delegation. From left, Yasmin Rubin-Cooper, Hyam Tannous, Manar Abu Dahl and Vered Eyal-Saldinger. Coinciding with South Africa’s Women’s Month, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies recently hosted a delegation

The Birzai/Birzh Memorial Project, Lithuania

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(Authors: Veronica Belling, with Glenda Levitt, Vol. 74 * No. 2 * Rosh Hashanah 2019) On 16 June 2019, a new memorial for the victims of the massacre that took place near Birzai, Lithuania, was unveiled. Located in the Astravas Grove in the Pakamponys

Herber House: “A Hostel for Jewish children (Part I)

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(Author: Stuart Buxbaum, Vol. 74, #2, Rosh Hashanah 2019) “The ten fateful years between 1939 and 1948 changed the Jewish people and the course of Jewish history (M E Katz)”[i] It was during this disruptive, destructive and chaotic decade for European Jewry that, in a

Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2019

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In the Auschwitz Infirmary A line of naked stick-men; he in front Eyes longingly a pair of chamber pots, When told to, on the one he’s told to, squats, In sixty seconds, though, can only grunt. By squirting out a dysenteric mess His aim (excuse

Quirks and Curiosities

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(Vol. 74, #2, Rosh Hashanah 2019) Welcome to the first Jewish Affairs ‘Quirks and Curiosities’ feature! It is envisaged that this will be a regular item looking at some of the more unusual, even eccentric aspects of the Jewish South African legacy. Located directly opposite

The role of Swiss Banks during the Holocaust

Israel’s Women Wage Peace show the way

The Birzai/Birzh Memorial Project, Lithuania

Herber House: “A Hostel for Jewish children (Part I)

Poetry, Rosh Hashanah 2019

Quirks and Curiosities

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