Routes to Roots
Routes to Roots
in
(AUTHOR: Rosalie Rogow, Vol. 72, No. 1, Pesach 2017) When Gwynne Robins called me to discuss a request she had received from Dr Ines Wagemann, the archivist in Griesheim, Germany, to trace Rosalie Wolff, she was thrilled to learn that her search had borne
The Record Player – Memories of Music, Melodies and Menschen
The Record Player – Memories of Music, Melodies and Menschen
in
(Author: Charlie Nates, Vol 72, #1, Pesach 2017) I was born in 1934 to parents who had left Lithuania and immigrated to Cape Town in the late 1920s. When I turned eight, we moved into our very own home in the Gardens area of
Lamedvovniks
Lamedvovniks
in
(Author: Cecil Bloom, Vol 72, #1, Pesach 2017) There is a very old Jewish legend to the effect that every generation has thirty-six saints on whose piety the fate of the world depends. The Book of Proverbs (10:25) provides an early source for the belief
The Forgotten Anti-Apartheid Seders
The Forgotten Anti-Apartheid Seders
in
Author: Debbie Orolowitz, Vol 72, #1, Pesach 2017) If I am not for myself... The theme of freedom is not subtle in the Passover Seder. The holiday itself is known as Z’Man Cheruteinu (‘the Time of our Freedom’). Arguably, the keynote theme of the
Child of the Concentration Camp (Part V)
Child of the Concentration Camp (Part V)
in
Don Krausz at the 2017 Yom Hashoah ceremony in Johannesburg, where he was keynote speaker. With him are SAJBD Gauteng Council chairman Shaun Zagnoev (left) and National Chairman Jeff Katz. Don Krausz is the subject of the youtube presentation ‘Don Krausz Holocaust Survivor 91
My Uncle, the Doctor: The life and times of Hartwig Buxbaum (Part II)
My Uncle, the Doctor: The life and times of Hartwig Buxbaum (Part II)
in
(Author: Stuart Buxbaum, Vol. 72, #1, Pesach 2017) Dr Hartwig Buxbaum In the early 1930s my late uncle Dr Hartwig Buxbaum left Germany to obtain further medical degrees from Edinburgh and Glasgow so as to be registered with the medical council of South Africa. His
The Last Hurrah: South Africa and the Royal Tour of 1947
The Last Hurrah: South Africa and the Royal Tour of 1947
in
(Reviewer: David Saks, Vol. 74, No. 1, Pesach 2019) One of the many poignant and symbolically resonant incidents recorded in this excellent account of the 1947 Royal Visit to South Africa occurs on page 151, where it is related how at the end of the
A house with stories to tell
A house with stories to tell
in
(AUTHOR: Zita Nurok) .... The house was the start of a new life in a new country for our parents. They’d made their way across the seas from Europe to South Africa in search of new beginnings. They brought with them the difficulties and challenges,
An Unsung Holocaust Hero: Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld
An Unsung Holocaust Hero: Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld
in
(AUTHOR: Isaac Reznik, Vol. 74, #1, Pesach 2019) 2 December 2018 commemorated the 80th anniversary of the ‘Kinderstransport’, a s t h e rescue efforts that brought some 10 000 refugee Jewish children to the UK from Nazi Germany and other European countries in the