(Author: Marlene Bethlehem, Vol. 69, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2014) On 1 January 2004, I commenced my first term as the Jewish community representative on the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Commission (CRL Commission). Established in mid-2003 in terms of Act No. 19 of 2000,
(Author: Tony Leon, Vol. 69, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2014) I am particularly pleased to have the opportunity of presenting my remarks in my home town and at a venue, the Durban Jewish Club, which so framed my childhood and early political career. It was
(Author: Bernard Katz, Vol. 69, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2014) On 3 November 1919, General Jan Christiaan Smuts gave an address to the Jewish community at a reception held in his honour at the Johannesburg Town Hall. Smuts had become Prime Minister of the
(Author: Shirley Klein Kantor, Vol. 69, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2014) Calvinia1 is the place of my birth, the place of my childhood, my first experience with death, the ancestral burial site and my chosen burial space. By digging up and into my past,
(Author: Joy Kropman, Vol. 69, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2014) A hundred years ago, Jewish communities were spread throughout South Africa. There were Zionist societies in 300 centres – from Aberdeen, Amersfoort and Alice, to Zastron, Zeerust and Zalolo; even in tiny, out of
(Author: Naomi Musiker, Vol. 69, No. 1, Pesach 2014) The first attempt to establish a record of the South African Jewish community dates back to 28 April 1927, when the SA Jewish Historical Society was founded. Its chief objects were ‘the securing of reliable
