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6 years ago in

(Authors: Veronica Belling, Natalie Ginsburg, Vol. 69, No. 1, Pesach 2014) In August 2013, I visited Lithuania for the first time. I had just finished translating a series of 25 articles on the Lithuanian shtetlech, originally published in the South African Yiddish newspaper, the

Rhodes Island, fifty years after

6 years ago in

(By: Violette Fintz, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) In October 1994, at the invitation of the Brussels-based film company, Les Film De La Memoire, I returned to Rhodes Island to take part in a film on the Jewish community in commemoration of the 50th

The deportation of Rhodes Jewry – 70 years later

6 years ago in

(Author: Zmira Cohen, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) There is a Ladino saying that goes: Cuando gan‘eden esta‘acerrada, guehinam esta‘ siempre abierto – ‘While the Garden of Eden may be closed, Hell is always open’. It well describes the situation of the Jews

Forever Linked – Rhodos 2014

6 years ago in

(Author: Maurice Turiel, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) We came from all over the world, from Caracas to Cancun; from Seattle to Sydney; from Hong Kong to Cape Town. We were all there, 400 of us on Rhodes, to commemorate the deportation of our

South African Jews in World War I

6 years ago in

(Author: Gus Saron, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) Gustav ‘Gus’ Saron (1905-1989) served as Secretary and then General-Secretary of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies from 1936-1974. A prolific writer, he authored numerous articles on the South African Jewish community. This article is adapted

Mervyn Smith, Ronnie Mink, Rabbi Norman Bernhard

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(By: Isaac Reznik, David Saks, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) MERVYN MYER SMITH David Saks Mervyn Smith (right) with Nelson Mandela and Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, when Mandela visited the Green & Sea Point Hebrew Congregation in May 1994. Shortly before this issue went

War Poet Isaac Rosenberg – The South African Connection

6 years ago in

(Author: Stephen Gray, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) Stephen Gray is a distinguished South African poet, novelist, literary critic and academic. This article first appeared under the title “A ‘half-used life’ blasted to extinction” in the 4 July 2014 issue of the Mail &

Marcus Arkin

6 years ago in

(By: Naomi Musiker, Vol. 70, No. 3, Chanukah 2015) We are greatly saddened by the passing of Professor Marcus Arkin in Durban on 3 September. Professor Arkin was a distinguished academic, specializing in the field of economic history, and also served as Director-General of

Herman Kallenbach: Lithuania Remembers a Forgotten Son

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(Author: Kathy Munro, Vol. 70, No. 3, Chanukah 2015) Friday 2 October 2015 was Mohandas Gandhi’s birthday. The man who became the great Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, in Western India, to a Hindu merchant class family. Some two years

The SAJBD and the South African Jewish war effort, 1939-1945

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(Author: David Saks, Vol. 70, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2015) Feature image: The St Martin's Jewish Cemetery in Mauritius, where 127 Jewish detainees who died on the island during World War II are buried. The cemetery was taken over by the SA Jewish Board

A very personal journey

Rhodes Island, fifty years after

The deportation of Rhodes Jewry – 70 years later

Forever Linked – Rhodos 2014

South African Jews in World War I

Mervyn Smith, Ronnie Mink, Rabbi Norman Bernhard

War Poet Isaac Rosenberg – The South African Connection

Marcus Arkin

Herman Kallenbach: Lithuania Remembers a Forgotten Son

The SAJBD and the South African Jewish war effort, 1939-1945

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