(Author: David Saks, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) At the opening of the 46th National Conference of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies on 27 August 2011, the SAJBD Human Rights Award was presented posthumously to Arthur Goldreich. At the presentation of the
Charlotte Cohen, Ros Posel, Israel Silberhaft Confidences I had to confide in someone So I confided in paper Paper is silent It can take anything I could pour out my anger I could weep … I could rejoice … For me, poems are what
(Author: Ute Ben-Yosef, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) Moses Kottler was one of the most distinguished South African Jewish sculptors, probably best known for the controversy that erupted when puritanical civil servants forced the removal of his relief sculpture, intended for the Population Registration
(Author: Benji Shulman, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) Zionism and the Environment 111 years ago, a proposal was put to the first Zionist Congress to set up a “national fund” to buy land so as to enable Jews to settle in their ancient home. To
(Author: Gita Gordon, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) My dear wife, It is two years since we parted. I thought that the time we were apart would be short. People spoke of fortunes to be made as by Sammy Marks, who left a poor
(Author: Chuck Volpe, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) Introduction The political Left is a broad church, so it follows that any discussion of its views and tendencies apply to some of its constituent groups and not to others. The groups to which I will be
(Author: David Benatar, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) It is often suggested that the example of South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to democracy in a unitary state is a model from which we can learn lessons for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian (and broader
(Sammy Eppel, Steven Gruzd, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) Q: Can you briefly sketch a picture of Jewish communities in Latin America? A: At one point, in the late 1960s, it was estimated that there were about one million Jews in Latin America, with
(Author: Frank Startz, Vol. 67, No. 1, Pesach 2012) Sidney Goldblatt was born in Johannesburg, of Lithuanian Jewish parents, in 1919. He grew up in Johannesburg and attended Parktown Boys High School. After matriculating, he spent ten years in business and was employed by