(Author: Lana Jacobson, Vol. 68, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2013) In his foreword to Jewish Memories of Mandela (published by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies and the Umoja Foundation in 2011), Ivor Ichikowitz wrote: The Jewish connections in the story of Nelson Mandela
(Author: Chuck Volpe, Vol. 67, No. 3, Chanukah 2012) “Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K. He knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.” So begins Franz Kafka’s classic novel The Trial. The strange sense of guiltless guilt
(Author: Riva Morgenstern, Vol. 68, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2013) We lived in the town, where life was more civilized and “up to date” than in the rural shtetl. My memories of that time – seen through the eyes of a small child –
(Author: Charlotte Cohen, Vol. 68, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2013) ‘The Ten Questions’ was conceived when Aidan was seven-going-on-eight. Although he is my progeny, I am dispassionate when I say he was – and still is – cute, clever, gorgeous and talented. He is