(Author: Alon Shapira, Vol. 79, #2, Summer 2024) Editor’s Note: In the Winter 2024 issue, JA published Alon Shapira’s in-depth exploration of a famed but often misrepresented act of heroism during World War II by South African POW Corporal Bernard Friedlander (“WHAT ON EARTH
[Reviewer: David Saks, Vol 79, #2, Summer 2024) I may be sticking my neck out here, but it may well be that no other Jewish community anywhere has gone about recording its own history with as much avidity as that of South Africa’s. It
On 11 November, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies belatedly celebrated its 120th anniversary with a special gala dinner at the Wanderers Club in Sandton. More than 300 people attended the event, among them ministers; deputy ministers; the heads of parliamentary portfolio committees; representatives
……………………………………………… ………………………………. ………………………………….. No, Yitz Yitz, Wouldn’t it be lovely if Zelig and you soaked in soup super glue And rebounded the shape of this awful filth hate For this man howls like a cow, in the darkest loose sky And mopes at