(Author: Martin Zagnoev, Vol. 77 * No. 1 * Summer 2022) Judaism is arguably the oldest surviving religion, going back some four thousand years. During this long period there have been surprisingly few challenges to the mainstream orthodoxy, even though there were numerous
(Charlotte Cohen, Yaakov Wolpe) The Smile that Tightened Two Cities The Whispering of Atlantic mist. It was the Administrator’s mother’s mother, Miss Bella Oshry, who sailed the length of this mighty current. The days, 1939, these were young A dreadful beat of a hovering
(Author: Boris Gorelik, Vol. 77 * No. 1 * Summer 2022) Reading on the immigration of Russian Jews to South Africa, you may come across such statements as: ‘The Tsarist government refused to protect their Jewish nationals’.[1] Other authors go further, declaring that
(Vol. 77 * No. 1 * Summer 2022) On Friday, 20 August 1921, 108 Polish Ukrainian Jewish Orphans landed in Quebec, Canada, aboard SS Scandinavia. These were part of a group of 150 children selected and rescued by Harry Hirshman, representative of the
(Author: Bernard Katz, Vol. 77, # 1, Summer 2022) The period of Jeremiah is characterised by Babylonia supplanting Assyria as the world superpower. This transformation to a new world order presented major challenges for the nations of the region, including Judah, and these were
(Author: Sandra Braude, Vol. 77, # 1, Summer 2022) Who and what was Shakespeare? Is the Merchant of Venice an antisemitic play? And what is the worth of a pound of flesh? The answer depends of course upon where the flesh comes from. What
(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol. 77, #1, Summer 2022) The Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) was established in 1920. Within eight years it had attracted 34 worldwide federations consisting of 40 000 members, enabling the organisation to establish a strong educational and social welfare
(Author: Hyman Jocum, Vol. 77, #1, Summer 2022) When in May 1939 the British parliament in Westminster published the White Paper on Palestine with its severe restrictions on Jewish immigration it effectively scuttled the Balfour Declaration. From then onwards, aliyah to the Holy Land
(Author: Veronica Belling, Vol. 76 * No. 2 * Autumn-Winter 2021) As literary executrix to the ‘father of Afrikaans literature’ and Senator in the Union Parliament, Cornelis Jakobus Langenhoven (1873-1932), the name of Sarah Goldblatt (1889-1975) has become synonymous with the fight for
(Author: Gary Nowosenetz, Vol. 76, #3, Spring 2021) The 1 Medium Battery 4th Field Regiment We did Basics in Potchefstroom in 1975. Afterwards, we were divided up into three groups and trained in how to operate and deploy the 5.5 (140-mm guns. The first