(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
(Author: Natalie Knight, Vol. 67, No. 1, Pesach 2012) When I interviewed Herman Wald in his studio in 1970, three weeks before his sudden death at the age of 64, I was intrigued to find an artist who was conflicted about religion. He was
(Author: Ute Ben Yosef, Vol. 67, No. 1, Pesach 2012) On 2 June 2011, Deneys Kottler and Louis Wald met for the first time at Louis’s home in Finchley, London. Both are sons of great South African Jewish sculptors and both had grown up,
(Author: Hazel Frankel, Vol. 68, No. 1, Pesach 2013) The Yiddish poems of Lithuanian immigrant David Fram offer significant insights into Lithuanian-South African literature of a particular Jewish immigrant’s diasporic experience. Joseph Sherman, well-known South African critic and Yiddishist, affirmed Fram’s importance, recognising him
(Author: Cedric Ginsberg, Vol. 68, No. 1, Pesach 2013) 1959 saw the posthumous publication of Nehemiah Levinsky’s book of stories. Called Der Regn hot farshpetikt – Dertseylungen fun Dorem Afrike1 (The rains came late – stories of South Africa), it was a remarkable collection
