(Author: Honey Gluckman, Sol Cowan, Vol. 65, No. 3, Chanukah 2010) The following is a response by two readers from the ‘Jewish Community’ to Daniel Macintosh’s article ‘Speaking out Against Injustice? Re-examining the SAJBD’s Response to Apartheid, 1948-1976’ in the Rosh Hashanah 2010 issue of
(Author: Daniel Mackintosh, Vol. 65, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2010) Bernhard Schlink, in his novel The Reader, describes how the thousands of students who created the ‘1968 movement’ became heavily invested in understanding Germany’s past, resulting in a wave of student protests in which
(Author: Alana Pugh-Jones, Vol. 65, No. 3, Chanukah 2010) Introduction Stretching back into history from the moment Moses raised his hand against the oppressive Egyptian overseer and led his people from slavery into freedom; to the instant that Abraham smashed the morally bankrupt idols
(Author: Benji Shulman, Vol. 65, No. 3, Chanukah 2010) Comrade Goldberg is a documentary currently doing the alternative film circuit telling the story of one of South Africa’s less well-known struggle heroes. It looks at the life and times of Dennis Goldberg who, like
(Author: Astrid Starck1, Vol. 65 #1, Pesach 2010. First published Jewish Affairs, Winter, 1995. Translated from the French by Karen-Anne Durbach) Editor’s Note: Many of the stories discussed in this essay have been published in English translation, together with a detailed introduction to the
(Author: Mervyn Smith, Vol. 68, No. 3, Chanukah 2013) On a cold Cape winter’s night in May 1998 a Muslim community radio station, Radio 786, broadcast a programme entitled ‘Zionism and the State of Israel – an in-depth analysis’. This featured an interview with UK
(Author: Dovidi Fachler, Vol. 68, No. 3, Chanukah 2013) In 1992, twenty three years after being branded a terrorist John Schlapobersky, a clinical psychologist working out of his Highgate practice in northwest London, was finally allowed to visit his native South Africa. Looking back
(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol. 68, No. 3, Chanukah 2013) Few in the year 2013 think it strange that the immediate past Chairman of the SAJBD Cape Council and the current SAJBD National Chairman and National Director, respectively Li Boiskin, Mary Kluk and Wendy Kahn,
(Authors: Madeleine Georgette, Natalie Knight, Vol. 67, No. 3, Chanukah 2012) EDITOR’S NOTE: From 22 August to 29 September 2012, a compelling new art exhibition documenting the story of South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to Democracy was on show at the Origins Centre, University
(Author: Naomi Musiker, Vol. 67, No. 1, Pesach 2012) Feature image: Inner City Housing Upgrade Trust AGM, 1997: Gerald Leissner (GM), Taffy Adler (CEO) and Gauteng MEC for Housing Dan Mofokeng. According to the Urban Management Department of the City of Johannesburg, the Inner City is