By: Johnny Copelyn, Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein, Zev Krengel, Vol. 69, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2014) Editor’s Note: On 3 April 2014, as part of a series of events to mark twenty years of democracy in South Africa, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies hosted

(Author: Kathy Munro, Vol. 70, No. 3, Chanukah 2015)   Friday 2 October 2015 was Mohandas Gandhi’s birthday. The man who became the great Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, in Western India, to a Hindu merchant class family. Some two years

(Author: Leon Levy, Vol. 70, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2015) Leon Levy at the SAJBD’s 60th anniversary of the Freedom Charter event, held at the Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre on 23 June 2015. With him is Joy Coplan, a long-serving ANC City Councillor who

(Author: Kgalema Motlanthe, Vol. 70, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2015) 60 Years of the Freedom Charter evening, 23 June 2015. From left: Kgalema Motlanthe, Leon Levy, H.E. Parks Tau, Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, and SAJBD President Zev Krengel. I am grateful for the opportunity to

(Author: Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein, Vol. 70, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2015)   National reconciliation in South Africa requires focus and development of three areas. Firstly, poverty alleviation and reducing the gap between the various levels of financial means across society is crucial and urgent.

(Authors: Gene Eisen, Les Glassman, Vol. 71, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2016)   Jews were involved in “The Struggle” against South Africa’s apartheid mainly because it is part of our DNA. In Deuteronomy (16:20), we are commanded “Justice, Justice you shall pursue.” Even before the