Goldie Goldsmith, who died in Johannesburg in November 2022, worked for the SA Jewish Board of Deputies in various capacities for over forty years, primarily as administrative secretary of Jewish Affairs as well as of the SAJBD’s Afrikaans language publication Buurman which appeared during the

 (Author: David Saks, Vol. 76 * No. 2 * Autumn-Winter 2021)   The untimely passing last November of veteran journalist, author and Jewish communal professional Suzanne Belling was yet another sad loss for South African Jewry in a year that had already seen – whether

(Vol. 75 * No. 3 * Winter 2020) The editorial board of Jewish Affairs was saddened to learn of the passing earlier this month of long-serving board member the Honourable Justice Ralph Zulman. Judge Zulman combined a stellar career on the Bench (culminating with his

(Marcia Leveson, Vol. 64, #1, Pesach 2009)    In November  2008  Joseph Sherman, Yiddishist par excellence, visited Vilnius, a centre of lost Jewish culture. He was overwhelmed with emotion. Perhaps it is fitting that this so rewarding returning to roots should have been one of

(Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) .[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]Harold Rudolph, who passed away in Johannesburg on 16 November at the age of 64, rubbed shoulders with kings and world leaders. He had honours bestowed on him before and after he became mayor during Johannesburg’s centenary in 1986. At

(Vol. 66, #2, Rosh Hashanah 2011)   Dr Irving Lissoos, who passed away in Johannesburg on 30 July 2011at the age of 74, was a contributor to Jewish Affairs of many years standing, writing on such diverse subjects as South African Jewish Nobel laureates, Jewish

(Vol. 69, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2014) Rabbi Dr. Dennis Isaacs - HaRav David Meir ben Yitzhak, of Blessed Memory - was born and educated in Johannesburg. After matriculating, with distinction in Hebrew, he attended the Rabbi Zlotnick Avida Teachers’ Seminary of the SA Board

(By: Isaac Reznik, David Saks, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) MERVYN MYER SMITH David Saks Mervyn Smith (right) with Nelson Mandela and Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, when Mandela visited the Green & Sea Point Hebrew Congregation in May 1994. Shortly before this issue went

(By: Naomi Musiker, Vol. 70, No. 3, Chanukah 2015)   We are greatly saddened by the passing of Professor Marcus Arkin in Durban on 3 September. Professor Arkin was a distinguished academic, specializing in the field of economic history, and also served as Director-General of

JOHN SIMON (1931-2015) (Vol. 70, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2015)  On 3 August, South African Jewry was deprived of a distinguished Jewish leader and one of its finest Judaic scholars with the passing in Cape Town of John Simon. By profession an attorney, Simon went