Jewish Affairs

Jewish History South Africa

(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol. 81, #1, Autumn-Winter 2026)   Said Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai, “There...

(Author: Kenneth Wright, Vol. 81, #1, Autumn-Winter 2026)     EDITOR’S NOTE: In its Winter...

(Author: Zita Nurok, Vol. 81, #1, Autumn-Winter 2026)     We lived across the road...

(Author: Steven Katzew, Vol. 81, #1, Autumn 2026)   Picture the scene: the 27th of...

(Reviewer: David Saks, Vol. 80, #2, Summer 2025)     As the adage has it,...

(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol. 80, #2, Summer 2025)     Unlike countries like America and...

(Author: David Saks, Vol. 80, #2, Summer 2025)   South Africa’s post-apartheid honeymoon, that halcyon...

(Author: Ivan Kapelus, Vol. 80, #2, Summer 2025)     A new museum, the Chaim...

  (Author: Zita Nurok, Vol. 80, #2, Spring-Summer 2025)   My father moved his bicycle...

(Author: Reviva Hasson, Vol. 80, #1, Autumn 2025)   South Africa’s Jewish population has been...

  (Author: Zita Nurok, Vol. 80, #1, Autumn 2025)     The willow tree at...

(Author: Wilf Stein, Vol. 80, #1, Autumn 2025)     The town of Sutherland lies...

(Author: Charlotte Cohen, Vol. 80, #1, Autumn, 2025)   Molly Cohen passed away just 9...

[Reviewer: David Saks, Vol 79, #2, Summer 2024)   I may be sticking my neck...