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The Cousins Zangwill, Eder and Cowen – the causes they championed and the South African connection

The Cousins Zangwill, Eder and Cowen – the causes they championed and the South African connection

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Two great Jewish war workers: Cecil Lyons and Jack Rich

Two great Jewish war workers: Cecil Lyons and Jack Rich

(Author: Naomi Musiker, Vol. 70, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2015) On 4 September 1939, after...

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Samuel Sher – Philanthropist Extraordinaire

Samuel Sher – Philanthropist Extraordinaire

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The Adventures of Joachim (Hayyim) Gans – the first professing Jew in North America

The Adventures of Joachim (Hayyim) Gans – the first professing Jew in North America

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Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler – An Appraisal on his 125th Yahrtzeit

Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler – An Appraisal on his 125th Yahrtzeit

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‘You are not in Lithuania anymore’ – Yehuda Leib Schrire in Johannesburg, 1892-3

‘You are not in Lithuania anymore’ – Yehuda Leib Schrire in Johannesburg, 1892-3

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My Uncle the Doctor: The Life and Times of Hartwig Buxbaum (Part I)

My Uncle the Doctor: The Life and Times of Hartwig Buxbaum (Part I)

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My Uncle, the Doctor: The life and times of Hartwig Buxbaum (Part II)

My Uncle, the Doctor: The life and times of Hartwig Buxbaum (Part II)

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Sarah Leftwich – A Life in Zionism

Sarah Leftwich – A Life in Zionism

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Queen Victoria, broad-minded women and the Marks family scrapbook

Queen Victoria, broad-minded women and the Marks family scrapbook

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Feodora Clouts: “The Grand Old Lady of Cape Town Jewry”

Feodora Clouts: “The Grand Old Lady of Cape Town Jewry”

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A Wunderkind in Wonderland

A Wunderkind in Wonderland

(Author: Douglas Davis, Vol. 75, #1, Summer 2020)   I didn’t know what to expect,...

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With Gandhi in South Africa: Sonja Schlesin

With Gandhi in South Africa: Sonja Schlesin

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Soweto’s Morris Isaacson School and the man who made it possible

Soweto’s Morris Isaacson School and the man who made it possible

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