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Wendy Kahn explains the meaning of the challah to Winnie Dlamini and Lorraine Mayisela. Mass challah baking to support Madiba Numerous challot, baked by Jewish women, were delivered to the Ithlokomeng Old Age Home in Alexandra township, last week, after a mass challah baking evening to show support for ailing former President Nelson Mandela and his family. The project, initiated by the SAJBD and run in partnership with Emunah, represented a Jewish way of praying for the recovery of someone seriously ill. SAJBD National Director Wendy Kahn, who was one of some 50 participants, explained the tradition for women to collectively bake challot, invoking the spiritual significance of each ingredient. One hundred and twenty three challot were delivered to Ithlokomeng and Phutaditshaba Facility for the Aged.

Marilyn’s ‘vegetable Remove your shoes - this is Overcoming the Muslim- Removal of Morsi in Young and old, this dynamic patch’ an extraordinary hallowed ground Jewish divide Egypt a source of hope hands-on rabbi oozes green beacon in Israel Yiddishkeit The 50th anniversary of the Rivonia By creating a “safe space” Bassin identified an old rubbish Raid marks a significant event in SA for the exchange of personal “To get rid of the Muslim A young bright star in the dump, adjacent to a school, history and the Jewish community. experiences, the Muslim-Jewish Brotherhood is great for Johannesburg Jewish community’s and is building a community When you visit Liliesleaf, remove Conference unites participants Egypt and for the region,” firmament is Rabbi Ari Kievman, vegetable garden. It will soon your shoes because this spot in from across racial, religious and said Zvi Mazel, Israel’s who shines his light on seniors “fill tummies of not only the Rivonia is hallowed ground. gender divides. ambassador to Egypt in the through his Chabad Chai Seniors kids, but the volunteer parents late 1990s. Club weekdays at Chabad, Savoy. and hostel-dwellers”. 4 6 7 8 12 WALKING? THE SKY’Z THE LIMIT!

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Shabbat Times Parshat Devarim Tisha B’Av - good mourning! July 12 / 5 Av During the third day of the Six Day War in us: Whoever mourns for Jerusalem will July 13 / 6 Av 1967, Israeli soldiers finally burst through merit sharing in her joy. into the Old City of Jerusalem and were able Tisha B’Av reminds us of the basic tenet 17:14 18:05 Johannesburg Parshat Devarim to fight their way to the area of the Western of Jewish belief that everything is in G-d’s 17:36 18:30 Cape Town Wall. As soldiers both old and young fell Rabbi Daniel Sackstein hands. Jewish history does not follow the 16:54 17:47 Durban upon the Wall they wept with emotion, all Sunny Road Shul standard patterns of political and economic 17:15 18:08 Bloemfontein the while kissing and caressing with awe the forces; rather it is a function of our relation- last remaining segment of the Temple. The second soldier, surprised by this sud- ship with G-d. 17:07 18:01 Port Elizabeth This, in large part, was what they had den outburst, turned to the first and said: If the Babylonians and the Romans were 16:59 17:54 East London been fighting for, this holy place to which “Why are you crying?” able to destroy the Temple, clearly G-d let Jews had not been allowed to come for close The first soldier looked up as tears rolled them do it because the transgressions of to two decades. Now they, at the high cost down his cheeks and replied sadly: “I cry the Jewish people had already destroyed the Fast of Tisha B’Av of many soldiers killed and wounded, had because I don’t know what there is to cry Temple at its spiritual roots. An invaluable July 15/ 8 Av captured it from the enemy’s hands. about.” (From Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Around lesson for the Jewish people for all time. The picture of those anxious weeping sol- the Maggid’s Table) In the midst of all our affluence and July 16 /9 Av diers at the Western Wall is etched forever Tisha B’Av is not everyone’s favourite day, creature comforts, we remove our leather Begins Ends in the minds of those who saw it first-hand. but its observance is confirmation that we shoes, and dim the lights. We fast and do 17:30 17:57 Johannesburg Standing back from those huddled close to are a people who remember and know that not indulge ourselves. We weep for our peo- the Wall, were two soldiers who came from our past leads to a future. ple’s bloody history and we focus on Jewish 17:52 18:23 Cape Town a non-observant kibbutz. They had no reli- Babylonia, Persia, Assyria, the glory of an- destiny. 17:11 17:38 Durban gious background, and thus the holiness and cient Egypt, Greece and Rome - who remem- The mourning of Tisha B’Av puts us in significance of the place was lost on them. bers, who sheds a tear? touch with reality and imparts a depth of 17:32 17:59 Bloemfontein They looked around, overwhelmed by empti- Tisha B’Av is so important because only a experience needed to awaken us to grasp our 17:23 17:54 Port Elizabeth ness, and then suddenly one of them began people that can weep will someday learn to individual role and responsibility in building 17:16 17:44 East London to cry uncontrollably. laugh. As the Talmud (Taanis 30b) teaches the people of Israel. Jews in the News Jewish Achievers judging An overview of the SA media Correct on July 12 hits home stretch

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The Jewish World in 7 seconds The Jewish Chronicle, London, UK: Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Association www.thejc.com of University Heads of Israel agreed to “work together ‘Second “Prisoner X” charged with more to facilitate, promote and support international research severe crimes’ collaboration between Israeli and Canadian universities”, Avigdor Feldman, attorney of the late “Prisoner X” Ben representing an important escalation of already Zygier reveals that the anonymous inmate held under burgeoning Canada-Israel academic ties. similar conditions to his former client is charged with CHOIR AUDITIONS more severe crimes. Feldman says the prisoner is The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne “a man of the secret defence services, whose work Australia: resulted in a grave security breach”… more serious www.jewishnews.net.au The Sydenham-Highlands North Hebrew Congregation will be than the allegations brought against Zygier. ‘Pro-Palestinian Albanese is “okay” say holding auditions, for choristers to join its synagogue choir. communal leaders’ Canadian Jewish News, Toronto, Canada: Australia’s new Deputy Prime Minister Anthony www.cjnews.com Albanese is, by his own admission, “very critical of We are committed to the highest quality of Jewish music and ‘Alleged terror plotter made anti-Semitic a lot of Israel’s policies”. But communal leaders this are therefore looking for talented and dynamic singers to join postings’ week said they had no issue with his vocal support for A Vancouver man charged with an alleged terror plot the Palestinian cause. our 17 choristers, under the leadership of Chazan Yudi Cohen to bomb the Legislature on Canada Day had previously and conductor Daniel Tucker. made anti-Semitic YouTube posts. Nutall, who posted as Arutz Sheva, West Bank, Israel: “Ana Nimity”, reportedly also said “Israel attacked the www.israelnationalnews.com USS Liberty in a false flag op[eration] to try and bring us ‘Paul McCartney: They threatened to kill Choristers are required to be available for all synagogue to war. We are sick of Jews trying to run our lives; it is me if I played in Israel’ services, wedding ceremonies, and a weekly rehearsal. about time they fought their own war.” When former Beatle Paul McCartney came to Israel in 2008, he was taking his life in his hands. He was Ha’Aretz, Tel Aviv, Israel: threatened by BDS anti-Israel groups. He is not alone. Males of all ages are invited to apply. www.haaretz.com Dozens of artists are lobbied, bullied, threatened, and ‘IDF to establish new Golan division to even attacked at concerts by anti-Israel groups bent No previous choral experience is required. contend with Syria threat’ on isolating Israel culturally and economically. IDF chief believes that the Golan Heights, which turned To schedule an audition, please email Daniel at into an active front because of the ongoing battles Ynetnews.com, International: between rebel and military forces in Syria, is in need of www.ynetnews.com [email protected], by Monday, 22nd July 2013. constant security. ‘Hezbollah may be preparing for war’ Israel is bolstering its forces on the once-quiet frontier Please advise your age and musical experience. The Algemeiner, Brooklyn, UK: with Syria where it believes Lebanese Hezbollah www.algemeiner.com militants are preparing for the day when they could Sydenham Shul 20x4.indd 1 2013/07/10 9:39 AM ‘Canada, Israel universities reach fight Israel. Hezbollah, also backed by Iran, has sent Parazar collaboration accord despite BDS pressure’ thousands of its own fighters to combat Syrian rebels, In an announcement earlier this week, the Association of according to Israeli and Western estimates. Women of the Wall prayers provoke thousands of ultra-Orthodox

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STAFF REPORTER “Everything green dies in my hands.” Marilyn’s ‘vegetable The project was originally funded by Johannesburg’s well-known community the King David Schools Foundation which activist, Marilyn Bassin, is at it again; this contributed the R35 000 Bassin thought she time she’s building a monster-sized commu- patch’ a green beacon would need. It wasn’t. “My husband, Julian, nity vegetable garden for an impoverished has put in another R35 000,” she said this school, informal settlement and hostel- week. dwellers in Soweto. And, as with all her com- “It’s nice to have a project of this propor- munity projects, Bassin has involved King tion funded by the Jewish community.” David School learners in the project, along The parents who have volunteered of their with Muslim learners. time are supplemented by the weekly arrival Bassin and her family have been deliver- of King David learners and her Interfaith ing food parcels to an informal settlement in Initiative involving Moulana Riaz Simjee Soweto weekly for some time. who joins them with 15 kids from Lenasia “We have so many child-headed house- Muslim School. holds in the squatter camps,” she says sadly. They have recruited two new schools as So, Bassin decided it was time to establish a well, namely St Martin and King Edward. vegetable garden in the area. “There are so “All in all we have around 40 kids working in many refugees that I visit regularly, many of the garden, the majority of them Jews and them dying young mothers,” she says. “They Muslims,” says Bassin, who ensures that her will be fed!” she adds emphatically. own children work there as well. Bassin has also distributed hundreds of Bassin, a physiotherapist, began doing blankets, handbags and other needs to raped volunteer work with King David and Lenasia victims, women and children, wheelchairs pupils at Baragwanath Hospital where they for disabled children, “whatever the need is, attended to burnt, brain-damaged and I find some sort of help”, she says. maimed children. “I am at home in those squatter camps. In 2012 she invited The Star to do a story So many people know my bashed-up black Jewish and Muslim youngsters at work in the garden. on the interfaith project. She advised the Nissan Pathfinder. Children run after it in 270 kids - last month Radio 702 stepped in hospital. Somehow the communication the hope that Easter eggs or oranges will to ensure they have toilets and more taps. went awry at the hospital and as a result the be passed out of the window. It’s nice to be The school used to receive three cabbages a administration kicked them out. here,” says the serial philanthropist. week from which they were expected to feed She took them to the SA Human Rights Bassin identified an old rubbish dump, the learners. Now it has become “the envy of Commission and won the case, but chose not adjacent to a school, and obtained permis- the area”, says Bassin. to go back where she was not wanted. So she sion to build a community vegetable garden Her vegetable garden “will soon fill tum- started feeding and assisting township kids. there. She didn’t realise how big it was at mies of not only the 270 kids at school, but She has twice been lauded for her work on first: “It’s huge,” she told the Jewish Report the 12 incredibly devoted volunteer parents the popular TV show 3rd Degree… “and they this week, “it’s half the size of a soccer field!” who have toiled the soil and worked like still refused me entry”. The school itself was labelled in a Johan- demons”, she says. It will also feed hostel- Bassin’s Boikanyo project is still in need nesburg newspaper as one of Gauteng’s four dwellers. of funding to fence and secure the vegetable worst performing schools last year. There Marilyn Bassin, with a child Bassin, who is, by her own account, not a garden. Anyone who would like to assist, can was only one working tap for the staff and from one of her other projects. gardener, says she is battling her way along. contact her on 083-617-7520.

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www.SAJewishReport.co.za 12 – 19 July 2013 News SA JEWISH REPORT 5 World News in Brief Israel Now Tour delves into Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the start-up nation US, stepping down this autumn JERUSALEM - Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the US since July 2009, plans to step down this autumn. “Israel and the United States have always enjoyed a special relationship and, throughout these years of challenge, I was privileged to take part in forging even firmer bonds,” Oren said in a statement. Oren, who grew up in New Jersey, is Israel’s first American-born ambassador to the US and his replacement could be the second. Army Radio reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would appoint his close aide Ron Dermer, a native of Miami Beach, Florida. (JNS.org) Rabbinic Post West Street Shul invites applications for the position of Rabbi.

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w A recognised smicha w Experience in community work and Psak halacha w Ability to deliver good drashot w Ability to lead the service in davening and leining Ryan Cresswell; Frans Cronje; Reeva Forman; Geiorgia Jammine; Azar Jammine; Ruan Jooste; and Vuyisa Qabaka. Applicants are required to submit their CV’s to STEVEN GRUZD Another speaker who addressed the group, former [email protected] and [email protected] Governor of the Bank of Israel Professor Stanley Fischer, Vice-chairman of the South African Zionist Federation also noted how he took risks in helping to steer the Israeli by Friday, 27th July 2013. Reeva Forman has just returned from facilitating another economy to new heights. successful trip to Israel and the West Bank. Like 2012, this Forman also believes South Africa could learn from Israel’s The position becomes available from January 2014. year’s “Israel Now” tour was built around the Israeli Presi- efforts to integrate Israeli Arabs - who make up some 20 per dent’s Conference held in Jerusalem from June 18 – 20, but cent of the population - into the hi-tech economy. There’s a in contrast to previous years which have had a strong politi- unit situated in the Prime Minister’s Office tasked with this. The Shul reserves the right to interview cal focus, this year Forman decided to examine economic The group also met with the incoming Israeli Ambassador only short listed candidates. issues more closely. Arthur Lenk, incoming Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Her group included some of South Africa’s leading econo- Friedman and head of the Africa Desk at the Israeli Ministry mists, media personnel and opinion-makers. of Foreign Affairs, Avi Granot. The focus of the trip was economy, business and creating Forman’s tours always aim to see both sides of the Arab- jobs for minority and disadvantaged communities, with Israeli conflict, and allow participants to draw their own a view to learning lessons for South Africa. Emphasis was conclusions. In this regard, the delegation also travelled to placed on job creation in hi-tech industries and industrial Ramallah in the West Bank, where they met the Palestinian parks, focusing on manufacturing jobs on the periphery. Authority’s Dr Nabeel Shaath. “I have been taking trips annually since 2002, and in that There, a strong message was that the Palestinian economy time I have witnessed how the Israeli economy has boomed,” is restricted by the conflict and that if a two-state solution Forman said that brings real peace could be reached, both sides would The scene was set for the delegation by political scientist benefit enormously because of the potential of the people. Professor Reuven Hazan who unpacked Israeli politics and On why she takes her groups to Ramallah, Forman said: “I complexities of coalition governments. This was especially believe strongly that the only way to understand and thereby relevant with the current make-up of the Knesset, with perhaps be part of a solution instead of reinforcing conflict several new parties, a quarter of the members women, and and separation, is to meet with all players involved, and to many first-time Knesset members. hear from both sides. At the Knesset, the group met with Deputy Speaker “Particularly in the economy and business sectors, there Penina Tamano-Shata, Israel’s first Ethiopian woman Knes- is always a unifying factor, in any conflict situation, focusing set member, from Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party. on development that will benefit all.” For Forman, one of the most inspiring speakers the group The trip also entailed a visit to a hi-tech hub in the heard, was Saul Singer, co-author with Dan Senor of the northern city of Nazareth. “There again we saw evidence of bestseller, Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic risk-taking, no fear of failure and visionary leadership,” said Miracle. Forman. “This book has singlehandedly and brilliantly branded One of the participants, Frans Cronje, deputy CEO of the Israel as a start-up nation. It has tapped into the heart and South African Institute of Race Relations, said: “This trip was soul and spirit of what Israel is all about,” Forman said. a rare privilege to explore and ask questions of a country I “Without natural resources, Israelis have a positive mind- only read about. set, take calculated risks and succeed against all odds.” “It was extremely useful to understand how this private- She noted that this “start-up nation” mentality was in sector-led economy functions. Israel’s ability to develop evidence everywhere; it was mentioned at the President’s and empower its people - its most important resource - is Conference by Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Prime Minister unbelievably impressive. Benjamin Netanyahu. “I also noted how the Israelis we met don’t constantly Said Forman: “Including the outstanding President’s Con- blame others - something we often see in South Africa. They ference in the itinerary was a unique opportunity to expose just get on with it. It’s up to them how successful they will the group to great minds and phenomenal speakers.” become.” 6 SA JEWISH REPORT Opinion and Analysis 12– 19 July 2013 Jewishsouth african Report Remove your shoes – this On beggars and is hallowed ground

politics HOWARD SACKSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED We’ve all seen black beggars at intersections in Johannesburg. They kneel on the road between On July 11, 1963, 50 years ago this speeding cars, or walk out from the pavement among week, a dry-cleaning van rolled down a the vehicles as the traffic light turns red. dusty dirt road in Rivonia, just north of As you pull up, they are at the window staring Sandton. Govan Mbeki, father of former blankly, holding a plastic bag open, or the palms of President Thabo Mbeki, moved to the their hands outstretched from ragged clothes. window and announced that it was only You are generally unsure how to respond: You might a service vehicle. give something, or stare straight ahead, pretending Rusty Bernstein looked through the they aren’t there, or look at them and shake your window and screamed: “My G-d, I saw shoulders to indicate you “don’t have anything”. that van outside the police station on You ask: “Why don’t they get a job instead of my way here!” Suddenly a group of men begging?” There aren’t many jobs in this country, with sprang from the van and the police raid an unemployment rate of some 25 per cent - and this on the ANC underground at Liliesleaf man is probably unemployable, without education Farm was underway. or skills. You ponder: “If I give to him, it encourages Walter Sisulu jumped through the more beggars to come onto the streets” Then there’s window of the small room in which they the Jewish ethos of charity. were meeting directly into the arms of Then the traffic light changes and you drive off. the waiting police. Mandela Day is coming next week – when all South Liliesleaf Farm at the end of a deserted Africans who are able to, are urged to give something road, was purchased by the South African or do something for the underprivileged. Poverty in Communist Party as a safe house for its this country is dangerously high; the beggars are the members and the ANC. The money for tip of the iceberg. Most people don’t know just how the purchase was funnelled from Russia, bad things are, the magnitude of the chasm between through a middleman named Ezra and the haves and have-nots. South Africa has reputedly the money was given to the flamboyant the largest gap between the two in the world. architect, artist and socialite, Arthur If things don’t change, we might face our own Goldreich to purchase the smallholding. “Arab Spring”, where the masses rise up screaming Goldreich moved his family onto the that they won’t live that way while the elite live like property and Nelson Mandela moved kings. Violence erupted and governments fell in Arab in as a gardener, using the name David countries, where instability now rules the day. The Motsamayi. same could happen here. The likes of demagogues like Soon Liliesleaf became headquarters Julius Malema are waiting in the wings to lead the to Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Moyi and Shaka Sisulu re-enact their grandfather’s escape through a window at way. Nation) and home to the ANC radio Liliesleaf Farm. What’s to be done? Firstly, let’s be clear that station, Radio Freedom. the veneer of stability in South Africa conceals Hidden in the coal cellar of Liliesleaf tremendous anger under the surface; the Truth and and uncovered by the police, were Among those Reconciliation Commission we went through in 1996 Mandela’s handwritten notes for arrested did not alter the fact that most beggars are black Operation Mayibuye, a plan to overthrow during the raid and most people in fancy cars are white. That is a the apartheid government, hatched by were Walter dangerous mix to still be in place after apartheid Joe Slovo and Raymond Mhlaba. Sisulu, Govan officially ended two decades ago. Taking the easy way Mandela had asked Goldreich to out by saying, “Apartheid’s over, let’s move on!” is destroy the documents but Goldreich Mbeki, Ahmed delusional. was determined to keep them as a Kathrada and a The fact that so many so-called “Black Diamonds” historic record of the fight against large group of nowadays also drive latest model fancy cars, cuts no apartheid. white Jewish ice with the desperately poor have-nots. The far-fetched, Operation Mayibuye anti-apartheid We must stop whingeing about the crime, called for a concerted effort of targeted activists corruption, how embarrassed some of our politicians bombing of government infrastructure, make us feel, and so on. Then roll up our sleeves and coupled with an external invasion of including Denis get involved in changing things at all levels, by giving South Africa. Although Umkhonto Goldberg, not just money, but time and effort in initiatives that we Sizwe claimed responsibility for Arthur make a difference to people living in desperation. If many of the attacks on power lines and Goldreich, you’re going to stay in this country, you have to help infrastructure of that time, much of Lionel make it work. that work was actually carried out by Bernstein, Bob In recent years, ventures in this vein have emerged the heavily Jewish African Resistance from parts of Jewish society. Schools like King Movement. Hepple and David have outreach projects, where Jewish kids go Those arrested at Liliesleaf stood trial Harold Wolpe. into townships and elsewhere, interact with and do at what became known as the Rivonia Walter Sisulu something for black youngsters and invite them to the Trial, together with Mandela, who at schools for various activities. Jewish organisations that stage, was already serving a five prison in Johannesburg shortly before Liliesleaf and proposed that the organised and religious groups such as Chabad are doing the year prison sentence for the campaigns their trial, by bribing a prison warder. Jewish community fund a negotiation same. Stories in this issue of the Jewish Report of 1961 intended to disrupt Republic Goldreich once told me the story of and reconciliation centre at Liliesleaf in highlight some. Day celebrations and for leaving the how during their escape they attempted recognition of the enormous contribution Is it enough? No. Giving to beggars is one type country illegally. to steal a car from a drunken man near of Jews to the struggle against apartheid of involvement, but we have a huge amount to Among those arrested during the raid Nugget Street in Johannesburg, only to in South Africa. Regrettably this proposal contribute in more effective ways. were Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed find that the driver of the vehicle was met with little enthusiasm. While SA Jewry punches above its weight in Kathrada and a large group of white their friend Barney Simon. Simon hid In 2003 I hosted the Sisulu family at business, the professions, arts and other areas, it Jewish anti-apartheid activists including the two before Manni Brown and Ewan Liliesleaf where Shaka and Moyi Sisulu re- is almost totally absent in politics, where it might Denis Goldberg, Arthur Goldreich, Crawford smuggled them to the Swazi enacted their grandfather’s leap from the influence government policies from within. This was Lionel Bernstein, Bob Hepple and Harold border. Goldreich landed up in Israel, window during the raid. not always so. There were once Jewish politicians on Wolpe. Later Wolpe’s brother-in-law, Wolpe in London. The 50th anniversary of the Rivonia many levels. Jimmy Kantor, would be arrested as part In the mid-1980s Israeli diplomats Raid marks a significant event in the It’s not easy today for a white person - Jewish or of the follow-ups to the raid. negotiated the release of Goldberg from history of our country and the Jewish not - to get into Parliament or other political posts, Goldreich had spent his youth in the prison in exchange for a commitment community in South Africa. When even if they have major skills to contribute. Palmach, a branch of the underground from Goldberg to renounce violence. you visit Liliesleaf, remove your shoes But it is our right as South Africans, as much as it is Jewish army fighting against British When the Liliesleaf Trust re-purchased because, for South African Jews, this our duty. colonialism for Israel’s independence. the property, Nic Wolpe (son of Harold spot, this piece of Rivonia is hallowed Goldreich and Wolpe escaped from Wolpe) and I hosted a Jewish tour of ground. 12 – 19 July 2013 Opinion and Analysis SA JEWISH REPORT 7 Muslims and Jews bridge the divide in Sarajevo

ALANA BARANOV attended and breaking down stereotypes, the Participants were organised into the Muslim-Jewish Conference MJC unites participants from across various committees, examining in Sarajevo and wrote about her racial, religious and gender divides to topics ranging from “Gender and experiences. unite against Islamophobia and anti- Religion”, “Education and Histori- Semitism. Subsequent conferences cal Narratives”, “Hate Speech”, to The ancient, stirring words of kad- have attracted more than 300 young “Conflict Transformation”. The pro- dish drift slowly across the stark leaders from 50 countries and were posed projects emerging from these cemetery, as a group of 100 young held in varied locales including Kiev, committees set the agenda for the Photo: Alana Photo: Baranov Jews and Muslims from 39 countries Ukraine and Bratislava, Slovakia. coming year and keep participants in taking part in the Muslim-Jewish With each passing year the MJC touch and engaging with each other Conference (MJC) pray and weep has grown in size, scope and savvy. after the event. together for all those lost in the The hundreds of applicants to the One of the surprising outcomes genocide in Srebrenica. conference this year were chosen not of the conference was the plethora This scene echoes that of a previ- only those with an important per- of intrafaith conversations which ous MJC visit to Babi Yar in 2011, spective to share, but also individu- took place alongside the interfaith where Muslim prayers were recited als who are willing to listen to the debates - both of which will have in memory of the massacred Jews. opinions of others. an impact on participants and Embodying the phrase, “your A careful balance of both Jews the communities that they return pain is our pain”, the prayers for and Muslims, as well as a healthy home to. the genocides which have scarred mixture of religious and secular, is Although the success of the two separate communities, connect carefully maintained. MJC can be hard to quantify, the them in profound ways, one of the This year’s MJC was convened in very fact that young Muslims and main goals of the MJC which I was the symbolic “Jerusalem of Europe” Jews from across the globe take privileged to attend last week for the - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzego- the time and expense to journey World Jewish Congress. vina. A city which was an example The Old Sephardi Shul of Sarajevo. to Sarajevo to overcome the bar- The MJC, a registered non-profit of multiculturalism and religious riers between their respective and grassroots organisations based tolerance for centuries has been seemingly impossible possible by jevo, to a day spent in Srebrenica communities and build ties of in Vienna, was first established deeply scarred by some of the worst defying the accepted notions of their for interfaith prayers for genocide friendship, speaks volumes about in 2009 by young visionary Ilja war crimes and acts of violence in elders on the futility of interfaith victims, the MJC 2013 was intense their belief in this initiative. Sichrovsky. Its first conference took modern times. discussions. and productive. The attendance of a few South place in 2010 with a mere handful The struggles of Sarajevo to over- These young people, many of The list of guest speakers included Africans, both Jewish and Muslim, of volunteers hoping “to provide come this fractured and hateful past whom faced opposition from family respected rabbis and imams as well gave the MJC a unique insight into the next generation with a learning are a reflected in the recent genocide, and friends back home for their as Bosnian President Alija Izetbe- the state of Muslim-Jewish rela- experience for life and a positive war and ethnic tensions - the perfect involvement with the “other side”, govic. Participants took advantage tions in our country and allowed us outlook for establishing intercultural place for lessons of the past to be put are determined to forge a future of of the opportunity to engage with to forge a plan for the future. relations and sustaining Muslim- into practice in interfaith relations. greater peace and understanding. other young people in an open and The attendees of the MJC are not Jewish partnerships”. Over five days of sustained dia- With a programme that included honest dialogue with the “other side” simply the leaders of tomorrow, By creating a “safe space” for the logue, the participants and future visits to the Ashkenazi Synagogue which is usually much more difficult but are the change-makers of their exchange of personal experiences opinion-makers sought to make the and various mosques across Sara- in their home nations. communities and countries today. 8 SA JEWISH REPORT Opinion and Analysis 12– 19 July 2013 Removal of Morsi in Egypt a source of hope in Israel

BEN SALES has claimed dozens of lives. In ad- TEL AVIV dition to the pipeline bombing, an Egyptian soldier was killed there For the second time in less than last Sunday. three years, Egypt is erupting in Morsi’s fall also has weakened Ha- chaos, with a popular protest move- mas, which enjoyed a small uptick in ment leading to a swift change in prestige during his administration. the country’s leadership. In October, the Emir of Qatar be- For Israelis, the Egyptian mili- came the first head of state to visit tary’s removal of Mohamed Morsi Gaza. The following month, Morsi’s from the presidency last week, is a Lilian Wagdy via Wikimedia Commons mediation of the conflict between cause for optimism. Hamas and Israel led to a slight eas- An Islamist and a leading figure ing of Israel’s Gaza blockade. in the Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi’s Now, Hamas again is on the ropes. brief tenure saw a further estrange- Its parent organisation has been re- ment between Israel and Egypt. moved from leadership after only a The Brotherhood advocates Israel’s year and it has lost some financial destruction and supports Hamas, support from Iran for choosing the terrorist group that governs in to back the rebels fighting Syrian Gaza. And while Morsi upheld the A protest against now former-President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt on June 28. President Bashar al-Assad, an Ira- 1979 peace treaty with Israel dur- nian ally. If the Egyptian military ing his year in office, his refusal of happened this year. One of their Israel thus far has stayed silent increased meaningfully, despite a clamps down on weapons transfers contact with Israel and his warm re- central goals is to destroy Israel.” in response to the unrest in Egypt’s rocket exploding last week near the in the Sinai and underground tun- lations with other Islamist govern- The takeover also poses risks for capital, neither praising nor con- resort town of Eilat and the bomb- nels to Gaza, it could stanch Hamas’ ments, portended future tension Israel. demning the military’s actions nor ing of an Egyptian gas pipeline to supply chain. between the countries. A weak and unstable Egypt will reaching out publicly to the new Jordan. For now, Israeli officials are re- With Morsi gone and the Egyp- be less able to maintain calm in the government in formation. Last week, Israel allowed Egypt acting with a poker face. But if the tian military reasserting itself, Is- Sinai Desert, act as an anchor of In an interview last week with the to move troops into the Sinai - a Brotherhood’s fall portends a de- rael can breathe a little easier. Israel stability in the Arab world or step Italian newspaper La Corriere Della move prohibited by their peace cline in Islamist fortunes across the has enjoyed close co-operation with in as a mediator between Israel and Sera, Israeli Prime Minister Benja- treaty - as an added security meas- region, Israelis will likely smile and the Egyptian army in recent dec- its enemies. min Netanyahu said only that Israel ure. collectively exhale. ades, born of their shared interest And while dealing with a country was watching events in Egypt very Despite ongoing close co-ordina- “The interests of the [Egyptian] in combating terrorist groups and led by secular pragmatists is obvi- carefully. Netanyahu also made tion between the Israeli and Egyp- government are pragmatic - to maintaining stability. ously preferable to one led by Is- only passing reference to Egypt in tian militaries, the Sinai has been work in Sinai against terror and to “To get rid of the Muslim Broth- lamists, the 2011 Egyptian uprising his weekly speech to the Cabinet a hotspot of terrorist activity since revive the Egyptian economy,” Ma- erhood is great for Egypt and for showed that a government inclined last Sunday. Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, a situation zel said. “They may even co-operate the region,” said Zvi Mazel, Israel’s positively toward Israel may only be The Israel Defence Forces also that could get worse with Egypt’s with us more economically. It was a ambassador to Egypt in the late possible amid significant repression have reacted calmly. Troop activity top brass focused on containing cold peace. We’ll see what happens 1990s. “It’s the best thing that has at home. on Israel’s southern border has not the unrest in Cairo, which already now.” (JTA)

World News in Brief ‘Historic’ equal service bill does Emunah sues Chief Rabbinate Snowden says US and Israel not apply to Israel’s Arabs to allow female supervisors created the Stuxnet virus

JERUSALEM - Emunah has sued Israel’s Chief Rabbinate to BONN - Whistleblower Edward compel the body to recognise the kosher supervision certificate Snowden has told a German offered for the first time by the women’s group. magazine that Israel and the The lawsuit filed last week, calls on the Chief Rabbinate to United States created the Stuxnet allow the 16 female graduates of the group’s course in kosher computer virus that destroyed supervision to work in their chosen profession. It also asks the nuclear centrifuges in Iran. court to compel the rabbinate to explain its policy. Snowden made the statement One of the course graduates, Avivit Rabi, is a co-petitioner in as part of an interview with the the suit. Rabi is a mother of seven from the haredi Orthodox city German news magazine Der Spiegel of Beitar Illit.The Emunah course reportedly is in accordance in which he answered encrypted with the curriculum recognised by the Chief Rabbinate. questions sent by security software Part of the policy that prevents women from applying for developer Jacob Appelbaum and jobs as kosher supervisors is the requirement that they have a documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras. Excerpts of the interview certificate that they studied in a yeshiva for a minimum of four were published on Monday on the Spiegel website. years after age 18. Several female kosher inspectors have been Snowden was asked if the US National Security Agency working for years; they were hired before the rabbinate required partners “with other nations, like Israel?” He responded that the special training courses starting in 2010. The female inspectors NSA had a “massive body” responsible for such partnerships JERUSALEM - A bill requiring eligible ultra-Orthodox men to report reportedly are highly respected. (JTA) called the Foreign Affairs Directorate. for military duty or civilian service in Israel, was approved in a 14 - He also was asked: “Did the NSA help to create Stuxnet?” 4 vote by the Israeli Cabinet last Sunday. Snowden responded: “NSA and Israel co-wrote it.” The bill, proposed by a committee headed by Israeli Science and Girls on PA TV call Jews Stuxnet in 2010 wrought havoc on equipment at Iran’s Technology Minister Yaakov Peri, states that starting in 2017, all Natanz nuclear plant and complicated the manufacture of highly eligible haredi men over the age of 18 will be expected to report ‘barbaric monkeys’ enriched uranium, which the West suspects is intended for at the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) induction centres for enlistment, making atomic weapons. The virus temporarily disabled 1 000 excluding 1 800 students who will be granted exemptions. JERUSALEM - Two young sisters demonised Israel and the centrifuges being used by the Iranians to enrich uranium. The proposal allows for a three-year deferment of service, after Jewish people in a poem they recited on Palestinian Authority Snowden, a former technical contractor for the NSA and which each individual will have to decide whether they wish to TV (PA TV), with one of the girls calling Jews “barbaric monkeys, employee of the CIA, last month revealed the existence of mass serve in the IDF or a civilian programme. wretched pigs”, Palestinian Media Watch reported in its July 7 surveillance programmes by the United States and Britain “After 65 years, we are righting the wrong of inequality in sharing bulletin. against their own citizens and citizens of other countries. the burden,” Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said last Sunday, On the PA TV programme, “Palestine This Morning” July 3, He said Germany and most other Western nations were “in bed Israel Hayom reported. “It is for the good of the haredi community one of the girls said of Jews: “Oh, you who were brought up on together” with the NSA. and for the good of Israeli society. There will be true equality after spilling blood; you have been condemned to humiliation and Snowden said a private citizen would be targeted by the NSA this Cabinet meeting. This is a historic day.” hardship. Oh Sons of Zion, oh most evil among creations; oh based on Facebook or webmail content. Israeli Arabs were excluded from the proposed bill’s requirements. barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs.” “The only one I personally know of that might get you hit “I attach a great deal of importance to involving [haredim] and The other girl advocated for armed violence against Israel in untargeted are jihadi forums,” he said. Israel’s Arab citizens in sharing the national burden, and the current the name of Islam, saying about Jerusalem: “As long as my heart Snowden is a fugitive of the United States who is believed proposal does address the issue, but I feel that it isn’t complete yet,” is my Qu’ran and my city; As long as I have my arm and my to be in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Three Latin American Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “We will have to stones; As long as I am free and do not barter my cause; I will countries - Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia - have offered him continue dealing with the matter.” (JNS.org) not fear your throngs; I will not fear the rifle.” (JNS.org) asylum, NBC reported. (JTA) 12 – 19 July 2013 Tapestry SA JEWISH REPORT 9 Arts News in Brief This fruit salad needs fresh London Road opens at ingredients Alexander Bar in CT London Road, the play by Nicholas Spagnoletti and directed Rebirth, written by Josh Ryba and more like Disney-fied hobbits with big by Lara Bye, which has taken audiences by storm for the last Daniel Browde, with artwork by bushy eyebrows than like the distinc- couple of years, opens this week at Alexander Bar in Cape Town. Josh Ryba and lettering by Thenji- tive ancient community that peopled Featuring Robyn Scott and Ntombi Makhutse, it is a moving we Nkose and Daniel Browde (Reach the Kalahari desert and much of the essay on the plight of an elderly Jewish woman, a resident of a Publishers: 2013) R320. Visit www. African interior, and the characterisa- Sea Point apartment in an area that has become notorious for rebirthgraphicnovel.com tion becomes heavily generic. crime. A widow, she is abandoned by her children, and becomes Also, too much reliance on digital confidante to an African refugee. The season ends July 24, when REVIEWED BY ROBYN SASSEN effects tends to blur over some solid the company travels to Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival. and beautifully handled line marks and A gothic graphic novel with a complex capturing of movement and space in back story which sucks South Africa’s some of the consecutive frames. Shapiro among exclusive famed first early Dutch settler, Jan van The project has immensely provoca- Riebeeck, into a historical coterie of tive potential but its tendency to fit the retailers showing their work vampires with a legacy and a mission, genre is so earnest that the initiative, Cape Town-based ceramicist Anthony Shapiro is among the Rebirth is an ambitious project bring- however shocking and innovative it at- exclusive retailers who will be showing work at the upcoming ing together a fruit salad of cultural and tempts to be, is dulled. St Leger and Viney’s Annual Fabric Sale, between July 24 and violent references. We meet Westerford Samuels, a 27, in Sandton. The work has been described as “swoonworthy”. There’s an HIV twist regarding young man with dodgy roots and an St Leger and Viney’s is a leading distributor of fine furnishings, poisonous/diseased blood, and others inability to get a date or find focus in fabrics and wallpaper in South Africa. It was established under which touch on issues of homelessness, his life. the leadership of Gary Searle in 1989.Visit www.stleger.co.za for prison dynamics and bullying. With his yellow eyeballs, he’s the further details. Chronological swings between the pivot to the tale, which reveals an 17th century and modern times, as distance gets lost and the zooming into earnest but morally crooked scientist, well as regular shifts in the perspective details of scenes is so dramatic, images some freaky monsters, a young girl Hilariously dark ‘The Last of images, is nothing short of filmic, become abstract, their impact and turned vampire against her will and a contributing breathlessly, if not always context diluted. miscellany of corrupt authority figures Show’ for Wits 969 Festival successfully, to the work’s readability. Also, there’s a curious lack of atten- and victims. On July 13 and 14, as part of the Wits 969 Festival, which Ultimately, however, the project is tion to physiognomical stereotypes; Lacking a clear narrative voice, and comprises a selection of work performed at the Grahamstown thwarted; in many respects, it lacks more focus is attributed to the sexy embodying assumptions on the part of National Arts Festival, “The Last Show” directed by Jemma freshness. It is heavily reliant on the violent vamps and ugly werewolves the reader as to the different proclivi- Kahn and conceived of and written by Gwydion Beynon in traditions of gothic narrative in a comic than to the other racial types dotting ties and vulnerabilities of vampires, the collaboration with the cast, Toni Morkel and Roberto Pombo, format - or as a filmed animation - be- the story. story at times collapses into gratuitous performs. 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‘Nobama Coalition’ and cohorts merrily use American Misconceptions about communal funding should be clarified technology I take issue with the view proposed by Keren Chazen in the ground regarding the funding of our institu- The “Nobama Coalition” who protested US President Barack Obama’s visit her letter in last week’s Jewish Report, titled “Address- tions. The overwhelming majority of people’s charity to South Africa, were doing so because they say: “Millions are denied aca- ing top of triangle while bottom crumbles underneath”, distribution here in Johannesburg is allocated to the demic freedom as a result of US imperialism.” regarding the funding of community organisations. Chevrah Kadisha and similar welfare organisations. They should go to any Arab country to experience the lack of freedom There are two things, about which she is miseducated. I know this because I have been involved (on a si- which they accuse the US of. The US is the world’s largest democracy and ac- The first is, she uses Maslow’s hierarchy as a guide to the lent basis), in community funding for over 15 years. counts for 25 per cent of the world’s GDP, although it has less than five per giving of charity. A basic principle of the Torah, is that a From the major donors right to the man on the cent of the population of the world. This is more than all the Arab nations’ person’s neshoma (soul) is much more valuable than his street, there is no question that the greater propor- GDP put together. body. tion of their generosity, is given to welfare. To top it all, every single Arab and Muslim country import Chevrolet It is just that without the body’s needs being tended to, Our Torah and tefilla institutions struggle tremen- and Ford vehicles, not to mention Apple iPhones and iPads, computers and a person cannot perform the real task of life, which is for dously to cover their budgets because their critical- Windows software. the neshoma to get closer to Hashem - that is why one ity is not as easily understood, due to the miseduca- The organiser of the protest, Shaheed Mahomed and his followers should can even do certain aveiras to ensure the survival of the tion referred to in the first point. get real: The US is a world leader in almost every facet of technology - even body. One need merely acknowledge the sad reality of the cell phones used by Arab terrorists to set off IUD devices (bombs). But other than being a means to serve Hashem, the assimilation in Johannesburg Jewry which is now The protests by the “Nobama Coalition” are as devoid of logic as that of body is utterly inconsequential to the real creation of estimated to be between 30 - 40 per cent, to under- suicide bombers. man, which is his neshoma. That being so, one cannot stand the criticality of more kiruv trips and struc- merely neglect those institutions which are the driving tures. Nathan Cheiman force behind a person’s neshoma, such as shuls, yeshivot, Thus, while welfare organisations need their share Northcliff, Johannesburg kollels, etc. of the pie, the reality on the ground is that they are The Rambam, in teaching the laws of tzedakah, states the least neglected of all. May Hashem bless us as Is this merely all a lot of hot air? that the support of Talmidey Chachamim (Torah schol- a community that we are able to cover the needs of ars) and those who uphold authentic Torah study and both the neshoma and the body. The article “Shaking hands not so cool” (SAJR June 28), about the danger prayer, is one of the greatest fulfilments of the mitzvah of of spreading germs by way of shaking hands after shul, refers. By shaking tzedakah - no less than welfare. Jonathan Kaplan hands I assume it is meant grasping another person’s hand rather than The second point that needs correcting, is the reality on Illovo, Johannesburg hand tremors. My opinion is that one’s immune system can cope with a handshake, Mind boggling that SA people of colour would trample Obama photo assuming that the other party in the operation has used a handkerchief or tissue rather than wiping his runny nose with a bare hand! The front page in last week’s Jewish Report, showing people of colour) in this country who are not proud Seriously though, one is likely to be infected if one is subjected to high South African people of colour kicking a photo of US of him and for the equality that has been achieved for concentration of bacteria for a relatively long time, say five to 10 minutes. President Barak Obama, is dumbfounding. minorities in America. That they can dismiss everything The bacterial concentration will build up if someone is coughing and/or African people were slaves in the United States for in their hatred for Israel, is stupefying and counterpro- sneezing and there is a lack of airflow. Some examples are classrooms in over 200 years and legal discrimination against them ductive. winter, shuls in winter, parties and bedrooms in winter. followed for a century. The Civil Rights Movement, with They claim that Obama supports “the racist Israeli I am more concerned with another phenomenon as described by Barry the Dr Martin Luther King at the forefront, put a stop regime…” Israel is not racist; in fact, it is they who are Ronge (Sunday Times 20/2/11) where he describes the efforts of the min- to the discriminatory notion of “separate but equal”. racist and too ignorant and blind to recognise this fact. ister of justice in Malawi who failed to have a law passed regarding rear end Discrimination is learnt and deep-seated, therefore Martin Luther King said: “When people criticise Zi- winds from being launched in public places. discrimination in many parts of America is alive and onists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism.” From a legal perspective it would be as difficult to prove who had given well till this day. Targeting Jews just because they are Jewish is racist. one flu as if would be to prove who had contaminated the air space in a busy With this in mind, it is an incredible feat that Pres Anti-Zionism is denying Jews their right to a homeland. shopping mall. Obama was democratically elected as the first African That is also racist. American to ever become a US president; indeed his John Brenner wife, Michelle, is descendent from slaves. Michelle Engelberg Johannesburg It astounds me that there are Africans (and other Johannesburg JWBS’ L’Chaim sure to be a World News in Brief Kurt Kister, the German paper’s editor- limud haTorah and kiruv projects. German in-chief, stating that the drawing “Many haredi-sponsored initiatives popular acquisition “crossed the line of acceptable touch the non-Jewish world as well. newspaper’s journalism”. (JNS.org) Haredi communities have developed The Jewish Women’s Benev- healthy, sophisticated relationships olent Society (JWBS) is pub- cartoon depicting with governmental representatives lishing a new recipe book, and public institutions. Rabbi Sacks L’Chaim, the JWBS said in a Agudath Israel of appears not to know the world he media release. Israel as wild arrogates to judge. Moreover, on top of Endorsed by the Chief America: Rabbi Rabbi, this beautiful recipe monster draws ire these falsities, Sacks misunderstands book illustrates how Shab- Sacks needs to the nature of Judaism: bos provides a vital oppor- BERLIN - Israeli Ambassador to “Most important, Rabbi Sacks tunity for Jewish people to Germany Yakov Hadas-Handelsman apologise seems not to comprehend that the connect with each other and Jewish activists, have criticised very insularity and intensive focus and enjoy delicious food. a major Munich newspaper, WASHINGTON - At his recent on Torah that characterise the haredi Dedicated to a stalwart of Süddeutsche Zeitung, for publishing a retirement dinner, Rabbi Jonathan world are no mere sociological the JWBS, Vera Davimes, cartoon demonising Israel. Sacks (pictured) of the UK, decried trends. They are, rather, the means this recipe book has been The cartoon - which the newspaper the insularity of certain Jewish to accomplish the ultimate mandate compiled by her grand- has since apologised for and called groups as inimical to the progress for all Jews: the preservation of our daughter, Sherri Hanson, “a mistake” - depicted Israel as a of Judaism. Now, Agudath Israel of mesorah, and its transmission, in as and her friend Nicki Toys. A labour of love, L’Chaim wild monster about to feast with a America, perceiving a slight against pure and clear a way as possible, to contains tried and tested fork and a knife while being served its community, has issued a statement the next generation and beyond.” (JTA) recipes, each of which by a woman, along with the wording: criticising Sacks. can only enhance the ex- “Germany is serving. Israel has been The gist of the complaint is that perience of Shabbat. given weapons for decade- and partly Sacks is misguided about the haredi The JWBS has played a free of charge. Israel’s enemies think it community: pivotal role in the lives of is a ravenous Moloch.” “Portraying the “ultra-Orthodox” so many people since its Associate Dean of the Simon world as detached from awareness of, inception 120 years ago and it is hoped that this book will Wiesenthal Centre Rabbi Abraham and interaction with, the larger world make a substantial contribution towards further assisting those in need as well as Cooper said: “The characterisation betrays an astounding ignorance of provide wonderful recipes for Shabbos and other special occasions. of the Jewish State as a ravenous reality. Not only are haredim in the L’Chaim is officially being launched on August 7 at the Waverley Shul Hall where books can be purchased between 08:30 and 12:30, at a price of R270. Moloch - an idol to whom children workplace and the “outside world,” The JWBS invites members of the community to come and enjoy a muffin and were sacrificed - is a blatant anti- but the haredi universe has played a coffee with them and to buy their own copy of L’Chaim at the same time.For more Semitic canard,” the Jerusalem Post leading role, if not the leading role, information, call (011) 485-5232 or e-mail [email protected] reported. in outreach to the rest of the Jewish Hadas-Handelsman wrote a letter to community with a wealth of chesed, 12 – 19 July 2013 Community SA JEWISH REPORT 11 ABCs of Tisha B’Av and the Three Weeks RABBI SHRAGA SIMMONS Paris one Tisha B’Av. As his passed AISH HATORAH a synagogue he heard the sounds of mourning and crying. “What’s The “Three Weeks” between the this all about?” Napoleon asked. 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av, An aide explained that the Jews have historically been days of mis- were in mourning the loss of their fortune and calamity for the Jewish Temple. “When did this happen?” people. During this time, both the Napoleon asked. The aide replied, First and Second Temples were “About 1 700 years ago.” Napoleon destroyed, among other tragedies. said: “Certainly a people which has During this time, various aspects mourned the loss of their Temple of mourning are observed by the for so long, will merit to see it entire nation. We minimise joy rebuilt!” and celebration - no weddings are held, we don’t listen to music, nor The Nine Days are there haircuts or shaving. The The period commencing with Rosh expressions of mourning take on Chodesh Av is called the “Nine greater intensity as we approach Days”. During this time, a stricter the day of Tisha B’Av. level of mourning is observed, in On Shabbat during the Three accordance with the Talmudic dic- and the decree was issued forbid- in 1942. tions), Jeremiah’s poetic lament Weeks, the Haftorahs are taken tum (Ta’anit 26): “When the month ding them from entering the During the late afternoon prior over the destruction of Jerusalem from chapters in Isaiah and Jer- of Av begins, we reduce our joy.” Land of Israel. (1312 BCE) to Tisha B’Av, it is customary to eat and the First Temple, is read in the emiah dealing with the Temple’s During this time the addi- 2. The First Temple was destroyed Seudah Hamaf-seket - a meal con- synagogue as part of the evening destruction and the exile of the tional “signs of mourning” include by the Babylonians and Nebu- sisting only of bread, water and a service. Special “Kinot” (elegies) Jewish people. abstaining from meat and wine chadnezzar. (586 BCE) hard-boiled egg. The food is dipped are also recited, both at night and Agonising over these events is (except on Shabbat) and from doing 3. The Second Temple was de- in ashes, symbolic of mourning, during the day. meant to help us conquer those laundry or wearing freshly laun- stroyed by the Romans. (70 CE) and eaten while seated on the Other mourning practices include spiritual deficiencies which brought dered clothes (except on Shabbat). 4. The Bar Kochba revolt was ground. (The rules are slightly sitting on a low chair (after mid- about these tragic events. Through We also do not bathe for pleasure, crushed by Roman Emperor different when Tisha B’Av falls on day, a regular chair permitted; We the process of “teshuva” - self- though it is permitted to bathe in Hadrian. (135 CE) Shabbat or Sunday.) also minimise business and leisure introspection and a commitment cool water in order to remove dirt 5. The Temple Mount was plowed Sundown marks the commence- activities. to improve - we have the power or perspiration. under, and Jerusalem was rebuilt ment of Tisha B’Av, where no eating Following Tisha B’Av, all normal to transform tragedy into joy. In as a pagan city. or drinking is permitted until activities may be resumed, except fact, the Talmud says that after the Tisha B’Av - Ninth of Av Other grave misfortunes nightfall the following evening. It for the following which are delayed future redemption of Israel and The intensity of mourning reaches throughout Jewish history coincid- is also forbidden to bathe or wash, until midday of the 10th of Av, the rebuilding of the Temple, these a peak on Tisha B’Av, five national ed with the Ninth of Av, including wear leather shoes, or engage in because the burning of the Temple days will be re-dedicated as days of calamities occurred: the expulsion from Spain in 1492, marital relations. We also do not continued through the 10th of Av: rejoicing and festivity. 1. During the time of Moses, Jews the outbreak of the First World War learn Torah, except for texts rel- haircuts, washing clothes, bathing, The story is told of Napoleon in the desert accepted the slan- in 1914, and the mass deportation evant to Tisha B’Av and mourning. listening to music, and eating meat walking through the streets of derous report of the 12 Spies, of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto The Book of Eicha (Lamenta- and wine. JHB 42350

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On Tuesdays there is One of the young bright stars in don at the Hampstead Garden Sub- learning for women with Aviva Gold- the Johannesburg Jewish commu- urb Chabad Yeshiva. man and arts and crafts with Bracha nity’s firmament is Rabbi Ari Kiev- Back in New York, on the eve of Jasvin, Thursdays and Fridays Rabbi man, who shines his light on seniors his marriage to Batya, she asked him Shlomo Raitport conducts Torah through his Chabad Chai Seniors in which US state he would like to learning, while Thursdays also em- Club every weekday at Chabad live. brace an exclusive women’s shiur House, Savoy. “My reply was ‘South Africa’. She with Rebbetzen Chaya Haller. He also brings “heaven on earth” protested it was not an American Rabbi Kievman gives a shiur on a to congregants, visitors and neigh- state, but I returned with her in daily basis as part of the programme. bours through Chabad’s Goodness 2008.” “I use video and multimedia, to and Kindness Centre Shul in Cen- His schedule is filled to the brim. bring the subject matter to life. tral Sandton, as well as embrac- At Chabad House there is a daily “The seniors are served a hot, nu- ing the youth, who play their role programme for seniors regardless tritious meal after the morning’s to places of interest and job place- will be able to feel and taste the hor- in mitvto’im - showing the elderly of age. “At one stage, Issy Singer, a programme and, on Fridays, if we ments for seniors able to work in the ror of fanaticism, countered with how to lay tefillin - and teaching 101-year-old resident of Sandring- have a sponsorship, there is take- open market. the exciting feeling of success gener- them how to become computer lit- ham Gardens, (he passed recently at home food for Shabbos, as well as Rabbi Kievman does not rest on ated by belief in oneself and a dream erate. 103) participated.” food-for-thought.” his laurels - he is excited about the for the future, with genuine caring Rabbi Kievman grew up outside The seniors programme includes As if the Chabad House project development of the Chabad Good- for others.” Crown Heights, New York, and came Project Connect. “We received was not enough for the intrepid rab- ness and Kindness Centre in central Themes of audiovisual presenta- to South Africa in 2002 as a yeshiva a donation of 10 iPads from the bi, he accompanies boys and girls to Sandton, a vision of Rabbi David tions will educate the children on bocher and shaluach, obtaining smi- Ichikowitz family and Jewish high retirement villages, hospitals, offices Masinter. The shul, having started poverty, bullying, acrimony, family cha from the SA Institute for Rab- school boys and girls teach them and homes where they bring Yid- in the Garden Court, Sandton, has issues, humiliation, blindness and binical Training in Pretoria. computer literacy and how to get dishkeit into the lives of members of its own premises which are a nation- deafness, disabilities, drug abuse “My parents wanted to keep me connected through Skype with the community. One man in his 90s al heritage site. and responsible living. close, but I had a yearning to study their family and friends throughout was taught how to lay tefillin which To avoid interference with the The shul at present has daily min- overseas for personal growth.” the world. he had never done throughout his original building, a glass facade is to yanim, Jewish Learning Institute After graduating from the “This takes place twice a week, but life. be built on the outside. This will be a (JLI) courses which include themes Lubavitch School, New York, he be- the iPads are available to any of the Seniors are also offered transport, walk-around museum, aimed mainly on the Temple, Talmud, Kabbalah came the proprietor of a newspaper seniors who want to use them more festival and birthday celebrations, at children and which people of all and ethics. The New York Jewish Consumers’ frequently. It has made such a differ- workshops pertaining to the various persuasions are expected to patron- Rabbi Kievman hosts Friday Guide. ence to their lives.” chagim such as mishloach manos ise. night dinners for visitors - some “The publication comprised 50 per On Mondays, an occupational packing, a model matzah bakery, “Perhaps the most essential fea- from abroad - to the area and holds cent advertorial and I was able to therapist Cynthia Liptz conducts olive oil press, candle factory and a ture is the establishment of unique shiurim for business people in the make enough money to pay my ye- memory enhancement (mind stimu- mikveh tour. There are also outings experiential exhibits, where children Sandton CBD. Jewish Comradeship for a good Innovative fundraiser cause with a marimba beat SHIRA DRUION young mother who passed away from Sydenham Highlands North Community reach and uplift the poorest of the poor”, cancer earlier this year. Centre presents “Sounds of Celebration”, according to the background material. The Comrades Marathon is viewed as “When I found out that this year’s an Education Africa project, at the Thea- “They aim to assist disadvantaged South one of the greatest ultra-marathon Malka Ella fundraiser was to be run tre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace, on Africans in their quest to obtain a qual- in the world, where athletes from all in honour of Ilana Klaff, I knew for Wednesday, July 31. ity, relevant education in order to ensure over the globe set out to conquer the certain I had picked the right one,” In a media release the Community Cen- membership among global citizens in a approximately gruelling 90 kilome- says, runner, Tali Frankel. tre - of the Sydenham Highlands North competitive, productive job market.” tres between Pietermaritzburg and “My husband, three children, my Hebrew Congregation - describes Sounds Beneficiaries of the main event will Durban. It attracts thousands of sister and mother, all dressed in of- of Celebration as “an instrumental blend include Education Africa, purchase of ma- runners, spectators and television ficial Malka Ella supporter T shirts of Jewish and African music”. Guest rimbas, including a training programme, viewers every year. and caps, met me four times along performers are Alex Jacobowitz, classi- and the Sydenham Highlands North Com- This year this more than challeng- the route. At Camperdown with 27 cal marimba master, Andy Narell, “steel munity Centre. ing run had a noble goal in sight for km still to cover I worried that I had pannist extraordinaire”, Alan Thompson In an appeal for donations the Commu- a large group of participants as they not left myself enough time to finish. (clarinettist), Sonja van Zyl (pianist) and nity Centre offers three “tiered opportuni- collaborated to run in support of the My overriding thought was that my the Stoneridge Marimba Band from Eden ties”, ranging from R10 000 to R50 000. Malka Ella Fertility Fund which aids children would be waiting at the fin- Park, Tokoza. The Stoneridge Marimba Education Africa’s projects include couples struggling to afford fertility ish line. They had put so much faith in Band (pictured), has performed interna- the Walter Sisulu Scholarship Fund; so- treatment. me, they had supported so trustingly, tionally in Vienna and New York. cial architecture (architectural students The Frankel family at the Comrades Four years ago, two Johannesburg there was no way I would let them It is scripted and hosted by David Bloch. from international universities come to this year: Back: Tali Frankel’s mother, long-distance runners recognised that down. With 62 minutes left on the Tickets can be obtained from Computick- South Africa to design and construct pre- Leonie Rootshtain: Tali; and Dani (10). running the Comrades was a personal clock from the top of Polly Shorts, I et. Ticket prices range from R80 to R140. schools, skills centres and facilities for the Front: Amit (7); and Amalia (4). achievement and that the success ran as if my life depended on it.” Pieces performed will include a world disabled); Cycle Aid for Africa; My Maths upon the completion was limited to The motto they adopted is: “Run- The Malka Ella runners included: premiere of Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph’s Buddy (a maths dictionary for both learn- the runners themselves. ning for the next generation”. They Kevin Black; Lawrence Diamond; classical marimba composition, with ers and teachers); Masibambane College They knew that in a number of believe that every step taken helps Ryan Perel; Dani Smith; Rael Smith; artful blends of musical cultures. in Orange Farm; early childhood develop- international races, the entry to to bring a new Jewish soul into the Tali Frankel; Tali Zulberg; Ilan The NGO Education Africa “strives to ment training workshops, etc. participate could only be obtained by world. So far the funds raised from Zwarenstein; Adam Greenblatt; Gary raising funds for a charitable cause. the Comrades collaboration, have Lefevre; Jason Lemmer; Menachem With this in mind, they decided that helped to allow more than 10 babies Kay; Selwyn Kahlberg; Mike Greenb- running for a charity would bolster to be born through fertility treat- latt; Saul Greenblatt; Gabrielle Den- their purpose and also simultaneously ment. nill; Candy Kagan; Ivan Shewitz; Glen assist a worthy cause. The group of Comrades runners de- Lazarus; Steven Isaacson; Norman They approached the Malka Ella cided on the Malka Ella Fertility Fund Krom; Neil Jankelowitz; Craig Ner- Fund, knowing that if the financial as a worthwhile cause not only for wich; Peter Williams; Jeffery Froom; burden of fertility treatment could be the unique and important work that Mark Lapedus; Philip Froom; Yaron lessened, the struggle for the desper- they do to help bring Jewish life into Zimbler; Meir Zaiden; Shira Zadikov; ate couples would be less laden with the world but this year, the group also Nirit Mindel; Uriel Gochin; Eldon angst and anguish. ran in loving memory of Ilana Klaff, a Beinart; and Neil Lewus. 12 – 19 July 2013 Community Columns SA JEWISH REPORT 13 A column of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies Love brought out the poet in Honouring our top achievers Since 1999, it has been the contribution to Jewish communal affairs. The tradition centenarian Henry Kerr regular practice of the Board to that has emerged has been to present two awards, one LEILA ROSE (HENRY KERR’S SISTER honour at its national congress for service to the community in a professional and the IN JOHANNESBURG) members of our community other in a lay capacity. This year, the recipients will be adjudged to have rendered Isla Feldman and Professor Michael Katz. Henry Kerr, who spent the bulk of his working life in South Africa, celebrated his 100th birthday on July 1 outstanding service to South Isla has served for over three decades as head of the in a retirement home in London. Africa and to its Jewish com- Jewish National Fund and latterly at the head of the Kerr arrived in Johannesburg from London in 1954 munity. SA Zionist Federation as well. She has always mirrored and worked here in the insurance industry until the The SAJBD Human Rights in her tremendous commitment the devotion of the 1980s when he moved back to England to be with his Award, inaugurated at the greater Jewish community to Zionism and the State of daughter and family. 1999 conference, recognises Israel. The couple lived in Bournemouth until his wife, Gla- Above Board those who have contributed Michael’s service to our community likewise goes dys, died. After that he moved to a retirement home Mary Kluk significantly to the struggle for back over 30 years. In addition to the official positions in Golders Green, London. National Chairman justice in South Africa. Arthur he has held, including as national chairman of the It was there that he met, fell in love and married Chaskalson was chosen to be SAJBD, he has played an invaluable role in an informal Valerie Berkowitz three years ago when he was 97. its first recipient, since which we have honoured such capacity, placing his valuable time and professional Vallerie originally came from Kinross and later taught for many years at King David High School. The coincidence was great that they should have met in Lon- legendary human rights activists as Albie Sachs, Helen expertise at the disposal of the Jewish community and don, having both lived in South Africa. Suzman, Arthur Goldreich, Isie Maisels, Sydney Ken- assisting its leadership in resolving some of the most They are both very active. He likes writing poetry and has written many poems tridge and Michael Schneider. pressing challenges that have confronted it. dedicated to her and has started a poetry society in the retirement home. Men- The awards have been formally presented in the pres- tally he is still as sharp as a pin, although he is now confined to a wheelchair. ence of such leaders of South Africa as Presidents Thabo Kitkes for Madiba Mbeki and Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema As reported elsewhere in this issue, last week the Board World News in Brief Motlanthe. arranged for dozens of Jewish women to come together At this year’s post-conference gala dinner, it will be to bake challahs in a traditional Jewish gesture of prayer Holocaust survivors to receive our great pleasure to present our award to Benjamin and solidarity for someone who is seriously ill. Pogrund. In the course of his distinguished journalistic The challahs were then personally delivered to two compensation from Hungary career, Benjamin was at the forefront of those who aged homes in Alexandra, where participants joined exposed and confronted the myriad injustices of the with the residents in sharing their feelings for our be- BUDAPEST - Hungary will resume compensation to Holocaust survivors after settling a dispute apartheid system. loved former president and praying for his recovery. with the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), ending a In 1997, he moved to Israel, where he founded I warmly commend our National Director Wendy year-long freeze on payments. About 600 000 Hungarian Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Yakar’s Centre for Social Concern to foster dialogue Kahn and everyone else who was involved in putting The Hungarian government had signed a five-year agreement with the Claims Conference in between the country’s diverse peoples, including together this beautiful initiative and ensuring that, 2007 to distribute $21 million to Holocaust survivors, but then accused the Claims Conference between Israelis and Palestinians. In recent years, he despite the short notice, it was such a success. Special of improper calculations. The Claims Conference denied that accusation. has consistently made himself available to helping us thanks go to Emunah, who partnered with us and made The parties have now agreed to bring in an independent international auditing firm to monitor combat anti-Israel propaganda. their premises available for the purpose. all accounting. In 2003, the Board introduced the Eric Samson “Holocaust survivors of Hungarian origin living abroad will be able to receive as soon Mendel Kaplan Communal Service Award, which recog- • Listen to Steven Gruzd on Jewish Board Talk on 101.9 as possible the compensation to which they are entitled… In order to now faster disburse nises those who have made a particularly noteworthy ChaiFM every Friday 12:00-13:00. restitution monies, the government will transfer $5,6 million within three days,” said Janos This column is paid for by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies Lazar, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, according to AFP. (JNS.org)

email: [email protected] | call: 072 728 0584 14 SA JEWISH REPORT Youth 12– 19 July 2013 Maurice puts his money ‘Generation Sinai’ teaches where his mouth is little ones Torah value Photo supplied The City Masters Sport and Education Club, is an initiative of the Pauline Podbrey Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation committed to uplifting the circumstances and opportunities of youngsters in the townships of Cape Town. OWN CORRESPONDENT The Foundation provides the children who belong to the club, with a safe place to do home- PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED work in the afternoons, computers, tutoring, regular outings and the equipment and clothing Generation Sinai at Sandton Sinai Nursery School, took the form of a “Moms Morning, where required to play football. Torah values were taught. Pictured are Elisheva and Danit Marcow, with mom Kerry Marcow and The teams play regularly against other teams, both within the city and the township. There grandmother Dorian Shear. are also girls’ football teams. The Foundation receives no support from government and is grateful for any donations it receives, either from corporate or private entities. The children live in the most terrible, barren, desperate place in Khayelitsha. Maurice Hirsch Lyons boys bring warmth to Podbrey (pictured with a team of young soccer players) has built a clubhouse for them with showers, desks, a kitchen, a little library and of course the football field (no grass of course - all dust and stones). an Orchards shelter He has paid for much of this himself, though the Canadian government did donate at one ELANA GORDON point, as did an Austrian businessman. The club is audited professionally and now Podbrey is trying to train up some of the young- Two of Hirsch Lyons sters by sending them on bookkeeping, business management and computer courses, The Primary School’s big youngest kids are about eight, the oldest ones in their late teens. chesed projects this term, Contact Maurice Podbrey at 082-6696-432. have been to collect Yomtov clothing for Divote for child victims of terror in Israel. Divote provides these children with a little joy in very tough situations. The Hirsch Lyons children also collected blankets and toiletries in honour of former President Nelson Mandela and the grade 6 boys delivered the items to a shelter in Orchards in Johannesburg. A big thank you goes to our very generous Photo by Ryan Pirrie parents. Hirsch Lyons grade 6 boys deliver blankets to a shelter in Orchards, The Johannesburg. merger of YCNS tots wish Madiba well complements BATYA BRICKER Yeshiva College Nursery School wishes Madiba Grant Thornton and PKF Johannesburg are proud to announce our merger. well with a giant “get well card” presented to his This is a merger of equals which will double our size in the city of gold. family at his home in Houghton. Business decisions are rarely black and white. This business decision complements what we do for our clients every day. We are Grant Thornton Photo by Lisa Chaitowitz and we help dynamic organisations unlock their potential for growth. Youngsters at KDLPP get into Maccabi spirit big time ROMY BRAVO

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20 SA JEWISH REPORT Sport 30 November – 7 December 2012 Perfecting the art of how not to lose The under-18 and under-16 football teams who will represent South Africa at the Maccabi Games that begin in Israel next week. game one needs to defend a lead. Howev- event at the Maccabiah and the opposition, “All we can say is that we are looking Garruner, defence believes is seemingly that for many quickly of the becoming especially from the South American and forward to Israel very much,” says Witz. youngsterswhat South this tripAfrican will developsport is lifeall memoabout.- European countries, is fierce. Israel also “We believe all the football teams are ready ries. While the Boks held England at bay fields strong teams. and will have the right mindset to put in a “A lot of them have never been to Israel in the north, managing to cling to a one South Africa will field a senior team, to be strong challenge.” and the fact you have 70 countries and ROCKINGROCKING THETHE BOAT BOAT point win, the Proteas looked to be head- captained by Neil Jankelowitz, an under-18 The under-16 and under-18 teams will be thousands of other kids to interact with, JackJack MilnerMilner ing for certain Test defeat Down Under team with Aaron Witz at the helm and playing at Wingate Sports Institute and the will be a real eye-opener to them. The as they ended the fourth day under the On Saturday night the South African Dean Kowalski as his vice-captain, and an senior team will be in action at Bait Vagan, opening ceremony alone is an extremely onslaughtI do not profess on the Maccabiahto be an authority begins when on under-16 team to be led by Aaron Levinthal Givaat Ram and Kiryat Yovel. emotionalcosh at occasion.”77 for four wickets, chasing 430 therugby. first During wave ofmy the time 355-strong at school contingent I actually with Greg Surmany and Asher Valentini as to win. ofdeveloped athletes anda hatred officials for the flies game to Israel. because They the dual vice-captains. The match looked all over, with a win willit was be followedcontinually on Mondayjammed by down the balance our “Their appointments are not undeserv- for Australia certainty, but AB de Vil- ofthroats. the team. ing and their levels of commitment and liers, Jacques Kallis and especially Faf du TheHowever, delegation as I comprisesgot older andathletes became of all performances on the pitch have warranted Plessis, had other ideas. De Villiers kept agesmore and involved according in theto Maccabi world of South sport Africa and their appointments,” explained convener Du Plessis company for 68 overs and a (MSA)began Chairmanto understand Cliff theGarrun, nuts some and bolts210 Daniel Witz. nobbled Kallis for another 40 overs in areof the under game, the ageI actually of 21. began to enjoy “They all bring great qualities in their the searing Adelaide heat, as Du Plessis it “It’svery a much.massive Whatever delegation I mightand we think have I respective positions and attitudes and I tenaciously defied the Australian bowling someknow, really I will strong always teams,” bow in said admiration Garrun. to know that they feel that this is a challenge attack for nearly eight hours. Cricketer Faf du Plessis is supported by his team as he pulls off a stunning save of the second “Thethe likes guys of have commentator trained very Dan hard Retief and have who to relish. Many people would have found the focusedhas a marvellous on their training understanding over a lengthy of the Test“All matchof the boysagainst bring Australia great inqualities Adelaide. in pushing and prodding mind-numbing to periodsport. of time. theirhe took respective advantage positions of a andlucky they bounce all feel of in the final minute was one of the most watch, but it takes a special kind of pro- “AsHowever, always our what cricket I have teams learned look veryduring thatthe this ball is to a scorechallenge the toonly relish. try - and fur- inane I have ever seen. That was total ficiency and mental aptitude to stay out strongmy tears and as I believea sports we journalist have a powerful is how cy to- thermore“The football superb teams defence have comeby the a longBoks. way capitulation, as if to say they were happy there for seven hours and 46 minutes, in clinganalyse team a game.which includesAs I said a last South week, African I have fromI where have saidwe started. for the This past fewhas beenyears an that to lose by one point. mainly 34 degrees heat and high humid- championalways tried in the to maintainform of Kevin my objectiv- Evans. Our excitingthe Boks time are for unable all involved to play and 80 Maccabi minutes of On that subject, I was the one person ity, with five different partners, one of half-marathonity and not become team is a good“fan withand for a pen”. the wouldattacking like to rugby. take the In theopportunity final 20 tominutes thank absolutely delighted by that decision whom could barely run, to defy a vora- firstLast Saturdaytime we are I onlytaking managed basketball to seeand thegirls’ Ryanof the Kalk game and they Mannie were Witz probably for all theirlucky to as I had backed England on a minus 2,5 cious and tenacious Australian attack and soccersecond teams half ofalong.” the Springboks versus Eng- timehave and spent effort two spent of those getting minutes all the infoot the- spread and that whacky decision sealed save a crucial match for his country. landSouth Test Africa but onhas Sunday always fieldedmorning a strongI sat ballEngland teams half.ready The for Israelremaining and ensuring 18 minutes this me my win. This was a monumental effort, rugbythrough team the and replay. for the Knowing first time the junior result, massivewas played delegation somewhere runs smoothly.” on the Boks’ 22m There is no doubt we have some performed on debut and already written rugbyI could will put be the played excitement in Israel ofand a MSAclose will line.One has to give credit to the soccer wonderful players in our team, but one into the folklore of South African cricket haveencounter a team behind participating and dispassionately in the event. squadsThere as they is little have doubtworked that hard England, in the is never certain down which garden path history. interpret“We have what some I goodhad watched. players in the rugby build-upwhen it to comes the tournament to attacking, and are have equally coach Heyneke Meyer is leading them. So, while we might lack the attacking team.After From a littleWestern thought Province I came we have to the broughtinept and in a they top brains-trust certainly had to enoughassist But coming back to defence: All sports prowess of a Genghis Khan, South Afri- Paulfollowing Cohen conclusion: and David Geffin, In simple who terms, is a all them.chances. Included We kept in that conceding group is penaltiestechni- in are made up of offence and defence. It is can sport has elevated the art of defence forwards and plays for False Bay first team. cal director development for Mamelodi that won us the game was an inspiration- the dying moments but one has to say vital to have a balanced share of both. It to another level. I suppose there is an Josh Durbach plays for Wits University at Sundown, Shawn Bishop, who prepared the al moment from Willem Alberts in which that England’s decision to go for posts is also an art to know at which point of a advantage in playing not to lose... Varsity Cup level while we also have Jason senior team, Clive Bedel and Mpumalanga Hirschovitz, who is a former Kearsney Col- Black Aces coach Ceaser Maphalla, who put lege boy from Durban and has a bursary What’sat in all On the hard work with regards to the un- Tukkies where he plays for their under-20 der-18 football squad, and Rui de Sousa and team,”Sunday said (December Garrun. 2) Danielprofessor Witz, who of English took the at time Wits, to onprepare “Please Cape Town will be sending some 77 par- theSir, under-16 I Want squad. Some More”, Charles Dick- ticipants• RCHCC to the is rescreeningMaccabiah while the Durban award-win- Theens girls’and childrenteam is an in under-18this his bicentenaryone and hasning six. Therefilm, “Theare also Debt”, some directed athletes byfrom John theyear. preparation Time: was 09:30. organised Contact: by Ashley (011) 648- EastMadden London and Portstarring Elizabeth. Helen There Mirren, will Robinson,1053, Shaulfax 086 Feinberg 273-3044. and Jerry Donation: Gem- be aboutSam Worthington,25 swimmers - Jessicamainly juniors Castain - and bolo,R20. who Join all worked UJW for relentlessly. an informal tea after andTom around Wilkinson. the same number Venue: of Clive golfers M Beck Athe lot lecture.of credit has to go to Brian Joffe of “WeAuditorium. are hoping forTime: hoping 19:30. for a bigDonation: haul Bidvest, who allowed Maccabi Football full of medals,”R60. Booking: said Garrun. Hazel “We or René got 20 (011) in 728- useThursday of their football (December fields 6)in order to train 20098088/8378, and we anticipate after hours at least (011) double 728-8378, this and prepare the teams. 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ROME - At a gathering in Rome with Lebanon’s new cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI launched a new appeal for peace in Syria and the Middle East, the Associated Press reported. “The church encourages all efforts for peace in the world and in the Middle East, a peace that will only be effective if it is based on authentic respect for other people,” Pope Benedict told the gathering, which included several Lebanese pilgrims. He also spoke out concerning the plight of Christians from their traditional homelands throughout the Middle East, calling for them to be able to “live their faith freely”. Christian communities have come under assault by Muslims amid the upheaval related to the “Arab Spring”. Tens of thousands of Syrian Christians have fl ed from the civil war there, while Egypt’s Coptic Christian community fears the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and the ultra-extremist Salafi groups to power. Recently, several Coptic Christian teenage women were been assaulted by other women on Cairo subways because their hair was uncovered. Many Coptic women are now afraid to ride the transit system in fear of being assaulted or sexually harassed, according to Morning Star News. (JNS.org)

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