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news opinion letters tapestrycommunity columns youth sports 12 DAYS south african to go for the Annual Jewish Achiever Awards jewish report on June 20! www.sajewishreport.co.za SA commentators part of Facing To- morrow 2012, the Presidential Con- ference in Israel SA will for the fi rst time be part of the large international media, at the conference. Reeva Forman will accompany two of SA’s foremost opinion- makers as guests of the SAZF: Tom Wheeler and Tim Hughes. 3 BGU expert, Prof Amos Drory from BGU, to help Botswana found new university “Israel has no natural resources, like gold. Our only resource is brain power; by virtue of Israel’s start-up nation success, we have know-how we share with the world.” 2 Th umbs-up for Jansen as patron of the SAHGF As leaders “we bear a respon- sibility to our youth to teach the lessons of the past in order to develop empathy, understanding and solidarity beyond notions of ‘unique pain’”. 14 SAKS: Denying Jews their ME Jewish heritage “Even Israeli left-wingers are dismayed by what the Pales- tinians are doing.” 6 Diverse Jewish in- terest to fi nd Last Man Standing Children and parents from Great Park Synagogue recently participated in the handing Israeli boxer Ran Nakash Great Park congregants out of 450 blankets and 300 coats to children and mothers at the Afrika Tikkun Centre in arrives in SA on Monday to Diepsloot. It was an amazing afternoon fi lled with learning and sharing and it enriched the participate in the Golden lives of the recipients and the givers. The blankets were collected at the community-wide Gloves promoted Super 8 Last Shmooza Lag B’Omer event and allowed the joy of a Jewish festival to bring smiles to faces Man Standing cruiserweight bring joy to Diepsloot of the needy in the broader SA community. | PHOTOGRAPH RABBI DOVID HAZDAN competition. 16 2 SA JEWISH REPORT News 08 - 15 June 2012 Shabbat Times June 8/18 Sivan Our Jewish GPS June 9 / 19 Sivan “Who knows Five?” PARSHAT and calls our nation to order in the barren BEHA’ALOTECHA Beha’alotcha “I know Five! Five are the Books of the wastes of the wilderness of Sinai. Torah.” Rabbi Ilan Raanan Th e two verses that constitute “Bemid- 17:06 17:57 Johannesburg We sing this song at the Pesach seder Yeshiva College bar Book 2” describe the ideal journey to table. Th e synonym we use for the Torah, Israel. Th e Holy Ark travels ahead of us, our 17:26 18:20 Cape Town “Chumash”, comes from the root “cha- enemies fl ee and we immediately experi- 16:46 17:38 Durban mesh” that means “fi ve”. ence the Messianic Era in Israel. No White 17:06 17:59 Bloemfontein Yet strangely, this is a point of dis- Papers on emigration, no wars and no Unit- 16:57 17:52 Port Elizabeth cussion among the Sages of the Talmud who hate you fl ee before you. And when it ed Nations condemnations. If only we lived 16:51 17:45 East London (Shabbat 116a) where Rebbi Yonatan is of rested, he said, Return, O L-rd, to the many in an ideal world! the opinion that there are SEVEN books thousands of Israel.” Alas two verses later “Bemidbar Book of the Torah! It is amazing how, in spite We recite these verses every time we 3” awakens us from dream to reality. Th e Kashrut Alert of unbearable persecution our Torah re- read from the Torah in public. What exactly actual journey confronts us with setbacks mained intact. does Rabbi Yonatan mean and why do we and challenges and eventually leads to the CHECK OUT THESE CRISPS, RICE Th is was, in part, thanks to the Hercu- highlight his “Second Book of Bemidbar”? precursor of exile and hardship. CAKES AND CREAM lean eff orts of the Messorah. Is it not pos- A brief look at the structure of the Book Such is life. We live in an imperfect Kavallier Crisps are no longer under Beth Din su- sible that two entire books were lost? of Bemidbar may enlighten us. Th e Book of world. It is not so easy to overcome the ob- pervision as from May 31 this year, according to the Th e Talmud explains that the book we Shemot details the Exodus and receiving stacles that confront us. kashrut department of the Union of Orthodox Syna- are currently reading, Bemidbar (Num- the Torah at Sinai. Th e Book of Vayikra pro- Every time we take out our Holy Torah gogues. Stock purchased up to and including May 31, bers), is in fact a trilogy, with the three-way vides details of the Torah laws. and read it in public, we recall Rabbi Yona- has been produced under supervision. division occurring in this week’s parsha. In Bemidbar next describes the journey tan’s “Bemidbar Book 2”. It reminds us that Bakali Rice Cakes are no longer under Beth Din Numbers 10, a mere two verses (verses 35 to the Promised Land. “Bemidbar Book though reality confronts us with numer- supervision as from May 31 this year. Stock pur- - 36) constitute a second book and separate 1” is all about mobilisation of the camp in ous challenges, we must still aspire to the chased up to and including May 31, has been pro- the third book from the fi rst book: “And preparation for the journey. At the heart of ideal journey, for as Jews there is only one duced under supervision. it came to pass, when the ark set forward, the camp of Israel lies the Mishkan (Taber- source that provides us with direction: the Clover Sour Cream has been reformulated with that Moses said, Rise up, L-rd, and let nacle) that housed the Holy Ark containing Holy Ark and the Tablets of the Decalogue gelatine and is no longer kosher certifi ed. your enemies be scattered; and let them the Tablets of the Decalogue. Th is unites us it contains. Th is is our Jewish GPS! SAJR welcomes New York’s annual Israel parade paints Fifth Ave blue and white NEW YORK - Senator Charles Schumer, New York Governor Bryan Silke as Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, were among the dignitaries who marched in last Sunday’s an- publisher nual Celebrate Israel Parade in the Big Apple. Th ey joined tens of thousands of marchers who paraded up Fifth Avenue under blue, sunny skies amid a sea of blue-and- ROBYN SASSEN white Israeli fl ags. Th e parade, now in its 48th year, is Ameri- ca’s biggest annual show of support for Israel by the numbers. Th e Jewish Report Marchers included Jewish day school contingents, the is delighted to an- Chai Riders motorcycle club, non-Jewish marching bands, nounce the appoint- and a contingent from Israel Guide Dogs for the Blind, among ment of Bryan Silke some 200 organisations. Israeli consuls and some government (pictured) as pub- offi cials also marched. lisher at the news- Th e theme of this year’s parade was “Israel Branches Out”. paper. Silke earlier Th e parade was preceded by a four-mile Celebrate Israel Yeshiva University students march up New York’s Fifth Avenue during the this year, wrote a run through Central Park. (JTA) Celebrate Israel Parade, on June 4. (PHOTOGRAPH: MICHAEL TUREK) series of columns in our pages called BusinessBrief, which BGU expert to help Botswana found a new university off ered insight into trends in business. ROBYN SASSEN “In this visit, I will advise litical interference.” Silke was born in the Botswanans on train- Said Lubner: “UJ issued a the Cape and edu- Passing through SA en route to Botswana ing graduates, planning the formal statement opposing cated at Herzlia, be- where he will advise the government about university’s landscape, and academic boycotts. It changed fore studying at the setting up a new university, Prof Amos examining how they can ben- the Memoranda of Under- University of Cape Drory, vice president for external aff airs at efi t from our experience with standing, which are not legally Town and reading Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (pic- building a campus in the de- binding, into contracts, which for his honours and tured), last week spoke to the JR. Along- sert. are. Now the BGU/UJ working masters degrees at Stellenbosch University, side president of SA Associates of the BGU, “BGU aims to excel and relationship is stronger, and where he specialised in media management. Bertie Lubner and Herby Rosenberg, SA reach out,” he spoke of Aids includes associations with “It’s a culmination of a series of pro- Associate of BGU, he emphasised the uni- research in Africa conducted UCLA and Ghent University. fessional passions,” he spoke of his ap- versity’s high academic standards and its by BGU’s medical faculty. “Th is research is not the pointment earlier this week. “After com- continuous research, of benefi t not only to “Our university focuses fi rst: BGU has been collabo- pleting my masters, which focused on the PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED BY BEN- Israel, but to the world. on advanced and applied sci- GURION UNIVERSITY. rating internationally for over framing of the coverage of the Gaza with- Israeli-born Drory, a son of Lithuani- ence aiming to direct scien- 30 years with the best in the drawal in the domestic press, I wanted to ans, read for his bachelor’s degree in indus- tifi c knowledge to practical solutions. Arid- world; it has a strong track record with sev- go into academia.” Various opportunities, trial psychology at Hebrew University and ity is part of our focus; we also research eral SA universities. Th e SA Associates of including an academic scholarship at the his PhD in organisational psychology in solar energy and water research, including BGU has three interests at heart: SA, Israel University of Hamburg, Germany, a job in the US, before joining BGU 26 years ago; purifi cation, desalination, management, and humanity.” London and another locally, changed his his professional status has embraced fi elds waste and recycling. BGU, Israel’s university of choice, has mind. “My passion lies across the spec- from industrial engineering to business “Four years ago, we brought out two grown rapidly. In 15 years, its teaching ca- trum of media, with a primary interest in management, at leadership levels. “BGU is BGU professors: a water purifying special- pacity has grown from 6 000 students to print,” he says. a place with a future,” he says. ist researching the integration of nano- 20 000. “Th e average student in Israel Silke was head-hunted by the board of “Gaborone’s University of Botswana technology and an algae specialist working comes to university after having complet- the SA Jewish Report, from his job as editor is Botswana’s only university; Botswana with the biomass of alternative energy. ed army service. Th ey have a focused idea of the Illovo-based 16 year old publication, wants more. In Israel, we have zoomed in Th is expertise, among the top in the world, of what they want to do; our education is BusinessBrief. “It was a tough decision to on situations unique to us; our expertise equipped us to set up a joint research pro- about entrepreneurship and attitude as leave, but the role of publisher gives me the will benefi t Botswana. Th eir land is arid, as gramme with the University of Johannes- much as it is about skills and academic cre- opportunity to expand my skills base and is Israel’s - 60 per cent of Israel’s land mass burg. dentials.” adds Drory. embrace the challenge of new responsibili- is desert. “Th e intervention by Hamas support- “It supports the philosophy that you ties. “Botswana’s minister of education vis- ers who obtained the support of a section can’t consider yourself successful un- “Th e Jewish Report represents a plat- ited Israel recently. She was blown away by of the university’s academic body, endeav- til you’ve used your experiences to help form for me that reaches such an intuitive, BGU’s work. Israel has no natural resourc- oured to oppose collaboration with Israel. someone else,” concurs Lubner, explaining powerful and endearing audience. I see the es, like gold. Our only resource is brain Th ey put huge pressure on BGU’s Senate; BGU’s programme to teach Bedouins self- capacity to build on a strong weekly news- power; by virtue of Israel’s start-up nation the matter was resolved in the interests of suffi ciency. paper founded on quality editorial, which success, we have know-how we share with the university’s right to have freedom of “Watch this space,” all three BGU digni- should defi nitely be commercially viable.” the world. teaching, research and debate, without po- taries tease. “Exciting energies are afoot.”

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Community Briefs NONORTHODOX RABBI TO RECEIVE GOVT FUNDING Last week, it was announced that Rabbi Miri Gold of Kibbutz Gezer, will be the fi rst non- Orthodox rabbi in Israel’s history to receive government funding. According to a media statement from the SA Union of Progressive Jewry, “The Israeli Attorney-General com- mitted to equal pay for Rabbi Gold for her work at Congregation Birkat Shalom.” This decision will pave the way for other non- Orthodox rabbis in Israel. “This allows the Israeli Movement for Progressive Judaism to build on the success achieved so far and deepen our work for the Israeli public.” Israel currently supports some 4 000 Orthodox rabbis. Professor Niall ERIC GREITENS WINS CHARLES Ferguson, noted BRONFMAN PRIZE FOR 2012 Harvard histo- The recipient of the internationally promoted rian, the key note Charles Bronfman Prize for 2012 is US Navy speaker from last SEAL Eric Greitens, founder and CEO of The Mis- year’s Presidential sion Continues, a project challenging post-9/11 Conference. veterans to continue to lead through community PHOTOGRAPH COUR- service at home. TESY WWW.PRESIDENT- Each year, this prize is awarded to an CONF.ORG.IL individual whose work is fuelled by Jew- ish values and has global life-changing impact. “Eric provides a vision for hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations. His Two SA commentators to be part model and focus on measurable results serves as a template for the rest of the country and for the world,” Tom Brokaw, member of Greitens’ prize-nominating of Facing Tomorrow 2012 team, said. REEVA FORMAN six decades of statehood than arguably any world leaders, Jews and non-Jews, thinkers UJW TO HOST A KOSHER CHEF COMPETITION VICE CHAIRMAN SAZF other person alive today, going back to 1948 and doers, poets and physicists, rabbis and The Union of Jewish Women is hosting a when he was one of founding Prime Minister entrepreneurs, including the next genera- kosher chef competition in Johannesburg, Facing Tomorrow, the fi rst annual Conference David Ben-Gurion’s closest, and youngest ad- tion of leadership - young men and women of offering a chance for a product to be pro- of Israel’s Shimon Peres’ presidency, took visers. promise and originality. duced and marketed professionally, judged place in Jerusalem in May 2008, marking Is- Peres decided that it was not enough to Each “tomorrow” was and continues to be by a celebrity culinary judging panel and rael’s milestone 60th anniversary. review the Jewish state’s achievements, chal- examined through a set of four critical lenses: given access to a kosher kitchen to make the South Africa will for the fi rst time be part lenges and milestones refl ectively over 60 Th e value systems that are meant to guide our product. Headlining it as “one woman; one of the large international media, who attend years. Rather, the emphasis for Israel must be conduct, the leadership necessary to navigate recipe; one chance of a lifetime”, the organi- the Conference. Reeva Forman will be ac- on looking forward. the challenges ahead, the creativity required sation asks for homemade recipes, “whether companying two of South Africa’s foremost Th us was conceived the fi rst annual Israel to embrace the new, and the notion of evolv- it be for teiglach, jam, mustard, chrain or opinion-makers as guests of the SAZF - Tom Presidential Conference, a three-day assembly ing, mutable, and sometimes multiple identi- kichel”. They request that readers send their Wheeler and Tim Hughes. A group of SA Jew- of some of the world’s “best and brightest”, in- ties as we attempt to keep pace with a rapidly name, contact details (including e-mail) and ish lay leaders will be attending as delegates. cluding equally large representations of presi- changing and digitally interconnected world. product (and recipe) of choice to them by Tom Wheeler is columnist on interna- dents and prime ministers, current and past, Th e Presidential Conference has been fax (011) 648-4307 or e-mail: ujw@mweb. tional aff airs for Th e New Age newspaper, and Nobel laureates, to name but some who identifi ed by President Peres as the ideal av- co.za by July 3. Johannesburg. Since 2003 he has served as a gather in Jerusalem during those days. enue to communicate Israel’s many accom- research associate at the SA Institute of Inter- Th us was the fl agship international event plishments to the international community. KLASS CELEBRATES TWO national Aff airs (SAIIA). He served as SA Am- born, with Peres hosting his premiere Fac- Th e large and extraordinary list of lumi- ANNIVERSARIES bassador to Turkey (1997 - 2001). ing Tomorrow Conference which welcomed naries and speakers attending this, the fourth On June 12 Selwyn Klass celebrates two aus- Tim Hughes has been SAIIA’s Middle East many international leaders, including then- Conference taking place in Jerusalem between picious but very different anniversary events on researcher since 2002 and has delivered lec- President George Bush. Th e Conference was June 19 and 21, includes Shai Agassi, Profes- Radio Today 1485 AM, also broadcast on DStv tures at Bar Ilan University in Jerusalem. He initiated by Peres to address the three main sor Peter Beinart, Major General Meir Dagan, audio channel 169, www.1485.co.za and 1485. has been the convener of the Middle East pub- “tomorrows”: the Israel tomorrow, the global Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, Professor Stan- mobi at 11:15: the offi cial birthday of Queen lic discussion group at SAIIA. A regular con- tomorrow and the Jewish tomorrow. ley Fischer, Abraham Foxman, Ambassador Elizabeth II, marking the diamond jubilee of her tributor to Radio 702, Hughes also covered Key luminaries in economics, science, Dore Gold, Macolm Hoenlein, Dr Henry Kiss- accession to the British throne; and the anniver- the Palestinian elections for South Africa’s technology, medicine and philosophy took inger, Dr Emily Landau, Professor Chung Min sary of the fi rst entry Anne Frank made in her e.tv and is a regular commentator on Middle part in the major plenary sessions, as well as Lee, Professor Dominique Moisi, Professor diary, on her 13th birthday, on June 12, 1942. Eastern issues for the SABC. in 35 panels that sought no lesser a goal than Tomaso Poggio, Ambassador Dennis Ross, Dr The diary was a treasured birthday gift Th e idea of the Facing Tomorrow Confer- to help shape the face of tomorrow. Raj Reddy, Professor Mona Siddiqui, Profes- which remains testament to her courage, as well ence could only have started with Peres, the Th e 2012 conference, like the others be- sor Hermona Soreq, Mr Ruben Troostwijk, as the second most read book in Western history. man who has witnessed up close and in per- fore it, was and continues to be focused on ex- Dr Yossi Vardi, Sir James Wolfensohn AO and The show re-broadcasts on June 16 at 21:00. son more historic events during Israel’s fi rst ploration, of a synergistic gathering of major Ambassador Lamberto Zannier. 4 SA JEWISH REPORT News 08 - 15 June 2012 Rebbetzen Eva Sandler to talk at Sinai Indaba ROBYN SASSEN Yaakov and Mrs Monsonego.” Sandler went on to express On March 19, young Chabad Reb- her faith that regardless of the betzen Eva Sandler (pictured, horrifi c manner in which her with her surviving daughter, husband and the three little chil- toddler Liora) was suddenly and dren died, she still knows that devastatingly made a widow, “the ways of G-d are good, and when her husband Rabbi Jona- He will reveal the path and give than Sandler and their two young us the strength to continue”. She sons, Aryeh (6) and Gavriel (3) added: “Parents, please kiss your were killed at point blank range in children. Tell them how much the shocking anti-Semitic attack of the Jewish world.” you love them, and how dear it is A fi le photo showing the massive Maroela Room with the tables laid for an in Toulouse, France. Th is month, Shortly after the attack, to your heart that they be living Achiever function. she will be talking at Sinai Indaba. Sandler put out a message on examples of our Torah, imbued Said Chief Rabbi Warren the Chabad website. “My heart with the fear of Heaven and with Jewish Achiever Awards Goldstein: “It is an honour for is broken,” she wrote. “I am un- love of their fellow man.” Sinai Indaba, on behalf of the able to speak. Th ere are no ways Sandler will speak on the South African Jewish commu- for me to be able to express the evening of Saturday June 16 and function a sell-out nity, to host Rebbetzen Eva great and all-consuming pain re- during the day on Sunday June Sandler, who carries her pain and sulting from the murder of my 17 in Johannesburg and on Mon- loss with great courage, dignity dear Rabbi Jonathan and our day June 18 in Cape Town. She and faith. In so doing, we are also sons, Aryeh and Gavriel, and of speaks in French and Hebrew; Th is year’s annual Jewish Achiever Awards – reaching out in solidarity to the Miriam Monsonego, daughter there will be a translator at her which take place at a gala banquet in Sandton French Jewish community and of the dedicated principal of Ot- talks. Please see www.Sinai-Inda- embracing our position as part zar HaTorah and his wife, Rabbi ba.co.za for further information. on June 20 – will, according to all indications, be even bigger and better than ever before. David Shapiro back from his Omaha pilgrimage SHIRA DRUION OWN CORRESPONDENT the decision to open the Jewish that Buff ett’s ability to com- the richest people in the world Achiever Awards nomination pro- municate fi nancial jargon in a - to the Bill and Melinda Gates Th e sold-out signs for this year’s cess to the public in order to be as David Shapiro, deputy chairman distilled, palatable way, was pre- (charitable) Foundation. annual Jewish Achiever Awards, inclusive as possible. Obviously of Sasfi n Securities, has never cisely the quality that made him He explained: “Buff ett be- went up an impressive six weeks this was the correct decision and hidden his admiration for Berk- so extraordinary. “Listening to lieved that children should not before the glittering event takes has proven enormously success- shire Hathaway’s Warren Buf- Buff ett’s annual shareholder’s rule society because of the luck place at the Sandton Sun Hotel in ful,” says Sackstein. fett, the group’s chairman and letter is a priceless experience. It of the womb. He believes that some two weeks’ time. This year’s judging panel CEO, and with fi nancial gurus is not necessarily the actual con- one should give one’s children Says Howard Sackstein, chair- for the three business awards is from around the world, would tent which is so impressive, but enough to be able to do what man of the Jewish Achiever made up of Marcel de Klerk (Absa every year go on the “pilgrimage” more than that are his outstand- they want to, but not (so much) Awards: “Each year the Jew- Managing Executive for Business to attend Buff ett’s thought-pro- ing communication skills. that they do nothing!” ish Achiever Awards continue Markets), renowned corporate voking and stimulating AGM in “He is able to get thousands Sasfi n collaborated with Th e to amaze us. Not only have the governance expert, Dr Len Ko- Omaha, Nebraska. of people to grasp very challeng- Chev to off er Helping Hands and awards become the most pres- nar, international businessman Berkshire Hathaway is a di- ing concepts, and does this by re- Pillars donors the chance to hear tigious event in the Jewish social Steven Blend and the JSE’s Geoff versifi ed American multinational ducing the fi nancial lingo, so that Shapiro share his insights from calendar, but the nominations and Rothschild. conglomerate. a layman can understand him. I this year’s Buff ett AGM. awards themselves have become Th e entire process is indepen- When Buff ett speaks, the think this is what makes him so Hugh Bauer, Sasfi n’s Busi- increasingly competitive and more dently audited by accounting fi rm world’s fi nancial experts sit up exceptional.” ness Development Executive, and more sought after.” PKF. Th e jury has the diffi cult task and take note. Th is year was no Shapiro also gave his audi- who introduced Shapiro, told the Th is year’s awards received the of deciding the winners for the exception and on his return from ence a trip to “Planet Buff ett”, early morning breakfast crowd highest number of nominations three business awards and the the AGM where literally thou- sharing words of wisdom from that Shapiro’s fund was the top in its 14 year history. Th e awards judges report that competition is sands of fi nancial journalists Buff ett as well as from Berk- performing fund in its class over celebrate the remarkable achieve- incredibly tight this year. and fi nancial experts gathered, shire’s MD, Charlie Munger. He three years. “Sasfi n has always ments of members of the South However, the event is also the Shapiro shared his impressions recounted with amusement how shared a great partnership with African Jewish community in all place to see and be seen. Enter- with an appreciative audience at Buff ett stood up and told the the Chev, and so we were very spheres of life in South Africa, as tainment this year will be provided a Chevrah Kadisha breakfast. thousands who had come from happy to partner with the Chev well as raising money to help fund by award-winning comedian and Shapiro entertained the all corners of the globe: “Charlie team again and provide some this newspaper, which is distrib- singer Deep Fried Man, who will be packed Sasfi n boardroom with a and I are the perfect pair. I can useful insights to the Chev sup- uted free of charge. writing material especially for the Powerpoint presentation, fl esh- see and Charlie can hear!” porters.” “Competition has been fi erce function and the award winners. ing out Buff ett’s “pearls of wis- Shapiro commented that at Shapiro is an orator par with nearly 200 public nomina- Also appearing at the award cer- dom”. Shapiro is in fact so well 81 and 88 years old respectively, excellence who manages to tions, 30 fi nalists and seven win- emony is Ensemble Borsalino, who versed in “Buff etology”, that he Buff ett and Munger had travelled combine his knowledge of the ners. We are awestruck by the plays a wide repertoire from gypsy could with good reason be called a truly epic journey, the proof of markets with a down-to-earth depth of talent and skill in our manouche to klezmer (Jewish jazz) Sasfi n’s “quintessential Buff e- which was in Buff ett’s commit- manner that makes the com- community. Two years ago we took and swing to boeremusiek. tologist”! ment to give 85 per cent of his plex world of investing accessi- Shapiro told his audience enormous wealth - he is one of ble to everyone. 08 - 15 June 2012 News SA JEWISH REPORT 5

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The Jewish Chronicle, London: Global news service of the Jewish people, international: www.thejc.com www.jta.org “Shimon Peres congratulates the Queen on her Diamond “Athens’ Jewish school, the community’s jewel, imperiled Jubilee” by Greek economic crisis” Israel’s President Shimon Peres, sent warm wishes to Queen Elizabeth II to mark In the last decade, Athens Jewish Community School, the city’s only Jewish her Diamond Jubilee. He noted the Queen’s recent birthday as well as the 60th school, saw a renaissance. But it is now in peril as Greek Jews struggle through 3 DAY ONLY SPECIAL anniversary of her Coronation, saying it was “a welcome opportunity to extend, the economic and political turmoil in that country. Community members believe on behalf of the people of Israel and myself, sincere congratulations for Your that shutting the school would be ominous for the capital’s 3 500-strong Jewish GET 20% OFF selected Majesty’s wellbeing, the happiness of the Royal House”. community. Winter clothing & 10% OFF European Jewish Press, western Europe: New Jersey Jewish News: www.ejpress.org www.njjewishnew.com Winter slax “Israel, Jewish community leaders ‘profoundly concerned’ “NJ religion-in-adoption bill heads for vote in legislature” DON’T MISS OUT! by new anti-Semitic attack in France” NJ legislators are closer to passing a law that would require agencies to main- Israel expressed its “profound concern” on Monday following last Saturday’s tain a child’s religious upbringing when placing the child in an adoptive or foster From Sunday June 10th to anti-Semitic attack against three youths in Villeurbanne, in southeastern home. The bill, authored by Assembly member Gary Schaer of Passaic, was France, stressing it was confident the French authorities would shed light approved by the Assembly Women and Children Committee on May 14. It awaits Tuesday June 12th. on the facts. passage by the full Assembly and State Senate. RELOCATION ADDRESS: 9 Grafton Avenue, Craighall Park. (011) 447-0337 6 SA JEWISH REPORT Opinion 08 - 15 June 2012 jewishsouth african report Denying Jews their ME Jewish heritage

Holocaust denial is generally consid- authorities legally ruled that it was a Th e strangers ered to be the worst form of a type of Jewish holy site. anti-Semitism that seeks to write the Th is in turn points to how not only Jewish people out of history, or at least Jewish, Christian and sundry pagan in our midst those parts of it that might show them BARBARIC YAWP sources uphold the Jewish connection in a sympathetic light. David Saks to Israel, but even, up until very recent- Isn’t it odd how history has a way of sneaking up behind It began as a white right-wing phe- ly, Arab and Islamic ones. In rewriting you and challenging the very things you value about nomenon, often as much motivated by the history of the region to exclude the yourself? a desire to rehabilitate Nazism as an at- In August 2010, PA Minister of Re- Jews and place themselves in the star- Th ere’s no point rehashing the “Spear” saga - it has tack on Jews (one of the most notori- ligion Mahmoud Al-Habbash, stated ring role, the Palestinians are thus go- been done to death. But a few words are relevant to il- ous deniers, David Irving, was at least that throughout history, Jerusalem ing against a substantial body of Arab lustrate another point. South Africans have huff ed and in the beginning primarily driven by had been “the capital of the Palestinian historiography. How on earth, in the puff ed about Brett Murray’s painting portraying Presi- his boyhood admiration for the whole state and the capital of the Palestinian end, do they expect to get away with it? dent Jacob Zuma’s private parts. Some reactions have Nazi cult). Later, and inevitably, it was people”. been funny; others, troubling. adopted with enthusiasm in much of According to the PA Mufti Muham- Even Israeli left-wingers Particularly threats were made against the gal- the Arab and Islamic world. mad Hussein (January 2012), on Je- lery and City Press who fi rst reported on the issue and Far less attention is paid to a sec- rusalem’s Temple Mount, there “never are dismayed by what the showed Th e Spear on its website. Loud proclamations ond and arguably far more dangerous was a Temple in any period, nor was Palestinians are doing. have defended the principle of freedom of expression; form of Jewish history denial that has there, at any time, any place of worship equally forceful voices have demanded respect for dig- taken root in the Middle East and is for the Jews or others at the Al-Aqsa Even Israeli left-wingers are dis- nity and privacy. now threatening to spread. Th is seeks Mosque site”. mayed by what the Palestinians are We have vivid memories of the anti-apartheid strug- to deny the Jewish people of today any doing. Knesset member Einat Wolf, for gle (in which Murray was an ANC stalwart), where free- connection with their Biblical and im- Just four examples of what example, deplored how they were “stu- dom of speech was a cherished goal. Now, paradoxically, mediate post-Biblical heritage in the has been a fl ood of Jewish pidly trying again and again to some- South Africans who fought for it are challenging it and Middle East. how create an alternate reality in which saying the painting’s showing must be restricted. To understand the almost surreal history denialism. the Jewish people are strangers in this In another ironic incident a few years back, we saw lengths to which this is being taken, land” (November 2010). the beautiful ideals of ubuntu and tolerance for which one only has to consult the reports on Th ese are just four examples of Th ose involved in the Camp David we prided ourselves after defeating apartheid go up in Palestinian Media Watch (a site, by the what has been a veritable fl ood of talks in 2000 well remember Yasser smoke (literally in some instances). In the xenophobic way, that left-wing Jews who feel the wholesale Jewish history denialism on Arafat’s cool denial of there ever being riots in 2008, black South Africans turned on foreign- need to bring their guilty Jewish con- the part of Palestinian political and re- a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, a stance ers in their midst - Nigerians, Somalis, Ethiopians, Con- sciences to the attention of the wider ligious leaders, intellectuals, educators that had much to do with the disas- golese, Pakistanis and others - looting their shops and society should be compelled to read on and journalists. Nor are they the most trous failure of those talks. attacking them as unwanted “strangers” - looking dif- a daily, if not hourly basis). egregious such cases. As we know too well, when it comes ferent and speaking languages South Africans could not Other instances of Palestinian and to the Jewish people, there is no such understand - taking “food from the locals’ mouths”. We Palestinian denial goes Muslim appropriation of the Jewish thing as a lie that is so great as to pre- were shocked. How could South Africans, after every- past for themselves, are so brazen as clude its ever gaining traction. Over thing we fought for, act this way? right to the top. to take one’s breath away. In terms of the centuries, the most demented the- For Jews, the issue touches a raw nerve. Th e “stran- this, King David was a Muslim, Jesus ories about Jews have been conceived, ger” theme runs through their history. Over centuries Palestinian denial of the Jewish was a Palestinian nationalist leader believed and propagated by apparently they were often treated appallingly as outsiders in host legacy in Israel goes right to the top, and all the archaeological data prior to intelligent people. societies, often being discriminated against or even starting with the supposedly more the 7th century Arab Islamic conquest Th e time has surely come to devote expelled. Th e Holocaust was a ghastly culmination of moderate Palestinian Authority (PA) relates to a Palestinian, not a Jewish far greater resources to educating our- this history. Eventually Jews created the State of Israel, Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Earlier reality. selves and our children about the pre- where they could control their lives and vowed that such this year, Abbas declared that Israel Alarmingly, the Palestinians would Zionist history of the State of Israel. things would not happen to Jews again. was stealing the “cultural, human, and seem to be gaining some international For too long, in part no doubt because But things are never that simple: they are still seen Islamic-Christian religious history” by support for their revisionist stance. In of trendy scepticism over the Biblical as “strangers” by some. Author Amos Oz says in his book its “Judaisation” policies in Jerusalem. 2010, Unesco urged Israel “to take Ra- heritage, it has been treated as if it A Tale of Love and Darkness: “Out there, in the world, all Shortly before that his adviser for chel’s Tomb off its Heritage Site lists was some kind of national myth rather the walls were covered with graffi ti: ‘Yids, go back to Pal- Jerusalem said that Israel was trying as it was an integral part of the Pales- than an objective, well-documented re- estine’, so we came back to Palestine and now the world “to create an artifi cial heritage with a tinian territories” and resolved that it ality. at large shouts at us: ‘Yids, get out of Palestine’.” Jewish spirit at the expense of its true was to be regarded as being as much a It may assume an even greater im- Israel has prospered fantastically and its people are and authentic (identity) as an Arab, Is- Muslim as a Jewish holy site. By con- portance before long than demonstrat- indeed in control of their lives. Now, irony of ironies, lamic and Christian city”. trast, in 1830 the (Islamic) Ottoman ing the truth of the Holocaust. they are confronted by this same question of how “stran- gers” among them are treated. Currently in the news are the roughly 60 000 illegal foreign migrants from Sudan, Eritrea and other war-ravaged north African countries, many of whom are unemployed, poor and live in south Tel Aviv, and whose growing numbers are worrying Is- Ethiopian- raelis across the political spectrum. Israel is a small sliv- er of land, roughly the size of the Kruger National Park. Violent attacks occurred recently in Tel Aviv against Israeli Jews, migrants. Stores were vandalised and car windows smashed, and in Jerusalem an apartment was torched. DEPARTMENT PHOTOS JTA Politicians - including Prime Minister Benjamin Net- feel racism pain anyahu - made earnest calls to stop the violence and EETTA PRINCE-GIBSON warned that racism is against Israel’s values; Israeli hu- JERUSALEM manitarian organisations have tried to help migrants. Former Kadima Chairman Tzipi Livni said: “Th e State’s duty is to handle the problem that emerged, especially When violent riots against African migrant work- in certain neighbourhoods and cities in Israel, to block ers erupted in south Tel Aviv recently, a mob at- its border to labour migrants but not to be dragged to tacked Hanania Wanda, a Jew of Ethiopian origin, violence and racism.” mistaking him for a Sudanese migrant worker. Other politicians made dangerous, infl ammatory “Wanda is my friend,” says Elias Inbram, 38 statements, prompting Israel’s Internal Security Min- (pictured), a social activist in the Ethiopian com- ister to slam the “public fi gures who can’t shut their munity and a former member of the Israeli dip- mouths and ride the wave of hatred and popularity to lomatic corps who served as spokesman for the cover up their feeble performance over the years”. embassy in South Africa. “I knew I had to react Most citizens believe Israel, like any normal coun- somehow.” try, should close its borders to illegal migrants. How do Inbram, who holds a master’s degree in law you implement it with the porous Sinai border? But the and is interning before applying for the bar, immediate issue is how to relate to those already there. spoke to JTA. He said he realised “that since to South Africans know better than most just how complex white people, all blacks look the same - I, an Is- and volatile are the emotions and perceptions of people raeli Jew who is black, or anyone in my family, or living close together in a multi-ethnic society, trying to anyone in my community, could be attacked, too.” earn a living and solve their problems. Th at moved him to stencil “CAUTION: I am Can blacks be racist? Of course they can; they are not an infi ltrator from Africa” onto a bright yel- human, with all the sensitivities and fears of other hu- low T-shirt. mans. Can Jews be racist? Of course they can. Th ey are Last week, he posted a picture of himself human. wearing the shirt - the only one he has printed - But Jewish history has ingrained in us the knowl- on Facebook. It already has gained thousands of edge of what racism can do if it is not checked. Ultimate- “likes”. (JTA) ly, Israelis must grapple with this challenge and solve it. 08 - 15 JuneJune 20122012 SA JEWISH REPORT 7

Torah Academy Girls’ High School Africa, continent of… The air in the bus is thick with the body odour of many humans as we sat crammed, three to a seat on the road to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic.

SASHA BERKOWITZ from just looking around and opening his/her eyes to all that is happen- GRADE 11 ing. It would be safe to say we are living in “Africa, Continent of Cultural Diversity”. There is nothing that hasn’t been seen. Ordinarily of the Congo; the journey is un- With one idea leading to another, my mind was branching out like a Africa: bearably uncomfortable, but the man I sat rosebush on September 1! the more pressed up against was renowned in the it chang- area for being a wise man whose advice And then it hit me: The last words of the sign, much like every- es, the was never to be taken lightly and whose ut- thing else in Africa, were stolen. How apt it truly was! more it terances carried weight. stays the I decided to make most of my time with same. him, hoping to be rewarded with some words of inspiration. Interview Not long after passing a stillborn e-toll structure, we saw half a sign which read: “Africa, Continent Of...” Turning to me, the Two pertinent questions elicit pertinent answers old man asked: “Is this sign not so apt?” I started wondering what the missing We asked some TA girls two pertinent questions: words on this damaged sign were, words which this old man seemed to already have CHANI YACHAD & SASHA BERKOWITZ refl ection of yourself. singing, dancing and charity work gives known. A picture came to my mind of a sign GRADE 11 me such inspiration! resembling the one we had just passed, only Michal Gershuni - grade 9: Question 2: A rolling stone gathers no this one had the words “Africa, Continent Of Question 1: If you could have dinner Question 1: Michael Jackson. Who moss Ancient History”, boldly painted across it. with any person, dead or alive, fi ctional wouldn’t want to have dinner with the Here in Africa, we have the last of the or non-fi ctional, who would it be and King of Pop? Sasha Berkowitz - grade 11: remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient why? Question 2: Don’t just live life, love it! Question 1: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. World - the Great Pyramid, the tomb of He lived in and was such an integral part Pharaoh Khufu. Our cntinent is soaked in Question 2: What is your life motto? Bev Isaacs - English teacher: of such a creative, adventurous and cul- remarkable history, such as slavery between Question 1: I would like to host a ban- turally revolutionary time, the Bohemian the 7th and 20th centuries, known as the Chani Yachad, - grade 11: quet for all the great poets and writers in period. There would be so much he could “Arab Slave Trade” - the slaves on whose Question 1: Athol Fugard. He was such the English canon. It would give me an be tell me about the era, answer all of my back America’s economy was built! Could it an essential part of opposing apartheid opportunity to fi nally ask F Scott Fitzger- questions and inspire my creativity. have read “Africa, Continent of Slavery”? through his political plays. He is so tal- ald whether or not he actually created Question 2: “How conventional all you I thought to myself: What about “Africa, ented - his plays are so incredibly written the Great Gatsby as an allegory of the unconventional people are.” - George Continent of Colonialism”? In the late 19th but also from the Protest Theatre aspect, American Dream. My students are always Bernard Shaw. century colonial regions were created and he was brave enough to stand out dur- asking what the poet or writer actually there were huge scrambles for land. Many ing apartheid and fi ght through theatre. meant to say in his or her work. After this Devorah Finger - grade 11: countries were fi ghting to claim different Question 2: “It does not do well to dinner I will fi nally be equipped with the Question 1: My dancing teacher who parts of Africa as their own, leaving only dwell in dreams and forget to live.” - Al- perfect answers. passed away, Desiree Portal. She was my two fully independent states - Ethiopia and bus Dumbledore. Question 2: “When people show you really close friend and I have a lot of un- Liberia. who they are, believe them.” – Maya An- fi nished business with her; I wish I could Africa was manipulated and taken advan- Mushki Uzvolk - grade 11: gelou. see her again. tage of. To this day, you will fi nd languages Question 1: Rebbetzen Chaya Mushka. Question 2: “Be yourself, because those such as Portuguese and Spanish spoken in She is a true inspiration. Jordan Lorge – grade 11: who mind don’t matter and those who certain African countries because of those Question 2: What you see in others is a Question 1: John Travolta. His acting, matter don’t mind.” - Dr Seuss. early occupations. The “Scramble for Africa” was remem- bered for years because of the way Africa was treated. To this day we see similar things happening to our country through our political parties. Robert Mugabe has led Zim- babwe into turmoil and tragedy. It’s been done to ourselves! And he is only one of the examples. The half sign could easily have read “Africa, Continent of Exploitation”. But with all this confl ict we get diversity. Here in Africa, we have blacks, whites, col- oured, Asians, Indians and just about any Be yourself, because the people other race or nationality you could think of. Athol Fugard, South African play- who mind don’t matter and the With all this diversity comes culture. Author F Scott Fitzgerald. wright. people who matter don’t mind. 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International Sport Kony 2012 True fans don’t exposes tyrant blow hot and cold

Can’t Buy of the LRA Me Love.

The campaign poster for Kony 2012.

SARA TAUBY Uganda but soon after spread to the DRC and South GRADE 12 Sudan. No one has been able to locate his wherea- bouts since 1986. His actions have made him the Abducted as child soldiers and slaves, indoctrinated most wanted terrorist on the International Criminal to torture and mutilate, instructed to murder their Court’s list. own families, 66 000 Ugandan children live this Ugandan children live with the constant fear of nightmare everyday. abduction. At the height of the confl ict in Uganda, This seemed to be the fate for 13-year-old Jacob children “night commuted.” This means that every Acaye and his brother. But Jacob’s brother refused to evening they would walk miles from their homes endure this any longer. He was adamant to change to the city centres. There, hundreds of them would his destiny. He planned his escape. This suffering sleep in school houses, churches, or bus stations to would fi nally end! avoid abduction by the LRA. But, alas, on the designated night of his escape, I had no knowledge of Joseph Kony or his he was captured, brought back to the settlement and schemes, until the organisation, “Invisible Children” SASHA BERKOWITZ used as an example to all the children abductees of uploaded the video “Kony 2012” on YouTube. This GRADE 11 what would happen to them if they tried to escape. 29-minute fi lm went viral and in a matter of days was And then, in front of young Jacob’s eyes, they slit his watched more than 58 million times. As of March 19, I don’t think there’s a single Manchester United fan who brother’s throat. the video has had more than 83 063 374 hits on has not pulled out the “8 - 2” card to any Arsenal fan, and “It is better when you kill us... We don’t want now YouTube alone. I don’t think any of them have not been shown the “1 - 6” to stay.” These are the words of Jacob. He should not Kony 2012 is a campaign fi lm produced by “Invis- reminder by Manchester City in return – the best victory, want to die now, at age 13; he should go to school, ible Children”, aiming to make the world aware of most would say, the best that City has had. like a normal boy his age, to enable him to fulfi l his Kony. They want to raise support for his arrest and You see, there are two types of supporters: those who lifelong dream to qualify as a lawyer. set a precedent for international justice. love the results, and those who love the team. Instead, his childhood reality is too horrendous, One of the main people featured in the fi lm is In 2008, Manchester City - who this year won the Pre- too devastating to bear. There is no one more to Jacob. After hearing Jacob’s heart-wrenching story, mier League by beating arch-rival Manchester United into blame for this crippled mentality than the wicked director and founder of Invisible Children, Jason Rus- second place - was taken over by Qatar’s Sheikh Man- Joseph Kony, the leader of the revolutionary Ugan- sell, “promises Jacob that he will help stop Kony”. sour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, making them the wealthiest dan faction, The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). “Nothing is more powerful than an idea, whose football club in the world. As a result, they were able to Kony considers himself to be the spokesman of time has come. Whose time is now!” These are the spend £127 million on players in the 2011 pre-season G-d and a spiritual intermediary of the Holy Spirit. powerful; opening lines of the video “Kony 2012”. transfer window, such as Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero What had started out as a rebel movement to end As I watched this documentary, a visual descrip- who some would also argue, also bought them 127 mil- the oppression of north Uganda, has now become tion of the LRA’s proceedings, I was overwhelmed lion new fans. the source of oppression. with emotion. I felt disgusted and yet at the same With their newly-bought team, City entered the sea- Kony wasn’t able to maintain the group’s number time ashamed. Disgusted at the immorality, inhu- son with a 14-match unbeaten streak and quickly moved of soldiers or regional support, and he started steal- manity and atrocities that one man and his soldiers to fi rst place in the league. The fans seeking glory, were ing food and abducting children to fi ll the ranks of can accomplish. But ashamed of the public world drawn to the club immediately. his army. and media for being so sheltered from this violence. The playing style and mindset was irrelevant, as long His tactics were - and remain - brutal. He often I was inspired to do something, yet living in my as they supported a victorious team, such as the aston- forced children to kill their parents or siblings with little bubble in Johannesburg, there is not much that ishing 1 - 6 victory overt Manchester United they could machetes or blunt tools. He abducted girls to be I can do. I can not go out and hang up posters and boast about to schoolmates, work colleagues or family slaves for his offi cers. He brainwashed and indoc- I cannot join the Invisible Children movements. How- members. trinated the children with his lies and manipulated ever, I publicise Kony’s name. I encourage everyone But to some fans, staying faithful is more important them with his claim of spiritual powers. to watch Kony 2012 and to educate yourselves. Every than staying on top. His army spreads widely. It began in northern person needs to believe that he can help stop Kony On August 28, 2011, Arsenal took a massive 8 - 2 beating from Manchester United, making a huge dent in Lag B’Omer the start of their 2011/12 Premier League season. Being two matches into the league, they had a mere one point and already a minus two goal aggregate from their 0 - 2 Celebrating Lag B’Omer in boats at Zoo Lake defeat against Liverpool the previous week. Already things were not looking too good for them, RIVKY LIBEROW, MUSHKI UZVOLK AND With expert rowers they chased and overtook eve- and then those eight devastating goals from the ever- CLARA EYOVICS ry boat. When they would reach the other boat, their challenging Manchester United, sent them tumbling GRADE 11 hands would grab the sides and shake it roughly caus- down the league table. ing the passengers to scream with delightful fear. Laugh- Yet, six goals down, all that could be heard from the Lag B’Omer is the day when we commemorate the ing uproariously the pirates would quickly paddle away, stands were the chants of the Arsenal fans, taking up only passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Before his pass- leaving the victims shaken up or missing an oar. 3 000 of the 75 811 seats at Old Trafford. ing, he requested that the anniversary of his death One such boat left with only one oar, could not Hope for the crucial victory had been lost, but the faith should be a day of great celebration. In order to ad- paddle to shore and was very grateful to the rescue in their team remained with the fans. All us fans watch- here to this, the Torah Academy Girls’ High School party that went to save them. With six oars the pirates ing from our homes may have been heartbroken, but we made their way to Zoo Lake. made their way ashore as the other boats struggled were certainly heart warmed, too. As each class arrived with their picnic kits, we were to keep up. So, of course every football follower wants nothing received, not too graciously, by a quacking of ducks. After cleaning up, all the girls piled into cars and more than his or her own team to win the league, but After they beat a retreat, due to our shrieks, we made headed back to school after a day of fun. being a true fan means loving that team no matter who our way to a grassy area overlooking the lake and set the manager, what the score, or how many trophies are up our blankets. won. We all relaxed and enjoyed our salads, cakes and Being a true fan means cheering on your team through other goodies, surrounded by music, of course. winning and losing, through promotion and relegation. With full stomachs and happy smiles, girls made Three fans were bemoaning the fact that their team their way over to the boats. Five girls got into each kept losing and was facing relegation, “I blame the man- boat and paddled away into the calm and dirty lake ager,” said the fi rst. “If he would sign new players, we water. would be a great side.” Spontaneously a game started among the 12 “I blame the players,” said the second. “If they made boats. Every group soon became aware to stay clear Torah Academy more of an effort, I’m sure we would score more goals.” of boat number 24 – ‘the pirate boat’. These “pirates girls in the boats “I blame my parents,” added the third, and truest, fan. of the Zoo Lake” had no mercy and no boat would at Zoo Lake. “If I’d been born in another town I’d be supporting a bet- escape their clutches. ter team.” 08 - 15 June 2012 SA JEWISH REPORT 9 10 SA JEWISH REPORT 08 - 15 June 2012

Purim Celebrations Kodesh Education

Purim celebrated in Candy Land at TA Kodesh education - LISA BLOCH was blown up and printed on canvas which served Grade 11 as the dance fl oor. All of this coupled with pink and ‘the real jewel’ of TA green fl oor lights created a beautiful ambience. In the 4th centuary BCE the mighty Persian Empire The entertainment comprised music, dancing, a YAKIRA FARBER reigned over 127 countries. The king of that time, hypnotist, a photo booth, a popcorn machine and a GRADE 11 King Ahasuerus and his anti-Semitic prime minister, candyfl oss machine. Upon entering, the girls were of- Haman, decreed that on the 13th of Adar all the Jews fered an array of home baked goods such as cakes, Although at Torah Academy we are privileged to have an should be killed. On that day Hashem performed a cupcakes, biscuits and more. This was followed by incredible secular education and are offered a wide vari- huge miracle and every single Jew was saved and so music and dancing and started off the evening with ety of subjects, the real jewel of the school is our Kodesh we celebrate this day, the day our nation was saved. a bang. education. March 7, 2012, Torah Academy Girls’ High School Supper was served in the form of hot dogs, ham- The girls’ high school is blessed to be taught by knowl- hosted their annual Purim Party organised by the cur- burgers, hot chips and assorted salads. In a break be- edgeable, spiritual and wise rabbis and teachers who are rent grade 11s. The theme of the party was “Candy tween courses, the hypnotist began his show. What mentors and role-models to us girls. Land”. followed, we can only describe as an event of hilarious Chumash, Chassidus, Tanach, Jewish history, “Da Mah Following Megillah reading, the girls headed to proportions. With singing, exhibiting musical prow- Shetashuv” and halacha are the Torah subjects we are the newly-refurbished hall at the Torah Academy main ess, and CPR, the hypnotism volunteers were brilliant taught. These studies do not just develop our understand- campus. The hall was dressed up in shades of pink, sports, entertaining the audience who demanded ing and improve our knowledge, but they instil in us life green and cerise and fi lled with gigantic lollipops and multiple encores. The photo booth as always was a values and a love for Hashem and His Torah. fl oating sweets. roaring success and we were sad to see it close before We feel very fortunate to be learning Limudai Kodesh The board from the children’s game, “Candy Land” the evening was over. regularly during our school day. Being a Chabad school, However, dessert was the we develop a love of Chassidus. This helps reveal the se- piècep de résistance. Multiple-fl a- crets of the holy Torah, through which we discover the vouredvo jelly, nougat, Laffy Taffys, true warmth and beauty of Hashem’s world. JellyJe Bellies, Jelly Tots, liquorice, minim cupcakes, dark chocolate, fi zzz pops, fi zzers and much, much morem covered an entire square table.ta The festivities went on until midnightm and the cleanup went ono for even longer. All in all it was The ana incredible successful evening, beauty wellw worth the immense effort. of the Torah is A hall of fantasy and fun - revealed CandyC Land at Torah Academy at Torah Girls’G High. Acade- my Girls’ Israel Quiz High. TA Girls savour participation in Israel Quiz 2012 KEREN SWARTZ March 26, 2012. The top three results were 93 per GRADE 9 cent, 92 per cent and 80 per cent respectively. The Every day we are given an inspirational thought before second round will take place on August 6, 2012. The davening. I recall a beautiful lesson that was read to us that The year 2012 was the fi rst year that Torah Academy marks from round one and round two will be com- goes as follows: has participated in the Israel Quiz and has been a bined at the end of the competition and the learners “Imagine that you had won the following prize in a wonderful experience. with the top 15 marks will be allowed to enter round contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86 400 The Israel Quiz is a project that aims to educate three. The winner of the competition will win a trip in your private account for your use. However, this prize Jewish children in South Africa about the history of our to Israel and there are many other prizes for learners has rules, just as any game has certain rules. holy land, Israel. Most importantly it arms the youth who have put their time and effort into learning for “The fi rst set of rules would be: Everything that you with facts and it teaches us how to argue with those this prestigious quiz. didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from who oppose Israel and what the country stands for. I feel privileged to be part of this wonderful project you. You may not simply transfer money into some oth- The Israel Quiz ensures that we learn about Israel’s and am proud to call myself a Jew. Best of luck for er account. You may only spend it. Each morning upon history. We learn about Hashem’s covenant with Avra- round two, guys! awakening, the bank opens your account with another ham Avinu when He promises that He would give his $86 400 for that day. descendants the Land of Israel. “The second set of rules: The bank can end the game with- It teaches us about the determination of the great out warning. At any time it can say ‘It’s over, the game is over!’ It people who wanted and succeeded in establishing can close the account and you will not receive a new one. the State of Israel and it tells us about the wars that “What would you personally do? You would buy any- took place when Israel was a fl edgling state. The Israel thing and everything you wanted, right? Not only for Quiz teaches us to be proud to call ourselves Jews and yourself, but also for all the people you love, right? Even to name Israel as our homeland. for people you don’t know, because you couldn’t possi- The Israel Centre SA and the SA Zionist Federa- bly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend tion, who supply the necessary learning material to every penny, and use it all. the learners, run this exciting project. There was an “Actually, this game is reality! Each of us is in possession enthusiastic response from the Torah Academy Girls’ of such a magical bank. We just can’t seem to see it. The High School learners and a large percentage of them magical bank is time! This is the mitzvah in the Torah of Kid- participated. ush Hachodesh, to show Klal Yisroel that we are supposed Morah Stern, the senior Hebrew teacher at Torah to control our own time (or we are meant to). Academy High School, obtained the books from the “Each morning we awaken to receive 86 400 seconds Israel Centre for the learners. Her care and devotion as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any helped many of the learners to achieve outstanding remaining time is not credited to us. What we haven’t lived results. up that day is forever lost. Yesterday is forever gone. She was always happy to answer any questions “Each morning the account is refi lled, but the bank can and to provide guidance, support and assistance to dissolve your account at any time without warning. What our enquiring minds. Morah Rebecca, principal of will yóú do with your 86 400 seconds? Aren’t they worth Torah Academy Girls High, ensured that we were in so much more than the same amount in dollars? constant contact with the Israel Centre and offered “Always think of this: Enjoy every second of your life, endless encouragement and reassurance. because time races by so much quicker than you think, so Finally, all our learning paid off as we can see from use your time wisely.” the results of the fi rst round which took place on the PosterPoster fforor IIsraelsrael QuQuiziz 22012.012 08 - 15 June 2012 Letters SA JEWISH REPORT 11 Th e Editor, PO Box 84650, Greenside, 2034 email: [email protected] WHY IS PAKISTAN NOT SUBJECT TO BOYCOTTS? SEE THINGS IN A BROADER CONTEXT OF MODESTY Unfortunately, the spread of Boycott, Di- rorist leader who was responsible not only David Saks’ “yodelling yentas” faux pas has her and her husband. It is relevant to mod- vestment, Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, is for many deaths in various countries, but the created quite a stir. As a woman, I forgive Mr esty, whether it be modesty in dress or in spreading at tremendous pace. Yet, the Paki- destruction of the World Trade Centre in New Saks for his silly headline. As an Orthodox singing. stani cricket team still plays in international York, with the deaths of more than 3 000 in- Jewess I don’t believe that any woman should It is precisely because a woman is so matches. nocent people, buses being blown up by ter- be referred to as a “yodelling yenta”. Indeed, as beautiful and so powerful, that these re- Why has Pakistan not faced the same rorists in London, and trains in Madrid. Mr Solomon has pointed out, we (women in strictions apply. boycott, divestment, sanctions being forced Osama bin Laden lived in and was pro- general), are not “yodelling yentas”, but rather Diff erent restrictions are hard for dif- on Israel because of some labels showing tected by the Pakistani government, as was we are “divas who delight”. ferent people to come to terms with. I can “Made in Israel” when in fact those goods proven only a few days ago, where Pakistan Many Orthodox women enjoy singing understand why women singing is hard for are from disputed, not occupied areas? imprisoned a doctor for 33 years for giv- and sing beautifully. Women can sing alone some to accept but, for me, I gain a better Th e production of Israeli goods being ing America the whereabouts of Bin Laden, or in women only forums. Orthodox belief appreciation for this restriction because I made in the disputed areas, is providing em- which resulted in his death. does not contradict this, but believes that understand that it is part of a broader con- ployment to many Arabs who would other- Bin Laden lived in very close proximity a woman is a “diva”; but her “diva” is “SA- text of modesty. wise have no income. Th ose areas have been to a Pakistani army base at Abbottabad. CRED” and should only be revealed between Michele Engelberg, Johannesburg desert, neglected land, until the Israelis de- Yet, labels are a bigger crime than rid- veloped it. It is not “occupied” land. ding the world of the world’s #1 terrorist. Pakistan shielded the world’s worst ter- Markus E Brajtman, Sea Point, Cape Town BRING IN ‘JOB CREATION’ WHEN CHOOSING JEWISH ACHIEVERS Your newspaper promotes an annual porting” is the highest degree of charity. FELDER’S WHIRLWIND LITHUANIAN TOUR WAS A PR EXERCISE competition known as the “Absa Achiever However, according to a report by Awards” which honours successful entre- Adrian Saville of Cannon Asset Manag- A second opinion on Steve Felder’s enthusi- plaguing Lithuanian-Jewish relations: preneurs and humanitarian achievers. In ers, writing in Finweek, it is not all busi- astic article “Lithuania - a past not forgot- •Signifi cant increases in anti-Semitism the past this has raised some controversy nesses that create jobs. The report found ten” (SAJR May 11): As an SA-born Litvak and anti-Semitic incidents. No arrests have as to whether honouring successful Jew- that “between the Sasol, Goldfields and now living in Washington, DC, I share that been made. ish businessmen is in accordance with SAB (we) have seen jobs reduced over the mystique and the yearning to love Lithu- • Annual massive neo-Nazi marches Jewish tradition. past quarter century. ania, the land to which I can trace my ances- since 2008 in Vilnius and Kaunas on Lithu- In support of your initiative I quote “In contrast six small survivors from tors into the early 18th century. ania’s independence days, fully sanctioned from Ethics of the Fathers” chapter 3 the class of 1987, Adcorp, Autopage, I have visited Lithuania four times be- by the government. verse 21 pages 563 of the Artscroll Sid- Bowler Metcalf, Macadams, Sasfin and tween 1992 and 2003. Would I visit Lithu- • Not one Lithuanian war criminal has dur. Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah says: “If Spier, have seen their combined work- ania again? Defi nitely not! been punished. It is documented that a min- there is no flour there is no Torah, if force grow by a factor of 15 ...” Felder’s 48-hour hyped-up whirlwind imum of 15 000 Lithuanians participated there is no Torah there is no flour.” Should you choose to select your tour was a PR event staged by the Lithu- actively in murdering Jews. Moreover, Maimonides (Rambam) was achievers in a “Jewish way”, please con- anian government which is energetically • Government prosecutors have harassed of the opinion that “providing work for a sider their job creating potential. courting SA Jews. Clearly the government ageing Jewish survivors in Vilnius and Israel person, so that he may become self-sup- John Brenner, Johannesburg is looking for SA Litvak investments to help with charges of “war crimes” because they revive their badly suff ering economy. had fought against the Nazis. Recently, to the horror of the tiny surviv- • Th e concept of a double-genocide in ing Lithuanian Jewish community, an elabo- Lithuania is marketed ad nauseam. Th is is UNFAIR TO CHALLENGE DAVIS’ ABILITY TO COMMENT ON JEWISH LAW rate four-day chain of events in Vilnius (Vilna) one step up the ladder from Holocaust de- I refer to the letter which appeared in edge but I am sure that he is quite capable and Kaunas (Kovno) was orchestrated and fi - nial. Th e only genocide in Lithuania was the your paper on June 1, maintaining that of reading the Talmudic Commentaries nanced by the Lithuanian government. Holocaust. “(Mr Justice Dennis) Davis not qualified in English being a competent justice of Th e ceremonies and conferences hon- Th e Lithuanian government is engaged to talk on Jewish law.” the highest court in this country and oured the memory of the 1941 Nazi-puppet in dual-track politics and policies. While it I certainly do not hold a brief for Jus- having written many well reasoned judg- Prime Minister Juozas Abrazevicius (Braza- is trying to create the appearance that it is tice Davis as he is quite competent and ments. itis) who had fl ed to Germany and later to striving for reconciliation with its small Lit- more than ably qualified to speak for Furthermore, the fact that Davis be- the US after the war. (He had changed his vak community and the larger world Jewry, himself. While I am not always in agree- longs to the Reform community should surname to “Brazaitis” to elude arrest for his it is simultaneously still intent on appeasing ment with his viewpoints, I think that it certainly not be a barrier to his com- Nazi-collaboration activities.) its ultra-nationalist faction. is unfair to challenge his ability to pass menting on an issue on which he has Th e signature of Abrazevicius appears at Contrary to what Felder claims, the comment on the basis that he hasn’t strong feelings. Whether one agrees with the top of documents ordering the forma- country has failed to confront its brutal spent a day in a yeshiva and he can’t read Davis’ comments or not, is the reader’s tion of the Kovno Ghetto, the withdrawal of Holocaust past. a page of Talmud, (I assume the author of prerogative. I am, however, of the opin- all human rights for Jews, and other meas- Is it any wonder that they would prefer the letter has proof thereof). ion that the personal attack on him is un- ures designed to persecute and annihilate to tune out their past? Yet other nations Whether Davis can read and under- warranted. Lithuanian Jewry. have managed to overcome their shameful stand Hebrew or not, I have no knowl- Myron Robinson, East London Brazaitis died in 1974 in the US. Al- pasts. But that requires sincerity and hon- most 40 years later the Lithuanian govern- esty. PAYMENT OF TAXES CAN’T DETERMINE WHERE A CAPITAL SHOULD BE ment has had his remains exhumed, fl own Most certainly Steve Felder did not see to Vilnius, and reburied with full honours. the real Lithuania during his visit complete I refer to Allan Minitzer’s letter, “Jerusa- mining where a country’s capital should While the pomp and ceremony was going with welcomes from the Prime Minister and lem may claim high ground, but Tel Aviv be located. Johannesburg is the financial on for this “hero” who was responsible for other elites. He and others who are similarly pays the rates”, (SAJR June 1). and industrial heart of South Africa, but thousands of Jewish deaths, Vilnius’ only taken in must go beyond the PR duplicity The capital of a country is not deter- it has never been suggested that it be functioning synagogue was desecrated with and look through a wider lens. mined by popular will, or by its affluence made the capital(s) of the country (which green paint. Olga Zabludoff , Washington, DC or by the dictates of foreign powers. Gov- is Pretoria and Cape Town). A few of the issues that are currently Th e letter has been slightly shortened. - Editor ernments determine where their capitals The same may be said of both New are. Jerusalem was made the capital of York and Los Angeles in the United States Israel by the government of Israel. (whose capital is Washington DC) or Syd- SELIKOW’S MOROCCAN BOYCOTT EXAMPLE IS NOT APPROPRIATE It is the seat of its legislature (the ney in Australia (capital - Canberra). I would like to respond to Gary Selikow’s let- selves as Moroccan. Knesset), its administration (the gov- Ehud Olmert wrote the following ter, “Vicious vendetta against Israel” (SAJR In any case, Morocco is a friendly coun- ernment) and its judiciary (the Supreme about our capital: “Jerusalem represents June 1) in which he suggests “a South Afri- try towards Israel, and I also know that Court) as is the case with any other capi- the purest expression that all Jews have can-wide boycott of Moroccan goods made Boer/Afrikaner farmers are more than wel- tal in the world. prayed for, dreamed of, cried for and died in occupied Western Sahara” and other come there if they wish to immigrate there. Added to this is the historic perspective: for in the 2 000 years since the destruc- countries’ goods made in disputable places. So, I don’t see any sense or logic in sug- Jerusalem was the capital of biblical Israel, tion of the Second Temple.” Th e fact is that Western Sahara has tradi- gesting some kind of “revenge” on Morocco, 3 000 years ago - and that is not all, either. I am not ultra-Orthodox, but believe tionally been part of Morocco, and it might for the ANC government in South Africa be- For the religious, Jerusalem contains the that no other city, under any circum- only be due to Algerian propaganda and ing “unfriendly” with Israel. On the contra- very place where G-d’s spirit resides. stances can ever replace Jerusalem as stirring up disputes (Algeria and Morocco ry, friends of Israel should be friends with While the ultra-Orthodox may con- Israel’s capital, a position it has held for are not friendly with each other), that some Morocco too. tribute nothing financially, the payment 3 000 years. people in Western Sahara don’t see them- Avner Eliyahu Romm, Sea Point, CT of taxes can never act as a proxy for deter- Sharon-Anne Epstein, Modi’in, Israel

ARE ORTHODOX JEWS CUSTODIANS OF JEWISH LAWS, TRADITIONS? REMARKS ON REFORM ARE ALMOST HATE SPEECH In response to the letters from Gary Blu- enlightened and educated thoughts and With reference to the letters published in Holocaust. menthal and Sarah Hertz-Bauer, both hav- ideas. last week’s SAJR, I am absolutely disgusted I would say that such a statement almost ing derogatory remarks about Reform Jews, Th e Chevrah Kadisha take our “Reform that anyone can blame Reform Judaism for amounts to hate speech. I fi nd it hard to accept why Orthodox Jews money” donated to them without a prob- the rise of Hitler, Nazism and ultimately the Monica Solomon, Bramley Park, Jhb feel that they are the “custodians” of Jewish lem, so why can’t these people learn from laws, traditions and values. the Jewish Helping Hand that all Jews These fanatics will be the downfall of should be shown respect and courtesy, no our fragile religion in that fanaticism in matter what side of the fence they will be Looking for any form is lethal and dangerous but has buried on one day. LOOKING FOR FAYE FREEDMAN a short shelf life in our modern world of Paul Blumberg, Centurion Penny Hochfeld is looking for Faye Freedman, (011) 880-6416) to a Jewish old age home in who lived for a while in Australia (probably Johannesburg, but we have not been able to DAVIES: MYRON ROBINSON HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD Sydney), where she was a friend of Rhoda trace her.” Myron Robinson from East London’s reac- June 1) is spot on. Th anks for a brilliant let- Frankel’s, before returning to South Africa. If anyone knows how to contact Faye, tion to Minister of Trade and Industry Rob ter – you’ve said it all. “We think she moved a year or two ago please e-mail [email protected] or phone Davies’ re-labelling issue (Jewish Report, Richard Altschuler, Cheltondale, Jhb from a fl at (where her phone number was (011) 788-4589 (evenings). 12 SA JEWISH REPORT Tapestry 08 - 15 June 2012 Arts in Brief Sum of parts does not equal its whole FIVE OUT OF SIX SHORTLISTED WRITERS ARE JEWISH At this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival, Against the Mirror (Umuzi), Jonny Steinberg Show: “Kwela Bafana”, Market Th e- shortlists have been announced for 2012’s for Little Liberia (Jonathan Ball) Mandy Wie- atre, Newtown (011) 832-1641 Love: the universal currency. Spikes Sunday Times literary awards. The shortlist ner for Killing Kebble (Pan MacMillan), and Until: June 24 (Siphiwe Nkabinde) attempts to woo for the Alan Paton Award for non-fi ction McIntosh Polela for My Father My Monster shebeen widow Sis’ Peggy (Velephi comprises fi ve out of six Jewish writers: (Jacana). Pierre Crocquet de Rosemond’s REVIEWED BY ROBYN SASSEN Khumalo). (PHOTOGRAPH: RUPHIN COUDYZER) Andrew Feinstein, for The Shadow World book Pinky Promise (Fourthwall Books) re- (Jonathan Ball), Anton Harber for Diepsloot ceived an honorary mention. The fi nal win- Late last year, Sibikwa under the (Jonathan Ball), Hugh Lewin for Stones ners will be announced on June 21. direction of Phyllis Klotz and Smal Ndaba, re-staged Kwela Bafana: A CHONI G TO PERFORM AT THE FRINGE, BRAAMFONTEIN Night in a 50s Shebeen. Th is en- On June 11, popular local singer Choni when he won New York’s International semble piece originally debuted in G performs “Choni G in Concert”, his fi rst ‘Jewish Star’ Singing Competition. Having 1992, locally and at the Edinburgh public solo concert at the Fringe, Joburg toured as a backup vocalist with frum rap- Festival. Now in a third restag- Theatre, Braamfontein, featuring a mix of per-reggae artist Matisyahu and arranged ing, with some structural nips and reworked Jewish music standards as well vocal harmonies for his USA 2007 summer tucks and a couple of cast changes, as his own compositions, performed in tour, today Choni is lead singer for Danny it is essentially a new production. collaboration with guitarist Johnny Sklar. K’s ‘Toy Soldiers’ party band. Tickets, at As such, it boasts moments of During March, he enjoyed a profi le boost, R100 through www.joburgtheatre.com complete beauty, but the sum of its parts sadly does not equal its MANDELA TRIBUTE ART EXHIBITION TO BE STAGED AT WITS whole. Th is is a casualty of poorly The Origins Centre at the University of Wit- is, among other things, the offi cial curator balanced sound, above all, which watersrand, Natalie Knight and The Mandela for Wits’ West Campus art collection, will contributes to a corrosion of cohe- Institute host an art exhibition entitled Man- feature paintings, sculpture, beadwork and siveness in the work. dela@94, which will be opened by Advocate prints by signifi cant local artists. The exhibi- Comprising some of South Af- George Bizos, on July 3, paying tribute to tion runs through the month of July and fea- rica’s most beautiful standards in Nelson Mandela in his birthday month. The tures a season of lectures and walkabouts. popular shebeen music, like Macky exhibition, curated by Natalie Knight who E-mail [email protected] for further details Davashe’s (1954) Lakushon’Ilanga (When the sun goes down… I will DEEP FRIED MAN’S ONENIGHT SHOW AT OLD MUTUAL fi nd you), Todd Matshikiza’s 1959 For one night on June 11, Deep Fried a DVD, with assistance from director King Kong theme song and his Back Man (Daniel Friedman) performs Deeply Karabo Likhethe. The show comprises of the Moon and Strike Vilakazi’s Fried, at Old Mutual Theatre on the original songs, stand-up and uniquely ironic yet timeless Meadowslands Square, Sandton at 20:00. The show South African parody and is described in (1956), the show is loosely pinned Makeba and the Manhattan Broth- and their miraculous gentle beauty won an ovation award when it debuted a media statement, “like all things deep onto a narrative that embraces the ers to international stardom. becomes forced and harsh. at last year’s National Arts Festival in fried, it’s extremely cooked, very tasty, daily traffi c facing a shebeen in Bra B, an original member of the While Khumalo’s Sis’ Peggy is Grahamstown, and in this brief Johan- but defi nitely quite bad for you.” Call the townships during the 1950s, King Kong cast, exudes character as gloriously stylish and fabulous nesburg run, it will be recorded live as (011) 883-8606 for more details. featuring Velephi Khumalo as the shebeen queen Sis’ Peggy and like no other cast member, but sadly as she was last year, her daughter introducing Sihle Ndaba as her in this theatre, often seems to be in the work is not suffi ciently capi- BEV PRICE’S JEWELLERY PART OF CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION daughter Ntombi, interacting drowned in the space, or has his voice talised on. Ndaba has an extraor- Recently, an exhibition entitled Unexpected of which are designed to be worn, bringing a with a cast of four men juxtaposed drowned by instruments around dinarily beautiful voice; we get to Pleasures – the Art and Design of Contem- fresh understanding to the ancient psychol- against the fi ve-piece jazz band, him. Th is is a sore pity: his personal- hear it in one or two riff s: it’s just porary Jewellery, curated by jewellery de- ogy of physical adornment, this exhibition led by Bra B Ngwenya. ity lends the band an endearing and not enough: this young woman has signer Susan Cohn opened at the national features two works by local jeweller and Th ere’s a moment or two in this somewhat nostalgic 1950s jazz grav- a voice which needs celebration. It Gallery of Victory in Melbourne. Mooted an artist Bev Price and will move, from August rough shod work in which you can itas, replete as it is with braces, spats needs to be able to breathe and not “exhibition of the world’s ugliest, loveliest, 26 to the Design Museum of London, for a taste a crumb, see a sparkle of the and sleeveless cardigans. get stultifi ed by the musical instru- most intriguing contemporary jewellery”, all show scheduled to close next March. magic that must have comprised Similarly the sweet and subtle ments supporting it. the 1959 jazz opera, King Kong, cre- a capello harmonies created by this Th e nostalgic kick you get in ated by Matshikiza in collaboration ensemble of Joel Zuma, Dumisani hearing this 1950s music that you with Harry Bloom and Clive Menell Mhlanga, Siphiwe Nkabinde and might have enjoyed in its time, and produced by Leon Gluckman, Andries Mbali, is distorted and plays a role in popularising this which sent the careers of Miriam splintered by the amplifi cation, show, but fl awless it isn’t. Getz, an artist unique in her sense of authority

Exhibition: Work by Chonat Getz’s handling of some Getz and Collin Cole (Rabbi of the more notoriously dif- Cyril Harris Community Centre, fi cult etching techniques like Oaklands, (011) 728-8088 chine collé, in which an addi- Until: June 17 tional piece of paper is stuck to the image during the print- REVIEW AND ing process, is clean and com- PHOTOGRAPH BY petent, but there’s a curious ROBYN SASSEN discrepancy in her use of line between the mediums. Th e exhibition thematically While her monoprints pinned to the talk Chonat Getz and drypoint demonstrate a gave a few weeks ago about the strong gutsy linearity embrac- relationship between art and ing the form, she handles de- science, is redolent of both; its scriptive line work in the etch- sense of earnestness overrides ings more gingerly. its sense of fun at times, but as She remains, however, an you look, so are you drawn in. artist unique in her sense of An interesting character authority where the maths is in the art world, Getz is a self- concerned. Mathematical or styled artist, grappling with a classical references are deli- variety of fairly stubborn me- cately knitted into the fabric diums quite late in life, after an Chonat Getz’s The Broad Guage marches on of her work, emerging with illustrious academic career as a 3 (monotype). quirkiness and wisdom that mathematician and geneticist. Tambellini in the processions will hold you, particularly in Tip-toeing and sometimes he created in the 1990s. It other her Antikythera and the Angel running and skipping on the line ways, it speaks of the sinister series. that balances art historical savvy humour you fi nd in diff erent art- Cole has not many works on with using the studio as a play- ists’ work relating to Ubu Roi, a this show: predominantly he is room, alongside co-exhibitor Col- fi ctional dictator controversially working here with monoprints lin Cole, Getz yields a respectable coined by surrealist Alfred Jarry and collage, in retro and semi-po- body of 16 etchings or monotypes in the 1890s. litical images, redolent of the work and 13 sculptures in glass. Getz’s Red Man series refl ects of war collagist John Heartfi eld. She has developed a visual a gauche red fi gure amidst a land- Overall, this is a quiet exhibi- language and a discourse of her scape, who sways the emotion of tion, shying from bombastic or own. In some ways, it is reminis- a given scene: Now he is trium- sensational expression, but one cent of the early work of Giulio phant, now he topples. certainly worth looking at. 08 - 15 June 2012 Community Columns SA JEWISH REPORT 13 A column of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies

Th e relatively low level of anti-Semitism in SA compared with elsewhere in the world, is some- Standing up against anti-Semitism thing we are grateful for. Th at being said, hostile Taking part in the national discourse hours. See www.capebod.org.za. acts aimed at Jews solely on the basis of their I congratulate our Cape Council on the very success- being Jewish, still occur. ful public debate they recently hosted on the topic University exams on Shavuot and Shabbat Sometimes, these take place in the context of “Should Employment Equity Have a Sunset Clause?” We have again been able to resolve a number of cases a dispute, in which the non-Jewish party makes Panellists included the Western Cape representa- of exams set on Yomtov and Shabbat, this time at Uni- gratuitous and off ensive references to the other’s tives of the ANC and DA youth leagues and repre- sa and UJ. Once again, we worked closely with these Jewishness. At others, it manifests as unpro- sentatives of the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce universities to fi nd a workable solution, and I thank Above Board voked acts aimed at denigrating the Jewish com- and Black Management Forum. Over 200 people them for their co-operation in making alternative ar- Mary Kluk munity, such as hate mail and graffi ti. attended the debate, which lasted for well over two rangements possible. National Chairman Some actions, while not explicitly anti-Se- mitic, are nevertheless off ensive to Jews, and would include any public demonstration ex- pressing support for Nazism. It is part of the core mandate of the board to counter act all acts of this nature. To this end, we have adopted a zero-tolerance policy in which every action we become aware of that we deem to have even an element of anti-Jewish preju- dice, is taken up and pursued to whatever extent is necessary to achieve a satisfactory resolution. In recent weeks, we have taken up a number of cases of anti-Semitic or generally off ensive behaviour, and I am pleased to report that all have had a satisfactory outcome. Several other cases of a more complex and far-reaching nature are still in the process of be- ing dealt with, and will be reported on in due course. It is not necessary to remain passive in the face of anti-Semitism. Such prejudice is not acceptable in our soci- ety. I therefore urge anyone who has a grievance in this regard to contact our offi ces (011) 645- 2521/ [email protected]). Listen to “Jewish Board Talk” every Tuesday evening on 101.9 Chai FM with Steven Gruzd from 20:00 – 21:00, repeated Sundays 11:00 – 12:00. On Tuesday June 12, Steve plans to chat to Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein about the Sinai Indaba, Lynne Raphaely about the Union of Jewish Women, and historian Lauren Segal about the signifi cance of June 16. Also streaming on www.chaifm.com 14 SA JEWISH REPORT Youth - [email protected] 08 - 15 June 2012

Professor Jonathan Jansen, rector of the Univer- sity of the Free State, who has become a patron of the South African Holocaust and Genocide Rose tangibly shows her love for animals Foundation. ROSE ZELEZNIAK Rose Zelezniak in grade 5 at Herzlia teacher at the school. Every morning Th umbs-up PHOTOGRAPH: STELLA LAZARUS Constantia, has collected 80 tins and we have seen at least one child bringing bags of food, treats, toys and blankets an item or two. It may have taken some Domestic Animal Rescue Group for DARG. time, but in the end a huge number of (DARG) is a shelter for cats and dogs Th is was a research project that has items was collected for needy dogs and for Jansen as that have been rescued over the years. been done with Karen Gottschalk, a cats. patron of the KDL’s 2012 open day a huge success SAHGF KERRYN FEIGENBAUM PHOTOGRAPH: RORY RUBIN MOIRA SCHNEIDER CAPE TOWN Th e 2012 annual open day was held PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED on Tuesday May 29. Th e day was a resounding success with 213 grade Newly-appointed patron of the South African Holocaust 7 pupils from a number of diff erent and Genocide Foundation (SAHGF) Professor Jonathan schools joining the King David Links- Jansen, has described the enterprise as an “important fi eld High School campus amidst national project.” Th e SAHGF is the umbrella body of the much excitement and anticipation. Holocaust centres in Cape Town, Durban and Johannes- Th e buzzing throng of learners burg. were treated to hotdogs and an inspir- Jansen, the rector and vice-chancellor of the Univer- ing address from Headmaster Marc Grade 7s participating in a rugby activity. sity of the Free State (UFS), is a renowned educator and Falconer, after which they joined the social commentator who has engaged South African so- rest of the school for an assembly and High has to off er. Th e grade 11s spent committees, entertainment by the ciety in an examination of the issues around education a viewing of “Glance”, KDs very own the remainder of the afternoon engag- magnifi cent school choir and an en- and race. video documentary fi lled with excit- ing our visitors in discussion groups, lightening presentation by Falconer. Commenting in a statement on his appointment, ing snippets of day-to-day events in followed by a braai, where they were Th e day came to a close with a tea Jansen said he had for some time been drawn to the our bustling school. entertained with music and a variety of in the classrooms of the newly reno- SAHGF through “an interest in studying how national Th e grade 7s then participated in an amusing skits by the older pupils. vated W-block. Tired but happy pupils and indeed international traumas show up in the memo- hour of sporting activities, followed by In the evening, prospective par- and parents trickled slowly out of the ries of the second or after-generation, and with what ef- an hour of cultural activities, sampling ents joined their children in the hall school after a warm and wonderful fects”. much of what King David Linksfi eld to view displays by the various school day at KDHL. He said he believed strongly as a teacher and leader that “we bear a responsibility to our youth to teach the lessons of the past in order to develop empathy, under- standing and solidarity beyond notions of ‘unique pain’”. Yeshiva College One should, in addition, apply the lessons from historical events to prevent them from happening again. Speaking from a personal perspective, Jansen said: celebrates “Th e more I learn about the struggles and memories of others, the more I fi nd my own transformation being challenged and deepened on this road that I travel in Madiba’s birthday post-apartheid South Africa.” SAHGF Director Richard Freedman, told Jewish Re- OWN CORRESPONDENT port that Jansen’s appointment would certainly enhance PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED the entity’s reputation. “To be associated with a man of his stature who is Th e Grade Rs of Yeshiva College Pre-Primary, a public intellectual, who is at the forefront of thinking worked on a “South Africa” project and are de- around issues across the racial divide, is incredibly im- signing a new shirt for Madiba – former Presi- portant for us because, not only does it serve to support dent Nelson Mandela - in honour of his birthday. our own mission which is very aligned with the way in Th is shirt was designed by Gavriel Sender. which he thinks and speaks, but it also gives us credibil- ity in a much broader public.” Freedman noted that Jansen had “a tremendous re- gard for the work that we do” and was keen to bring the SAHGF’s programmes to the UFS and to bring senior ‘P’ is for Pilot Phil leadership among both his staff and student body into contact with them. STORY AND PHOTOGRAPH BY MOIRA “He has established an institute on campus that NOCHUMSOHN looks at issues around transformation and has put us in contact with its director. He has also indicated that there Jaiden Klotnick brought his grandfather - Pilot is a possibility that we’ll be working with his education Phil - to Sydenham Pre-primary School to talk faculty in the training of students.” to the children, as we introduced the sound and Th e SAHGF had already worked “quite extensively” letter P in our phonics programme. with the Free State Department of Education and this Phil shared his knowledge and passion for was a natural development of that process. fl ying with the children and answered all their “Th ere are all sorts of opportunities for direct involve- questions. ment,” he added. Freedman said there had been “an avalanche” of con- gratulatory messages in response to the appointment, both Pilot Phil talks to Sydenham tots. from within and “way beyond” the Jewish community. 08 - 15 June 2012 Classifi eds SA JEWISH REPORT 15

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JACK MILNER Th ere is little doubt that he will get the support of the Johannesburg Jewish com- Israeli boxer Based on his record of 27 fi ghts with 26 munity, but those who do arrive at Emper- Ran Nakash wins - 18 via the “short route” - and one ors Palace could well fi nd themselves in a bit will be in loss, a unanimous points decision to Ger- of a quandary. action at the man Marco Huck in Halle, Germany, last If Nakash reaches the fi nal, he could be Last Man year, the Israeli is likely to be the favourite facing the other top seeded fi ghter, Zack Standing to win this event. Mwekassa. In Zack’s corner will be Colin tournament Th e 33-year-old Nakash is due to take on Nathan, who manages the Hot Box Gym in at Emperors a host of South African boxers and he has Glenhazel. With a fi ne kosher restaurant Palace next called on the local Jewish community to below his establishment, it could well be Saturday come out and support him. Nakash is more Colin who secures the partiality of the local evening. than your average boxer. In 2007 he was ap- community. pointed to head the Israeli Defence Force’s Sit with Colin for just fi ve minutes and It is no accident that Colin came to be er corner, carefully eyeing the Israeli. Krav Maga school. one can appreciate his passion for the sport involved so passionately with boxing. After There are some decent incentives up Nakash was also featured on the Discov- oozing out of every pore. all, he is the third generation involved in for grabs for the eight boxers, with every- ery Channel’s Fight Quest where he demon- Cape Town-born Colin was taken by his the sport. body getting a share of the pot. In the strated the techniques of the Israeli martial father to a boxing gym at the age of seven “My grandfather started it all. He owned first round each contestant will receive art of Krav Maga. In an eff ort to make Krav and “I just fell in love with the sport and a gym in central Johannesburg. When we R75 000, in the second round the con- Maga available to anyone who is willing to it’s been part of me ever since. I’m obsessed lived in Cape Town I used to see my father testants will receive R125 000 each. The learn regardless of where they are in the with boxing.’’ coming back from boxing tournaments at semifinalist will split R300 000 and the world - Nakash launched KravMagaBoot- He adds: “Th ere is something pure about the Good Hope Centre. He was also corner finalist will split R500 000. Camp.com in 2007. boxing. Th ere are two people squaring off man.” Th e fi rst and second round bouts will be The online training website was the in a ring. It doesn’t matter whether one has Although he was a national judo cham- over eight rounds, the semifi nals over 10 first to offer self-defence training via on- a fancy car and the other one doesn’t. Th e pion, Colin has never fought competitively rounds and the fi nal will be a 12 rounder. line video instruction and has since then playing fi elds are level. in a boxing ring, although it was something “It is an interesting tournament when instructed thousands of students the “I fi nd it a big thrill and what amazes me he would have loved to have done. In 1998 you put everything into perspective,” says world over. is how one punch can alter a career.” he came up to Johannesburg where he got a Colin. “You have three Jews involved and job as a continuity announcer on SABC TV each of them has a diff erent goal. 1. He also became a boxing commentator “One (Nakash) wants to win it, one and opened up his gym. (Rodney Berman) wants to promote a suc- So, Colin, who at age 34 is just one year cessful event, and the third (Colin) wants older than Nakash, could well be in the oth- his fi ghter to win it.”

Colin Nathan with boxer Zack Mwekassa, who is seed- ed to meet Ran Nakash in the Last Man Stand- ing fi nal. Women soccer trials for Maccabiah

JACK MILNER women 18 years old or older, who may be interested in participating, please contact For the fi rst time, Maccabi South Africa will Ashley Robinson on 082-555-9798 or e- be entering an Open women’s football team mail: [email protected] at the Maccabi Games, in Israel next year. Details of the trials will be announced Trials will be held shortly, but any soon.

News in Brief NEW ISRAELI LAW ALLOWS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TO BE DETAINED FOR UP TO THREE YEARS JERUSALEM - A new Israeli law that allows illegal mi- the Israel Prisons Service. grants to be detained for up to three years, has come Until now, migrants could be held only for up into effect. to 10 days. They then were released and generally Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority said headed to Tel Aviv or Eilat. on Sunday that it would begin enforcing the law, un- The new legislation, which amends a 1954 law, der which anyone who crosses Israel’s southern bor- also stipulates that anyone helping migrants or pro- der illegally can be detained for up to three years and viding them with shelter could face prison sentences will be prevented from entering urban areas. of between fi ve and 15 years. Israel is currently building a long-term detention About 60 000 migrants are currently living in Is- centre to house such illegal entrants. Until it is ready, rael, with more than 2 000 entering the country every the migrants will be held in a detention centre run by month. (JTA)

JERUSALEM, TEL AVIV ON NEW GOOGLE PROJECT JERUSALEM - Jerusalem’s Old City and parts of rusalem. “White City of Tel Aviv” is under the Israel historic Tel Aviv are featured in Google’s new “World category. Jerusalem, in its own category separate Wonders Project”, although Jerusalem is not included from Israel, is made up of views of the Old City, in- under the Israel category. cluding the Western Wall. The project allows visitors to take a virtual tour of the The project was launched on May 31 and uses 132 historic and heritage sites from 18 countries and is Street View, 3D modelling and other Google technolo- presented in six languages including English and Hebrew. gies. Partners in the project include Unesco and the The Asia category includes Israel, Japan and Je- World Monuments Fund. (JTA)