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This Is Our Last Issue for 2018 Art, antiques, objects, furniture and jewellery Rolex 18ct gold Oyster perpetual gents wristwatch wanted for forthcoming auctions SOLD R95,000 View previous results at www.rkauctioneers.co.za William Kentridge, 011 789 7422 • 083 675 8468 • 12 Allan Road, Bordeaux, Johannesburg linocut with hand-painted india ink wash SOLD R520,000 south african n Volume 22 – Number 44 n 14 December 2018 n 6 Tevet 5779 The source of quality content, news and insights t www.sajr.co.za Darkness descends on last night of Chanukah, as terror attack hits home NICOLA MILTZ ambulance informing him that there news of their firstborn’s death was “He took us around the school, and above and beyond” as a counsellor. had been a terrorist attack. soon to crush their spirit. spent about 45 minutes with us,” said Even though she was born in Israel, t has been a harrowing week of She just remembers grabbing her Silberstein, 58, who grew up in Silberstein. she is “so South African in her torment for the South African- telephone and her siddur (prayer Yeoville and attended King David He had met Wolf earlier this year ways, including her accent and her Iborn parents of the latest terror- book), and dashing out of the house. Linksfield High School, made aliyah in May, at the 40-year King David incredible warmth”. She described attack victim in Israel, who this week On the way to the hospital, the almost 40 years ago as a 19-year-old Linksfield matric class of 1977 her as intensely private, and found described events as “every parent’s frantic couple passed police cars baal teshuva (secular Jew returning reunion in New York, attended by it strange to see her all over the worst nightmare come true”. heading to the scene of the attack to religious Judaism). about 65 Davidians from around the news, including videos of her recent “Imagine getting that call,” said unaware of the details of what In Israel, he was introduced to his world. wedding. Chaim Silverstein, the father of had happened moments earlier, wife, Liora, 49, (nee Dubb), who grew The terror attack has captured the The terrorists responsible for the Shira Ish-Ran, 21, who was seriously describing it all as “surreal”. Shira up in Port Elizabeth. The couple have hearts of South African Jewry, who attack fled the scene immediately injured in Sunday’s drive-by shooting and Amichai had been married for seven children, including two sets of have taken to social media since the after the shooting, and remain at in the West Bank. only nine months. They were at the twins. Shira, their oldest, has a twin shooting. large. The military’s search for the A group of terrorists in a passing Ofra bus stop as part of their journey brother Ariel. They were both married South African olah Dalya Abadi perpetrators of the attack entered car opened fire at Israeli civilians from Jerusalem to their home in Elon within three weeks of each other only posted on Facebook, “Breaks my its fourth day on Wednesday, with waiting at a bus stop outside Moreh. nine months ago, said Silberstein. heart to see this horrific act of troops setting up roadblocks and the settlement of Ofra, north of Silberstein said he and his wife The Silbersteins visited cowardice terror happening to my sweeping nearby Palestinian villages. Jerusalem, injuring seven people. literally prayed for a miracle as a team Johannesburg in August with three incredible madricha (counsellor) Silberstein is no stranger to news Ish-Ran’s husband, Amichai, who was of doctors performed the lifesaving of their daughters to see his sister, Shira, who guided me during my gap and controversy. He is the founder shot three times in his leg, managed operation for more than five hours who lives in Gallo Manor, Sandton, year last year. Shira is truly one of and President of Keep Jerusalem-Im to call his father-in-law and tell him on their daughter, who was shot in and show the girls where he grew up. the most amazing girls I’ve met. She Eshkachech (KeepJerusalem.org) and to rush to the hospital. her lower abdomen. Her life was in “I took them on a tiyul shoresh [roots is so super bubbly, wise, and truly the Jerusalem Capital Development In a lifesaving bid, doctors were danger throughout the operation, he tour],” he said. treats everyone with such authentic Fund, organisations which aim to forced to perform an emergency said. One of the places Silberstein kindness.” keep Jerusalem united under Israeli C-Section on Ish-Ran, who was 30 Silberstein told the SA Jewish arranged to visit was King David Abadi, who attended the couple’s sovereignty. They inform public weeks pregnant, and delivered her Report that “miraculously, the bullet Linksfield, where they met his wedding, told the SA Jewish Report opinion and policy makers about the baby boy. The baby was immediately missed Shira’s major organs”, and she headmaster, Elliot Wolf. from Israel that Ish-Ran “went Continued on page 5>> transferred to the ward for premature survived the surgery. babies at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek On Monday, doctors lowered her Medical Centre. Initially said to be sedation, allowing her to wake up. stable, his condition continued to As soon as she opened her eyes, she Have fun and don’t forget to deteriorate no matter how hard asked for her mom. doctors tried to save his life. On A tearful Liora told The Jerusalem brush your teeth Wednesday early evening the public Post that “she held my hand and were notified that baby Amiad Yisrael squeezed it”. died. Chaim told the SA Jewish Report Sobbing at the baby’s funeral on late on Tuesday night, shortly after Wednesday night, Silberstein said doctors removed tubes and pipes his grandson stayed alive until “his from Ish-Ran’s mouth, that Shira’s wounded parents could meet him, condition was improving all the time. hug him, kiss him and say goodbye”. “She is beginning to talk. She This week, Silberstein described weakly told my wife and I that we to the SA Jewish Report the gut- needed to go home and sleep.” wrenching hours and days following He said it was “miraculous” that the attack which has rocked the his son in law was only moderately family’s world, and sent shock waves injured after being shot several times. Daryn-Lee Ilan Ossendryver Photo: through Israeli society. According to Silberstein, his son- Cronson hugs “It was a nightmare come in-law’s face “lit up” when he saw his her son, Ricky, true,” recalled Ish-Ran’s mother, young bride for the first time earlier before leaving Liora, describing how it had been that day since the incident. for Bnei Akiva an ordinary Sunday evening at He said Amichai had been offering Machaneh. home when her husband told her Shira so much support on his See stories on something was terribly wrong. He crutches and in his wheelchair and pages 4 and 13. had received a call from his son- that it was wonderful to see them in-law, Amichai, speaking from an together after such a trauma, but This is our last issue for 2018 Wishing all our readers and advertisers an enjoyable and safe holiday Our next edition is on 18 January 2019 with our sought-after Matric Results issue 2 SA JEWISH REPORT 14 December 2018 – 18 January 2019 Appliance Repairs on Site EU Council calls on Europe to do more to fight anti-Semitism rs, MARCY OSTER ashe hw Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz Dis toves uropean nations must increase s, es, S e chin their efforts to ensure security for dg Ma ri ing the continent’s Jews in the face of F sh more E a ryers & widespread anti-Semitism, the Council of the W le D mb Call Jason European Union said in a declaration that one Tu Jewish group called “unprecedented”. 082 401 8239 / 076 210 6532 The declaration passed last Thursday in FREE QUOTATIONS Brussels called on the council’s member states to develop a common security approach to better protect Jewish communities and their institutions. Kim Hatchuel Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, whose Proofreading • Editing • Grammar country holds the council’s rotating presidency, promoted the declaration. The council is made Punctuation • Spell checking up of the heads of state or government of the Hans Punz/AFP/Getty Images Photo: member states. In its declaration, the council acknowledges can be disguised under the cover of political the European Commission and the European that Jewish communities in some EU countries views. Parliament will monitor the progress made by feel particularly vulnerable to terrorist attacks The document also calls for an emphasis on each state against anti-Semitism. Today, we following an increase in violent incidents in the importance of holocaust remembrance and hope that the implementation of the provisions recent years. It notes that anti-Semitic hatred education for all. contained in this declaration will severely remains widespread, as confirmed by the EU’s The European Jewish Congress (EJC) called restrict the space for hate, and that our Jewish 083 657 3377 • [email protected] 2018 Fundamental Rights Agency report on the declaration “unprecedented” in a statement communities will feel more safe in Europe.” anti-Semitism. praising its passage. The World Jewish Congress said that it had DECEASED ESTATE The declaration calls on member states to “This declaration is an important step in worked for several months with the Austrian “adopt and implement a holistic strategy to the fight against anti-Semitism because it government and European institutions, as well HOUSE CLEARANCES prevent and fight all forms of anti-Semitism, provides a positive and concrete roadmap as the EJC, to draft the declaration.
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