www.sajewishreport.co.za Friday, 15 July 2011 / 13 Tammuz, 5771 Volume 15 Number 26 A nation cherishes its favourite son on his 93rd Old stalwarts reminisce - Madiba receives a fond embrace from Esther Barsel, a comrade from the early Struggle days, at a book launch in 2003. SEE PAGE 8

Rotary award for UJ, BGU sign DAVIS: Being ‘apart’ SA’s new info bill Naada Faire Issie Kirsh / 7 new contract / 3 not same as ‘alone’ / 9 seriously flawed / 5 / 12-14 YOUTH / 17 SPORT / 20 LETTERS / 15 CROSSWORD & SUDOKU / 18 COMMUNITY BUZZ / 6 WHAT’S ON / 18 2 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 - 22 July 2011 PARSHA OF THE WEEK SHABBAT AND FAST TIMES July 15/13 Tammuz Fast of Tammuz/Shivah Assar be Published by July 16/14 Tammuz Tammuz S A Jewish Report (Pty) Ltd, Does Judaism sanction July 19/17 Tammuz PO Box 84650, Greenside, 2034 Pinchas Tel: (011) 023-8160 religious fanaticism? 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[email protected] Pinchas’ response to this abominable act was no doubt DR JOE Baron celebrated his extreme. But so was the crime! The Torah tells us that 100th birthday in Cape Town last Sports Editor - Jack Milner Zimri, one of the princes of Israel, took Kozbi, a Midianite month. Born in then-Rhodesia [email protected] princess, and shamelessly engaged in relations with her in (now Zimbabwe) in 1911, he prac- Books Editor - Gwen Podbrey the middle of the camp. Moshe stood by, shocked and in dis- tised medicine for 55 years, a feat belief, as Zimri brought impurity into the camp. that must secure him a place as Arts Editor - Robyn Sassen It was Pinchas alone who came to grips with reality, and one of the longest-serving practi- [email protected] swiftly put an end to the plague against the Jewish people tioners in the country. In 1942, during the Second Youth Editor - Alison Goldberg by slaying the perpetrators. As a reward, G-d singles out Pinchas for an eternal covenant of peace. World War, he was awarded the [email protected] That is the story, as told in the Torah, but the rabbis of Military Cross for bravery under Cape Town correspondent the Talmud fill in some of the details. It appears that many fire at El Alamein, having spent Dr Joe Baron blows out the candles on his Moira Schneider: 021-794-4206 condemned Pinchas’ behaviour. Rabbi Judah ben Pazi the greater part of the war in 100th birthday cake, which is decorated with a argues: “The leaders wanted to excommunicate Pinchas North Africa and Palestine. photograph of him taken during the Second Pretoria correspondent and that moment G-d intervened and rewarded Pinchas a Subsequently, as a medical offi- Diane Wolfson: 082-707-9471 World War. covenant of peace.”(Talmud Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 9:5). cer in the Rhodesian army, he Advertising - (011) 023-8160 Considering that Pinchas’ swift action placated G-d’s was asked to go and attend to a battalion tive life? “I don’t consider there’s any [email protected] wrath, why did the leaders censure Pinchas’ behaviour? of soldiers in then-Nyasaland (now secret,” he laughs, “but it’s a good thing The answer lies in understanding the dangers of religious Malawi) who had come down with malar- not to smoke and to be moderate with Britt Landsman: 082-292-9520 passion. When acting in the manner that Pinchas did, hav- ia. He saved them all and was awarded the alcohol.” [email protected] ing a good cause and an effective response is not the only MBE by Queen Elizabeth in the 1970s. Asked how he occupies his days, he Manuela Bernstein: 082-951-3838 measure of success. Equally important is the intention of Baron and his wife, Gwendoline, to replies: “I sit and dream and think of [email protected] the actor. whom he has been married for 71 years, what I’d like to be doing if I was able to. I The author of the Torah Temima writes: “Such a deed moved to the Cape in 1979. He worked at used to go for long walks and climb Table Marlene Bilewitz: 083-475-0288 may be animated by a genuine, unadulterated spirit of zeal Groote Schuur Hospital for 20 years, retir- Mountain - that would be my first occupa- [email protected] to advance the glory of G-d. 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It requires self-knowledge, honesty ing the destruction of the First and Second in 1313 BCE and the day on which a Torah [email protected] about one’s intentions and the ability to carefully examine Temples in 587BCE and 70CE respectively. scroll was burned by the Roman Emperor and scrutinise one’s motives. In this case, Pinchas was Shivah Asar B’Tammuz is a 12-hour Apostomus, in 50CE. Subscription enquiries exonerated because he, like his grandfather, Aharon, was rabbinic fast day, coinciding this year on During the Three Weeks, it is custom- Avusa Publishing (Pty) Ltd motivated by peaceful intentions. This is why G-d specifi- July 19. ary to uphold mourning practices includ- Tel: 0860-13-2652 cally offers him a covenant of peace. Historically, it commemorates many ing refraining from celebrating weddings, BOARD OF DIRECTORS What about us? How should we channel our religious tragedies that befell the Jewish people on or wearing new clothes. 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The MoU IN TERROR CASE Negev, last Friday signed a new joint challenging orthodoxies and had lapsed because UJ and BGU WASHINGTON - A US fed- research contract on water purifica- freedom of thought and speech”. could not find a Palestinian uni- eral judge has dismissed a tion and the conversion of algae into SAABGU President Bertie versity to partner their default judgment against energy. Lubner, said: “It is in this spirit research. the Palestinian Authority Two other universities are also of building bridges and seeking “Now, on July 8”, said Kriel: (PA) in a case arising from party to this research on nanotech- excellence across borders that “UJ has proudly announced its a 2002 suicide bombing. nology-enhanced water treatment we applaud both UJ and BGU.” Prof Ihron Prof Adam Prof Farid participation in a new contract Richard Leon ruled last membrane materials: the University BGU was “confident that the Rensburg. Habib. Esack. with BGU and other universi- week in the US District of California, Los Angeles and the combined energies and passions ties. In short, academics at UJ Court for the District of University of Ghent in Belgium. of the researchers involved will pro- and is mandatory by law. Our Senate can indeed work with academics at Columbia, that the PA may As UJ had allowed its previous duce results that will have a direct resolution, which we abide by, says BGU and also be celebrated mem- again litigate a lawsuit Memorandum of Understanding impact on South Africa’s clean water nothing about boycotts, only about bers of the UJ community. brought by survivors and with BGU on water purification supply. It will also contribute to the the lapsing of the MoU.” “If one presumes that Professors families of victims of the research to lapse, reaction has development of a world-class cohort Habib confirmed that UJ had Adam Habib and Rensburg would attack in Karnei Shomron. ranged from applause for the signa- of scientists in South Africa.” embarked on a new era in forming not willfully challenge a Senate deci- Three teenagers were killed tories to the new agreement; to criti- Writing in his personal capacity on contracts with universities, which are sion and if one presumes further and nearly 30 people were cism that the contract is a “lesser the Palestinian Campaign for the legally more rigorous than MoUs: that they best understand its scope injured in the bombing in agreement” than the former MoU; to Academic & Cultural Boycott of “There is a difference between an and intention, it is difficult to avoid the West Bank settlement. denunciation by the Boycott, Israel website on July 9, UJ institutional MoU and a research con- the conclusion that there is, in fact, The Popular Front for the Divestment and Sanctions campaign Professor of Religion Studies Farid tract. Our Senate allows for the latter, no boycott of BGU at all. There is no Liberation of Palestine, a against Israel. Esack, denounced Israeli media for but not the former”. The research victory for BDS. And neither does member of the Palestine Said UJ: “This collaboration “misleading statements”, as well as contract “is not about lesser or more BDS have a precedent here and else- Liberation Organisation, (between the scientists) was “the private assault by capital on substantive” he argued. where.” claimed responsibility for approved and cosigned by the desig- academic freedom and democratic UJ Department of Sociology lectur- There are, however, detractors the attack. Families and sur- nated authorities of all the four par- processes at the academy” and stated er Elli Kriel said: “Like many others, who are seething over what they see vivors of the attack argued ticipating universities.” that “the (initial) boycott still I was very troubled by the decision of as BGU’s “capitulation” to UJs that the PA bore responsibil- Professor Ihron Rensburg, vice- stands”. UJ’s Senate on March 23, 2011 to end “unfair demands”. Some go as far as ity because it provided chancellor and principal of UJ, said Esack pointed out he was a UJ its institutional relationship with to say BGU, which has a much high- major support for the PLO. on UJ’s website: “After the signing of Senate member and member of the BGU… I was sceptical about its fre- er standing internationally than UJ, The plaintiffs had sought a contract between researchers from Senate Academic Freedom Com- quent claims that its decision did not should tell UJ “to go to hell”. The $300 million in damages. UJ and BGU in Israel four months mittee, the official university body constitute an academic boycott new “deal looked too much like The PA said US courts after a lapse of an institutional rela- mandated to assess all UJ’s interna- because it did not prevent individual acquiescence”. had no jurisdiction and tionship between UJ and BGU, UJ tional agreements. academics from maintaining ties at The jury is out whether the new would not contest the case, strongly upholds academic freedom In answer to critics, Deputy Vice BGU. “more legalistic” agreement with its and a court ruled for the and the right of its academic staff to Chancellor of Research and “My view was that individuals at emphasis on individual co-operation, plaintiffs by default. develop relationships with whomev- Innovation at UJ Prof Adam Habib, UJ would inevitably be impacted by could have the same standing as an Courts in the past pre- er they wish. The signing of this con- explained that “the new research the decision of the Senate. Indeed, official Senate decision which ferred to defer considera- tract by the institutions and between contract is in line with the Senate shortly after it, Salim Vally, director allowed the previous MoU to lapse. tion of foreign policy issues the researchers, which includes aca- decision to allow individual academ- of UJ’s Centre for Education Rights The detractors just cannot under- to the executive branch; in demics from the US and Belgium, ics to pursue research collaborations and Transformation (CERT), publicly stand why BGU must come “cap in recent years a number of merely reinforces (this commit- with whoever they want. excoriated those academics who hand” to UJ, as it is South Africa who courts have allowed such ment).” “This contract is one such collabo- wished to maintain research ties with is to benefit more from the water cases to proceed. (JTA) A joint release by BGU and South ration between individual academics BGU.” research. 4 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 - 22 July 2011

Humanitarian Award. Only winners are notified and as Achiever Award judges part of the process they are invited Yuli Edelstein to to attend the gala dinner to receive their awards. face a mammoth task Those wishing to purchase a table speak at the for this prestigious event, should PETER FELDMAN contact [email protected] Absa Bank is again sponsoring SAJBD Conference THE MOST important aspect of the main “Business Achiever of the the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards Year Award”, which goes to nomi- DAVID SAKS is the judging and this will take nees from both listed and non-listed place in Johannesburg on July 24, companies. ISRAEL’S MINISTER of Information and the Diaspora Yuli conducted by an independent Absa said it was honoured to be Edelstein, will deliver a message on behalf of the State of Israel panel. one of the sponsors of the 2011 at the opening night of the SAJBD’s national conference on The deadline for the awards Jewish Achievement Awards. “We August 27. He will also deliver the opening address at the follow- closed on July 7 and organisers believe our role extends beyond ing day’s meeting of the African Jewish Congress, to take place have received a record number of that of a bank and that is why our immediately after the SAJBD conference. entries; more than 130 nomina- association with South Africa’s Both the opening night and day conference are being held in tions in the seven categories. Jewish achievers has stretched the Maroela Room at the Sandton Sun and Towers. Howard Sackstein (pictured), a ways. The first is the three busi- over a number of years. “ Born in Chernivtsi in what was then the Soviet Union and is director of the SA Jewish Report, ness awards for listed, non-listed Absa is inspired by the achievers’ now in Ukraine, Edelstein became one of the best-known Soviet said the response had been phe- and for entrepreneurs. Each nomi- exemplary dedication towards the Jewish activists for Jewish national and cultural rights during nomenal. He added that the gala, nee is contacted and asked if he or achievement of South Africa’s the 1980s. Arrested ostensibly for “drug possession” in 1984, he black-tie event, which takes place she accepts the nomination. If they many socio-economic goals. spent three and a half years in a labour camp. After his release in the Maroela Room at the say yes, they are required to fill out “We are passionate about our role in 1987, he was finally allowed to immigrate to Israel. Sandton Sun on August 11, has a questionnaire in which they as a leading bank on the African Edelstein’s ministerial career commenced in June 1996, when already been 50 per cent sold. The must give all their business details. continent, and it recognises the he was appointed as minister of immigrant absorption by Prime event will be MCeed by popular These details will be compiled into goals they share with these achiev- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He served in this position until entertainer Harry Sideropoulos. a judging pack by Absa. ers to strengthen the fabric of our July 1999. At the time, he represented the Yisrael BaAliyah The three business awards will On Sunday, July 24, the judges community.” Party, which he co-founded with fellow Soviet dissident Natan be judged by a strong panel which meet and each one of the candi- Johnnie Walker again sponsors Sharansky. The party merged with Likud shortly after the 2003 works independently of the SA dates will be interviewed and the the Entrepreneur Award which elections. Jewish Report. It is also audited by final decisions will be made on the goes to a member of the Jewish The short-lived Labour administration of Ehud Barak saw an independent company. day. community who owns a small or him out of office for a spell, but he returned to the Cabinet in The judges this year comprise The second process is for the medium enterprise operating in March 2001 when he was appointed deputy minister of immi- Steven Blend, a renowned South non-business awards, which are South Africa, with empowerment grant absorption by newly-elected Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. African and international entre- decided upon by the Board of the credentials. In the 16th and 17th Knesset, he served as deputy speaker, and preneur; Oscar Jacobsohn, rela- SA Jewish Report. This involves SA Jewish Report honours people has held his current post of minister of information and diaspo- tions executive at Absa Bank; nominators providing motivational from a broader community with the ra in the second Netanyahu government since February 2009. Geoff Rothschild, executive direc- documents on their nominees, Cyril Harris Humanitarian Award. He came in at 10th on the Jerusalem Post’s recent list of the tor of the Johannesburg Stock which will be compiled into a 90- This is for people who make a con- world’s 50 most influential Jews. Exchange and Dr (Deenadayalen) page judging pack. tribution to the economy and com- Edelstein first visited SA in 2004, when he was part of a Likud Len Konar, a director of several The Board of the Jewish Report munity by improving both the qual- delegation that met with senior government leaders. SAJBD top companies. will then consider all the nomina- ity of life and the fabric of society in National Chairman Zev Krengel commented that he always The convener is financial execu- tions received and will decide on general. readily made himself and his offices available, whenever Jewish tive, Norman Lowenthal, who has winners for the Helen Suzman Excitement is mounting as the leadership had had an issue it needed to discuss with him. no voting power. Their decision is Lifetime Achievement Award, The awards ceremony draws closer and It was also through Edelstein’s invitation that the SAJBD final and no correspondence will Community Service Award, The this year’s competition is expected mounted a popular exhibition on South African Jewry at last be entered into. Arts Science, Sports & Culture to be fierce with so many more year’s “One Family Many Faces Festival” on Tel Aviv The judging is undertaken in two Award and the Cyril Harris nominations to consider. 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Constitution that the Protection of And despite measures to criminalise know- Information Bill (POIB) currently being ingly classifying information for ulterior debated in Parliament, would entail, should motives, with the opaqueness of this process, this legislation be passed in its current form. “there would still be a reasonable and over- The POIB deals with classification of whelming fear or, at least, suspicion that the material which is a risk to state security; secret function is likely to be abused”. declassification (or not) of such material on It was noted that “the astounding result” application (including by a member of the of the POIB would be that people who dis- public); and a variety of offences where such closed classified information could be found information is disclosed or intercepted. guilty by a court and sent to prison for many The Board sought and obtained legal years “based on a classification which was opinion with a view to making a formal sub- not in accordance with the basic values of mission on the Bill. The opinion found that our Constitution: The rule of law, honesty, even after changes announced on June 25, transparency and equal justice”. 2011 narrowing the bodies that can classify In addition to pointing out the flaws in information, “the POIB does not stand a rea- the Bill, the opinion also put forward a sonable chance of being held by the number of constructive suggestions where- Constitutional Court as being in harmony by these could be remedied. This included with the Constitution. the specifying of exactly what “state securi- “It is vague, irrational, over-broad, opens ty” meant; instituting a check by an inde- the path to inconsistency, opens a wide pendent regulatory body; allowing legal opportunity to classify material that is politi- appeals; and placing a burden on the state cally embarrassing to the government of the to prove the validity of classification if day and even to classify that which is false prosecutions ensue. and, ultimately, to withhold facts from the Earlier this week, the SAJBD participated public to which it is entitled to have access.” in a debate on the POIB on the Redi Thlabi The opinion believes that the POIB would show on Talk Radio 702/567 Cape Talk on not comply with the rule of law in that all July 11, and is seeking to join a working legislation must be clear, accessible and group on the Right to Know Campaign, understandable. 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“In short, my paternal grandfa- CAPE TOWN MC and auctioneer, ther, Marco Habib, arrived in Hugh Bladen with Syd Nomis. Barney Girnum. the (then) Belgian Congo during Erich Cohen contacted us on 1912, aged just 16, leaving his behalf of a friend (Jennifer birthplace, the island of Rhodes Heyne) who is looking for two (then an Italian possession) to Jewish schoolmates that she was seek his fortune in Africa. at school with in her matric class “Both my mother and in 1961 at Bellville High School younger brother were also born near Cape Town. The school is there in (then) Elizabethville. planning a matric reunion. “My grandfather was among Their names are Jesse Miller Nathan Mowszowski, visiting from the founders of what was to (maiden name) and Nanette Israel, holds his framed “piece of art” - a become a vibrant and viable Cohen (maiden name). Manchester United Shirt showing the Jewish community in They can contact Jennifer sponsor’s logo, AON in the centre, Elizabethville, in fact, the Heyne (married name Lang- Belgian king presented him ston) on (021) 913-5889. Johnny, Jared and Jeff Girnum. which he bought on the auction. with a certificate for his efforts in pioneering and towards ISRAEL: KIBBUTZ DALIA industrialising the region, Sasfin’s 2011 quiz was a together with a gold medal. The Inauguration of the Isaac “We have the certificate at Ochberg Heritage Centre at hand; the gold medal seems to Kibbutz Dalia and the stone-set- have been mislaid in time as we ting ceremony of the JNF whoopingly good event cannot trace it. Ochberg Memorial Site, featur- “I aim to revisit Elizabethville ing the re-dedication of the orig- STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY RITA LEWIS or multiple-choice options. (now Lubumbashi) shortly and inal monument (five km from There was also a bonus question on horse racing. The perhaps reconnect with my Kibbutz Dalia) will take place in LAST WEEK’S annual Sasfin Bank Quiz 2011 at the food was served between the various categories of ques- roots and view our home at Israel on July 19 and 20. Sandton Sun’s Maroela Room in conjunction with tions. Avenue Churchill, my school at What happened nine decades MSC Sports and in aid of Selwyn Segal, proved that Prizes were awarded to the winning table in each cat- Athenee Royale (if they still ago changed many of our lives “boys will be boys”, whatever their age, financial sta- egory and R12 000 went to the winning team. exist?), the synagogue and forever. The past is alive today, tus or religion. Jacaranda 94.2 also donated R100 000 worth of free Jewish cemetery and other embodied in the very people and Whooping and hollering – whether it was for having airtime between now and October to the winning team. points of interest. their descendants who will come the correct answer to a question asked or in frustration The culmination of the evening was, as always, the “That will be another story!” from the four corners of the every time the correct (but different to their) answer auction which was conducted by MSC Sports’ Barney world to gather on Kibbutz Dalia was announced - the Maroela Room went into total Girnum who also compèred the evening. MOZAMBIQUE and Kibbutz Gal-Ed. chaos for several minutes while some 480 male sports On offer were a coloured photograph of former (LOURENCO MARQUES They will be joined by former fanatics (watched by some 20 bemused women and a President Nelson Mandela holding up the World Cup in NOW MAPUTO/CHINDE) South Africans living in Israel, number of their offspring) hugged or commiserated 1995, diamond earrings and other jewellery, two nights whose descendants too, were with each other. at any Protea Hotel, framed paintings featuring sports From Cecile Shenker members of a community that This, however, was nothing compared to the reaction events and sportsmen, etc. facilitated the miracle of 1921, of the gathering when, towards the end of the evening, According to Sasfin Bank’s marketing manager, “My father was born in Johan- one of the proudest chapters in the winning table number was announced. Lauren Aron, the excitement generated by the quiz has nesburg to Turkish/Egyptian South African Jewish commu- This year there were four rounds of questions on seen it getting larger and larger every year, subsequent- parents. When they moved to nal history. rugby, cricket, golf and soccer. The questions had to be ly resulting in a larger pay-over to Selwyn Segal. Lourenco Marques they were The ceremony will include answered electronically – with the appropriate device She paid tribute to the late Jack Shapiro, the former worried that my father and his the dedication of the original on each table. CEO of Selwyn Segal, who always attended the quiz cousin would marry Roman JNF Ochberg stone monument The event involved roughly 50 teams of 10 members function and to all those who had involved themselves Catholic Portuguese girls, so and the unveiling of a “Wall of each (at the same tables) who participated in the in the event. they wrote to family in Turkey Names”, which will display indi- answering of sports questions via answering “true” or She said: ”We are very proud to be associated with to find out if there were any vidual plaques in the name of “false”, questions asked about visuals on football and such a positive event in which we can assist in making Jewish girls available. each orphan saved through rugby, as well as coaches, stadiums, dates etc, shown, the lives of others less fortunate, more pleasant.” “The result, after a corre- the superlative efforts of Isaac spondence courtship, was my Ochberg, with the support of mother and another woman the South African Jewish com- who became my aunt. They munity. were married in Lourenco On the first morning at 10:00 Marques on May 21, 1931 and there will be an informal gather- that is where I was born. Two ing hosted by David Sandler. years later my mother went Sandler, who lives in Perth, back to Turkey to fetch her Western Australia, grew up at mother and to show me off. Arcadia Orphanage in Johan- “When she came back my par- nesburg. ents moved to Chinde, an island He published “Arc Memories” on the mouth of the Zambezi in 2006 and followed this with River, accessible by pontoon to “More Arc Memories” in 2008. Carly “Stroppy”Weinberg; Stuart Hess of Independent mainland Mozambique. My He came across stories of father worked for the Senna Isaac Ochberg and his incredible Newspapers; Liam del Carme of the Sunday Times; Ken Sugar Estate. rescue of nearly 200 Jewish Alec Levy; Maurice Turiel; and Maurice Borland, MWP Media; Trevor Cramer, Jacaranda 94.2; with “It was a four day journey to orphans from war-torn eastern Kruger. Rabbi Ari Kievman (behind). Lourenco Marques (I believe it Europe and he followed their sto- is still a four day journey ries. He managed to get 140 today). orphans’ histories, which he has “My brother was born in now published in a monumental Chinde in the month of October. 640 page volume. His books form In order to organise a bris, they a valuable part of the social his- had to wait for the nearest pub- tory of the South African Jewish lic holiday which was December community. 24. In the afternoon David Kap- “The rabbi came to Lourenco linski will speak about the con- Marques and asked 10 Jews tribution that The American from the train to form a min- Joint Distribution Committee yan. So he was brised 71 days made towards helping with the Dave Dawkshas with Adam and Jules Urdang and Adam Bacher. A happy Brett Schultz. after his birth. rescue of the orphans in 1921. “We had five servants - a gar- Kaplinski is the director of dener who looked after the veg- Overseas Joint Ventures, JDC, etables and chickens, a cook, a Jerusalem. He is a former princi- laundry man (those were the pal of Cape Town’s Herzlia days of boiled white washing School and a former director of Cheryl and starch), a ‘house boy’ and a the English desk at Yad Vashem. messenger who acted as a but- Ochberg passed away in 1938 Tasmin ler. (There were no telephones). and in his will he left as a with “Messages and invitations bequest, money to the JNF and Daniel were written on beautiful writ- land was purchased on which Brink and ing paper and carried on a silver Kibbutz Dalia and Kibbutz Gal- Daniel tray to various people. The but- Ed now stand. Myersfeld. Russel Grevler; Ian Vorster; and Rudi Huiskamp. 15 - 22 July 2011 SA JEWISH REPORT 7 Issie Kirsh receives Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellow award ROBYN SASSEN helping our people move from the division of PHOTOGRAPH: DEAN GOUN the past to a future united in commitment to restore just order. The station still misses no ISSIE KIRSH, vice chairman of the board of opportunity to speak out against human directors of the SA Jewish Report, has been rights violations.” named a Paul Harris Fellow, by the Rotary Rotary is a secular organisation open to Club of Northcliff in Johannesburg. everyone, regardless of creed, gender or Named for Rotary’s founder Paul Harris, political preference. It was established in this coveted fellowship is the highest honour 1905 with the, aim of bringing together lead- Rotary can bestow. It is accompanied by a ers to provide humanitarian service, donation of $1 000 or more by the sponsoring encourage high ethical standards, and help club in the recipient’s name to Rotary build goodwill and peace in the world. International’s Annual Project Fund, which Earlier this year, Kirsh won Lifetime supports Rotary’s programmes. Achievement from MTN Radio Awards, cel- In her address last month, president of the ebrated with Talk Radio 702, acknowledged Mushe Kirsh, wife of Issie; Annamarie Mostert, president of Northcliff’s Rotary Club; and Rotary Club of Northcliff, Annemarie as the radio station of the year. Issie Kirsh, recipient of Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellow award, at the awards evening in June. Mostert honoured Kirsh, who, in collabora- tion with his brother Natie, set up the then Channel 702 - now Talk Radio 702 - in 1980. She said the award was made “in apprecia- tion of his significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among people of the world.” Kirsh, who co-founded the media con- glomerate Primedia in 1994, shares this hon- our with people of the calibre of former President Nelson Mandela, Miriam Makeba, Mark Shuttleworth, Albertina Sisulu and Helen Suzman. “It came out of the blue,” Kirsh comment- ed. “I was as surprised to be nominated as I was to win the award. I feel privileged to be acknowledged; it is wonderful to get recogni- tion for the work I do.” In her motivation for the fellowship to be awarded to Kirsh, Mostert added: “He has celebrated our rainbow nation and guided the healing process of our fellow South Africans through the establishment of the radio station where, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the opinions of both black and white mattered and could be heard. “He is an inspiration to us all. He finds joy in our diversity; his spirit of forgiveness is as much part of his immeasurable contribu- tion to our nation and the passion he has for justice and solidarity with the poor. “The daily message on Radio 702 of jus- tice, peace and healing, plays a key role in Plum tree as a symbol of perseverance FRIDAY MORNING, July 8, a plum tree was planted on the grounds of Sandringham Gardens by the team from Plum Solutions, a Norwood-based digital marketing company. The company sees plum blossom as both a symbol of winter and a harbinger of spring. Plum Solutions said in a media release the blossoms are most vibrant amidst the winter cold, after most other plants have shed their leaves, and before other flowers appear. The Plum team believe that this tree is symbolic of the great work done by the Chevrah Kadisha on a daily basis in our community; they are truly resilient in the face of adversity and full of persever- ance. The choice of the Chevrah Kadisha as an organisation to donate to, was borne from the fact that Plum wanted to give back to the community from where their leader- ship comes and the fact that the Chev works so broadly in the community with so little resources and with such magnificent charity from their staff and leadership.

Gary Berman, CEO of Plum Solutions with Saul Tomson, chief revenue officer of the Chevrah Kadisha. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) 8 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 - 22 July 2011 OPINION AND ANALYSIS

FORUM FOR DIVERSE VIEWS Happy birthday Madiba THE MOST cherished photographs many people possess, displayed in special places alongside their own families, are pictures with them next to Nelson Mandela, or near him. You find them in places ranging from the boardrooms of CEOs of giant corpora- tions, to the classrooms of township schools where he visited to speak to children. Two among dozens Everyone wants to point to a picture and say: of demonstrators in “That’s me standing with Nelson Mandela!” - proof they have brushed shoulders with Rabin Square in Tel greatness. Aviv protesting the “Cometh the hour cometh the man” could new anti-boycott not have been truer than in South Africa. A law enacted by civil war was almost upon us in the late ‘80s. Israel’s Knesset, on FW de Klerk and Madiba together steered us July 11. (URI past it. After 27 years in jail he came out a LENZ/FLASH 90) reconciler; the danger of a bloodbath passed. In the early ‘90s foreign investors and local business people were jittery about what lay in store. At the smallest sign they would have pulled their money out. Mandela as presi- dent gave them confidence that this country was worth investing and living in. It is unfair to deify him; he is a man of flesh and blood capable of suffering and erring like any other, who would not budge on his principles even when the National Israel’s approval of Party government offered him freedom. He brought innate dignity to the office of presi- dent. Sadly, both his successors as president have not lived up to his level of stature and anti-boycott bill integrity. What about the loneliness Mandela the man must have suffered for so long? It is a drawing protests, blessing that in his twilight years he has the companionship of a remarkable, gracious woman - Graca Machel. Also significant was how white South legal challenges Africans, including Jews, embraced him after he was demonised by the apartheid MARCY OSTER Now said on its website. “It is a regime for decades. It was an offence even to JERUSALEM struggle against the continuing display a photograph of him and most South wave of anti-democratic legisla- Africans had no idea what he looked like. THE ISRAELI parliament’s adoption of a tion, whose purpose is to limit the There had been Jews in his life from the controversial anti-boycott bill has been very right of legitimate public early years and through the Struggle. He has greeted with a firestorm of protest from lib- nonviolent protest.” never forgotten them. For whites to stick eral Israeli NGOs and civil rights groups. A coalition of four rights their necks out then was very brave. It was On Tuesday, a day after the Knesset voted groups - Adalah, a legal advocacy easier to do nothing – as most did, including 47-38 to enact the measure, following six group for Israeli Arabs; Phy- Jews. hours of contentious debate, the liberal sicians for Human Rights; the Ze’ev Elkin, with kippah, the Likud Party member The Jewish concept of the tzaddik certain- Gush Shalom movement appealed to the Public Committee Against Tor- who initiated the anti-boycott bill in the Knesset, ly applies to Madiba. For South African nation’s Supreme Court to overturn the law. ture; and the Coalition of Women gets a hug from fellow lawmaker Ofir Akonis dur- Other Israeli nongovernmental organisa- for Peace - reportedly said that Jewry, it was fortunate to have at the time of ing voting on the measure at the plenum of the the transition, a leader of Chief Rabbi Cyril tions are vowing legal challenges, too. they also would challenge the bill Knesset in Jerusalem, July 11, 2011. (KOBI Harris’ stature - a man who also exuded “The Boycott Law will lead to unprece- in the Supreme Court. GIDEON/FLASH90) innate dignity. dented harm to freedom of expression in Yisrael Beiteinu lawmaker Alex Mandela affectionately called him “my Israel and will bring justified criticism Miller said on Tuesday that he rabbi” during his visit to Israel with Jewish against Israel from abroad,” Hagai El-Ad, would be the first to use the new law, haredi activism against Shabbat desecra- leaders – a visit which was a major step polit- executive director of the Association for announcing that he would sue Israeli-Arab tion, rabbis’ calls to ‘boycott’ potential ically. Mandela had the gravitas and Civil Rights in Israel, said in a statement fol- lawmaker Ahmed Tibi for calling on the Arab house-buyers in Jewish neighbour- strength to undertake such a visit, despite lowing the vote. “We will all have to pay the public to boycott the West Bank city of hoods, or left-wing opposition to the gov- hostility to Israel in many political quarters. price for this atrocious law.” Ariel, where Miller lives. ernment’s settlement policy in Judea and It is gratifying that he has received his The bill, which was initiated by Likud law- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Samaria. accolades while still alive. Worldwide he is maker and ruling coalition chairman Ze’ev reportedly had asked lawmakers last “Boycott initiatives should be allowed to revered; even the United Nations proclaimed Elkin, allows for civil lawsuits against indi- Sunday evening to delay the vote on the compete for support in the free market of a special day in his name. He is held up as the viduals and groups calling for boycotts tar- controversial bill, saying that it could ideas,” the paper editorialised. example of what all leaders should aspire to. geting Israel or areas under its control. embarrass Israel as the Mideast Quartet An unnamed US State Department offi- His decision to retire after one term as Those damaged by boycotts would be able opened a meeting in Washington. But ulti- cial called the boycott legislation an president, set an example in a world where in to claim monetary damages from boycott mately he allowed the legislation to “Israeli internal matter”, according to many countries this is unthinkable. Sadly, advocates. The law also would force the gov- advance, although he was not present to Israeli newspapers. But there also was an his lead is not always emulated elsewhere, ernment to stop doing business with compa- vote on it. implied criticism, as the official was quot- including Africa and the Middle East – wit- nies that comply with such boycotts. Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon warned ed in Haaretz as saying: “Freedom of ness events in Syria, Libya, and our neigh- Elkin’s proposal came months after some the Knesset plenum on Monday that the expression, including freedom to peaceful- bour, Zimbabwe, where leaders ruthlessly prominent Israeli artists had called for a legislation was “borderline illegal” since it ly organise and protest, is a basic right cling to power endlessly with everything boycott of a new cultural centre in the West could violate freedom of political expres- under democracy.” they have - even sometimes turning their Bank city of Ariel, and some academics had sion. Israeli Attorney General Yehuda The Anti-Defamation League’s national armies against their own people, as in Syria. urged a boycott of academic institutions in Weinstein, who will have to defend the law director, Abraham Foxman, currently in Mandela possesses profound loyalty. When the West Bank. In addition, an Israeli con- against legal challenge, reportedly called it Israel, criticised the vote, saying in a state- Helen Suzman, a Jewish icon in apartheid struction company was hired to help build a “borderline” defensible. ment that his organisation was “con- politics, left the political stage and was large- new Palestinian city in the West Bank after The liberal Israeli daily Haaretz and the cerned that this law may unduly impinge ly forgotten by the new political leadership, it agreed not to use products from the settle- more conservative Jerusalem Post, both on the basic democratic rights of Israelis Mandela still made sure to visit her. They ments. firmly criticised the legislation in advance to freedom of speech and freedom of had a warm, mutual respect. “It’s a principle of democracy that you of the Knesset vote. expression. He never forgets his friends and colleagues don’t shun a public you disagree with by The new law is designed to spread “a “To legally stifle calls to action - howev- of his youth and Struggle years. Our front harming their livelihood,” said Finance wide protective net over the settlements, er abhorrent and detrimental they might page picture depicts the warmth of com- Minister Yuval Steinitz of the Likud Party whose products, activities and in fact very be - is a disservice to Israeli society,” he rades of long standing – Madiba with Esther during the debate over the new law. “A boy- existence - which is controversial to begin said. Barsel, a long-time member of the cott on a certain sector is not the proper with - are the main reason for the boycott Israeli NGOs and opposition legislators Communist Party who served a four-year manifestation of freedom of expression. It is initiatives, both domestic and foreign,” were still responding to the anti-boycott sentence for her own activism. an aggressive move meant to force a sector Haaretz said in an editorial, calling the bill bill’s passage when the Yisrael Beiteinu In a world filled with hatred, cynicism and that thinks a different way to capitulate. a “politically opportunistic and anti-demo- party, headed by Foreign Minister Avigdor dirty politics, we desperately need the digni- Boycotts are aggressive and wrong.” cratic act”. Lieberman, announced that it would try to ty and integrity of a Mandela. Sadly, a man Immediately after the vote, Peace Now In an editorial titled “The bad boycott bring to a vote next week a bill that would like that only comes along once in a century. launched a Facebook group called bill”, The Jerusalem Post wrote: “Civil soci- establish parliamentary commissions of Happy 93rd birthday Madiba, may you “Prosecute me, I boycott settlement prod- ety has an unalienable right to organise inquiry into the activities of human rights enjoy good health for many years to come. ucts!” The group garnered more than 4 600 peacefully and to use its buying power or groups that criticise Israeli polices toward “likes” in its first day. freedom of association to further political the Palestinians. The bill passed a first “It is important to understand that this objectives, whether it be grassroots protest reading in January by a vote of 41-16. struggle is not against the settlers,” Peace against the high price of cottage cheese, (JTA) 15 - 22 July 2011 SA JEWISH REPORT 9 OPINION AND ANALYSIS - FORUM FOR DIVERSE VIEWS AROUND THE not only the sanctuary for the The big difference between Jewish people, but also a moral WORLD beacon for the world. One holds to the hope that the NEWS IN BRIEF justifiable fear that has swung ‘apart’ and ‘alone’ the political compass to the right FIRE RAVAGES PROMINENT can be overcome and that we can NY SYNAGOGUE TWO THOUGHTFUL pieces cros- “Israel has had foreign minis- move on to reclaim our role as a sed my desk over the past couple ters who were unworldly and did moral beacon. NEW YORK - A fire has badly of weeks. Both deserve careful THE JURY not know English, but it has Of course, it is true that com- damaged Congregation Kehi- consideration, although it is never had a foreign minister pared to Israel’s neighbours, Iran lath Jeshurun, one of New York unlikely that either achieves the IS OUT whose only goal is to pander to and Syria, for example, Israel is, City’s most prominent syna- South African audience it Dennis Davis his right-wing constituency by and always has been, a moral gogues. deserves. flaunting his disdain for interna- light, but that is not the standard The four-alarm fire broke out The first contribution, which tional law and the idea of human that reflects our tradition and Monday at the massive syna- probably was read by a wider rights with such relish.” history. gogue building on Manhattan’s group than the second, was the Carlo Strenger and appeared These are strong words, likely That is not a standard that in Upper East Side at around 20:30, weekly commentary of the recently in Haaretz. Admittedly to raise the ire of many who read any way matches the demanding according to The Associated Parsha by UK Chief Rabbi Strenger holds different views on and indeed write to this newspa- measure that is compelled by Press. Jonathan Sacks. In dealing with key issues to those of Rabbi per. But they are written by Judaism read in its best light. The fire caused the syna- Bilaam’s utterances to Balak in Sacks, but I want to argue that someone who lives in Israel and Those who feel like Strenger, will gogue's roof to collapse and which the former describes the there is an important link who holds a prominent academic doubtless agree with his conclu- severely damaged the building's Jewish people as one that dwells between the two articles. position and deserves attention sion: “Sometimes… I feel as (if) I top floors. alone, Rabbi Sacks makes the Strenger refers to the signifi- even though they probably repre- were simply in a bad dream, that Four firefighters sustained important and often forgotten cant contribution of Peter Beinart sent a minority position in Israel. when I wake up, Herzl’s vision of minor injuries quelling the distinction between dwelling (discussed last year in this col- But there is more. Strenger a Jewish state committed to the blaze, which was brought under alone and being apart. umn) concerning the deep argues that those Jews who are core values of liberalism, will be control an hour after it began, Being alone is not a blessing estrangement between the young deeply committed to universalis- a reality.” The New York Times reported. but a curse. That Jews maintain generation of American Jews and tic values which they find in the But even if one does not share The cause of the fire, which their own integrity does not Israel. Jewish tradition and history, do this analysis or conclusion, the fire officials think began on the mean that they must be isolated. In Strenger’s view, many young not wish to compromise on the warning of Chief Rabbi Sacks roof or top floor, has yet to be These teachings find many European Jews with whom he has equality of human beings before remains: We need to engage the determined. sources but, disturbingly today, engaged, understand that Israel the law and the inviolability of world. As he writes, “to be a Jew The 110-year-old synagogue are oft forgotten. Rabbi Sacks “is located in one of the world’s their rights. is to be loved by G-d; it is not to building had been undergoing teases out the contemporary les- most difficult neighbourhoods” Strenger then asks: “How can be hated by Gentiles”. renovations. Religious articles son that present-day representa- and have no illusions about the they stand by a state that contin- We may be apart, but once we had been removed prior to con- tives of Israel more than occa- hatred spewed out by the Iranian ues to pay rabbis who argue that claim to be alone, then we accept struction, so no Torah scrolls sionally fail or refuse to engage dictatorship and Hamas. Jewish life has a sanctity that that the world is always and were damaged in the fire. with the outside world and thus But they are deeply distressed doesn’t extend to Gentiles and inevitably, will be against us. Congregation Kehilath Jes- do not attempt to justify what the about the fact that Israel “has that it is forbidden to rent proper- And for me, while being a moral hurun is an Orthodox syna- nation does, so that “if what it never had a government that so ty to Gentiles?” beacon is never an easy place in a gogue and one of the city’s most does is morally justifiable, then it blatantly violates the core values These are harsh and maybe world of much hate, I still believe prominent Jewish congrega- can be defended... (and) if it is not of liberal democracy. Never has a despairing opinions but they are it not only to be a morally better tions. It is led by Rabbi Haskel morally justifiable, then it should Knesset passed laws that are as troubling for those like me and, I position, but also pragmatically Lookstein, a major figure in not be done at all”. manifestly racist as the current suspect millions like me, who better, in that we will then not be American Modern Orthodoxy. The second piece is written by one. cling to the view that Israel was alone from people of goodwill. (JTA) 10 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 - 22 July 2011 ARTS MATTERS TAPESTRY COMPILED BY ART, BOOKS, DANCE, FILM, THEATRE ROBYN SASSEN Call 084-319-7844 or [email protected] at least one week prior to publication An exciting JPO Third

Baxter Theatre, Cape Town: Ariel Dorfman’s Symphony Season awaits “Purgatorio”, directed by Clare Stopforth, until July PAUL BOEKKOOI London Symphony Orchestra, who will perform 30, (021 685-7880. two seldom heard pieces for viola and orchestra WHAT A difference a new season can make! The by Bruch and Paganini. The JPO’s principal Iziko: South African Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra has pulled trumpet, Donny Bouwer, will be the soloist in National Museum, Cape out all stops to present something really special in Haydn’s popular Trumpet Concerto. Guest conductor Town: “Tretchikoff: The their Third Symphony Season of 2011. The second half of the season of six concerts Gérard Korsten, People’s Painter”, curated by They’ve secured a line-up of some of the best will be conducted by Bernhard Gueller, the JPO’s who will conduct Andrew Lamprecht, until soloists as well as our greatest conductor who, principal guest conductor. the first half of the September 25, (021) 481-3970. unfortunately, permanently left our shores near The Johannesburg concerts are presented in JPO’s third sym- the end of the previous century: Gérard Korsten. the Linder Auditorium, Parktown, on phony season for Joburg Theatre Complex, The choice of repertoire is brimming with life Wednesdays at 20:00 and repeated on Thursdays Braamfontein: In the and includes - apart from perennial favourites - at the same time. The first, third and fifth pro- this year. Nelson Mandela, Latin and also works by some of the most exciting orchestra- grammes of the coming season are repeated on (PHOTOGRAPH COUR- Ballroom dance extravagan- tors of the past 150 years, as well as quite a number Sunday afternoons at 15:00 in the ZK Matthews TESY NGZ-ONLINE.DE) za “Burn the Floor”, until of compositions reflecting more than only a hint of Hall, Unisa main campus, Muckleneuk, Pretoria. August 14, (011) 877-6800. In the exotic. Among them we find Takemitsu’s Tree Full details: Gueller. Soloists: Bouwer. Programme: Tree Line the People’s Theatre, “Alice Line, the Introduction to Khovanschina by July 20 and 21 (Johannesburg); July 24 (Takemitsu); Trumpet Concerto (Haydn); in Wonderland”, until Mussorgsky, the Romanian Rhapsody No 1 by (Pretoria) - Conductor: Korsten. Soloist: Giltburg. Carnaval (Schumann, orch. Ravel); Symphony No August 7, (011) 403-1563. Enesco and the Symphony No 1 in E flat major by Programme: Festive Overture (Shostakovich); 4 - Tragic (Schubert). Borodin. Piano Concerto No 1 (Rachmaninov); Pictures at August 17 and 18 (Johannesburg); August 21 Market Theatre, After last season’s total disappearance of piano an Exhibition (Mussorgsky). (Pretoria) - Conductor: Gueller. Soloist: Schmidt. Newtown: In the Main soloists, the new season, which opens on July 20, July 27 and 28 (Johannesburg) - Conductor: Programme: Introduction to Khovantchina Theatre, “You Can’t Be will present us with three: the Russian-Israeli Korsten. Soloist: Gina Beukes. Programme: (Mussorgsky); ‘Cello Concerto (Dvorák); Serious” with Nik Boris Giltburg, as well as two South Africans of the Simple Symphony (Britten); Romance in F major Symphony No 1 (Borodin). Rabinowitz, until July 16, younger generation: Ben Schoeman - this year’s (Bruch); Sonata per la grand viola (Paganini); August 24 and 25 (Johannesburg) - Conductor: (011) 832-1641. In the Photo Standard Bank Young Artist for Classical Music - Symphony No 103 - Drum Roll (Haydn). Gueller. Soloist: Schumann. Programme: An Workshop Gallery, David rising steadily to international stardom, as well as August 3 and 4 (Johannesburg); August 7 American in Paris; Piano Concerto in F Goldblatt’s “Fale le Fale”, the very successful Nina Schumann from (Pretoria) - Conductor: Korsten. Soloist: (Gershwin); Corral Nocturne from Rodeo until July 29, (011) 834-1444. Stellenbosch. Schoeman. Programme: Romanian Rhapsody No (Copland); Symphonic Dances from West Side Other top-class soloists are the German’ cellist 1 (Enesco); Piano Concerto No 1 (Liszt); Story (Bernstein). National Children’s Wolfgang Schmidt and the South African-born vio- Symphony No 7 (Dvorák). • For subscriptions, phone Neville Pritchard at Theatre, Parktown: “A list Gina Beukes, a permanent member of the August 10 and 11 (Johannesburg) - Conductor: (011) 789-2733. Single tickets: Computicket. Pocket Oliver Twist”, direct- ed by Joyce Levinsohn and Francois Theron, until July 23, (011)484-1584. Exciting director/performer Roy Horovitz back in SA Old Mutual Theatre on ROBYN SASSEN knew it would be ideal for this festival the Square, Sandton: “My and an Israeli or American public.” First Sony” starring Roy ABOUT TO leave for Grahamstown to per- The play is written from the view- Horovitz, until July 30. form at the National Arts Festival, Israeli point of former civilian intelligence Friday lunchtime concerts: director/performer Roy Horovitz, 41, spoke analyst Jonathan Pollard, accused 27 Ivan Lazarov (violin) and to SA Jewish Report. This week, he opens a years ago of spying for Israel. It was Colleen Mare (piano), on season of “My First Sony”, at Old Mutual given a five star rating by Tel Aviv crit- July 15 and In Cinq, on July Theatre on the Square in Sandton. ics. Pollard’s case has never been to 22, (011) 883-8606. “I came across the novel ‘My First Sony’, court. when I graduated from acting school,” he According to former Pretorian POP Art Centre, Central recalls. “It worked as a monologue for me. Lynette Karp, who lives in Israel and Johannesburg: Claudine I was amazed at the power of the text. It saw the play at the Cameri, Tel Aviv’s Ullman’s “Curled Up” and was funny and challenging. I eventually municipal theatre under whose aus- Roald Dahl’s “My Uncle managed to convince the author, Benny pices it is funded: “Enacted in Pollard’s Oswald”, adapted and per- Barbash, to write it as a script. It took solitary confinement cell, it allows formed by Lara Lipschitz, time; he is as delighted with the result as I audiences access to a trial which never July 20 - 24, 083-245-1040. am.” happened.” Horovitz was introduced to South Africa Rami Baruch, in his role as “I checked each of Victor’s facts; Rabbi Cyril Harris last year. “‘The Timekeepers’ in which I Jonathan Pollard. (PHO- they were all correct: the story’s Community Centre, lead, was invited to the main festival in TOGRAPHS BY JERARD ALON) Roy Horovitz. grotesqueness is unbelievable and pow- Oaklands: An exhibition of Grahamstown; I piloted ‘My First Sony’ at erfully reflected as such by Victor.” work by Dina Wolowitz, July that festival’s experimental framework, the 2004. He’s just directed Pretorian Victor Horovitz concurs. “When first I read the script, 17 - August 7, (011) 728-8088. Arena. The piece is about an Israeli Jewish fam- Gordon’s play, “Pollard’s Trial”, translated I had Rami Baruch, one of Israel’s top actors, ily; it engages with universals concerning the into Hebrew by Shir Freibach. and someone I’ve often collaborated with, in Resolution Gallery, dynamics of divorce. “While I was in South Africa last year, I was mind. It debuted at this year’s Theatro Netto Rosebank, Johannesburg: “I’ve travelled this play to Germany, invited to the residence of Ambassador Dov festival, then enjoyed a season at the Cameri. “Dencity”, an exhibition by Czechoslovakia and Canada. It performed at the Segev-Steinberg. I happened to be seated next It’s now performing for the Knesset. André Clements and Daniel Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre, in to Victor.” And the rest is theatre history. “Working with Victor has been extraordi- Hirschmann about urban Oaklands last July; Daphne Kuhn, from the Old “Among my other commitments, I am part of nary. The networking possibilities at arts festi- life in Johannesburg and Mutual Theatre invited it back.” the artistic committee of the 21-year-old vals are wonderful. They promote continuity London, until August 13, Horovitz studied at the exclusive acting studio Theatro Netto, which hosts a festival in mono- in the arts.” (011) 880-4054. of Nissan Nativ in Tel Aviv and at Tel Aviv drama (one man shows) in Jaffa, around My First Sony, is at Old Mutual Theatre on University, attaining a Masters in directing in Pesach time. Victor’s script is so wonderful, I the Square, Sandton, until July 30. South African Jewish Museum, Gardens, Cape Town: “Jiving with Madiba: has created the perfect vehicle for Hyde Pierce. As the expensive wine flows and the evening Jonathan Shapiro’s FELDMAN It allows for the actor’s eccentric style to come progresses, we become deeply intertwined in Mandela”, opens July 15, through in a character that fits him like a the lives of these two men and discover just how (021) 465-1546. ON FILM glove. deceiving appearances can be when the evening Peter Feldman Add plenty of witty dialogue spiked with a does not go remotely as expected. State Theatre, Pretoria: In delicious dose of malice and you have elements The situation evolves as the desperate thief, the Opera, Mozart’s “Le that are just right for Hyde Pierce’s dead-pan with a bleeding foot, is held hostage by the seem- Nozze di Figaro” (Marriage PICK OF THE WEEK expression and vocal delivery. ingly wealthy sophisticate. of Figaro), performed by He plays a Hollywood bachelor named This is Tomnay’s first excursion as a director Opera Africa, July 17, 21 and The Perfect Host Warwick Wilson who is the consummate host. and he manages to steer this darkly comic 23, (011) 883-4189. In the He is carefully preparing for a dinner party, thriller through slippery psychological waters, Arena, Greg Homann’s Cast: David Hyde Pierce; Clayne Crawford; with the table impeccably set and the duck per- revealing how human nature works and how far hilarious potted “Pirates of Nathanial Parker fectly timed for 20:30. an individual will go in order to satisfy his needs. Penzance”, with musical Director: Nick Tomnay Enter career criminal John Taylor (Clayne The plot is full of surprising little turns, but direction by Rowan Bakker, Crawford). He has robbed a bank and later it’s all pretty lightweight material in the overall until August 7, (012) 392-4000. David Hyde Pierce may well be remembered for injured his foot while accidentally getting scheme of things and doesn’t quite qualify as a the quirky persona he brought to the long-run- involved in a convenience-store robbery. genuine edge-of-your-seat thriller. Thompson Gallery, ning “Frasier” TV series in which he played He desperately needs to get off the streets to One will appreciate, though, the two protago- Melville: “Altered Pieces”, opposite Kelsey Grammar. find somewhere to lie low for a while. So, claim- nists who work well off each other and give an exhibition curated by He is rarely featured in films and appears ing to be a friend of a friend, he smartly talks crackling performances. Just when the tone Gordon Froud, celebrating more content to apply his enormous talent to his way into Wilson’s well-appointed home, seems to shift into torture porn mode, we find the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, the stage in which he has scored some notable saying he is new to LA, is a victim of a mugging ourselves the victim of a string of cleverly con- until August 7, (011) 482-2039. successes. and his luggage is lost. He is invited to stay for ceived twists that all help elevate “The Perfect Now Australian writer-director Nick Tomnay dinner. Host” above the norm. 15 - 22 July 2011 SA JEWISH REPORT 11

TAPESTRY - ART, BOOKS, DANCE, FILM, THEATRE A novel about loneliness and emotional starvation The Landscape Painter by Craig his own life. Returning to the Higginson (Picador Africa, R200) Hamilton home in Durban, he dutiful- ly marries Carwyn, though he knows REVIEWED BY GWEN PODBREY she is neither stable nor sincere in her affections for him. And when her IN THE winter of 1947, London is still brother finally returns, Bailey discov- bruised and battered from the Blitz ers the sickening truth about this and the long years of deprivation and brother and sister - a revelation that death that the war imposed on forces him to flee both his bride and Britain. Yet this is not the first time South Africa, and return to England. Arthur Bailey, an elderly landscape Now, some 40 years later, Bailey is painter, has experienced such want a reclusive, desperately dysfunction- and weariness. al man living in a squalid boarding At the turn of the century, he spent house. And when Felicity Grout, a years in South Africa during the beautiful young girl bearing a strik- Anglo-Boer War. And then, as now - ing resemblance to Carwyn, moves indeed, as always - he was a man into the room next to his, he develops searching desperately for a sense of an obsession for her that soon purpose and direction. assumes dangerous proportions. It is not that Bailey is a coward: Ultimately, the novel is about soli- rather, he is deeply isolated, unable tude, emotional starvation and the to receive or give emotion, or claim kind of loneliness that can and does his place in any communion of liv- kill, by slow and dreadful degrees. ing, passionate souls. His art, bril- has retired. The book, however, is a project liant though it is, is simply a vicari- Bailey should be in his element. which begins and continues superbly, ous portal to the real world. Yet the war looms. And, beneath then loses its balance and almost cap- “Fate hands out talents – not only their Anglo-Saxon reserve and out- sizes. This is not because of the obvious ones, like being able to ward rectitude, something is clearly Higginson’s writing, which is elegant, write a poem or work out sums in amiss with the Hamilton family. stark and often profoundly moving, your head, but also talents for loving Both parents are vague, reluctant to but because of flaws in the plot (for and being loved, or having a picture confront either their own unhappy example, Bailey telling a newly to move towards, or simply for self- marriage, or their children’s prob- bereaved mother about the death of esteem,” he muses. lems. only one of her sons, when two of “Those who are loved properly as Although Christian has been them have been killed at Spion Kop), children can contain a glow that lasts instrumental in sending Bailey to in the structure (the introduction of a a lifetime. The unloved are left to his sister’s bed, when he realises wicked housekeeper was an unneces- relight the same old candle, until all that the two are in fact lovers, he suf- sarily Gothic touch) and - above all - that remains is a guttering stump, fers a near-breakdown and decamps in the author’s female characters, besieged by darkness.” to Mafeking, where he sits out the who are neither convincing nor con- Filled with dread at the prospect of siege under Baden-Powell. sistent enough to sustain interest. asserting himself, or acting decisive- With the Boers approaching Yet one leaves the novel ready to ly, or entering into a confrontation Johannesburg, the Hamiltons and forgive all, for the power of with anyone, he slips into vassaldom. their visitor - who has gradually Higginson’s central message is over- And so begin the events that come to become a fixture in their home, and whelming. Whether in war or peace, dominate - and, ultimately, doom - accepted as their future son-in-law - he can never belong. Old and reviled, his life. pack up and move to their residence Arthur Bailey struggles to come to Backtrack to 1899. Having befriend- in Durban. There, Bailey accepts a terms with the fact that he is a social ed Christian Hamilton, a young doc- commission to accompany the outcast. Afraid of dying, even more tor, whose family was living in British troops inland and paint afraid of living and aghast at the Johannesburg, Bailey accompanies scenes of what he sees, since photog- realisation that the ability to do him on a visit home - and is instantly raphy is still an unreliable and inad- either lies in his own feeble hands, he smitten by the beauty and wilfulness equate medium. reflects: “The young think the old of Christian’s sister, Carwyn. Among other things, he witnesses have never felt as they do. They don’t Ethereally lovely, perversely the horrific battle of Spion Kop understand that we still do feel as changeable, insatiably egotistical (which constitutes some of the finest they do - and are daily surprised to and enigmatic, the girl sets her sights and most searing passages in the discover the waste of our bodies on the young visitor and - encour- book) and, for the first time, grasps when our hearts are still so full.” aged by her brother - Bailey loses no the appalling suffering and futility An exploration of landscapes - time in laying siege to her. Before of warfare. both without and within, geographi- long, the two have an intensely erotic Yet even the trauma of what he has cal and human - as well as a vivid relationship, conducted secretly at experienced cannot ground Bailey piece of Africana, this is a novel that night after the rest of the household sufficiently to assume command of haunts. 12The SA JEWISH REPORT National Antiques 15 - 22 July 2011 DDecorativeecorative AArtsrts FFaireaire & 15 - 17 July 2011 - Sandton Convention Centre

Compiled by Manuela Bernstein. Contact (011) 023-8160, Cell 082-951-3838 or e-mail: [email protected]@jjjpewishreport.co.za NAADA 2011 marking another decade of success As 2010 marked the 100th year since the naming of South Africa as a union, the National Antiques & Decorative Arts Faire showcased the very best in antiques and collectables.

FROM A RARE 18th century long case clock that depictedpicted one of our historical heroes, Wolraad Woltemade, to the one-of-a-kindne-of-a-kind collectable classic leather “egg” chair designed in Denmark in 1957 by Arne Jacobsen – all this showcased in the distinctistinct “livin“livingg with antiques” setting of the National Antiques Faire. The National Antiques & Decorative Arts Faire, at thethe SandtonSandton Convention Centre from July 15 – 17, 10:00 to 18:0000 daildailyy (R(R6060 entrance fee), has become the country’s most defi nitive show-show- case of antiques and collectables. This year it celebratesates iitsts 11t11thh successful year and once again aligns itself to the ggloballobal “an“an-- tiques are green” movement, encouraging investmentnt inin antiquesantiques as a way to recycle and re-use. While antiques will always form the foundation ttoo the Faire, their vision for the 2011 Faire, is to broaden their aappealppeal anandd showcase more popular collectables, as well as decorativecorative arts and to lead the way in nurturing the collectors of tomorrow.morrow. With the NAADA Antiques Faire happening on thehe weeweekendkend prior to former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday on JJulyuly 18 - he turns 93 - we pay tribute to this great leader withh a defi nitive exhibition and sale of Mandela memorabilia and collectables,ctables, ffromrom limited edition signed books to iconic photographss ooff MMadiba,adiba, from signed artworks to a one-of-a-kind prototype sculpture of Mandela as a young boxer. The year 2011 also marks the sinking of the Titanicnic 99 years ago.ago. American Ed Pascoe of Pascoe & CCompany,ompany, one of the most iimportantmportant antantiqueique ddealersealers inin thethe world,world, isis a regularregular visitorvisitor andand in recent yearsyears has show-

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A pair of Portuguese Ormolu Rosewood Biedermeier and Fruitwood Marquetry Commodes - Grand mid-18th century. Sonnerie. 15 - 22 July 2011 SA JEWISH REPORT 13 THE NATIONAL ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS FAIRE

From page 12 cased at our Faire, bothoth antiantiqueque and modern internatinternationalional Clyde on 4th Antiques – for the collectables, such ass tthosehose ooff tthehe prestprestigiousigious hhousesouses ooff Moorcroft, Royal Doultonlton and Lladro. He plans to re-introduceoduce the Crown Derby ranrangege ooff art best in antiques and collectables pottery at the Faire andand introducingintroducing an excexclusivelusive collec-colll ec- A beautiful restored house with bay windows greets tion including the commemorativemmemorative dinnerware ththatat & was used on board thehe Titanic before it tratragicallygically you when you visit Clyde on 4th Antiques in Melville. sank. Pascoe & Companyny will also be showcashowcas-s- WALK THROUGH the doors and you are younger people to collect. ing a wide range of collectablescollectables celebratingcelebrating greeted with a series of rooms, beautifully His antique shop is a treasure trove of ex- the royal wedding of WilliamWilliam andand KateKate Mid-Mid- decorated with antiques, each room with its quisite furniture, scintillating silver, highly col- dleton - from commemorativemorative plates, lovilovingng own unique style. lectable porcelain, sought-after art, as well cupscup and fi gurines. TThehe ceramic house ooff Besides choice pieces of furniture, Clyde as chandeliers, light fi ttings and general col- MMoorcroftoo will also haveave theirtheir royaroyall weddingwedding specialises in various collecting disciplines lectables. ccommemorateom vase oonn sasale.le. and has impressive collections of rare Royal On the question of whether now is the time SSince the discoveryy in an attic in London of a rarraree Doulton fi gurines, Moorcroft vases, Lladro to buy antiques, Clyde reports with confi - CChinesehin vase which fetchedetched £5£522 millimillionon aatt aucauctiontion and Hummel. He also has a number of im- dence that through every recession, antiques aandnd following the successfulccessful auction of CChinesehinese portant artworks by famous South African have become the investment of choice. aantiquesnti from a Southh African collection, there hahass artists. “There is no question that people are look- bbeenee unprecedented iinterestnterest iinn tthishis ununiqueique cocollect-llect- Clyde on 4th’s shop overfl ows with beauti- ing for alternative investments to the stock iningg genre. ful antiques – from very old furniture and silver, market where you only realise your return RRicus Dullaert of Kunsthandelunsthandel Dullaert in HollandHolland,, to more modern art deco and 1950s pieces. when you sell. a rregulare exhibitor at NAADANAADA,, hhasas bbeeneen sourcsourcinging He takes pride in trying to help collectors fi nd “With top-end antiques, you have tangible CChinesehin antiques fromm all over the world and will what they are looking for and has helped to assets that you can enjoy and that will, over havhave an extensive rangenge on sale. A rare pare of add to many fi ne collections worldwide. time, always give solid returns.” CChinesehin glazed tileworkork fi guguresres of BuddhistiBuddhisticc Well-known not only as an antiques People are also buying antiques for both lionlionss from the late 16th,6th, earlyearly 17th centurycentury dealer who runs his successful antiques decorative and practical reasons and are MMingin Dynasty. business from a beautifully restored house fi nding a myriad alternative uses for tradi- WWhether for personalnal iin-n- in Melville, Clyde Terry is also a mover and tional antiques. vesvestment,t religious devo-evo- shaker in the antiques business, running An old linen press can be used in a mod- tion or whether you aree a not only the highly successful monthly An- ern context as a TV or DVD storage unit or chchurchu or wedding ven-n- tiques Fair at Nelson Mandela Square, the a drinks cabinet and smaller furniture pieces ue looking for some- monthly antiques fair at Hyde Park Corner, can be used to store linen and bathroom ac- thinthingg special, religious ththee llegendaryegen Melrose House Antiques Fair cessories. mememorabiliam is going through a worldwiderldwide revrevival.ival. and the NNational Antiques Faire, but is also Address: 75, 4th Avenue, Melville, Johan- VValid Trade Antiques will be showcasingshowcasing rresponsibleesponsib for the phenomenal growth and nesburg, tel: (011) 482-3266, cell: 082-883- theirthei magnifi cent collection of religiousreligious an-an- popopularitypularity of the antiques industry – be it 4933, e-mail: clyde4th@mweb.co.za, web- tiquestiqu sourced in France, includingding statues, by mentmentoringo new dealers or encouraging site: www.clydeon4th.co.za stainedstain windows and a magnifi centent collection ofof thet stations of the cross. Otherther relireligiousgious memorabiliamem on show will includee IslaIslamicmic colcol-- lectableslect and Judaica. AAs an added attraction, the NNAADAAADA Faire successfullysuc showcases antiquess iinn a decorat-decorat- inging milieu by inviting one of Southth Africa’s top interiorinte designers, Stephen Falcke,ke, to desdesignign anan iinterior setting using antiques. UUsing the theme of “Living withth Antiques”, the aim is to show visitors how too mix old ppiec-iec- eses wwith more contemporary décor,r, thus adding a newnew dimension to appreciating antiques.ntiques. DDaily talks will take place in thee talk area at thethe Faire on interesting aspects ooff antantiquesiques andand collectables - including talkss by world-world- renownedreno English ceramics expertpert and author,auth Louise Irvine, who will talkk aaboutbout the art of collecting ceramic roy- alal weddingw memorabilia and otherothe collectable disciplines. TThe talks will take place on FridayFrida July 15 at 11:00 and 15:0015:0 and on Saturday July 16 atat 111:00 in the exhibition venue. Too book,boo contact Giuli on 083-377-6721,721, or e-maile-m her at [email protected] TThe highlight of the Faireaire is theirtheir prestigiouspres opening night on Thursdayrssday July 14, where around 500 of the who’ss wwhoho ofof tthe collecting world rub shoul-ull- dersders as they are afforded the fi rstt opportunityopp to buy those uniquee antiquesantiq and collectables. Tick- etsets are R200 per person and bookingsboo can be made through (011)(011 482-4259.

Top: Prototype statue of Nelson Mandela as a young boxer “Thunder in Africa”, by Des Khoury. Above: A rare and iconic pair of massive Chinese glazed tilework fi gures of Buddhis- tic lions on stands, late Ming Dynasty, late 16th century, early 17th century. 14 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 - 22 July 2011 THE NATIONAL ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS FAIRE Templars Antiques is to be reopened

Nicholas Meschede and his daughter Louise “THROUGH OUR international resources; we are able to provide unique, investment bank’s greatest period of growth. sought-after items of the highest calibre. We will be displaying some of these His collection, built upon that started by his are to reopen Templars Antiques. Together exclusive pieces at the National Antiques and Decorative Arts Faire in July,” father Phillip, was given to the Metropolitan Nicholas said. Museum of Art in New York in 1969, following with Nicholas’ experience in the art busi- A piece preview: An extremely fi ne and rare pair of Louis XV carved gilt- his death and is housed in the Robert Lehman wood console tables, mid-18th century. wing. ness and Louise’s fresh, contemporary ap- Size: Height 33 in; Width 47 in; depth 22 ¼ in (84 cm; 119.5 cm; 58 cm. The collection comprised nearly 3 000 proach, art enthusiasts are ensured of the Provenance: Collection of Mrs Robert Lehman. works of art, which was particularly strong in Note: Mr and Mrs Robert Lehman were passionate art collectors, each im- Italian Renaissance paintings and in the works best advice as well as unique products with bued with a deep aesthetic appreciation of the arts. Robert Lehman headed of early French 19th and 20th century painters; Lehman Brothers for 44 years and steered the company through the 1929 as well as French and Italian decorative arts. which to expand their art portfolios. crash and the Great Depression. Thereafter he was the architect behind the Nearly 300 works from the collection were exhibited in the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, in 1957. He was the fi rst American collector to receive this honour. Mrs Lehman’s apartment in New York was decorated by Denning and Fourcade and was furnished with top quality French furniture and objets d’art, from which these two console ta- bles were obtained by private agreement with the estate administrator.

Contact details: 95 6th Road, Hyde Park, Johannesburg, tel: (011) 442-0909, cell: Louise 073-354-1864 or Nick 084-469-4413, e-mail: Louise.mesch- [email protected] or meschedenicholas@gmail. com The art and joy of collecting Collecting anything, antique or modern, is limited by two factors: the money available and the space to be fi lled.

HAVING DETERMINED these basic essentials, it is then a personal mat- ter. The taste of the collector may lead to watches or clocks, china tea- pots, or innumerable other things. The lucky acquisition of an ad- mired piece may lead to a determi- nation to get more of the same, or at least to find out what the admiration is all about. There are useful websites which can be used as a guide for the be- ginner, to help him through the bewil- dering maze of antique objects with which he or she is likely to come in contact. Also, there is plentiful information to aid the more advanced collector. These websites set out to help in identifying the age of a piece; to give clues that may reveal the actual maker, or at least his nationality; to indicate comparative rarity; and to suggest what is worth having and what to leave for others. Obviously in a single website it is impossible to do more than outline some of the many antiques that may be met with ordinarily, and doubtless there are gaps. There are many well-written books which may be very helpful. It is well known that most books on art sub- jects are expensive, but look around and you will find some good ones not costing an arm and a leg. 15 - 22 July 2011 SA JEWISH REPORT 15

LETTERS The Editor, Suite 175, Postnet X10039, Randburg, 2125 email: [email protected]

Guidelines for letters: Letters up to 400 words will get preference. Please provide your full first name Disclaimer: The letters page is intended to provide opportunity for a range of views on any and surname, place of residence, and a daytime contact telephone or cell number. We do not publish let- given topic to be expressed. Opinions articulated in the letters are those of the writers and do not ters under noms de plume. Letters should preferably be e-mailed. Letters may be edited or shortened. necessarily reflect the views of the editor, staff or directors of the Jewish Report ISRAEL DOES NOT NEED MORE RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISTS SHABBAT COKE A REMINDER OF WHAT ISRAEL IS A READER in your July 8 edition young South Africans perceive tions. That’s really what we need JEWS ALL over the world buy covered by a Challa cover, a pair of expressed his horror and outrage Israel, quite correctly, as an increas- here - more religious fundamental- flowers for Shabbat. They go into candlesticks, a Kiddush cup, and at the fact that a majority of ingly racist, intolerant and reli- ists whose contribution to the coun- a florist shop and buy flowers the legend: “Coca Cola is happy to Herzlia High School learners giously fundamentalist society? try’s physical security and econom- which they use in honour of be a part of your Shabbat each “were not interested in Zionism The reader’s proposed solution is ic wellbeing is marginal at best. Shabbat. But in Israel we buy week. Shabbat Shalom.” and had no desire to go and live in for kids to be sent to religious day Shabbat flowers. Shops sell Is Shabbat Coke reason enough Israel”. schools - I assume of the type run by Mannie Olswang Shabbat flowers. Sidewalk road- to make aliyah? Not by itself. But Could the reason be that these the Chabad and similar organisa- Beth Yehoshua, Israel side stands spring up every Friday it serves as a reminder of what and Erev Chag to sell flowers just this country is. It is a Jewish state MOVING ARTHUR GOLDREICH TRIBUTE ON SAUJS BLOG for Shabbat. with Shabbat as the national day I SAW David Saks’ tribute to the Goldreich by his old friend and fel- through the eyes of one of Many of the sellers will hand of rest. It is a Jewish state which late Arthur Goldreich in last week’s low comrade, Prof Denis Goldberg, his comrades. you your flowers and say: open its arms to Jews from all Jewish Report. www.saujs.co.za. “Lichvod Shabbat Kodesh”. There over the world to return where SAUJS recently published on The tribute gives a greater Ilan Solomons is a qualitative difference between Jews were meant to live. its blog a tribute to Arthur insight into the life of Goldreich Highlands-North, Jhb flowers for Shabbat and Shabbat So, when a bottle of soda wishes flowers. you Shabbat Shalom... you know MAYFAIR REUNION ARTICLE DENIGRATED MEMORY OF RABBI DOVE And now there is Shabbat Coca that you are home.! Cola. Coca Cola Israel has recent- I REFER to Rita Lewis’ coverage of escaped the author’s attention. I find the article offensive. ly put onto the market Shabbat Bennie Katzman the recent Mayfair Hebrew Con- Also, if the seemingly myopic gen- Coke. The labels on the bottles Telmond gregation reunion (SAJR July 8, tleman’s recollection of my father Dr Ephraim Dove have a picture of Lechem Mishna Israel 2011). is only of the purported wrong Johannesburg More than a quarter of the Haftorah and butter, he has missed article is devoted to the denigra- something. I was saddened by your interpreta- NEW UJ-BGU AGREEMENT ‘IS A TRAGEDY’ NOT TO tion of my father, the late Snide gibes about Dove’s butter, tion of an article which in a light- Reverend Nochum Shimon Dove, a household name, as with hearted way tried to convey the spir- BE CELEBRATED to the exclusion of the other Hobkirk-Dove, a funeral concern, it of a joyous gathering, with many THE ANNOUNCEMENT that a more radical members of the colourful and charismatic charac- soon became stale, and unworthy a stroll down Memory Lane. There University of Johannesburg sci- Boycott and Sanctions cam- ters of that era. This beggars of comment. Many more genera- was no intention at all to denigrate entist has signed an individual paign. At least, I was bought by belief ! tions of pupils, however, gleaned Rabbi Dove - or anyone else - and if agreement with a researcher at his previous article in the Clearly the warm regard for him far more worthy attributes from our letter writer interpreted it this Ben-Gurion University, is a Jewish Report. expressed to me by those present, my father’s teachings. way, we apologise. - Editor tragedy and should not be a cele- Yet, here he is now announc- bration. ing the implementation of an BGU SHOULD’VE TOLD UJ ‘TO GO TO HELL’ Some media reports (and the agreement that refuses an insti- I’VE ALWAYS had a lot of respect used and subsequently we had the and in the process allowed an aca- Board of Deputies!) want us to tutional relationship with a for Bertie Lubner particularly his world’s first university officially demic boycott. believe that this new agreement legitimate institution, Ben- work with Afrika Tikkun. However sever its Israeli ties. Now we learn She warned us that we should is an overturning of UJ’s aca- Gurion University, in favour of a the UJ-BGU issue has changed this. that BGU has accepted to let one of not be hoodwinked by the spinning demic boycott of Israel. The new relationship simply between Lubner, BGU’s contact person in its professors sign a humiliating of Habib. Now it seems like Stern (individual) agreement only con- individuals. South Africa, seems to kow-tow to “individual” contract with another and the Friends of BGU have them- cretises the boycott! Why should Israeli researchers Israel-bashers like Adam Habib, researcher from the University of selves been hoodwinked by facili- UJ’s Prof Adam Habib said at Ben-Gurion University not Steven Friedman and co. Johannesburg. tating this individual agreement. himself that the agreement benefit from an official institu- Some months before UJ’s boycott Brenda Stern from the Friends of BGU deserves better than UJ. signed last week Friday was not tional agreement like re- decision, I wrote to this paper sug- BGU wrote in this paper that we an institutional relationship searchers from other countries? gesting that BGU should be telling must not be hoodwinked by Adam Jonathan Glick with Ben-Gurion University, but Why should researchers at UJ to go to hell. By refusing to sub- Habib, vice chancellor of UJ. She Houghton Estate a mere agreement between indi- Ben-Gurion University settle for mit to UJ’s humiliating condi- argued, very rightly, that we must Johannesburg viduals, and was therefore con- a second class individual agree- tions/ultimatum, BGU could have see the truth for what it is: UJ did sistent with the UJ boycott. ment rather than an official left the issue with some dignity. indeed sever its ties with Ben- This letter has been slightly toned The celebration of the new institutional partnership? Instead BGU allowed itself to be Gurion University of the Negev down. - Editor agreement is deeply disappoint- ing. Jane Schwartz We have come to rely on the Parkview NEW BGU-UJ RESEARCH AGREEMENT NOT A CONTINUATION OF OLD ONE support of Habib against the Johannesburg I AM a member of UJ’s Senate and ual researchers to choose their academics. UJ’s Senate Academic Freedom research partners. UJ has effec- The only way for the old institu- Committee, the Senate body re- tively enabled Professor Bhekie tional relationship to be reinstated, sponsible for assessing all interna- Mamba to continue his research would be for BGU to fully comply tional agreements. within the ambit of its academic with all conditions that UJ had A recent June 22 meeting of the boycott of Israel. previously imposed on it. This UJ Senate unanimously decided to UJ’s Deputy Vice Chancellor compliance will be evaluated by adopt the minutes of its previous (Prof Adam Habib) has consistent- the Senate Academic Freedom meeting. These minutes, inter alia, ly confirmed (that) Mamba’s Committee. notes the following two points: agreement is not an institutional In the course of this very public - “Senate voted by 60 per cent to one, but is an agreement where debate at UJ, which resulted in the 37 per cent to uphold its earlier res- two researchers have decided to termination of its relationship olution (circular 2010/59) on the continue their research. with BGU, the university specifi- matter (of UJ’s MoU with Ben- UJ, as part of its commitment to cally and academic freedom in gen- Gurion University).” academic freedom, has opted not to eral, have faced enormous pres- - “That Senate reaffirms the oppose Mamba’s project. sure and threats from exceptional- rights of UJ academics to pursue Senate resolved to terminate its ly wealthy individuals in the hospi- research projects without formal institutional agreement with BGU tality and banking industries. institutional agreements.” because of its failure to comply The affirmation of the rights of The recent agreement between with conditions set by UJ - includ- individual academics to pursue four academics is being dishonest- ing BGU’s refusal to end its links their research, must be accompa- ly marketed by BGU as a continua- with the Israeli military. nied by a fierce denunciation of tion of the old institutional UJ- This decision, based on the the very private assault by capital BGU Memorandum of Under- “principle of solidarity with the on academic freedom and demo- standing. oppressed”, was the result of a 12- cratic processes at the academy. However, this new arrangement month democratic and transparent is a simple agreement falling with- consultative process supported by Prof Farid Esack in the ambit of the right of individ- over 400 prominent South African University of Johannesburg FOR THE RECORD GUY ELAN SHOULD BE GUY ELAD IN AN article on the Torah cover on page 16 in last week’s paper, the spelt as Guy Elan. We received the competition in our Youth Section name of Guy Elad is incorrectly wrong spelling in good faith. AROUND THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF

MOSCOW SYNAGOGUE FIREBOMBED MOSCOW - A synagogue in northeast Moscow on Tuesday have been in revenge for the con- Moscow was attacked with fire- morning, Interfax reported. viction on Monday of five neo- bombs. None of the bombs exploded and Nazis, on the charges of murder- Four men wearing masks no one was injured. ing 27 people, who were mainly threw Molotov cocktails at the Unnamed officials told news dark-skinned migrant workers. Darchei Shalom synagogue in services that the attack could (JTA) 16 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 - 22 July 2011 COMMUNITY COLUMNS

ABOVE Some sanity at last in UJ-BGU matter lapse. Angeles and the University of Ghent, will undermined its standing as a credible insti- BOARD Regardless of the obvious benefits that also be brought into the process. tution of higher learning. Elsewhere in the Zev Krengel, would accrue to South Africa through the The new agreement, it must be stressed, world, academic boycott campaigns against National Chairman project, given how BGU is internationally will operate at an inter-departmental level Israel have failed to date because they are recognised as being in the forefront of this rather than, as was previously the case, at broadly recognised as being discriminatory A column of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies kind of research, the boycott lobby openly an institutional one. and antithetical to academic freedom. campaigned for the partnership to be dis- Under the circumstances, BGU would The reaction to UJ’s flying in the face of EARLIER THIS year, an important collabo- continued altogether. have been quite justified in declining to con- this consensus has been underwhelming, to rative project in the field of water purifica- In the end, fortunately, some degree of tinue with the project until the UJ Senate say the least. tion and bio-fuel conversion being conduct- sanity prevailed and it is evident that this is reversed its decision and restored the rela- For its own part, BGU has chosen to con- ed between the University of Johannesburg not going to happen. In terms of a new tionship to its original footing. tinue with the project, notwithstanding the (UJ) and Ben-Gurion University of the agreement entered into last week, the origi- We hope that the UJ Senate will, indeed, politically-motivated slights to which it has Negev (BGU) was seriously jeopardised nal water-research contract, which had been come to recognise the grave error it made in been subjected (and even though, from a when the UJ Senate, in response to pressure terminated as a result of the UJ Senate deci- endorsing a boycott and take the necessary strictly academic point of view, it has little from proponents of an anti-Israel boycott, sion, has now been reinstated. steps to remedy the situation. to actually gain from it). voted to allow the memorandum of under- It was further announced that scientists Far from its stance earning kudos for UJ In doing so, it has opted to put considera- standing between the two institutions, to from the University of California at Los in reputable academic circles, it has in fact tions of academic freedom above those of politics. I commend the leadership of the SA Associates of Ben-Gurion University, together with those within the UJ environ- ment, whose hard work has helped to resolve the impasse and get the research project back onto a working footing once more.

This column is paid for by the SAJBD AROUND THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF GERMAN COURT UPHOLDS HOLOCAUST-DENYING BISHOP'S CONVICTION

REGENSBURG - A German court has upheld the Holocaust denial conviction of a Catholic bishop from a breakaway sect, but has lowered his fine. The Regensburg Appeals Court on Monday lowered the fine for Richard Williamson of the Society of Saint Pius X by several thousand dollars to about $9 000, citing the bishop's financial cir- cumstances, according to reports. German prosecutors had wanted the fine to be increased. Williamson was found guilty last year of Holocaust denial in a German district court. Williamson, who is British and lives in London, was fined in connection with an interview in Regensburg in late 2008 with the Swedish SVT broadcaster in which he called the murder of Jews in gas chambers during the Holocaust "lies, lies, lies". He also allegedly denied that any Jews were murdered in gas cham- bers during the Holocaust and insisted that not more than 300 000 European Jews were killed in total. Holocaust denial is illegal in Germany. Williamson was one of four bishops rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI in January 2009 in hopes of healing a rift between conservative and progressive Catholics. The pope said later that he would not have rehabilitated Williamson if he had been aware of his far-right views. Monday's decision can be further appealed. (JTA) ITALIAN COURT SENTENCES NINE ELDERLY GERMAN NAZIS TO LIFE

VERONA - An Italian court has handed down life sentences to nine elderly Germans for having killed more than 160 civilians in northern and central Italy during the Second World War. The nine former Nazi soldiers - all in their 80s and 90s - were sentenced on July 5 in absentia by a court in Verona following a seven-month trial. They had been charged with killing 140 civilians in the Modena region in 1944 and also for the massacres of dozens of others car- ried out in the Tuscany and Emilia Romagna regions. The nine men had been German offi- cers and soldiers attached to a parachute division charged with quashing Italian resistance to German occupation. "At last there is justice for the victims and their relatives, and a bloody page of history can be closed," one of the plain- tiffs told the Corriere della Sera newspa- per. (JTA) 15 - 22 July 2011 SA JEWISH REPORT 17

YOUTH TALK Alison Goldberg [email protected]

Youth on the march for equal education. Marching for the right to equal education STORY AND PHOTOGRAPH BY Mary Fitzgerald Square to Constitution Hill MITCHELL PARKER in Johannesburg in an incredible spirit of JJC PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER togetherness. Our singing and cheering Members of the Sydenham Tour of Israel visiting Masada. rang out through the city as we marched. SOUTH AFRICA has a great history of When we got to Constitution Hill (where struggle for the right to an education that the Constitutional Court is situated) we is free and fair. Yet, this right has yet to be were treated to poetry, song and dance, as Sydenham Tour members fully realised. Thus, we, the Johannesburg well as an unbelievable performance from Junior Council, and more specifically the learners from Orange Farm informal set- Youth Awareness committee, decided to tlement. march on the streets of Johannesburg to Speeches from Junior Mayor Saul Musi- return to SA rejuvenated help bring light to this cause. ker; former Chief Justice Arthur Chas- What better day to march on than the kalson; Independent Electoral Commission RITA LEWIS 16th century. From these emanated day that is so clearly highlighted in our Chairman Brigalia Bam; and Equal PHOTOGRAPH: WWW.SYDSHUL.CO.ZA many luminaries such as the Arizal and memory as one where the youth fought for Education’s Yoliswa Dwane. Rabbi Josef Karo, author of the exactly the same thing! This was an awesome event to start our ONE OF the highlights of the recent six- Shulchan Aruch. We marched to have the right to having an Council year off with. We have helped cre- day tour of Israel by Rabbi Yossy Although there are several sofers in equal education enforced and we came in ate awareness in our community of the Goldman and his wife Rochel and mem- South Africa, while many others are large numbers. The hundreds of learners, youth’s plight to obtain an equal education bers of his Sydenham Highlands North knowledgeable in the field, a visit to the teachers, parents, friends and just people and thus, this event was most definitely a congregation, was undoubtedly the new Otzar Stam - dedicated to teaching who believed in the cause, walked from huge success. Friday night service at the Kotel in the mechanics of writing Torahs, tefillin Jerusalem. and mezuzahs etc, using the latest hi- “Hundreds of IDF soldiers were there tech methods, was a first for many. singing and dancing and hoisting the Displays, 3D demonstrations etc, were Science in science fiction? Israeli flag, making much of the occa- shown and everyone had the opportuni- sion as according to one soldier, ‘not ty to write with a quill on parchment every Shabbat are we (lucky enough under the guidance of a qualified scribe. to be) in Jerusalem!” said Rabbi Other different and exciting experi- Find out at Sci-Bono Goldman. ences were to visit Hebron; the Western ARE SCI-FI futures far-fetched fan- “Join us for an entertaining event The Sydenham group found a corner Wall tunnels; the old Jaffa port; to look tasy or feasible fact? Find out with on Thursday July 28, 18:30 for 19:00, near the mechitzah for their minyan so into Lebanon and see the make-believe Cedric Abrahams (pictured), a self- that will include footage of science the women could be nearby and partici- houses with no windows from which confessed sci-fi fanatic, at Sci-Bono’s fiction movies.” pate. However, a group of English- Hezbollah fires at Israelis; to visit Speak2aScientist. Those interested in attending speaking youngsters from Birthright Tiberias and take a cruise around Lake Abrahams, an IT specialist by should RSVP to speaktoascientist- parked next to them and drowned them Kinneret, etc. profession and a sci-fi fanatic by @sci-bono.co.za or contact Refilwe out with their noise. From there to Masada where they saw hobby, has been a member of Pico at (011) 639-8448. Rabbi Goldman decided: “If you can’t a scribe writing a Sefer Torah on the top Science Fiction and Fantasy South Sci-Bono is located on Miriam beat ‘em, join ‘em, so we joined their of the mountain. Africa (SFFSA) for over 20 years. Makeba Street, between Jeppe and minyan. But after a while we decided to Rabbi Mendel Lipskar’s shul was In a media release Sci Bono says President Streets in Newtown, do our own thing, South African style, recently given a Torah which was writ- Abrahams is the editor of the Johannesburg. Secure parking is so we raised our voices and managed to ten there. SFFSA FanZine “PROBE”. In addition to available directly in front of the building. shout them all down! The group then walked amid the ruins being an avid science fiction enthusiast, Speak2aScientist is a public science “We sang and danced around the of the Jewish King Herod’s palace where Abrahams built an electric car in his spare engagement programme of the Sci-Bono bimah and other Jews joined us. I was Jewish zealots had held back the time “just for fun!” Discovery Centre. It is suitable for anyone very proud of our guys. There was such Romans for some three years before In this 45 minute presentation, Abrahams aged 15 years and up. Speak2aScientist pro- an atmosphere at the Kotel - something I eventually capitulating. will explore the science in science fiction vides an informal space to access current had never ever seen before. This was the Rabbi Goldman said: “When you think and fantasy – which is plausible based on and topical science. It takes place in the Sci- highlight of our whole tour. about the kings and prophets who scientific principles and what will always Bono Auditorium on the last Thursday of “Shabbat morning most of us went to walked this same land 3 000 years ago, it remain fantasy. the month. the Great Synagogue. Chazzan Chaim gives you a sense of where we (Jews) Adler was away but the edifice was mag- come from. nificent and very inspiring - especially “Our claim to Israel is not based on the the magnificent stained-glass windows UN or the Balfour Declaration, nor is it a TA boys impress with their and the amazing mezuzah exhibition in gift from Europe after the Holocaust. the foyer.” This is our homeland and has been for During their Shabbat afternoon walk millennia.” knowledge of Gemorra through the Old City, many felt like they At Yad Vashem, the memorial to all were “twisting and turning through a those lost souls, Cecelia Boruchovitz had RABBI MOTTI HADAR they had learnt and by their ability to historical maze”, as they wandered planted a tree 17 years previously for a PRINCIPAL, TORAH ACADEMY BOYS’ HIGH extrapolate principles from the Gemorra to through the alleyways of the Jewish righteous gentile - her music professor PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED be applied to other areas. Quarter and felt the kaleidoscope that is who had saved her life during the war. This was a culmination of thorough test- world Jewry. This time she had brought three genera- AFTER, learning more than 20 pages of ing by the boys’ own teachers, Rabbi The full spectrum of the Jewish popu- tions of her family to see the tree and Gemorra Succa since the beginning of the Reuven Finkelstein (head of the mesivta lation was there: from Chassidim with how it had grown. year, the mesivta group at Torah Academy programme) and Rabbi Azriel Uzvolk. long peyos to overseas visitors in Shabbos Prior to leaving the country, the was tested by a special guest, Rabbi Levy Pictured are the boys with Rabbi clothes to T-shirted secular Israelis walk- Sydenham group wanted to do some- Wineberg. Finkelstein; Rabbi Wineberg; and Rabbi ing their dogs in the Holy City. thing for the people of Israel, not just to Rabbi Wineberg was impressed by the Motti Hadar, principal of Torah Academy While there, they visited the previous- play tourist. boys’ knowledge of the difficult Gemorra Boys’ High School. ly damaged but recently renovated Rabbi Yossi Swedlow of Chabad’s Hurva Synagogue overlooking the Victims of Terror organisation, was con- crowded Kotel Plaza and found it to be tacted and food and treats were arranged totally awe-inspiring. This is a must-see for the children of Sderot - constantly for everyone, he says. under threat from Qassam rockets - who When the group initially arrived in were finishing school the following day. Israel, they stayed “up north” at the The group stopped by an etrog orchard renowned “hotel” Kibbutz Lavi in the which annually supplies the UOS in Galilee, so it was logical for them to first South Africa with its etrogim. Rabbi visit the surrounding sites. Goldman said he had had quite a sur- The first of these, Tsfat, hosts a diver- prise “when our friendly etrog farmer sity of artists’ colonies as well as many turned out to be a Canadian who studied synagogues dating as far back as the with me in Yeshiva in Montreal!” 18 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 - 22 July 2011

WHAT’S ON Barry Bilewitz [email protected]

ORGANISATIONS, VENUES, CONTACT DETAILS, on Wednesdays at 10:00. R350 for the course or R50 per Contact Lucille (011) 791-5226 or 082-927-5786. [email protected] • United Sisterhood, 38 Oxford Rd Parktown. Contact COST shiur. • ORT and ORT JET South Africa - 44 Central Street, Cnr • South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Johannesburg) - Marian (011) 646-2409. www.unitedsisterhood.co.za. • FFHS - Friendship Forum for Holocaust Survivors, 10th Ave, Houghton, contact (011) 728-7154. Beyachad, 2 Elray St, Raedene. Contact (011) 645-2500 or • Tiyulim (Jewish Outdoor Club). Contact Martin 082-965- • Beit Emanuel Progressive Synagogue, 38 Oxford Road, Second Generation and Members of the Community • Preview Theatre - 9 Valerie Crescent, Bagleyston, (011) (011) 645-2523. 7419 or Greg 082-959-9026. Parktown. Affected by the Holocaust. Presentations held at the 640-1061. • SA Zionist Federation (SAZF), Johannesburg - Beyachad, • Union of Jewish Women (UJW), Jhb, 1 Oak Street • JJRC - Johannesburg Jewish Resource Centre (Formerly Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres, 85 George Ave, • Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre (RCHCC) and Great 2 Elray St, Raedene. Contact Froma, (011) 645-2505. Houghton. Contact (011) 648-1053, fax 086 273-3044. Beyachad Resource Centre/Library), 2 Elray St, Sandringham. Park Shul, Oaklands, Jhb. Contact Hazel, (011) 728-8088 • Israel Centre. Contact Debbie (011) 645-2560. Cost R15 for the Friendship Luncheon Club and a R20 Raedene. Norma Shulman, phone: (011) 645-2567, e- • HOD - Hebrew Order of David International, HOD Centre or Rene Sidley (011) 728-8378. Cost usually R50, includ- • Jewish National Fund (JNF), Beyachad, 2 Elray St, donation for lectures unless otherwise stated. mail: [email protected] Oaklands Road, Orchards. Office, (011) 640 3017 or ing refreshments. Raedene. Contact Crystal Kaplan, 083-376-5999. • Union of Jewish Women (UJW), CT, (021) 434-9555 or • Bikkur Cholim - Jewish Society for Visiting the Sick, 7A [email protected] • SAIJE - Sandton Adult Institute of Jewish Education, • Jewish Outlook. Contact Ryan Cane. Support line: 27 76 e-mail [email protected]. Chester Road, Greenside East, Jhb. Joy Gafin (011) 447- • JAFFA - Jewish Accommodation for Fellow Aged, tel (012) Sandton Shul, e-mail: [email protected], tel (011) 215 8600, website www.jewishoutlook.org.za or e-mail • UJW CT AED Programme at Stonehaven, Albany Road, 6689. 346-2007/8, 42 Mackie St, Bailey’s Muckleneuck. 883-4210. [email protected]. Sea Point, 10:00 for 10:30. Entrance: R20 (incl refresh- • CAJE - College of Adult Jewish Education, Sydenham • Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), tel • Second Innings, Jhb - Jewish Community Services - • Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society (JWBS) - ments). Highlands North Shul, (011) 640-5021. (011) 640-3100, e-mail: [email protected] Donald Gordon Centre, 85 George Ave Sandringham. At Sandringham Gardens, 85 George Ave Sandringham. • United Zionist Luncheon Club (UZLC), Jhb - Our Parents • CARE (Chabad Addiction Rehabilitation Centre) Cell: 079- • KDSF - King David Schools’ Foundation. King David the Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres, every Sunday Contact Carolyn Sabbagh, (011) 485-5232. Home. Contact Gloria, (011) 485-4851 or 072-127-9421. 882-6776.Fax: 086 551 4485 or e-mail: Alumni [email protected], (011) 480-4723. morning for tea at 10:00, followed by the meeting at • Simcha Friendship and Cultural Circle (SFCC), • UOS - Union of Orthodox Synagogues, (011) 485-4865, e- [email protected], hotline: 0861 111 770. • Nechama Bereavement Counselling Centre - Room A304, 10:30. Contact Grecia Gabriel (011) 532-9718. Cost: R20 Johannesburg - Sandton Shul. Contact Sylvia Shull, mail: [email protected], fax 086-610-3442. • CSO - Emergency phone number 086 18 000 18. 3rd Floor, Hospital Wing, Sandringham Gardens, 85 members, R40 non-members. (011) 783-5600. Meetings on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd • WIZO Jhb - Beyachad, 2 Elray St Raedene, Contact Joyce • ELBM - Emunah Ladies Beit Midrash, 60 Mejon St George Ave, Sandringham. Contact (011) 640-1322. • SA Friends of Beit Halochem: Beyachad, 2 Elray St, Wednesday each month at Sandton Shul at 10:00 Chodos (011) 645-2548 or Sandy Kramer (011) 645- Glenhazel, (011) 887-2910. “Lessons of our Lives” course • New Friendship Ladies’ Group - a group for single women. Raedene. Contact Leanne (011) 645 2553 or e-mail: unless stated otherwise. 2515 or e-mail: [email protected].

NOTE: Deadline for all entries is 12:00 on the Friday Medrash, every Monday to Thursday at 13:10. the US, for one appearance, at 19:30. Venue: Clive • Second Innings presents Bruce Fordyce on “Going for prior to publication. Contact Rabbi Shaun Wingrin on 010-590-0222 or M Beck Auditorium. The Vedem Exhibition will be Gold”. Julian at [email protected] for details. on display in the foyer. Vedem was the secret Monday (August 1) Today Friday (July 15) Cell: 082-449-6273. weekly newspaper created by boys aged 15-17 • UZLC presents Karen Lazar on her book - Wednesday (July 20) imprisoned in Terezín. Donation: R70 (including • SFCC presents Sharon Lurie on “What Made Me Do “Hemispheres: Inside a Stroke”. refreshments). It” at 10:00 at Sandton Shul. • UJW Cape Town Adult Education Division hosts Fay Wednesday (July 27) • UJW adult education programme hosts former pro- Saturday evening (July 16) Singer on “The Yiddish Song Festival”. Venue: fessor of Semitics at Unisa, Prof John Lubbe, on The Stonehaven. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Entrance fee of • UJW Cape Town adult education division hosts Prof • Yeshiva College is hosting an evening performance Dead Sea Scrolls part 3, at 09:30. Donation R20. with “The Maccabeats” at 20:30 at the school. R20 includes refreshments. Elizabeth Triegaardt, on the “Cape Town Ballet”. Venue: Proceeds go to charity (Hatzolah included). To book, Thursday (July 21) Stonehaven. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Entrance R20 Tuesday (August 2) (includes refreshments). contact Cheryl on 076-692-2507. • UJW adult education programme hosts Estelle Sher • UJW Cape Town Constantia Group will hold a cook- • Second Innings outing to Petits Four Deli and Décor. on Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, 09:30 – 12:00 at 301 Sunday (July 17) ing demonstration, “Cook Now, Dine Later” at the Pick Meet the bus at Oxford Shul parking at 09:15. Cost: Eton Place Kernick Ave, Melrose North. Donation R30. n Pay Centre at 10:00. Entrance: R60. Contact: • RCHCC screens by popular demand, as a tribute to R120 includes tea and bus. Book with Roz Berman on Hermoine Sternberg, tel: (021) 434-9555, fax: (021) Friday (August 5) Nelson Mandela on his 93rd birthday, the docudrama (011) 880-6864. Mandela and De Klerk at 19:30 at the Clive M Beck 434-9302. Friday (July 29) • UZLC hosts Les Markowitz on “Don’t Talk Back Tour”. Auditorium. Donation R60 (includes refreshments). Friday (July 22) Time: 12:45 – 12:00 at Our Parents Home. • Mandela Day Drive: Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein • UZLC hosts Isaac Reznik on “Radio Then, Radio Now”, • UZLC hosts David Shapiro at Our Parents Home, Sunday (August 7) and Afrika Tikkun invite the community to do their bit 12:45 – 14:00 at Our Parents Home. 12:45 – 14:00. Topic to be announced. • Emunah Ladies host Rebbetzen Mashie Lipskar on for Mandela Day. Time: 67 minutes from 11:00 – Sunday (July 31) 12:07. Venues: Great Park Synagogue in Sunday (July 24) “Encounters with the Rebbe”, followed by a Rosh Johannesburg and Gardens Synagogue in Cape • Women of the World Annual National Women’s Day Hashanah cookery demonstration with Carol Cesman Town. Please bring books, non-perishables, blankets • The Chev will be entering a team into the Discovery brunch, 09:00 to 13:00 at the Sandton Sun Hotel. and Table Décor, at the home of Judy Moritz. Time: etc. Donations to be distributed by Afrika Tikkun. 702 Walk the Talk 5km event. R180 for adults, R90 for R500pp. Only 100 seats left. Exotic food demo by 09:00 for 09:30. Tickets R50, with tea. Contact Ethne children under 18. Contact Michelle Falk on (011) Sharon Lurie and Caren Melamed. Table décor demo, (011) 483-1005. There will also be an Emunah 2011 • “Magical Mitzvahs” with Shooby Doob Shloimy, star- 532-9789. flowers, etc. Call 083-380-5268 or book online raffle at R100 per ticket with fabulous prizes. Contact: ring Mark Samowitz, Avin Levy and Helen at www.womenoftheworld.org.za. Bookings close (011) 887-2910 to purchase tickets. Heldenmuth, 11:00 and 16:00, at Eden College • Second Innings presents Ilan Ossendryver on “The July 5. Auditorium, Johannesburg Road, Lyndhurst. Tickets Ethiopian Jews, Living in the Promised Land”. • Second Innings presents Arthur John Rosen on “Ways to Defeat Ageing without Drugs”. R60 at Jewish bookshops, or call 083-272-8541 to Monday (July 25) • Beyond the Dress presents “The Doctors: All you Need book. to Know About Conceiving and Being Happily • UJW adult education programme hosts clinical psy- Monday (July 18) • RCHCC in association with the Johannesburg Pregnant” at 09:30 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Cost chologist Susan Scott on “Lilith, the Dark Feminine”, Holocaust & Genocide Centre, hosts “An evening R200. Information and bookings on 083-344-6729 or a discussion of Adam’s first wife and her banishment • Lunchtime Minchah in Melrose Arch, on Sally’s Beit with Holocaust survivor Ela Weissberger” from [email protected]. from the Garden of Eden. Time: 09:30. Donation R20. Sudoku Puzzle 36 CROSSWORD NO 218 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.40) BY LEAH SIMON

ACROSS: 16. Decline about the combustible cord (6) 1. Sole is bad – and won’t win (4) 18. Deers upset by river rushes (5) 12 453. Good man finds the wild animals, but we 19. Cars disturbed by mark of former wound don’t know him (8) (4) 8. Therefore behold – all alone! (4) 45 8 9. It ranged around incline (8) SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO 217 11. What a Parisian would use to say it (6, 6) INSERT 13. ——— Pacific, airline (6) 14. Southern Scandinavian mythical creature ACROSS: 1. Mars; 3. Tampered; 8. Kite; 9. 83 17 to take a walk (6) Abattoir; 11. Grease monkey; 13. Ordeal; 14. 17. Pray, is the row fixed? That’s commend- Allude; 17. Pull the chain; 20. Appetite; 21. able! (12) Piaf; 22. Kerosene; 23. Emir. 5 20. No blood from the incision – and very well groomed (5, 3) DOWN: 1. Make good; 2. Retread; 4. Albums; 21. Major calamity hides the whale (4) 5. Put in place; 6. Rhone; 7. Dora; 10. 22. Was a consequence of true sled, somehow Israelites; 12. Jennifer; 15. Uranium; 16. 734962(8) Whiten; 18. Upper; 19. Task. 23. Vacuum? Doesn’t sound like it! (4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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The King David Anton in title battle Linksfield group of youngsters playing JACK MILNER in a soccer tourna- ment in Benidorm, CURRENT SOUTH African champion jock- Spain: Coach Nic ey Anton Marcus (pictured) is involved in a Haswell: Back: Jake massive tussle with Anthony Delpech to retain his title as champion. Rosen; Jared At the end of a most competitive weekend, Pearlman; Lance Delpech, on 199 wins, leads Anton by one. Dodo; Josh Burgin; Anton was two winners behind Delpech and Noah Kallner. going into last Friday’s Arlington meeting, Front: Jayden but a four-timer for trainer Gavin Smith Toker; Judd resulted in Delpech increasing his lead to six. Silverman; Evan Anton always looked to have the better card of rides at Turffontein on Saturday and Shankman; Jacob with three winners, he immediately reduced Sandler; and Greg the deficit to just three. Merkel. On the surface Delpech looked to have the edge at Sunday’s Scottsville meeting, but his mounts failed to find anything; after five Vodacom Durban July earlier this month. King David team kicks off in Spain races he had yet to pay a visit to the No 1 box. She also became the first filly in South A GROUP of King David Primary school and Mexico in the opening rounds, before Anton, in the meantime, had snuck in two African racing history to capture the Triple Linksfield learners, representing Highlands hopefully progressing to the knockout early winners and lay just one off Delpech, Tiara which comprises three races in two Park Football Club, along with coach Nic stages. There are four teams in their round but the Vodacom Durban July winning jock- months over different distances - the SA Haswell, left for Spain last week to partici- robin phase. ey struck back in Race 7 when he brought Fillies Guineas over 1600m, the SA Fillies pate in an international soccer tournament. Unfortunately things did not get off too home A King Is Born for Alyson Wright. Classic over 1800m and the SA Oaks over The Costa Blanca Cup, currently being well for the Highlands Park team as they Anton rode his third winner of the day 2450m. staged in Benidorm, is a tournament com- went down 8-1 to New Team Madrid in their when Reconcile captured the Listed Queen As the race has got closer, Anton seems to prising 20 countries and over 250 participat- opening match on Monday. However, they Of The Palm Handicap over 2400m. be relishing the challenge and said the posi- ing teams. The tournament has been run- still performed better than EMF Altea in At one point Anton said he was not really tive publicity received by the fight for the ning for 18 years and this is the first time a their group, who went down 10-1 to the teams interested in chasing his rival, who earlier jockey title was good for racing. team from South Africa has participated. from Guadalajara from Mexico. in the year was almost 30 wins ahead. Delpech, however, has another view. ``I The boys will play in the under-10 division EMF Altea are the next opponents for the However, as the gap started to close, the can’t wait till it’s finished. I’ve had enough and will come up against teams from Spain South Africans. rivalry started to grow. now. It’s getting a bit tiring and I’m going Anton has consistently been able to close where I don’t really want to go. the gap, but every time he gets close, “But I’ve gone so far, so I believe I should Delpech manages to kick away. At no stage go right down to the line.” has Anton either drawn level or got ahead of Delpech is off to Port Elizabeth on Friday; Delpech. Anton will also be travelling down to the Anton’s task is massive as Delpech rides Eastern Cape to ensure his rival does not for the powerful Mike de Kock yard and has have another unchallenged four winners. earned R19,4-million in stake money in con- However, the meeting looks set for special trast to Anton’s R15,5-million. treatment as both Piere Strydom and Greg Among Delpech’s winners this season Cheyne are just back from Hong Kong and was Igugu, who he rode to victory in the will also be riding at the meeting. Sports Quiz raises R600 000 STAFF REPORTER Kadisha, which took place recently at the Sandton Sun, was – again - a huge success. THE ANNUAL Sasfin Bank Sports Quiz, in The quiz, now in its 10th year, has raised aid of the Selwyn Segal Home for the men- hundreds of thousands of rands for the tally handicapped, as well as the Chevrah charities over the years and has become a celebrated evening. It was organised by MSC Sports, which is very active in assisting the Jewish com- munity. Those in attendance included the most capped Jewish Springbok of all time, Syd Nomis, as well as other sporting icons such as Adam Bacher, Shaun Bartlett, Terry Paine and Paul Harris. The evening was filled with challenging questions, in sports categories, which dif- ferent teams attempted to answer. The event ended with a successful auc- Participants in the Sasfin Quiz, Gary tion of sports memorabilia. Over R600 000 Lentin, with a vuvuzela. was raised for the two charities. Hospice Race Day details LAST WEEK we ran an article giving tickets. In addition, Sabie Sabie is offering details of the Hospice Wits Million Rand a midweek getaway at Sabie Sabie Game Race Day at Turffontein Racecourse on Lodge. August 7, but did not include details of There is also two night’s accommoda- how to buy raffle tickets or book a table. tion plus airfares to any Mantis Game For any further information please con- Lodge. Mantis owns the top game lodges tact Shelley at Hospice on (011) 483-9154. in South Africa, including the Shamwari Organisers are looking to raise R1 mil- Game Lodge in the Eastern Cape. Comair lion for Hospice and included at the event have donated air tickets and Protea Hotels will be a raffle that can win you a week- have donated a weekend. long cruise with Royal Caribbean Cruises A raffle ticket costs R350 or R1 000 if you or four nights and five days at the Seven buy three. A maximum of 3 000 tickets Star Atlantis Hotel in Dubai, or two tick- will be sold. At the Race Day kosher foods ets to any Arsenal game in London. will be provided by the Burger Box; the All of these prizes go with return air cost to attend is R3 800 per table.