friday 19 october 2012 / 3 Cheshvan 5773 volume 16 - number 37 news opinion letters tapestry community columns youth sports south african Who we can be at best or worst: Anoukh Markovits’ I am Forbidden (page 11) jewish report www.sajewishreport.co.za “Consider the distance between ourselves and Israel; the president said that he was going to put daylight between us and Israel.”

During the debate, Obama did not engage on the Israel question, instead pushing back against Romney’s claims that he was not fully engaged in the wake of the Libya attack. Israel key player in US elections JTA STAFF selves and Israel; the president said that he fuel; Romney embraced these as well, but closed doors, that 47 per cent of the coun- WASHINGTON was going to put daylight between us and urging greater exploitation of oil, coal and try considered themselves victims, who Israel.” gas. refuse personal responsibility, think about Republican presidential hopeful, Mitt Obama, in a meeting in July 2009 with Asked to distinguish his policies from who he was talking about,” Obama said, Romney, in the second presidential debate Jewish leaders, was asked whether he those of Pres George W Bush, Romney said: citing retirees on social security, veterans, on Tuesday night, accused President Barack would preserve the policies of the Clinton “We can now, by virtue of new technology active-duty soldiers etc. Obama of putting “daylight between us and and George W Bush administrations of “no actually get all the energy we need in North Romney has previously said that he Israel”. daylight”, or keeping disputes with Israel America without having to go to the Arabs misspoke at the fundraiser. Responding to Obama’s pledge to private. Obama said the practice of not or the Venezuelans or anyone else. Obama, who by most accounts lost the investigate the circumstances of an attack making public disputes with Israel did not “That wasn’t true in his time, that’s why first debate through a lacklustre perfor- that killed four US diplomats in Libya last advance the peace process. my policy starts with a very robust policy mance, came out strongly during the month, Romney assailed Obama’s overall During the debate, Obama did not to get all that energy in North America to second debate, but Romney gave as good foreign policy record, and pivoted to the engage on the Israel question, instead become energy secure.” as he got. General feeling is that Obama president’s at-times strained relationship pushing back against Romney’s claims that Obama used his final remarks to take managed to claw back some lost ground, with the government of Israeli Prime Min- he was not fully engaged in the wake of the aim at Romney’s remark at a fundraiser although some would only go as far as call- ister Benjamin Netanyahu. Libya attack. that 47 per cent of Americans would never ing it a tie at best. “This calls into question the president’s Other than that segment, much of the vote for him because they did not pay With the election next month balanced whole policy in the Middle East. Look debate focused on domestic issues like edu- income taxes and were dependent on gov- on a knife’s edge with a number of swing what’s happening in Syria, in Egypt, now in cation, jobs creation, tax policy, etc. ernment. states holding the key to the White House, Libya,” Romney said at the Hofstra Univer- On energy policy, each leader outlined “I believe Gov Romney is a good man - the incumbent always has “home advan- sity debate in Long Island, New York. different paths to energy independence. loves his family, cares about his faith. But tage” and it may just be enough to see “Consider the distance between our- Obama focused on alternatives to fossil I also believe that when he said behind Obama scrape through. (JTA)

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Shabbat Times Community Briefs Oct 19 / 3 Cheshvan ‘804’ FOR LONDON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Holocaust survivors visit the Oct 20 / 4 Cheshvan The locally produced documentary “804”, Parshat Noach focusing on the Machalniks who left South 17:59 18:49 Johannesburg Africa to fight for Israel’s life in 1948, will be 18:15 19:39 Cape Town screened in London this week at the UK Jew- JHGC construction site 17:51 18:43 Durban ish Film Festival. The whole production team, 18:09 19:01 Bloemfontein including the director, Etienne Naude, and 18:05 19:10 Port Elizabeth producers Sharit Krengel, Jason, Hoff and 18:07 18:59 East London Stephanie Ronnet, will be attending. We’re a reflection of G-d’s presence Biblical narrative expands its vision from particularistic to universal PARSHAT NOACH through the two main stories of this Rabbi Robert A Jacobs weekly portion, each emblematic Chairman, SA Asso- ciation of Progressive of human life. The tale of Noah is Rabbis, followed by the tale of the Tower of Bet David, Sandton Babel. In each case, human activity receives Divine attention. awe of G-d; curiosity becomes that At the heart of Noah’s saga are when it is not marked off by a sense two distinctive elements. The intro- of responsibility for the conse- duction of law through the Cov- quences that result. enant, marked by a rainbow as G-d’s Judaism has long wrestled with promise that the mabul will not boundaries as a basic concept. At On top of the world. Wearing hard hats during their first visit to the JHGC construction site, a return, calls all humans to a short Purim - to carry forward the theme number of Holocaust survivors are seen together with volunteers and JHGC staff. Photo by Julian Pokroy list of fundamental social laws. of the drunkenness of Noah - we are These laws call each person to commanded both to become intoxi- JANINE COHEN JHGC has been involved with over the past few moral behaviour, to respect for cated and to refrain from breaking years, is the Holocaust Survivors’ Interest Group . other humans and to responsibil- even a single commandment. A number of Johannesburg-based Holocaust sur- This gathering brings together the survivors of Jo- ity for animals. The laws expect That would seem internally con- vivors recently visited the construction site of hannesburg for a closed get-together every three to monotheism - belief in G-d’s one- tradictory at surface but represents the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre four weeks, where they enjoy lectures, performanc- ness - although idolatry remains a the ethical imperative of trans- (JHGC) on Jan Smuts Avenue (opposite the West- es, films and refreshments. challenge even in our times. forming our yetzer through taking cliff Hotel). The survivors were involved with the architec- Noah, however, is not rewarded responsibility for what we do. “I know that the new Holocaust Centre will out- tural team in defining the symbolism of the build- precisely as one would expect for On the contrary, we are com- last our survivors and so be a living memorial for ing and are kept informed of the progress of the the hero who saved biodiversity manded to act in ways that preserve our Kadoshim and for the testimony that we sur- project. when most people had corrupted the beauty, wonder and diversity of vivors have tried to give over the years,” said Don Lewis Levin, architect and project manager, has the world. We read that he plants life forms in the world. Krausz, chairman of the Association of Holocaust designed many public buildings including syna- vines and harvests grapes, makes What we see should remind us Survivors in Johannesburg. gogues in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town. wine and becomes intoxicated. of G-d’s will and our responsibil- A JHGC volunteer who assisted at the event, “The architectural language and aesthetic of His immodesty while in that ity. Like ubuntu, teaching respect Rwandan genocide survivor, Bonaventure Kageru- the building have been carefully considered so that state, leads to punishment for for others, we are a reflection of ka, said: “My hope is that the JHGC will transform members of the public from diverse backgrounds Noah and real ethical conflicts for G-d’s presence - especially when we the painful memories into a message for a better will relate to it and understand its message,” he his sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet. devote ourselves to mitzvoth. future.” says. When Ham “reveals” Noah’s naked- In 18th century Europe, at Auschwitz survivor, Veronica Phillips com- Through multi-media installations, archival ness, it is up to Shem and Japhet to the height of the Enlightenment mented: “I am happy to be alive to see the realisa- photographs and film footage, documents, ar- cover him while not looking at their that led to Jewish inclusion in civil tion of a centre of this nature in Johannesburg, so tefacts and survivor testimony, the permanent father: human curiosity is to be sup- society after centuries of political many years after the event.” exhibition will explore genocide, racism and anti- pressed in favour of filial duty. disability, the philosopher Moses Due for completion late next year, construction Semitism; Nazi Germany and the Holocaust; and The Tower of Babel was a place Mendelssohn was asked whether a of the first phase of the long-awaited permanent post-Holocaust genocides, focusing on Rwanda, of human arrogance. A second follower of the Noahide laws could centre is well underway on a site made available by 1994. common human failing - even after be a tsaddik - righteous. the Joburg Property Company and the City of Jo- The project is being funded entirely by dona- the flood - makes us aware of the He replied affirmatively in hannesburg. tions. The centre has received pledges, spread over Jewish idea that humans remain a great expression of the values “The centre will be a vibrant educational space four years, totalling R20 million. Acording to the human, or perhaps better said, seek expressed in this Sedra. While a Jew and will house a permanent exhibition, venues JHGC, the cost of the project will be R25 million; to become fully human. who only follows these moral laws for workshops and public events, a memorial gar- its running cost over the next four years has been Arrogance and curiosity are might be an ethical person, how- den and resource centre, a coffee shop and a book projected at R10 million. They are still looking for qualities of human life rooted, ever, we have a larger calling which shop,” says director, Tali Nates. pledges totalling R25 million. according to Jewish tradition, in is the world of Torah. The JHGC was established in 2008 in associa- “To date there has been a positive response by Yetzer Hara. The “inclination to Both Noah and Babel are land- tion with the South African Holocaust & Genocide organisations, foundations and individuals, as well evil” - often just yetzer-results marks in the history of humanity. Foundation and its centres in Cape Town and Dur- as companies who are providing building materials from that balance expressed in Human experience, like ban. Despite the lack of a permanent facility, a and services. As we look towards the commence- rabbinic literature as hakol b’yidei religious ideas, is cumulative and small dedicated team continues to conduct ongo- ment of phase two of the project, our fundraising shamayim, chuts mi’yirat shamayim changes over time. Through the ing educational activities and organise numerous efforts continue vigorously,” says Gerald Leissner - everything is determined by G-d, blessing of our yetzer we change events in collaboration with national and interna- who heads the fundraising initiative. with the exception of awe of G-d. and grow, expand our personal tional partners. • For more information: Arrogance is a failure to stand in horizons. One of the most meaningful initiatives that the [email protected]

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Karabus out on bail, BUT not allowed to leave Dubai Emeritus Associate Professor and specialist paediatric oncologist Cyril Karabus, 78, was granted bail in an Abu Dhabi court last week, subject to the surrender of his passport, confiscated when he was arrested nine weeks ago, and a payment of R240 000 to the court, which will be held as bond. Karabus was arrested, tried in absentia and found guilty, on charges of culpable homicide, relating to the death of a three-year-old girl he had treated for leukemia in 2002 while working in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Further orders of the court last week were that the hospital had to give Karabus’ lawyers access to the patient’s original file and that an independent medical tribunal be established to review the case. Karabus’ next court appearance is on November 20. 4 SA JEWISH REPORT News 19 – 26 October 2012 Jewish and Greek South Africans celebrate a shared past Photo courtesy www.jewishmuseum.gr Photo supplied

The Jewish Choir performing at “The Song of Life”. Mayor Loukas Karrer (foreground) and Bishop Chrysostomos laying a wreath in Zakynthos, 1943

DAN BROTMAN the Ionian Sea named after the son In the village of Kommeno, 317 the Nazis. Habib recited in Ladino, which of the legendary Arcadian chief, unarmed civilians were shot, the Sephardi Hebrew Congregation was then read in English by Cape Few Jewish and Greek South Dardanus. Its Jews were part of the youngest a one-year-old girl and the member and historian Isaac Habib, Town Holocaust Director Richard Africans realise just how much they Romaniot minority, which unlike oldest a 75-year-old woman. Not who was born in the Congo to Freedman, the audience viewed have in common. On October 10, the Sephardi majority, were Hel- a single German soldier defected parents from the island of Rhodes, the documentary The Song of the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, lenised and spoke Greek. Ninety during the occupation out of con- recalled how Rhodes had changed Life: The Rescue of the Jews of Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies, two per cent of Greece’s Romaniot science. hands many times. Over the cen- Zakynthos, which presented a and the Hellenic Community of Jews perished in the Holocaust. When the Germans began turies, the Greek island has been thorough history of the island’s Cape Town, convened a celebration Martalas recounted Greece’s re- enforcing their race laws in 1943, occupied by the Romans, Persians, Jewish community and its highlighting their shared history sistance and victory against the Ital- Zakynthos’ Mayor Loukas Karrer and Crusaders. residents’ decision to save their and respective cultures – it was pre- ian invasion of 1940, which forced and Bishop Chrysostomos refused From 1522 - 1912, the island Jewish brethren. viously celebrated in Johannesburg Germany to intervene in 1941. to hand over a list of its Jewish was occupied by the Ottomans, The evening concluded with in October 2003. The first senior Greek officer to fall community for deportation to the which in 1523 welcomed in Jews performances by Jewish and Branded “The Song of Life”, in the Battle of Greece was a Jew death camps. At one point, they who had fled Spain following the Hellenic choirs in Hebrew, Ladino the evening was dedicated to the named Colonel Mordechai Frizis. even offered their own names to Edit of Expulsion. The Italians and Greek. emotional story of how the Jew- While the Greeks mounted the the Nazis. controlled the island from 1912 The warmth and camaraderie ish population of Zakynthos was largest resistance ever to German All 275 Jews on the island were to 1943, the Germans from 1943 between the two communities, saved in its entirety by its Greek forces in the Second World War at sent by the Bishop to the country- to 1945, the British from 1945 to which share so much common neighbours. The impressive guest the Battle of Crete (51 South Afri- side and were hidden by ordinary 1947, and after thousands years of history, was palpable. list included consul generals and cans died in defence and liberation residents. Not a single person in foreign rule, it finally reverted Hellenic community President Nassos Martalas; prominent Jewish and Greek com- of Greece in the Second World War, Zakynthos turned in a Jew to the back to Greek control in 1947. Cape Board Chairman Li Boiskin; and CT Holo- munity leaders. some of whom were South African Nazis, and it became the only place In 1944, the entire Jewish caust Centre Chairman of the Board of Trustees Hellenic Community President Jews), they were eventually forced in Greece which saved its entire population of Rhodes was Mervyn Smith. Nassos Martalas, welcomed to the to surrender to Germany and were Jewish population. sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hellenic Community Centre the subjected to a brutal and dehuman- “The Greek community of where most perished. Just 450 plus Jewish and Greek com- ising occupation. Zakynthos acted with indescribable like that, the 2 000 year Jew- munity members who attended, as The German occupation ruined courage and fortitude and with a ish presence on the island well as acknowledging the presence Greece’s economy and led to a deep sense of humanity,” said Cape ended. Today, there are only of John Brownstone, a local Second famine which killed over 300 000 Board Chairman Li Boiskin during 25 Jews living in Rhodes, but World War air force pilot who was civilians. Ordinary German soldiers her welcome address. By the end they are not the descend- the only Jew from his town in then conducted a campaign of of the Second World War, 87 per ants of the island’s original Greece to survive the Holocaust. indiscriminate mass killings in cent (65 000) of Greece’s Jewish Jewish inhabitants. Zakynthos is a Greek island in numerous villages and towns. population were exterminated by Following a poem Photo supplied

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K 6 SA JEWISH REPORT Opinion and Analysis 19 – 26 October 2012 jewishsouth african report Supporting Israel’s media Tikkun olam is not reparations strengthens its democracy Predictably, Dr Ivor Blumenthal’s article in last week’s edition of the Jewish Report, in which he asked ques- tions about how Jewish money for charitable purpos- es is allocated - in simple terms, what priority should be given to helping Jews only, as opposed to helping people outside the Jewish world - has created much debate among South African Jewry. The Jewish imperative to tikkun olam - the repair and upliftment of the world - is fundamental and lies at the core of our faith and culture. Jewish philanthro- pists worldwide are known to be among the biggest “givers” among most groups. A core function of the Jewish Report is to stimu- late open debate. And this issue is certainly one which raises debate - and the ire of some. In this particular case, Blumenthal has raised the hackles of some peo- ple by questioning their motives in trying to help uplift and develop disadvantaged South Africans in broad society. What better neutral platform than the Jewish Report to debate this important topic? This is also an ideal topic for a future Limmud forum. ORI NIR ganisations in other Western government funding or gov- There may not be much Blumenthal’s argument can be boiled down to the WASHINGTON democracies. Newspapers are ernment control, have been that American Jews can do maxim: “charity begins at home.” But looking after folding in America as well. losing their independence. about other threats to Israeli your own does not mean the exclusion of broader so- Can you imagine Israel Just like anywhere else, the Israel’s Broadcasting Author- democracy. When it comes ciety, where the needs in this country are desperate without a free, independent, proliferation of Israeli blogs ity, once known as the BBC to the threat to the Israeli and urgent. vociferous and diverse me- is welcome. But just like of Israel, is a case in point. media, however, they really The notion, even by implication, that Jewish giv- dia? Can you imagine Israel anywhere else, personal blogs Under political pressure, its can help. Buy a subscription ers are doing so to make themselves look good in the without Maariv and Haaretz? don’t have the resources that management and editorial for the electronic edition of eyes of non-Jews, particularly South African blacks, Without biting commentary, news organisations muster to staff are limiting criticism an Israeli daily. Give a sub- is an insult to the many Jews who generously give investigative reporting and produce deep, broad, pro- and dissent, and sticking to a scription to a young relative anonymously, to outreach organisations like Afrika an open, cacophonous mar- fessional and independent perceived “party line”. returning from a Birthright Tikkun, to the many Jewish companies who give with ketplace of views and ideas? reporting. I admit, I am an Israeli Israel trip. an open purse, and to the countless individuals who Such an Israel terrifies Israel, however, is a media devotee. At the age of Publish ads in the Israeli give in their own smaller but equally significant ways. me, and it should alarm you, special case. Its democracy is six, I severely injured myself media. Encourage your local To cast aspersion on the motivations of many is too. It is not the Israel in fragile, and for the past four while chasing my brother in federation or your favourite obviously unfair, in particular, labelling their giving which I grew up, certainly not years some of its basic tenets a fight over a newspaper’s American Jewish organisa- as “reparations” for the sins of apartheid is disingenu- the Israel that we all love to have been under attack by its weekly supplement. I later tion to do the same. Get ous. There is no doubt that most reasonable whites - love and be proud of. Increas- own democratically elected worked for an Israeli daily Israeli media apps for your including Jews - justifiably feel a degree of guilt about ingly, Israel is heading in that officials. newspaper for two decades. mobile devices and pay for how people of colour were treated under apartheid, scary direction. Many of the notorious And recently I helped my upgraded services. even if they - as Jews - personally were always op- The media industry in undemocratic bills and initia- organisation, Americans for Supporting the Israeli me- posed to the racist system. Israel is alarmingly shrink- tives that ultranationalists Peace Now, establish a daily dia is a win-win. It will make But that does not mean that “guilt” is the primary ing. Independent media in the current Knesset have review of the Israeli media. Israel a better democracy and driver for their basic Jewish deeds of tikkun olam, the organisations are struggling introduced have the objective We offer it to anyone you a better friend of Israel. very genuine and selfless giving of numerous people. to survive, while a daily of silencing dissent, at weak- free because we believe that You will be better informed There are many unsung heroes operating well below newspaper that serves as ening Israel’s civil society Americans should be familiar and more deeply involved. the radar for whom the word “reparation” is grossly a de facto mouthpiece for and at limiting political with the facts about Israel You will have a stronger unfair and unpalatable. Prime Minister Benjamin expression. and with Israel’s public dis- sense of reinforcing the kind The idea that Jews must look after their own is Netanyahu - fully funded by Netanyahu and his coali- course. of values that you believe perfectly sound, just like any other minority, such as a rich conservative American tion have been striving - not When critics attack Israel in and would like Israel to Jew - is handed out free on without success - to dominate for its shortcomings as a follow. the Muslim community referred to by Blumenthal every other street corner and the public debate. The prime democracy, I always point out An independent, thriving which ensures that young Muslims will find jobs. threatens to dominate the minister strongly believes in that Israel has an impres- media is an asset for Israel In fact, we pride ourselves on the fact that no Jew public discourse. the power of words, images sively thriving media, and and for anyone who loves it. will go hungry in our community. The maxim “kol Not only the commercial, and perceptions. He there- therefore a well-informed Letting it perish will serve echad arevim zeh le zeh” is unequivocal in the impera- independent printed press is fore fights his battles, more public, engaging in open and those who don’t see Israeli tive that “every Jew is responsible for other Jews”. fighting to survive; the elec- than any past Israeli leader, unhampered debate on issues democracy as an asset but as We also do not just give charity, but help people tronic media also is in crisis. in the public domain, using of supreme importance for a liability. (JTA) uplift themselves. Educational and training organisa- Sure, online media and the media. their nation. That is still the tions like ORT are firm in their philosophy of give a narrowcasting are eating Media organisations, par- case. But it may not be for • Ori Nir is the spokesman for “hand up” and not just a “handout”. away at traditional media or- ticularly ones that depend on long. Americans for Peace Now. The question for debate is where we draw the line. In a context of limited and finite resources, and an ageing and needy Jewish community, it takes a Solo- Heirs of owner of Nazi-looted ‘The Scream’ mon to decide how to allocate the donations - inter- want an explanation from MoMA nally for Jews, or externally for the broader society. Inevitably, people will have different views depending NEW YORK - The heirs of a Black purchased the painting MoMA to explain in its display German-Jewish banker who last spring at a Sotheby’s the painting’s “tragic history”, on their own contexts. claim the famous painting “The auction for nearly $120 million. the Post reported, citing Rafael The word “reparation” as used by Blumenthal is Scream” was looted from him Hugo Simon owned the Cardoso, a Brazilian curator extremely loaded because of its history and the “repa- by the Nazis, want a New York painting in the 1920s and and Simon’s great-grandson. rations” the Germans gave to Jews after the Holo- museum to explain its history 1930s, but the banker and top Simon consigned “The caust. The use of this term unfortunately closes rather in its new display. art collector was to forced sell Scream” to a Swiss gallery than opens debate because of the very negative con- The 1895 work by Edvard it and flee Germany after the before he and his family left notations - as if Jews were Nazis needing to somehow Munch is set to go on display Nazis came to power in 1933. Germany for Paris. In 1940, atone. Once that word is used, many people will in- on October 24 at the Museum His heirs contested the after the Nazis invaded of Modern Art in New York, the sale before the auction in the France, Simon and his family stinctively withdraw and not want to engage further. New York Post reported. spring, but now say it is a immigrated to Brazil on fake We invite our readers to respond to this crucial is- New York billionaire Leon moral issue and are calling on passports. (JTA) sue. It would be a pity if it died down at this juncture. 19-26 October 2012 Opinion and Analysis SA JEWISH REPORT 7 Jewish communities grapple with baby boomer retirement boom

NEIL RUBIN vices at Phoenix’s Jewish Family & Chil- BALTIMORE dren’s Services, says she’s worried that Jewish communities remain unprepared Every Jewish community wants more Ray- to help the baby-boomer generation. monde Fiol among its active retirees. The “I don’t think the community is ready question is whether those communities are at all for these boomers as they age and prepared to meet the needs she and hundreds need these services,” she said. Photo Courtesy Morselife of thousands of “younger seniors” and older In Phoenix, the Jewish community ones will have in the near future. has a NORC project, a hospital chap- Now 76, Fiol has resided in Las Vegas laincy programme and a Jewish senior for the past 11 years. She belongs there to a centre. For baby boomers the bottom line synagogue, Hadassah and Na’amat USA, a in choosing a retirement destination may women’s Zionist organisation. Her volunteer be an array of quality-of-life considera- time largely is spent as president of the Holo- tions, of which senior services is just one. caust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada. (JTA) Eleanor Skolnick and Howard Woocher are avid ping-pong players at MorseLife, In spare moments, she and her husband of 56 a multifaceted Jewish retirement community in West Palm Beach, Florida. years, Philip, enjoy the area’s nature parks and attending lectures. “You have a choice of Jewish involvement, and we’re surrounded by Jewish friends,” Fiol said. “People look out for each other because a lot of them don’t have their children here, so you get invited for Yomtovim and your friends become family,” she said. She and her husband are part of the area’s growing senior population. The Jewish com- munity is thought to have a larger share of people ages 65 and over than America gener- ally, based on statistics from the last National Jewish Population Study and the 2010 US Census. With the baby boomer generation enter- ing the 65+ age group, experts say Jewish institutions will have to work hard to keep up Israeli Style Restaurant and Take Away with what is expected to be a growing need for social services and social offerings among Jewish elderly. New Already, Jewish programmes ranging from EXCITING changes to MCY medical assistance initiatives to psychological professional counselling, adult education and heritage trips New restaurant opening are expanding. Israeli chef Three retirement destinations with high concentrations of older Jews - Las Vegas, Palm Beach, Florida, and Phoenix, Arizona - offer Order a main course and receive the selection of salads instructive examples of how communities are grappling with the challenges of growing Jew- ish senior populations. and pita on the house – eat salads as much as you can! “We have the fastest growing Jewish seniors community population in the coun- Selection of braais try,” said Keith Myers, president and CEO of MorseLife in West Palm Beach, a nonprofit Selection of Chicken, beef and that provides senior living and healthcare in the area. home-made meals lamb kebabs Services provided by the multifaceted operation include short-term rehabilitation, Tasting date: Chicken breasts long-term care, independent and assisted living, home care, geriatric care management, Sunday 18 Grilled breasts adult day care, meals on wheels, and research and education. November from Israeli Kebabs “Our clients are living longer and we’re dealing with more considerations than ever,” 12:00 – 16:00 and more Myers said. Mirroring the general population, similar expansions are taking place at Jewish retire- Homemade meals for Shabbat and Holidays ment homes and centres around the country. Service providers also worry about meeting Large variety of meals prepared for birthdays and simchas the needs of elderly people who chose to stay at home, many of them in what’s known as NORCs: naturally occurring retirement com- Orders for Shabbat and Simchas munities. “No question that’s going to increase in the 72 hours notice. coming years,” Elliot Karp, president and CEO of the Las Vegas federation said of the need. Lunch and Dinner orders “The number is stable at around 400 people served only because of limitation of resources. We could double it if we had the funds.” 24 hours notice. It’s not just social service needs that are important, but social needs. Tel: (011) 485-3210 Synagogues are retooling for seniors, and No 5 Durham Street, Raedene new ones are opening in places with growing older-adult populations. In the mid-1990s, Temple Beit Knesset Bamidbar (Synagogue of the Desert) opened up in Sun City Summerlin, a gated community in the Las Vegas area for people age 55 and older. Ellie Schwartzberg, vice president of older adults services and Jewish community ser- Mehadrin Commission 8 SA JEWISH REPORT Opinion and Analysis 19 – 26 October 2012

World News in Brief Drop in venture capital funding Israel warns it will stop ship from Gaza waters JERUSALEM - Israel has warned Finland that it will stop a ship sailing under the puts squeeze on Israel’s tech sector Finnish flag carrying human rights activ- ists attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. The Swedish-owned Estelle, carry- ing 17 activists from countries including Canada, Norway, Sweden, Israel and the United States, is near Crete and expected to reach Gaza in about a week. “Israel said that it would take action to stop the ship from reaching land if it tries to break the blockade,” Finnish Foreign Ministry spokesman Risto Piipponen said last Saturday, according to the French news agency AFP. “We pointed out that it is a civilian vessel and urged them to practise restraint in any action they take.” Part of the Freedom Flotilla movement, the Estelle reportedly is carrying humani- tarian aid such as cement, basketballs and musical instruments. The small vessel began its journey in Sweden and toured Europe, including Finland, France and Spain, before arriving earlier this month in the Gulf of Naples. The Freedom Flotilla’s first attempt to break the blockade ended in the deaths of nine Turkish activists after Israeli Navy commandos on May 31, 2010 boarded the Mavi Marmara, which claimed to be carrying humanitarian aid, after warning the ship not to sail into waters near the Photo: Ben Sales Gaza Strip in circumvention of Israel’s Dan Frumkin of the Israeli biomedical startup Nucleix, works with DNA in the lab of Rad BioMed, a startup accelerator in Tel Aviv. naval blockade of the coastal strip. (JTA) BEN SALES money available than there used holds a test tube in his latex gloves. But another investor, Roni TEL AVIV to be for startups - a key engine of Frumkin, 40, hopes to improve Einav, the founder of New Dimen- BOMBERS STILL AT LARGE the Israeli economy - to get off the diagnoses of bladder cancer by sion Software, which he sold for a MARSEILLE - French authorities have The Facebook page of PlayArt Labs, ground. analysing DNA. He is the vice pres- record $675 million in 1999, says indicted seven suspects in the recent an Israeli gaming startup, looks This drop in funding has come ident for biochemistry of Nucleix, that companies may hit a roadblock bombing of a kosher store near Paris but more like the homepage of an art as Israel’s technology sector, which a startup focusing on DNA analysis as they seek to expand overseas. have not caught those who hurled the museum than the profile of an includes startups and larger estab- that he co-founded four years ago. “If the company is successful bomb. Francois Molins of the Paris public emerging technology company. lished companies, has experienced Nucleix rents space from Rad in developing and having the first prosecutor’s office said that seven It features an article about Jo- dramatic layoffs. BioMed, though it does not receive three, four or five customers in suspects had been indicted for belonging hannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl According to an August article funding from the lab. Israel, they can try to go abroad, to a terrorist association and two of them Earring”, an animation of Vincent in Haaretz, 16 000 of Israel’s “It’s cheaper and easier” to but then they need more money,” would be tried for complicity in attempted van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and a 80 000 tech workers have lost their work at Rad BioMed’s offices, he said. murder. link to a Twitter feed, @FrescoJe- jobs. Government funding of the Frumkin said. “Instead of creat- The drop in funding actually Molins said the men belonged to “an sus, about a century-old Spanish tech sector also has dropped 40 per ing a laboratory, we entered an could help people like Wanono, extremely dangerous terrorist, Jihadist fresco. cent over the past decade, to $400 existing one. It helps that we have however, as they would own a cell” which perpetrated the September The goal of the startup is to in- million in 2011. a little in common with other greater percentage of their own 19 bombing of a kosher supermarket in tegrate art and cultural education While the number of new start- companies.” companies and thus make larger Sarcelles, a northern suburb of Paris. into iPad games - to create “some ups has not declined from previous Incubators and accelerators profits should they sell their com- Two men wearing masks hurled a self- made explosive device into the crowded added value from playing”, accord- years, industry have less money panies or should they go public store at noon. Last week French authori- ing to Adir Wanono, who launched investors and “If you’re an entrepreneur to invest than on the stock market, Einav said. ties discovered a cache of weapons and PlayArt Labs 10 months ago. entrepreneurs and you’re not ready to venture capital “The question is how much explosives near Paris, which they believe But now Wanono, 34, who suc- say that venture firms - typically time the founders are ready to belonged to the terrorist cell. cessfully funded another startup capital firms sacrifice a part of your in the hundreds sacrifice with minimal salaries, On October 6 and the following day, two years ago, has encountered an have been less salary, it’s like you have of thousands or whether they successfully con- French anti-terror police arrested 12 unfamiliar obstacle. willing to take a dream but you want rather than the vince the employees to work with suspects in connection with the attack in After eight months of work- risks on those millions. But reasonable salaries for a year or a series of raids in several French cities. ing with barely any money, he has companies as someone else to finance it.” Yoav Chelouche, two,” he said. In one raid, in Strasbourg, police shot and had trouble securing necessary they seek to managing “If you’re an entrepreneur killed Jérémie Louis-Sidney, 33, after he funding from investors who like expand. partner of Israel’s Aviv Venture and you’re not ready to sacrifice fired on officers at his apartment building. On Sunday, the weekly Journal du his idea but are hesitant to invest. “The entire venture capital Capital, says “the cost of building a a part of your salary, it’s like you Dimanche quoted Molins as saying: “We He has secured $55 000 in invest- model is broken,” said Yesha Sivan, new company is dramatically lower have a dream but you want some- have identified the planners of this attack, ments from family and friends, president of the Israel Internet As- than it’s been” in the past. one else to finance it.” we know Louis-Sidney handled the explo- but with four people working at sociation. “It used to be that a fund “You don’t need to buy soft- Einav also noted that the per- sive device, but we are missing the two the company, even that shoestring would get $100 million, it would ware and an operating system,” centage of venture capital funding people who actually threw it in.” budget will run out in six months, invest in 10 companies and it he said. “You can use a lot of open of Israeli companies from the He is quoted as adding: “According to Wanono estimates. would get two or three big winners source code,” programmes that are United States is growing, which he the testimonies, the videos from the secu- He says the market in Israel that would make 10 times more on available for free on the Internet. says is “good because the biggest rity cameras and other materials from the has become tougher since his last their money. Today the return on According to Chelouche’s challenge is to cross the ocean, investigation, the two young men - one startup. VCs is relatively lower, so people research, venture capital firms in so an American investor will give black and the other white - who threw in “People say: ‘Go to the market, are looking for other avenues.” Israel provided about $3 billion of credibility to the company”. the device are at large.” There is “a risk”, he said, that not all the culprits “would be gain traction and we’ll invest,’ but Into that void have stepped funding to startups in Israel from While some areas of the identified beyond doubt.” this lowers the chances of most individual “angel” investors, as well 2008 to 2012, versus $3,6 billion startup industry are hot targets Such investigations, he added “always startups to succeed,” he said. “We as several dozen companies called from 2004 to 2008 and $6,5 billion for investment, like biomedical present the same problem: You either need money now to maximise startup accelerators or incubators from 1999 to 2004. companies, Sivan says it’s harder keep pulling on the thread until you’ve our chances to succeed. Without that provide funding, space, equip- He also found, however, that now than in previous years to get undone the whole yarn ball, or you cut money now, we won’t be able to ment and professional guidance to Israel is on track to see about 600 major investments as a startup. the thread. With a terrorist network, and maximise the benefit from a good startups. new companies created this year, a Still, he has confidence that no considering how dangerous this one launch.” One such accelerator is Tel similar number to 1999 and 2000. matter how the industry changes, was, we could not afford to wait.” PlayArt Labs is far from alone Aviv-based Rad BioMed, which Chelouche says this could be a pos- startups will always be an attrac- Richard Prasquier, the president of in encountering this problem. focuses on biomedical startups. itive development for Israel’s tech tive career option for enterpris- CRIF, the umbrella group representing Recently, Israel’s famously boom- At the end of its central hallway, sector, as it will create “a situation ing Israelis. “This will always be French Jewish communities, has praised French authorities for the “quick action” ing startup scene has seen funding above a smooth beige table sur- where companies have to do more something people do,” he said. in pursuing the perpetrators of the at- from large venture capital firms rounded by beakers, microscopes with less, which is not necessarily a “People like to create things, to tack. (JTA) decline. That means there’s less and computers, Dan Frumkin bad thing - being more frugal”. take a chance.” (JTA) Ann Harris with Eliot and Myra Osrin, at an event celebrating Eliot’s five decades of communal service.

19 – 26 October 2012 News SA JEWISH REPORT 9 Tribute to Eliot Osrin’s 50 years of community service Ann Harris with Eliot and Myra Osrin, at an event MOIRA SCHNEIDER celebrating Eliot’s five decades of communal service. CAPE TOWN

“Five glorious decades of community endeavour” was celebrated on Sunday night at an event coinciding with the 80th birthday of Eliot Osrin. In fact, master of ceremonies Philip Krawitz went as far as to say that the Osrins, Eliot and his wife Myra, were “the closest thing we have in Cape Town to Jewish royalty. Nothing happens in the Jewish community of Cape Town without Eliot’s ‘hechsher’. “This community has no bonds, no debts and it’s all thanks to him. He has done it with integrity, ingenuity, passion and humility. He is a mentor to so many and an inspiration to all.” Presenting a musical tribute by the Herzlia vocal ensemble and instrumentalists, opera star Aviva Pelham said that Eliot had “in- PHOTOGRAPH : SHAWN BENJAMIN PHOTOGRAPHY/ARK IMAGES fluenced virtually every aspect of Jewish www.arkimages.com life in Cape Town”. She added that “no-one embodied the principle of ‘Im Tirzu’ - the school’s motto meaning ‘If you will it’ (it is no dream) - more than Eliot. He has ensured the future of our children’s Jewish education.” Mentioning Eliot’s integrity and diplo- macy as his hallmark qualities, she said he was a “superb role model to his own family, as well as for future generations”. In thanking the organisers and donors, Eliot shared with the gathering a few insights of an octogenarian. “First you will find your secrets are safe with your friends because they can’t remember them either. “Also your wild oats have now turned into prunes and All Bran. While you can do without sex you can’t do without your glasses and not surprisingly, your pharma- cist has become your new best friend,” he joked. Reminiscing on his early years, Eliot recalled growing up in the small commu- nity of Mossel Bay and attending the Punt Hoërskool, which he said was “certainly not a launch pad for Jewish communal life”. He had arrived in Cape Town at the age of 17 to be articled to a law firm, where the senior partner, Barney Hoff- man, had started him on his long road of communal involvement. A few years later, the chairman of Herzlia School asked him if he intended sending his children to the school. “I told him quite emphatically that I would never send my children to that ghetto school - famous last words. “When my children Malcolm and Jeffrey came home from nursery school singing ‘Ma Nishtana’ and other Hebrew songs, this really ignited my fascination with the community - and I have loved it ever since.” A DVD highlighting Eliot’s 50 years of communal leadership was shown at the event. Before his involvement with Herzlia, the majority of Jewish children in this city did not attend the school. To- day, 85 per cent do - a phenomenon that education director Geoff Cohen attributes to Eliot. He was instrumental in establishing Herzlia Constantia, as well as the Remis- sion Fund, now the Herzlia Foundation, which ensures that no Jewish child is prevented by financial need from receiving a Jewish education. “He has a magical way of getting people to work together for the good of the com- munity,” Cohen commented. “He has a disarming way about him that nobody can refuse,” added Krawitz. A fundraiser par excellence, in the words of Ronnie Stein, Eliot has also been instrumental in getting wealthy individu- als to establish charitable trusts for the benefit of the community. Hugh Herman summed it all up suc- cinctly, saying: “He is known in the com- munity as Mr Fixit.” 10 SA JEWISH REPORT Tapestry 19 – 26 October 2012 Bless Annabel Linder to really tell it like it is Sam Sklair and Annabel Linder. Photos supplied ROBYN SASSEN have to perform while people are eating. “A Jewish mother can only be as happy as Eventually, you become her unhappiest child,” says veteran musical nerveless. My stage theatre star, Annabel Linder. “That is my debut was at the age job. But my career has been one of survival.” of 17. ‘When you get Linder is currently writing her memoirs down to the white bit, and she’s hosting a show to celebrate it: it is a plate’, I used “Annabel Linder Tells It Like It Is”, features to quip to cabaret stories, songs and music by Linder and her audiences who didn’t husband of 18 years, international jazz respond to me,” she composer and clarinetist Sam Sklair (86). laughs. “I have had a fantastic career. When “Percy Seeff the authority on vaudeville playing in this Foxwood show, I’m cur- you hear my story, you will see how my and music hall music in the 1980s suggest- rently busy, with composer Dan Selsick, choice in husbands and all the things I ed I celebrate ‘funny ladies’ of the industry composing Jewish music. have done have left me a survivor. This - Fanny Bryce, Mae West, Sophie Tucker... “It’s provisionally named ‘Niggun 1 to show is also about all the wonderful roles It was then that I started singing My 9’ and feeds from the beautiful soundtrack I’ve had. So many of them were Jewish.” Yiddishe Mama - a song in the Foxwood they produced for Sylvaine Strike’s play She refers less to the schmaltzy Jew- programme - which Tucker made famous.” ‘The Table’ last year. We want to name ish yentas she’s performed as, and more A band leader for over six decades, them things like ‘Kvetch’ or ‘Gesvint’ or to serious, wrenching pieces, like Martin UK-born Sklair, who has written scores for ‘Schlepping About’, but we’ll see.” Sherman’s “Rose” a Holocaust story, for many films as well as radio and television • Annabel Linder Tells It Like It Is is at which she won a Vita Award in 2001. productions, remains a realist: “Because Foxwood Theatre, Houghton, October “I have been doing cabaret for 107 things are going down in this industry, you 20, 21 and 27; November 3, 4, 10 and years,” she characteristically uses hyper- are forced to make your own work. 11. Call (011)486-0935 or email bole. “It’s the hardest medium of all. You “Other than the four numbers I’ll be [email protected] Some good reads Reviewed by Gwen Podbrey Crossbones by Nuruddin Farah (Penguin, R129) Now well past middle age, Jeebleh returns to Mogadiscio in his native Somalia in order to visit old friends. He is accompanied by his son-in-law Malik, a journalist who aims to use the time in that country to cover its ongoing political turmoil. However, upon reaching their destination, the two men find an eerie calm, enforced by figures robed in white and wielding whips. When Malik’s brother Ahl arrives Puntland - notorious as a pirates’ base - to search for his missing American stepson, who is thought to have been recruited by an imam allied to Somalian insurgents - the two brothers are thrown into an unimaginably brutal conflict. A vivid depiction of East versus West in terms of culture and ideologies, the novel completes Farah’s “Past Imperfect” trilogy.

Flowers in the Sky: A Celebration of Southern African Folklore by Clarissa Hughes (Clarissa Hughes, R268)–– A beautiful compilation of traditional tales which explain cosmology (and, by extension, cosmogony) in terms of human events. Related simply and movingly, these myths include Xam, Khwe, Sotho, Venda, Karanga, Tswana, Nguni and Xhosa stories about astronomi- cal phenomena such as comets and shooting stars, as well as the creation of mankind. It also explores the relationship between language, consciousness and accountability. With a striking forward by Credo Mutwa, the book is theoretically for children, but is every bit as instructive and enchanting for adults. Highly recommended.

Arts in Brief Mentalist Gilan Gork in Cape Town next The Jittery Citizens HAVE taken THE city OF month Johannesburg by storm Mentalist Gilan Gork performs during November in Cape Brand new local improv group, mooted The Jittery Citizens, Town. A lot of his focus is on the audience. “We are comprising Claudine Ullman, Toni Morkel, James Cairns, Alex all able to do a lot with our minds, more than we’ve Radnitz and Jess Taylor (pictured), have taken the city by storm. imagined,” he says. Gork uses his mind to bend metal They will be performing their new work at the Old Mutual Theatre on spoons and forks, extract a dream from the mind of a the Square in a once-off performance on October 21. In addition, the volunteer, and unlock the ability of an audience member play Sunday Morning, which was featured recently in our Tapestry to read the minds of three others. Beyond the Mind is pages, written and directed by Jenine Collocott and Nick Warren, at Theatre on the Bay, Cape Town, November 7 - 24. and performed by James Cuningham, is enjoying a return season by Gork asks that audience members bring a metal fork or popular demand, at this theatre, until October 27. (011) 883-8606. spoon along with them for the performance.

JJMC celebrates 27 years of service to SA Jewry The Johannesburg Jewish Male Choir celebrates 27 years of service to SA Jewry, having debuted in 1986. This year, they partner Maccabi SA to raise funds for local Jewish youth to participate in Israel’s Maccabi Games next April 2013. Featuring guest artist Cantor Avron Alter of the Sandton Synagogue on November 11, the JJMC presents ‘Songs of Israel’, a concert focusing on the tribulations and joys of Israel. The programme includes Avinu Malkeinu, the Havdalah prayer and a se- lection of songs celebrating Jerusalem, culminating in the stirring Maccabi March. Tickets are available from Evelyn Green: (011) 728-5570 or through Computicket. 19-26 October 2012 Tapestry SA J01EWISH - 08 REPORTJune 2012 11 Who we are - at our best - and our worst I am Forbidden eventually relocates to Paris, both camps, knew that Kasztner’s train when it came to his life, he allowed by Anouk Markovits girls experience culture shock. would be let out only if other Jews himself to compromise, but when (Random House Struik, R215) Not only is the permissive did not resist deportation. it comes to our lives, we cannot do French ambience an affront to “That’s why Kasztner’s convoy the one test [a sperm count of his REVIEWED BY GWEN PODBREY their senses, but the availability of left Kolozvár after the other Jews semen] that would permit me to information in resources like the were deported: to make sure the start a fertility treatment.” At first glance, this novel arouses local library is a continual entice- prominenten remained silent. ‘It Mila and Josef, locked within many suspicions. One cannot help ment to debunk myths which they was a good bargain,’ Eichmann their insular community, are a recalling another fairly recent work have been expected to swallow said during his trial… Kolozvár couple in crisis. At every turn, they purporting to be an “exposé of wholesale up until then. was only 4km from the border are forbidden to seek solutions to ultra-Orthodox Judaism” - Reva The myth, for example, of the and Jews were no longer killed in problems or relief for emotional Mann’s “The Rabbi’s Daughter”, esteemed Rebbe of Szatmár in Ro- Romania in the spring of ’44. distress. Mila, having embarked on a foul little confessional which mania, being a heroic leader who “Had the Jews of Kolozvár a desperate course of action to sta- ultimately backfired, “exposing” would not compromise his anti- known about the extermination bilise her marriage and her sanity, not the religion, but Mann and her Zionistic, ultra-Orthodox stance camps, they would have fled. There is pitted against completely inflex- own depravities. - but who Mila and her mother, on were 20 000 Jews and a handful ible religious injunctions which will Yet Markovits - a French- the morning that their family was of armed guards… Certainly our have tragic consequences. insatibly egotistical and woefully woman who eventually decamped deported to Auschwitz, had in fact Rebbe knew enough to escape with If Markovits’ plot is occasion- far removed from the compassion from her haredi community (and seen seated in a train travelling in the help of a Zionist, even though ally weak, her writing is decidedly and justice which are so central to an impending arranged marriage) the opposite direction. he had expelled from the congrega- not. Eloquent, beautifully eco- Judaism at its truest and greatest. to study architecture in the US - is The train, Mila now discov- tion anyone who interacted with nomical and delicately nuanced, it In any situation, Markovits’ a writer of an entirely different and ers, was the one carrying Jews Zionists… He begged. ‘Nem mir, more than compensates for clumsy characters immediately gravitate more creditable stripe. (including 199 Zionists) which ich bin der Rebbe fun Szatmár.’”…. timelines, for these are secondary. to the response which is least This novel traces the survival Hungarian lawyer Rezso Kasztner It is one of many revelations Instead, she succeeds admira- merciful and least comprehensible (and eventual marriage) of two had succeeded in rescuing from the which will give Mila and Atara bly in her main intention, which in human terms. Jewish children - Mila Heller in clutches of the Nazis. cause to doubt, dispute and is depicting a fundamentalist This mentality is all too famil- Hungary and Josef Lichtenstein The Rebbe, who had exhorted eventually consider abandoning mindset that is infinitely more iar, at a time when fundamental- in Transylvania - who lose their his own community to face death their rigidly strictured community, frightening than any of the events ism in various faiths is gaining families in separate Holocaust itself rather than associate with where urgent questions may not be confronting her characters. ground. It is an attitude which atrocities. Zionists, had done a volte-face asked, facts are frequently distort- These are individuals whose reaches out from the darkness of Both subsequently find and, using Zionist connections, ed or hidden, and brazen hypocrisy interpretation of, and compliance bygone centuries and denies the themselves under the custody of inveigled himself into the list of is simply overlooked. with, religious laws is both literal existence of anything it cannot Zalman Stern, a revered tzadik in passengers. Battling to fall pregnant - and and lateral. It is arbitrary, deeply name or understand. Sibui, in southern Transylvania, “Some people are angry with aware that halachic law will entitle fearful and fixated on a G-d Who In portraying it, Markovits who undertakes to raise them in the Rebbe,” Mila tells a shocked her husband to divorce her should delights in inflicting punishment, aims not to slander the faith or its his ultra-Orthodox community. Josef. “They say he, and other com- she fail to bear him at least one pain and misery, and Who - for all followers, but to remind us of who Stern’s own daughter, Atara, and munity leaders who fled on that child within seven years - Mila tells His powers - is apparently unable we are, at our best – and warn us Mila - raised as sisters - become in- train, behaved shamefully. They Josef: “I’m not angry with the Reb- to either laugh or love, far less of what we could become, at our tensely close and whenthe the family blue say these leaders gency knew about the be for surviving; I’m angry because forgive. A G-d who is insecure, worst.

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The Editor, PO Box 84650, Greenside, 2034 email: [email protected] World News in Brief Don’t forget about the Karabus: UAE action spirit of tikkun olam reflects failure to Israel’s state prosecutor Cameron to London Jews: Deri reinstated as Shas observe human rights to appeal Olmert acquit- Not time for Israel to Party head Dr Ivor Blumenthal’s article (Jew- tals attack Iran ish philanthropy: Is it charity or The news of the imprisonment of JERUSALEM - Aryeh Deri, who re- merely reparations, in last week’s Prof Cyril Karabus in the United JERUSALEM - Israel’s state prosecu- LONDON - British Prime Minister signed as head of the Sephardi haredi paper) is very provocative! There Arab Emirates on a charge of tor will appeal the acquittals of former David Cameron told members of Lon- Orthodox Shas Party 13 years ago, is no doubt that Jewish welfare manslaughter resulting from the Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in two of don’s Jewish community on Monday has been reinstated by the party’s organisations need our unstint- death of a child suffering from three cases decided earlier this year. night that Israel should give sanctions spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, ing support, but I think he has leukaemia, reflects the failure The prosecutor informed Olmert’s more time to work. according to reports. forgotten the spirit of tikkun of this Arab country to observe attorney on Tuesday that it would ap- “I have said to Prime Minister Deri would take the party chair- olam which should be part of our basic human rights. peal the July acquittals on charges of (Benjamin) Netanyahu that now is not manship from Interior Minister Eli Jewish persona. In all countries, certainly in fraud, breach of trust, tax evasion and the time for Israel to resort to military Yishai, who has served in the top South Africa is a damaged the Western world, if there is rea- falsifying corporate records in what action,” Cameron said at the United party position for more than a decade. society, which needs repair and son to believe that there was mal- became known as the Talansky and Jewish Israel Appeal annual fundrais- Yishai reportedly has been promised I believe we should do whatever practice responsible for the death Rishon Tours affairs, according to the ing dinner in London. the most senior ministerial position we can, whether as individuals, of the child, the treating doctor Justice Ministry. But, he told the audience of should Shas join the next government. corporates or welfare organisa- would be charged with malprac- His sentence in the Investment 700 Jewish community leaders and Yishai’s office responded to the tions, to help the formerly disad- tice, and not with manslaughter. Centre Affair, in which the Jerusalem supporters: “In the long term, if Iran report by saying that “nothing has vantaged sections of our society Moreover, on the information District Court found Olmert guilty on makes the wrong choice, nothing is changed, we will do whatever Rabbi to become useful, productive, provided, it would appear that the lesser charge of breach of trust, off the table. Ovadia Yosef instructs us to do”, ac- self-respecting individuals. the child suffered from acute also will be appealed. A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to cording to the Times of Israel. There are many members of leukaemia, a fatal disease despite Last month Olmert was sentenced Israel. And a threat to the world. Deri, who decided to re-enter our Jewish community who think all modern treatment, and even to one to three years of probation and “And this country will work unwa- politics a few weeks ago, had threat- and act this way, who are not spe- malpractice would seem to be fined some $19 000 for granting per- veringly to prevent that from happen- ened to launch his own party if he cifically motivated by the hope excluded. sonal favours to attorney Uri Messer ing,” the British leader pledged. were not permitted to retake the Shas of gaining friends for us as Jews, It is incumbent on medical when Olmert served as trade minister. The European Union Foreign Af- chairmanship. but who work for the betterment associations and other medical The former prime minister could have fairs Council on Monday adopted new He was indicted in 1993 for of the wider community. groups throughout the world, to faced up to three years in jail. economic sanctions against Iran that accepting bribes and sentenced in If this results in a positive take up the appeal for his imme- The announcement came a day hit its banking, shipping and industrial 2000 to three years in prison. Under spin-off for our organisations and diate release. I believe the South after the 18th Knesset voted to dis- areas. the conviction, Deri was barred from recognition of our community, so African government should join solve itself and to go to new elections Last month, Netanyahu warned public service in the political arena for much the better. But to withdraw this appeal. in January next year, and as Olmert the N General Assembly that Iran was seven years. into our purely Jewish shell and reportedly was deciding whether to close to acquiring enough enriched Yosef said at the time of the only look after our own, implies Prof Monty M Zion MD FRCP attempt a political comeback in the uranium to build a nuclear bomb. conviction that the party’s leadership a withdrawal from our responsi- Tel Mond, Israel elections. Cameron also praised Britain’s would be given to Yishai until Deri’s bilities as South African citizens, Last week, Likud Party lawmaker ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, return. (JTA) and may have a negative effect Jews must remember Tzipi Hotovely petitioned Israel’s Cen- who travelled from Israel to attend the which could be exploited by those that charity begins tral Elections Committee to prevent event, the London Jewish Chronicle who actively campaign against at home Olmert from running for office, citing reported. Kafka’s writings to go pub- Jews, and by association, Israel. the July conviction. “There is no contradiction be- lic, Tel Aviv court rules Dr Ivor Blumenthal in his article The sentence in the Investment tween being a proud Jew, a commit- JERUSALEM - An Israeli court has ruled Martin Behr on Jewish philanthropy, has hit Centre case did not include a ruling ted Zionist and a loyal British citizen,” that papers belonging to writer Franz Johannesburg the nail on the head. Let it stay of moral turpitude, which would have he said, reportedly responding to criti- Kafka be transferred to the Israel National there, and let our brains think prevented the 67-year-old from re- cism that Gould has “dual loyalties”, Library in Jerusalem. The Tel Aviv District about looking after our own. entering politics for seven years. according to the newspaper. (JTA) Family Court made the ruling last Friday Present government The Jewish community strug- Olmert had agreed to forgo the following a years-long legal battle. puts SA on the brink gles to make ends meet, and we perks awarded to a former head of Israel confers ITS The papers, which also include corre- are constantly trying to raise state, including a secretary, an office presidential medal on spondence between Kafka and his mentor We have in South Africa a so- funds for ourselves, yet we try to and a car, in exchange for the finding. Mehta and close friend Max Brod, have been the called democracy in a modern find favour with other causes and Olmert is the first former Israeli subject of a custody battle between the day society, but at what a price! organisations that do not always prime minister ever to stand trial. JERUSALEM - Israeli conductor Zubin Hoffe family and Israel’s National Library. We eliminated the evil scourge appreciate what is being done for He officially resigned as prime Mehta has been awarded a Presi- Kafka shortly before his death left the of apartheid and installed a new them. minister in September 2008 after dential Medal of Distinction by Israeli papers to Brod, who contrary to Kafka’s race-free government. Cut back on the money and police investigators recommended President Shimon Peres. wishes published what are now many of Our great hero, Madiba, took see how vicious they will become. that he be indicted in the Talansky Mehta is the music director for life his most famous works. The rest of Brod’s over and was hailed as one of You will probably hear the same case. (JTA) of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra possessions passed on to his secretary, the finest and noblest statesmen comments that were said 60 and a visiting conductor for orches- Esther Hoffe, who passed them down to of our times for his humility, years ago. Knesset dissolution bill tras around the world. her daughter Eva. Brod had bequeathed dedication and compassion in passes ITS final reading The award, presented at a special the manuscripts to the National Library in creating a new dispensation for Joel Goldstein ON NEW ELECTIONS event on Monday at the President’s his will, according to Haaretz. a better, just and brighter South Sandton residence, was conferred “for his Eva and her sister, Ruth Wiesler, Africa. JERUSALEM - Legislation to dissolve outstanding contribution to culture in began selling off pieces of Brod’s estate. Fair enough. But at the the Israeli Knesset and go to national Taking issue with the the State of Israel”. They planned to sell the papers to the present moment the saga of elections was approved unanimously hackers of the palm tree Peres in conferring the award German Literary Archive in Marbach until events happening here have defi- early Tuesday morning. on Sylvia Pass said that he could not think of anyone the Israel National Library demanded the nitely taken a nose dive. Wildcat Israeli lawmakers voted unani- else who had offered such a unique rights to them. strikes are the order of the day, Two years ago Lionel Slier wrote mously on the bill’s final reading to contribution to Israel, its people and The manuscripts include tens of corruption and maladministra- an article about someone in the dissolve the 18th Knesset and hold its mood. thousands of pages that were kept in 10 tion are widespread. Heinous Jewish community (you will elections for a new government on “You have shown leadership,” Pe- safe deposit boxes in banks in Tel Aviv and crime, murder and rape have know who you are) who had January 22. res said. “A leader was born to elate Zurich. (JTA) devastated and ravaged our land hacked the branches of a palm Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- the spirit and the hopes of the people. and this has caused our econom- tree that belongs to the city coun- yahu, opposition leader Shaul Mofaz, That’s what you did.” ic downslide. cil, on the top of Sylvia Pass. President Shimon Peres, Knesset Peres said Mehta and the Israel Wife of Israeli celebrity Our present government is It is illegal to damage council Speaker Reuven Rivlin and a host of Philharmonic “carried a flag of friend- rabbi attempts suicide totally out of touch and very in- property. The culprits cut the other lawmakers spoke in the hours ship across the world and repre- ept in dealing with the affairs of branches of the tree till it looked before the vote on the opening day of sented our country in an unbelievable JERUSALEM - The wife of Israeli kab- state, which are in the doldrums. shocking, leaving a mess on the winter session. manner. balist Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto on Overseas investors are obvi- the ground. Last year they left Elections for the next Knesset had Music conducted by you became Sunday tried to commit suicide as her ously wary to invest here - and the tree alone. This year once been scheduled for October 2013. The a message for peace, a message of husband was being questioned by police. who can blame them? As a result again they took the same beauti- new poll will take place four years hope”. The rabbi’s wife, Rivka, was rushed I firmly believe that to turn mat- ful palm and cut all the lower since the last vote. In accepting the award, Mehta to a Tel Aviv hospital after reportedly ters around we must wake up and branches again. I took a photo- Netanyahu had announced last said: “What Israel has given me in overdosing on pills, Israel Radio reported. smell the roses, and duly elect graph of this hacked tree. week, after consulting with his coali- the last 50 years I can only give back The questioning of Pinto was suspended people to parliament who have I would like to know if the tion partners, that the country would by having my musicians night after on Sunday after three hours. the country’s interests at heart, guilty parties would like someone go to early elections, next year, saying night play their hearts out all over the The couple were arrested and re- instead of politicians who feather to come to their home and de- that it was impossible to pass the world.” leased to home detention late last week their own nests and are set for stroy their garden! They did not 2013 budget without first holding The Presidential Medal of Distinc- after allegedly attempting to bribe a self-enrichment at the expense of even bother to clean up the mess elections. tion is awarded to individuals and police officer to get information about an the masses. on the ground. “These coming elections are in- organisations that have made unique investigation into alleged money launder- Let’s pray that sanity will Please do not shame us in this tended to set our goals for the future,” and outstanding contributions to ing by the couple. prevail and that we will overcome community. I hope that in future Peres said. Israeli society and to Israel’s image A former aide to Pinto, Ofer Biton, and restore this once proud na- you will not touch this beautiful He added, “They should be con- around the world. was jailed last month in the United States tion to the glory and status it tree. ducted with respect, with sensitivity An additional merit of these over immigration violations. US officials rightly deserves. to one another and with restraint. awards is that they constitute exam- reportedly have been scrutinising Biton’s Gina Bergman The elections should be a national ples of genuine initiative, innovation, fundraising activities for a US congress- Barney Segal De Wetshof debate without senseless attacks.” creativity and a long-term vision. man, Representative Michael Grimm Johannesburg Johannesburg (JTA) (JTA) (Republican New York). (JTA 19 - 26 October 2012 SA JEWISH REPORT 13

HERZLIA HIGH SCHOOL Inspiring view from my office window

LIZBE BOTES, of sports teams and class monitors. debating, soccer and basketball, PRINCIPAL, In addition, all pupils are has boosted the ruach in the HERZLIA MIDDLE SCHOOL exposed to leadership training school. I was privileged to be part throughout the year, when dif- of the step-by-step planning and The first thing I see when entering ferent leadership styles, group preparation of our first-ever Inter- my office, is the silver calligraphy dynamics and conflict resolution House School Play Festival in 2011. lettering reminding all who enter are discussed. An exciting devel- This too was an example of the that “If you will it, it is no leg- opment has been the 37 partici- commitment and determination of end” – the motto of our school, pants in the President’s Leadership our pupils and staff to succeed. encouraging pupils and staff to Award. The experience proved to be aspire to make their aspirations an Daily discussions with the invaluable as it cemented relation- everyday occurrence. pupils who visit my office, or with ships outside of the classroom As I observe the daily activities those to whom I have the pleasure environment. This year we are at Herzlia Middle School, from early of presenting tutorials, leave me looking forward to showcasing our morning at 06:30, when parents without any doubt that each and talent with a musical written and drop off their children for pre- every learner wants to improve directed by our music educator, dawn water polo practice, to early him or herself. Monika Wassung. evening, when the last teachers As a principal, I have an open At the Middle School it is leave, I am struck by the determi- door policy that ensures interaction important for us to provide a learn- nation of the pupils and staff to with staff members, current and ing environment in which there excel at their respective goals. prospective parents and, most im- is a balance between freedom to In 2012, we made a decision portantly, the pupils. It is important innovate and undergoing learning to extend our leadership pro- for us to know that although we within a framework of discipline gramme to as many learners as have amazingly talented pupils, and acknowledgement of the possible in all three grades of the they have a need to regularly rights of others. school, instead of limiting opportu- discuss the challenges they face in Effective discipline can only be they can sense sitting in the office tions - big or small - towards this nities to only a select few grade 9 their endeavours to develop and achieved and maintained through area waiting for an appointment. unique learning environment Student Council members. build their own identities and cope mutual respect. This is an easy I believe this is because we are a instilling Jewish values, allowing The result is our Inclusive lead- with a world with which we, as task if we, as role-models, live out Herzlia family consisting of main- for each other’s differences, while ership programme in which more adults, still struggle to cope. the values of co-operation and ac- tenance staff, administration staff, nurturing a sense of belonging, than 100 learners are occupying The inter-house system where countability. parents, teachers and our pupils. we will live our motto every day various leadership positions, includ- the three houses compete in ath- Visitors to Herzlia Middle School If respect is shown to all and believing that if we will it, it will be ing grade representatives, captains letics, swimming, drama, surfing, often mention the happy “vibe” we all value each other’s contribu- no legend. The exciting journey through Middle School GABRIELLA SAVEN, and is what makes it unique to other schools. a mentor, an incredible leader, but most of all HEAD GIRL OF MIDDLE SCHOOL Middle School gives learners the opportunity someone that we know we can always ap- GRADE 9B to ease into the high school system, with other proach, rely on, trust and follow as a fantastic pupils their age and maturity, as well as giving role-model. Middle School is like an exploration - you start them the opportunity to mature at a slow and She has an open door policy and all the off at the beginning of grade 7, not knowing steady rate, without having the pressure of the learners know that to talk to her, all that is what to expect, having mixed emotions of be- usual high school system and the older pupils. required is a knock on her door. ing extremely overwhelmed, but at the same During your adventure, there are many At the end of your journey when you take time excited for the adventure to come… paths provided, each with its own set of some time to reflect on your trip, you will see However, as the journey of Middle School challenges. However, no matter how big the the endless amount of opportunities that were continues, you start to get your bearings and challenge, Middle School will provide you with offered to you. Not only on the sporting field, familiarise yourself with your new routine. the skills and tools necessary for overcoming but also in the all-inclusive leadership pro- Things become a lot less overwhelming, you these obstacles. gramme, cultural events like musicals, one-act start to learn more about your surroundings, In every journey, one needs a reliable com- plays and showcase, community work, anti- and just like any great explorer, you find your pass which will guide you in the right direction bullying campaigns, exchange programmes, true individuality. For some, this takes longer and lead you on the right path. brilliant teachers, photography, debating and Gabriella Saven, than others. At Middle School our compass is Mrs Lizbe more. Herzlia Middle School is the most fantas- head girl of Middle School 2012. But that is the beauty of Middle School Botes. She is not only a principal, she is also tic experience for all learners. Klitah 2012 – oodles of fun for the grade 7s Liberty Life AVIVA PHILLIPS groups that they would stay in for that gangashlach was one of their “We at Liberty are delighted GRADE 7A the rest of camp. In these groups highlights! It was a game that they to be involved with the JNR they would have a chance to meet played to see whenever one of Early this year the grade 7s of new people and make new friends. the madrichim said “gangashlach”, Jewish Report. At Liberty we Herzlia Middle School had the All the youth movements - who would hide under their sleep- believe passionately in the privilege of going to the Habonim Habonim, Bnei Akiva and Netzer ing bags the quickest. value of education and have campsite in Onrus for their annual - went to visit the grade 7s at the During the breaks there were klitah for three days. campsite. They engaged in fun some “disgustingly funny” skits from been supporting education When the group eventually got and interesting activities with the the madrichim and some amazing initiatives for over 40 years.” to their destination, they were children; they played games, got to talent and singing from grade 7s. welcomed by their excited grade know more about their five senses From the boys playing cricket and Steven Braudo 12 madrichim. They divided and how to become pirates! rugby, to the girls chilling and chat- Chief Executive: Liberty themselves into groups for all the On the second day, our principal, ting on the field, I’m sure everyone Retail SA wooden cozy cabins that they Mrs Lizbe Botes, visited us in the who went to camp, would agree would be staying in. freezing cold weather. JIPSY was at that Klitah 2012 was great fun and Stuart Norrie and Jess Levitt their klitah most of the time with them. a huge highlight of our grade 7 The grade 7s enjoying all the roshim (leader) split them into Most of the children agreed year at Herzlia Middle School! activities on offer at Seminar Klitah. 14 SA JEWISH REPORT 19 - 26 October 2012 Sirius magic and healing kept us enthralled Herzlia, Leap School, drum up goodwill and lots of support CAG AND ENVIRONMENT EXECUTIVE OF 2012 HERZLIA AND LEAP PARTNERSHIP.

Leap Science and Maths School meet for the pupils of both schools to learn from each other’s experiences and environments. At the start, the pupils were introduced to each other at the Leap School in Pinelands for a fun drumming session. At first we were all a bit shy and did not know what to talk about, but true to teenager style it didn’t take us long to start chatting up a storm! A student and Steve from The College of Magic, with Sean Barenblatt; Olivia Bernstein; Mark We had an amazing drumming lesson together and everyone Helfrich; and Sherryn Berkovitz from Herzlia Middle School. wanted to know when the next meeting would be. OLIVIA BERNSTEIN, HEAD OF SIRIUS was a talk on homeopathy, by Ian Wheeler, a lead- The next meeting was in fact at The Green Point Park where GRADE 9C ing homeopath and pharmacist. Wheeler intrigued we had lunch together and walked around on the paths discuss- us with his fascinating knowledge on the subject. He ing some of the exhibits. The afternoon went by very quickly and The “Sirius” portfolio is named after the brightest and led us through the history of homeopathy, explained we were happy to hear that the next meeting had already been most visible star in our galaxy. The Sirius portfolio aims how they derive the potency of remedies and gave planned. to keep our Herzlia Middle School learners’ minds open, examples of how homeopathy works, using simple and For this meeting the grade 9s and high school pupils were split interested, extended and entertained. complex remedies. for their outings. The grade 9s went to the new science centre and To do this we offer opportunities that include current The memory of water and the concepts that natural enjoyed the activities together. affairs, random facts, brain teasers and out-of-the-box healing is built upon, such as “like cures like”, was The high school pupils from the Leap School joined the Herzlia thinking. We organise, for example, weekly quizzes, intriguing. This was extremely interesting and got us all pupils at the Jewish cemetery for the Yom Hashoah ceremony. PowerPoint shows at assemblies and thought-provok- thinking about how we treat our bodies. Afterwards they all went to the Leap School and had a lengthy ing images on the TV screen in the school atrium. We watched a hilarious YouTube video, “Homeopath- discussion about the day’s events. In addition, two guest speakers are invited per term ic ER”, which takes a more sceptical view on home- We are all excited for our next outing - to Gugulethu - to have a to address learners either after school or during a lunch opathy. An interesting debate followed between those look at two community centres where some of the Leap pupils are break. We also go on at least one outing each term who have strong alternative opinions on the possibility doing community work. We will be discussing some problems these and one camp per year. Any interested learner in our of harmful effects of allopathic medication and those centres are encountering and what the areas are where the Herzlia school is welcome to participate. believing homeopathy is bogus! Just the response Sirius and Leap pupils can together get involved in. We kicked off 2012 with the theme, “Magic” and wants! in the beginning of the year, 45 Sirius Club members In March, Sirius hosted former Herzlian, David Git- spent a morning filled with intrigue, fascination and telson, who presented an illustrated talk on his trip from excitement at the Cape Town College of Magic. Cape Town to Cairo, in a 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser On arrival, we were welcomed by our guide, Steve. named “The Beast”. Our morning began with a few extracts, performed by The aim of his trip was “to have an adventure and College of Magic students, from their recent show at to raise funds for Lawrence’s Roundabout Well Appeal, the Baxter Theatre. We were then privileged enough to which is a charity hoping to supply fresh water to watch an exhilarating set of tricks by a College of Magic Africa’s rural communities”. graduate who was also a Western Province Magic win- He explained how water is drawn up while the kids ner. play on a roundabout and is then stored in a raised We were fascinated by his mind blowing acts and his tank. David hoped to raise enough funds to install two incredible ability to make an ordinary broom levitate! pumps at a cost of £7 500 each and had raised £8 660 This was followed by a brief tour of the building. so far. Steve then split us into two equal groups. One I am over the moon (like the Sirius star!) with the followed him into “Houdini’s Chamber” where he per- enthusiasm that has been shown by learners and formed card tricks that filled our minds with wonder! parents for what Sirius has offered thus far. I trust that The second group was taught magic tricks that can with the ongoing assistance of my executive and the now be performed to charm our friends and families. encouragement of Mark Helfrich, my vision of stirring We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and it was definitely the minds of our Herzlia Middle School learners with a worthwhile, magical experience. interesting, enriching and entertaining opportunities, The fantastic drumming session was the first encounter for the The highlight of our second theme, “Medicine”, will bear a fruitful and successful year. Herzlia and Leap partnership. A glorious picnic to celebrate Pesach by SABRINA COHEN headed up this project together hyped up and on their feet. Throughout the seder there presented by the PTA of the Mid- GRADE 9 D with Kevin Pogrund (head of This was just one of the ways was a vibe of enthusiasm and dle School. Judaica), Morah Debbie Suiza we joined all of our three objec- enjoyment, whether it was sing- All in all we are proud to say The Judaica Committee of 2012 (head of Jewish Life in the Mid- tives together, along with play- ing along to all the Pesach num- that the Grade 9 Pesach Seder decided to make this year’s dle School) and the committee. ing our unique Pesach edition ber one hits, or just connecting 2012 was a huge success and grade 9 Pesach seder inclusive The evening started off in a of “Who Wants to be a Jewllion- during the meal. The catering that it was definitely a night to and interactive. The grade 9 serene atmosphere when Rabbi aire”. was beautifully prepared and remember. seder is a highlight of the grade’s Jonathan Ross, our special guest year, as we celebrate and unite speaker, gave us an insightful together. Dvar Torah that we could all We came up with the theme take home and re-tell at our own of a “Pesach Picnic” with the Pesach sederim. intention that our guests would Our three main objectives for feel relaxed and in a comfortable the seder were to combine hav- environment, symbolising the ing fun, learning and interacting freedom of the Jewish people. as a grade. During the evening Our picnic took place in the we had slideshows with informa- Herzlia Middle School Sidney tion, videos and visuals playing Gross Hall. The décor for the on the walls. evening created the impression Each table was given one of that you were walking into an the Ten Plagues as the name of enchanted garden with picnic their team and had to come up baskets and checked tablecloths and present a war cry and give placed on each table, with information about their plague; striking pink and purple flowers we liked to call this “The Plague alongside the baskets. War Cry Competition Smack- Levi Uranovsky; Jason Smith; Sabrina Cohen; Kevin Pogrund; Shai Levin; and Zach Levin entertain at As deputy head of Judaica, I Down” which got everyone the grade 9 seder dinner. 19 - 26 October 2012 SA JEWISH REPORT 15 What a We’ll remember our surf tour to Still Bay LEVI KRUYER AND but sharks! After a pleasant surf we went PAZ SHINA back to our digs for some much needed GRADES 9C AND 9E nourishment. Later, getting back into our wet way to wetsuits and waxing our boards, we enjoyed Day 1: a fantastic surfing experience at Jongensfon- We woke up at 05:30 to get to school bright tein. and early as we had to pack the trailers with all our surfing gear before departing. Day 3: get to Everyone was starting to get really excited. Sleep, surf, eat, surf, think, surf. We then said adios to all the parents and off we went on the five hour bus ride ahead, Day 4: with a quick stop at Koelbaai for a fun surf. After our two surfs before 12:00, we were know one We arrived at Still Bay in the late hours of the saddened to leave a memorable holiday. We evening and went straight to the beach to hit arrived back at school feeling sunburnt and the waves. tired, but with no rashes thanks to Vaseline! A big thank you to Mr Brorson, Mrs Kohler, another Day 2: Mr Joseph, Bernard and Mike Rubin, who ar- We woke up at 06:00 in our four-man ranged and accompanied us on this amazing bedrooms with only two beds. We arrived surfing experience which we will remember Pupils show off their amazing surfing better! at the beach, still dark, with nothing to fear fondly. talent on the Still Bay surf tour. DAVID MESARCIK GRADE 8C

At the beginning of the year, the grade 8s were getting to know more about each other on the “Dare to Care” Breede River Camp. This fantastic three-day experience was filled with fun and interesting activities to test our bodies and minds. We went on a five km kayak trip down the beautiful Breede River, braved our way across a ter- rifying “high rope” obstacle course, built several metres off the ground, navigated through a dark maze, raced each other in team building activities and learnt about our environment during the fantastic sci- ence and geography section. Throughout the camp we developed important social skills and were constantly being put out of our comfort zones to complete difficult tasks. The camp was a great success and everyone really loved it. On Tuesday, November 13th at 12pm The President of the Weizmann Institute of Science Professor Daniel Zajfman will inaugurate the new David Lopatie Hall of Graduate Studies At the Weizmann Institute of Science.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be followed by a luncheon celebrating this transformational gift by David Lopatie of Johannesburg in support

Grade 8 learners encourage one of the graduate education of future generations another to conquer their fears on the high rope courses. of scientific talent in Israel.

The dedication will take place during the TEACHING STAFF 64th Annual International Board Meeting of the REQUIRED FOR 2013 TORAH ACADEMY BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOLS Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Torah Academy is looking for teachers in the following subjects: Maths: Grades 7 & 8 Should you wish to be present please contact Maths Lit: Grades 11 & 12 Afrikaans: Grades 7, 8 & 9 [email protected] Please send CV to: Or call 972.8.934.4582 [email protected] For Attention: Rebecca Sarchi 16 SA JEWISH REPORT Youth 19-26 October 2012 KDVP SACEE debaters do it in style Photo: Yael Gordon Photo: Peter Steyn Photo: Peter

Strutting their stuff are Jessi Wainer; Isabella : Joshua Broomberg and Saul Musker (back), Rowan Lange, Elizabeth Leaver (HOD English) and Zoe Wein Friedman; Megan Kantor; and Kira Fisher. ELIZABETH LEAVER Lange, had debated consistently well through- KDVPP young out the year. On Monday evening the King David High Musker and Broomberg are the only Gaut- entrepreneurs do School Victory Park Senior SACEE team eng debaters in the South African team se- achieved gold when they defeated King David lected for the World Debating Championships, very well indeed Linksfield in the final of the South African and Broomberg and Wein have been selected Council of English Education Debating Com- to represent Gauteng in the National Debat- STACY FLEISHMAN petition. The team, consisting of Saul Musker, ing Championships to be held in Kimberley in Gabriel Shapiro; Dylan Dermeik; Benjamin Joshua Broomberg, Zoë Wein and Rowan December. The much anticipated annual King David Melamdowitz; and Matthew Rauff. Victory Park Primary School grade 5 mini The weather was perfect and the market, this year did not disappoint. atmosphere exhilarating as each stall Who’s excited about Bandana day? Planning went on for weeks as the tried to entice the crowds to purchase Photo: Hailey Fox children, who were split into groups, from them. All monies raised will be HAILEY FOX worked hard at making their stalls the donated to charity. most exciting and successful. Many stalls Well done to the grade 5 teachers, Pine Street Play- offered a wide variety of goods, ranging parents and pupils on a very profitable school learners Dani from food, jewellery, games and toys. morning. Josselowitz, Chase Cohen, Morgan Ezra and Liora Israel, are very excited to wear their bandanas in support of the Sun- flower Fund. Bandana Day raises funds and awareness of those fighting leukaemia. Amber-Rose wins 3rd prize King David Victory Park Primary School is an independent RENEE KOCH co-educational Jewish School for pupils from Grade 1 to 7. We invite applications for the following post which is Amber-Rose Kaler of available from 1 January 2013 or soon thereafter. King David High School Linksfield, won third prize at the IEB Matric Media Centre Art Awards for her wax and charcoal portraits. Educational Ipad Apps Coordinator Eugene Hon: of UJ, who hosted the exhibition, commended the learn- The successful applicant will be a suitably qualified professional ers, saying the exhibi- with integrity, innovation and passion for teaching primary school tion was of the highest standard so far. children. Photo: Renee Koch

The minimum requirements for this position are: • Proof of registration with SACE; Minnie • A minimum of 3 years’ experience and a proven record of good classroom practice; Bersohn Photo supplied • A passion for teaching primary school children in a diverse educational setting. tots donate • A willingness to participate in the extramural programme of the school and; teddy bears • An ability to run a media centre or experience in working with Educational Ipad apps would be a distinct advantage. MICHELLE VINOKUR The children at Minnie Bersohn Pre- The remuneration package for the post will be commensurate with Primary School in Johannesburg, experience. Please submit a letter of motivation with a full Curriculum donated their own teddy bears to Vitae and details of three contactable referees to Miss Alanda van the Teddy Bear Clinic. Staden, PA to the Headmaster: [email protected] The Teddy Bear Clinic assists abandoned and abused children. It is such a special mitzvah, especially at this time of the year! 19 - 26 October 2012 Community Columns SA JEWISH REPORT 17

A column of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies Minister Davies’ cynical Communities celebrate High Holy Days DAVID SAKS Jewish Congress, which both fall under Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft. action boggles the mind Jewish communities a long distance from the main- In many cases, those who led the services had stream and in sub-Saharan Africa, once again came been doing so in the same centres for many years. We were aware that when we decided to join together to celebrate the High Holy Days. Services Rabbi Silberhaft said that he encouraged this prac- with other organisations in opposing the took place in Bloemfontein, Plettenberg Bay, Oudt- tice, which built up a connection between the com- Department of Trade and Industry’s proposed shoorn, Kimberley, Hermanus and Klerksdorp; munity and the baal tefilla concerned. Long-serving new labelling legislation for products emanat- Gaborone, Botswana, and Bulawayo and Harare, baalei tefilla included Yitzchak Sharon from Israel ing in Jewish West Bank enclaves, that the Zimbabwe. Officiants were provided through the SA- (Bloemfontein) and Yosef Shishler and Nachi Ash process would be a lengthy and complex one. JBD Country Communities Department and African (Kimberley). Perhaps the most frustrating obstacle we would have to contend against was the attitude of Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, whose actions and statements clearly intimat- ed that he had prejudged the issue in favour of the pro-Palestinian lobby and was simply not interested in engaging with alternate views. Prior to issuing his original Notice, he had ignored over 30 approaches from our side to Above Board meet with him. When a meeting finally did Mary Kluk take place, his overtly disdainful and dismissive National Chairman demeanour suggested that he was no more than going through the motions of public con- sultation when in reality, in his own words, the matter was “a done deal”. Given this background we were gratified, as reported in my previ- ous column, to be given the opportunity of participating in the Parlia- mentary Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry’s public hearings on the Notice. Representatives of all the main parties in Parliament were in attendance and participated in the debate. Overall, we were much encouraged by the Committee’s willingness to listen to our concerns and to try and find constructive solutions going forward. Crucially, it was agreed that further submissions would be request- ed from the stakeholders, outlining what were the minimum demands that each felt would be satisfactory in resolving the matter, before any final Notice was issued. The Minister’s representative at the Portfolio Committee meeting explicitly stated that there would “not be a final notice without talking to the public”. It was further agreed that all “minimum requirement documents” would be submitted on or before October 15, and both the SAJBD and SAZF ensured that this was done. The ink was hardly dry on this agreement when we received a com- munication advising that a second Notice had now been issued, with the public having a 30 day period in which to comment on it. It represented yet another circumvention of the consultation process by Minister Davies, who in his evident obsession with forcing through the measure demonstrated that he was not only uninterested in the Jewish community’s concerns, but was also quite happy to disregard his own Parliamentary Portfolio Committee’s considered recommendation that no Final Notice should be issued until a proper public participation process had taken place. Notwithstanding this latest setback, we remain committed as ever to fighting this battle, and in this regard will continue to explore all available diplomatic and legal avenues. Certainly, we will be making another detailed submission on the latest Notice, which has in no way allayed our concerns and in certain ways has gone even further than its predecessor in singling out Israel for discriminatory, inconsistent and unreasonable treatment. What really is so saddening about all of this is how private politi- cal agendas have been allowed to undermine the principle of public participation and consumer protection in our country. We have always respected these rules and sought to play by them, in turn expecting that, as South African citizens, we would be able to make meaningful input into the process. While we will continue to do this, it has to be said that our confidence in the system has been much eroded.

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World News in Brief Moshe Dayan’s gravesite vandalised on yahrtzheit JERUSALEM - The grave of Moshe Dayan was vandalised on the anniversary of the former Israeli defence minister’s death. Graffiti reading “The minister of failure, on behalf of the fallen” was painted in red on Dayan’s gravestone early Tuesday morning, 31 years since the date of his death. A memorial service was held at the site in the military section of Nahalal cemetery in northern Israel on October 14. The Defence Ministry in a statement issued on Tuesday “strongly” condemned the attack. The ministry said it sent members of its Unit for the Commemoration of the Soldier to repair the gravestone. Dayan served as defence minister during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. He also served as chief of staff for the Israel Defence Forces from 1953 to 1958. (JTA) Travel Supplement 18 SA JEWISH REPORT - 19 October 2012 Planning for your year-end break Compiled by Marlene Bilewitz Tel: 083-475-0288 e-mail: [email protected] or visit www.sajewishreport.co.za It’s time to get into holiday mood! MARLENE BILEWITZ You can rely on Raymond, Les Games for the whole family or Lynne, to organise “holidays of a Without a doubt, as soon as you The year 2012 has been a tough lifetime” for you. take off or pull out of the drive- one, but as the year-end approach- To ensure a relaxed and peace- way, your whole family will have es, we must forget about business ful holiday, you need to be organ- their noses buried in their mo- and politics, open our minds and ised. Make sure that your wardrobe bile phones. As this is inevitable, prepare for leisure and pleasure. is suited to the weather and places why not consider downloading a It is time to think of family and that you’re visiting; check if extra multiplayer mobile game onto each friends, look for interesting and or unusual vaccinations or visas person’s phone and play against exciting destinations, or venture are required and last but not least, each other while travelling. into those unknown areas where organise the most convenient and • Draw something. This is a Pic- you can experience new things, eat safe ways of carrying money, such tionary-like game where players exotic and rare delicacies in foreign as Standard Bank’s Travel Wallet or have to draw a picture while other lands, dance, sing, drink and enjoy Bidvest’s World Currency Card. players guess what the end-result with people in other parts of the The festive season often means will look like. world. that staff go home to be with their • Words with friends. Players can On the other hand, you can families and if you can’t face the take turns building words in up passengers in the car into two yellow cars, which are not the most throw away the fancy formal household chores, but can’t get out crossword puzzle style with an teams and select which team will common colour to see on the roads, clothes, pack a swim suit, track suit, of town, then close up the house, opponent in a manner similar to bat and which will field. have a value of six runs while red sneakers and a sun hat and vegetate call in Stallion to protect all that the classic board game Scrabble. The batting team will use the cars are an out. on a beach for a couple of weeks. you value at home and move into For those who get motion sick- oncoming traffic as a means to The batting team must “make” Take a look at what our reliable Garden Place for a month or two ness while travelling, there are still score runs. 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Split black cars will have a value of four. wins. Gigi von Helden, the address for chic, elegant and fashionable clothes MARLENE BILEWITZ personal private and undivided posed to high fashion - comfort- She has it all. Her good ser- attention. able and wearable,” she empha- vice and advice are evidenced by An appointment There is a great selection of sises. her loyal following. To quote one: with Gigi von the latest up-to-date fashions As seen from her advert, ap- “I wouldn’t dream of going any- Helden is always for casual and formal wear for pointments are made to enable where but to Gigi at the begin- a treat. Gigi, a the younger and more mature her to give her undivided atten- ning of each season.” charming, im- woman. tion and advice to her valued All alterations are done in- maculately Gigi travels to Germany and clients. house by Gigi’s capable assistant, dressed wom- Italy twice a year for the Spring/ “No matter how beautiful the Elizabeth, at no extra charge. an, welcomes Summer and Autumn/Winter outfit, one should always remem- The “in” colours of this you into her collections, where she personally ber the importance of accesso- summer season are bright acid showroom selects items that she feels will ries and general good grooming. green, acid yellow and turquoise. in Park- be suitable for the South African When dressed by Gigi, you can Happily, smart navy has made town North, climate and way of life, for her rest assured that you will look a comeback and as always, the where clientele. your very best for all occasions, classic white/black and natu- you are “Clothes need to be elegant, whether at home or on your ral earthy colours remain ever given her chic and fashionable - as op- travels.” popular and in fashion. Travel Supplement SA JEWISH REPORT - 19 October 201219 Just Cruising – your cruising specialists It seems that destiny played some role in Raymond Leib- The Riviera. man’s path to Just Cruising. At age seven, Raymond experienced his first true taste of cruise lifestyle when taken by his parents from Cape Town to the UK and back. A far cry from the resort ships of today, the “Cape Town Castle” was utilitarian but in the mind of a seven-year-old it was majestic! At age 23, Raymond became a merchant seaman aboard the cargo vessel “Londoner” for 30 days, to get to Europe where he spent a gap year on a secondhand Vespa in numerous youth hostels, experiencing the de- lights of a European summer. Thus was born a love for travel and a yearning to see and experience the world and all it had to offer. Thirty plus years of law and commerce followed, but the passion to experience the world remained. So, it was in 1997, at age 57, that Raymond embarked on a sec- ond and final career. The oppor- tunity to combine his passion with his working endeavours, proved irresistible. He is a born salesman claims to know a little about the ships. The only conti- Significantly, the cruise indus- and selling cruises 16 nent he has missed is the Antarctic, but that is on the try had just begun to emerge as a years ago, required schedule for December 2013. worldwide phenomenon. In South selling technique. Peo- Group, charter and special theme cruises are high Africa it was a speck on the hori- ple had to be persuad- on the Just Cruising agenda, with river cruising and spe- zon and Raymond pioneered the ed that they wouldn’t cials like Rugby World Cup 2011 deserving of special “cruise only” concept to a small be seasick, bored or mention. and receptive audience of friends, feel confined. Just Cruising has a database of “friends” not “cli- family and close associates. Bonny Gavina, Carol Turketti, Raymond Leibman and Les Riesnik. Persuade them he ents” and the exceptional proportion of repeat business He learnt what he could about the industry as quick- did and today many thousands of South Africans are year after year, is testimony to this. ly and effectively as possible and took every opportunity grateful for the gentle but firm inducement. “The only clients we lose are from emigration and to cruise. Just Cruising, with Raymond at the helm and with natural causes, not dissatisfaction.” He represented himself as a cruise specialist and ex- right-hand man Les Riesnik, are still market leaders, John Barrymore once said: “A man is not old until pert but justification of this claim could only come from consistently continuing to offer the personalised and regrets take the place of dreams.” hard and dedicated devotion to his trade. knowledgeable extra mile service that it always has. Cruising to exotic places at totally affordable prices Raymond was precisely what the industry needed. With 59 personal cruises under his belt, Raymond is what dreams are made of. Travel Supplement 20 SA JEWISH REPORT - 19 October 2012 Discover your Jewish roots in Eastern Europe BARRY BILEWITZ the Soviet Union, many Jews have an experiential voyage, including This was the Jewish world – and gone to Eastern Europe in search the beautiful cities of Vilna, Kaunas, it’s no more. From seeing the midnight sun of of their roots. Aiding these quests, Riga, Minsk, Volozhin, Mir, Pon- “The passage through Lithu- the far north to sipping a midnight Lynne suggests a visit to Lithuania evezh, and little villages that look ania and Latvia is one that encom- champagne cocktail at Sun City; and Latvia where you can take a like they come from one of Chagall’s passes nature’s spectacular and from surfing the waves on America’s journey in the footsteps of Jewish paintings. the landscapes of Jewish tradition; West Coast to tanning on a beach in creativity and a Jewish world. (Ko- “The fiddler is no longer on the it’s a journey to the events and Phuket in Thailand and everything sher tours can be arranged.) roof here, but the wooden houses characters of Jewish history.” in between and beyond, the Travel Says tour guide Shlomo Tikochin- and Jewish life is still spread For more information on this Company will ensure that your well- ski: “This is a journey to the regions over the forests and alongside and other fascinating destinations, earned holiday is exciting, restful and of Jewish heritage; with ‘Jerusalem the rivers. In the past, hundreds speak to Lynne. You will find her memorable. of Lithuania’ at its heart, and the of thousands of Jews of all types encyclopaedic knowledge of travel In the years since the collapse of vistas of the lands of the north. It’s lived in these towns and hamlets. invaluable.

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To take advantage of better rates, holiday- makers should book their rental cars well in advance of their holiday. The most pop- ular cars booked during the festive season are sedans, SUVs and people carriers. “As these cars can comfortably fit the entire family as well as the luggage, they are our most popular choice with our cus- tomers and tend to be booked up quickly,” says Europcar CEO Dawn Nathan-Jones. Driving an unfamiliar vehicle can be tricky, so to save time, remember to ask your rental agent important questions about the car’s tyre pressure and how to adjust it for a heavier load before the trip. Ask whether the vehicle is diesel or petrol, and where the lever is to open either the bonnet or the fuel flap. Know- ing how to tune that particular car’s radio, also saves time and frustration as well as allows you to keep focused on the road while driving. Ask the car park attendants to assist in pre-tuning the radio to your favourite stations before driving off. Europcar also offer customers a GPS as well as SABS-approved child seats for rental from all branches across southern Africa, when booked in advance. Bike racks are also available for rent and take advantage of Europcar’s baggage insurance which covers customers’ baggage up to 24 hours before the rental period and 24 hours after the vehicle has been returned. For people who spend long hours at work, often sacrificing time with their families; a road trip provides the perfect opportunity for quality time with a captive audience - in this instance your partner and children. Use the time to interact with your loved ones and think up creative ways to pass the time. “After a challenging year, what we look forward to the most, is relaxing with our families and friends and recharg- ing our batteries. We all deserve a good rest and at Europcar, we aim to make your trip an easy, personal and enjoyable one,” says Nathan-Jones.

Something to while away the time:

• Riddles for a little fun communica- tion. Both infuriating and chal- lenging, riddles are a great way to pass the time and get everyone thinking outside the box. Also keep some brain teasers handy while travelling, such as: 1. What is the beginning of the end, the end of time, the middle of yes- terday, and nowhere in tomorrow? Answer: the letter E 2. I have an eye but cannot see. I am stronger and faster than any man alive but have no limbs. What am I? Answer: a hurricane 3. I give milk and a horn but I’m not a cow. What am I? Answer: A milk truck Travel Supplement SA JEWISH REPORT - 19 October 201225

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Today, Friday (October 19) • The Lewandowski Chorale is giving a fun- on “Gold, Property or Shares”, with David Thursday (October 25) • UZLC hosts Prof Tshilidzi Marwala who draising concert to raise funds to buy air Shapiro, Alan Demby and Mark Wainer. • RCHCC hosts Ann Bernstein of the will speak on “Intelligent Machines and tickets for some of its choristers who are Venue: Maroela Room, Sandton Sun. Centre for Development and Enterprise, Society”. Venue: Our Parents Home. unable to do so themselves. The choir has Time: 18:00. RSVP: greatdebate.co.za. in conversation with Mike Spicer and Time: 12:45 - 14:00. Contact: Gloria at been invited to participate in the Tri-Star Tel: 0718760763 Donald Ncube, about her recent award- 072-127-9421 or (011) 485-4851. Festival in Berlin in December. Venue: winning book, “The Case for Business in Redhill School Auditorium, 20 Summit Wednesday (October 24) Developing Economies”. Autographed Sunday (October 21) Road, Morningside. Time 15:30. Seating • UJW is hosting Dr Lorraine Chaskalson, copies will be available for purchase. • Northfield Shul hosts Hugh Raichlin who is limited, so book early to avoid disap- formerly of the Dept of English, Wits, on Venue: Clive M Beck Auditorium. Time: will speak on “The Jews of Portugal”. pointment. A 33 per cent advance book- the first lecture on a course on Thomas 19:30. Donation: R70 (incl refresh- Venue: Northfield Shul, 51 Northfield Av- ing discount. Advance bookings at R100 Hardy’s “The Mayor of Casterbridge”. ments). Booking: Hazel or René (011) enue, Glenhazel. Time: 19:30. Cost: R70 each, can be made by e-mailing tickets@ Please read the book before coming to 728-8088/8378, after hours (011) per person (incl refreshments). Booking golding.za.net until October 17. Thereaf- class. Time: 09:30. Contact: (011) 648- 728-8378, e-mail: [email protected] or essential: E-mail [email protected] ter tickets can be purchased at the door if 1053, fax 086 273-3044. Donation: R20. [email protected] or www.greatpark. or SMS Rozanne on 082-469-6610. available for R150. Contact: Di Golding, co.za chairman Lewandowski Chorale, 082- • UJW adult education division in Cape • RCHCC is re-screening “Woody Allen: 338-4462. Town hosts Gina Flash who will talk • JHGC in association with the Embassy a Documentary”. Venue: Clive M Beck on “Refugees from Burma in Thailand”. of the Czech Republic in Pretoria and Auditorium. Time: 18:30. Donation: R60 • Old Arcadian Association is holding a Venue: Stonehaven. Time: 10:00 for Redhill School, hosts the “70th Com- (incl refreshments). Booking: Hazel or reunion luncheon of Old Arcs at Arcadia 10:30. Entrance: R20 (incl refreshments). memoration of the Destruction of the René (011) 728-8088/8378, after hours (Hollard), Oxford Road, Parktown, Johan- Enquiries: (021) 434-9555. Czech Village of Lidice”. Lidice, the (011) 728-8378, e-mail: rchcc@telkomsa. nesburg. Time: From 11:00. The last reun- Czech drama film by Petr Nikolaev, will net or [email protected] www.great- ion was held four years ago. Information: • Chevrah Kadisha invites you to a focus be screened. Venue: Redhill High School park.co.za Jules Gordon, cell 082-552-3148. evening on post-natal depression, “Gain Auditorium, 20 Summit Rd, Morning- Awareness and Understand. Become Em- side, Sandton. Time: 18:00 for 18:30. To Sunday (October 21) • Second Innings hosts Robin Binckes, powered. Provide Support”. Special guest book or for more info: Thuli (011) 640- • UJW CT is celebrating its 80th birthday. owner of a tour company, on “Twenty speakers: Debbie Levin (social worker in 3100 or [email protected]. Venue: Investec Building. Time: 17:30 for Thousand Years in Sixty Minutes”. Venue: private practice) and Paula Levin (co-au- 18:00. Entrance: R250. Contact: (021) The Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden thor of “Recognising Post-Natal Depres- Friday (October 26) 434-9555. Tickets available at 7 Albany Acres. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Contact: sion - a Handbook for Mothers”). Venue: • Greenside Hebrew Congregation invites Road, Sea Point. Grecia Gabriel (011) 532-9718. Golden Acres Card Room. Time: 19:30. you to celebrate Shabbat with them from Bookings: Darrin (011) 532-9733. 17:45 to 20:00. There will be perogen, • WIZO Tzabar celebrates its 10th birthday Monday (October 22) snacks and schnapps. All welcome. at the EOH, 1 Osborne Lane, Bedford- • UJW is hosting Gavin Lewis, communica- • Great Park Shul invites you to “Moving Information: tel and fax (011) 788-5036. view with an evening of cabaret, music tions expert for the DA, on “The Mining From Spousal to Parental Relationships” E-mail: [email protected]. and entertainment with Harry Sidero- Crisis”. Contact: (011) 648-1053, fax 086 - a parenting workshop with Dr Ronel poulos and vocal force, Music Affair. Cost 273-3044. Time: 09:30. Donation: R20. Duchen aimed at expecting parents and • UZLC hosts David Batzofin who will R200 incl buffet. Time: 17:30 for 19:00. parents of young children. Starts 19:30. speak on “Changing Horses in Mid- Contact: Graciela 082-925-0924 or Ayala Tuesday (October 23) Cost: R30 pp. Bookings essential. Con- stream”. Venue: Our Parents Home. 082-412-2269. • Chabad House’s “Miracle Drive Young tact: Goldie, 072-832-2001; goldiesimp- Time: 14:00. Contact: Gloria, (011) 485- Drivers” invite you to “The Great Debate” [email protected] 4851 or 072-127-9421.

• Israeli folkdance - health Auditorium. Booking: batmitzvah project in and fun, every Wednes- Hazel or René‚ (011) Israel? You get a beauti- day at 20:00 at King 728-8088/8378. E-mail: ful certificate to give to David Sandton. Begin- [email protected] or the bar-/batmitzvah child ners at 18:30. Contact [email protected] here. Certificates are Anat 083-326-7095, Miri available from WIZO tel 082-773-8248 or Ora • Beis Midrash Chofetz (011) 645-2548. 083-288-7202. Chaim is offering a sec- ond ma’ariv minyan every • Second Innings runs a • Join WIZO every Thurs- weekday evening (Mon- series of courses and day for a “Lunch & Learn” day - Friday) at 21:00, activities including shiur with Rabbi Michael cnr Elray and Michel scrabble, bridge, discus- Katz, 13:00 - 14:00 at Streets, Raedene. Open sion groups, play reading Beyachad. Information: to broader community. groups, women’s and Joyce, (011) 640-2416. Don’t fret if you need men’s reading groups, a later minyan. Secure symphony concert re- • Stellenbosch Hebrew parking provided. hearsals, bowls, pilates, Congregation has a Fri- Yogic Pranayama, walk- day evening service every • Sunday Scrabble Club ing and aerobics, Golden week in shul, starting meets every Sunday at Oldies Cine Club, weekly at 18:45. Contact (021) 10:00 at Zahava’s, Grant workshops (by arrange- 886-5257. Avenue, Norwood, off 9th ment) on “falls education Street. Cost R5. Players for the elder adult”, and • The Yiddish Academy of all strengths welcome. it also organises regular offers weekly ba- Larry 082-888-5355. activities. For info ontact sic, intermediate and Grecia Gabriel at advanced classes on • Orchid Florist, a project (011) 532-9718. Monday evenings at of WIZO Johannesburg, 19:30, Tuesday mornings offers beautiful arrange- • Don’t miss the oppor- at 10:30 and Thursday ments of flowers and tunity to do a mitzvah. evenings at 19:30 at the fruit for every occasion. Visit the Selwyn Segal RCHCC, Glenhove Road, No occasion too large or Shop. Gifts priced from Houghton. Conversa- too small. Contact An- R45. Glassware, pewter, tional groups. Details: nette (011) 728-4513. silver, white ceramics and e-mail yiddishacademy@ Selwyn Segal products. gmail.com or call Hazel • JWBS Johannesburg, Phone: (011) 485-1344 Cohen on (011) 728- urgently requires second- or (011) 640-5171. 8088. hand clothing, kitchen- ware, household goods, • Benarc Gift Shop - Gift • Supervised bridge with books and bric-a-brac presentations for all occa- Jeff Sapire Tuesday for its secondhand shop. sions, made to order. Call morning 10:00 - 12:00 Contact (011) 485-5232. (011) 485-5232, JWBS. (intermediary) and All kosher under the Beth Wednesday morning • Celebrating a bar-/bat- Din. Proceeds to support 10:00 - 12:00 (advanced), mitzvah? Why not give a the less fortunate in our at the Clive M Beck donation to WIZO’s bar-/ community. 19 – 26 October 2012 Classifieds SA JEWISH REPORT 27

To book your classified notice or advert contact: ACCOMMODATION Tel (011) 274-1400, Fax 086-634-7935, email: [email protected] FLAT TO LET Beautiful, Batya sets a welcome spacious, modern 1 HOW TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED ADVERT: first for Machaneh 1. Only adverts sent via email to [email protected] will be accepted. bedroom garden flat 2. You will be advised on cost & payment details. 3. Payment is prior to the advert appearing. 4. Our bank- to let in Glen Manor, Ahavat Olam ing details: SA Jewish Report, Nedbank Randburg, Account Number: 1984 514 865, Branch Code: 198405. Glenhazel. Undercov- DEADLINE for BOOKING and PAYMENT is Tuesday 12 pm. (If deadline is missed the advert will appear SHIRA DRUION (when payment is received) in the next edition). er parking. Available IMPORTANT NOTICE - The Jewish Report runs adverts in the Classified section in good faith, November 1. Bnei Akiva has been a corner- however we cannot be responsible for the quality of services offered and claims made. Rob 082-558-5111 stone of the community for many a decade, uniting young SERVICES SERVICES Jews in the quest to uphold the LIFTS LIFTS Boarder Middle-aged male values of Judaism and Zionism. AIRPORT SERVICE AIRPORT boarder/companion The highlight of the cal- JHB required, to stay endar is the culmination of SHUTTLE with a business lady yearlong activities, which ends in beautiful cluster G’Hazel to house in Morning- with “machaneh” - a three-week Tambo side Village. camp, taking place annually Reliable, R140 Home: (011) 783-9660 on their campsite in Mossel Reasonable Rates! Reasonable rates Office: (011) 333-4662 Bay. Traditionally, the “rosh Contact Arnold, from all other machaneh” the director/head 082-447-0185 areas EMPLOYMENT of the camp has been a male, 011-454-1193 AVAILABLE but as of this year, times are IVAN WANTS TO SAM

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I am at cadet level.” “In the end I won by 0,2 seconds, but I In her age group, the youngsters com- ended up in third and fourth places in the pete in two different sections. The first is other two heats and finished third overall.” the Junior Max Rotax Series which is for a Her best effort in the F400 came two-stroke 125cc engine. They can get up recently - again at Zwartkops - when they to speeds of around 110kph on a straight qualified fourth of 56 competitors and section of the track. finished third, ninth and ninth, to end up “Vereeniging is a fast course with long sixth overall. “We out-qualified two former straights, so there we have the opportunity SA champions.” to get our speed up,” said Brittany. Many of those drivers are a lot older than “My favourite track is Zwartkops but it Brittany and her teammates and one of those has lots of turns and is more difficult.” is Jaki Scheckter. Scheckter recently returned The second event is an endurance series from the US and is now based in Gauteng. He known as the F400, which is for four-stroke is the son of six-time SA Drivers champion engines. For this event she shares a kart Ian, who is of course the brother of South with two other drivers - Andrew Boulet and Africa’s sole F1 world champion and one of Simon Hattingh. Brittany’s idols, Jody Scheckter. This event is divided into three heats Brittany plans to continue with her kart and Brittany had her first race in February. racing and hopefully move up from there. “We qualified in 11th place and in the first In order to maintain her fitness levels and Brittany Cohen has two wheels off the ground as she takes a corner during the Zwartkops heat finished seventh out of 35 partici- improve her reflexes, she also has taken up Regional last month. pants. In the second heat we finished 12th. boxing under the tutelage of Nic Durandt. Unfortunately in the final heat we had And in case that is not enough, she also JACK MILNER this King David Linksfield pupil has Jody engine trouble and could only manage 15th enjoys rock climbing... Scheckter, Ayrton Senna and new Mexican position.” The tough part for father Ian Cohen is One would expect that any 16-year-old boy Formula 1 sensation, Sergio Perez as her As far as the Rotax Series is concerned, the expense involved. A decent kar - and would be fascinated by the thrill of cars heroes. Brittany had a good run at Zwartkops in that is second hand - costs around R35 000 and speed. It is all part of the testosterone “I have a thrill for fast cars,” admits July, winning the Clubman’s race. “These and to schlep all the vehicles around the experience at that age because they believe Brittany. are 20-lap heats and you go flat out. It is a country to compete in the four national fast and sexy cars are the honeypot that She has taken up karting which takes very professional series,” said Brittany. events, is extremely pricey. female bees will enjoy hovering around. place at three venues in the Gauteng area - She started the race fourth on the grid “Sponsorship is very difficult to find However, it is quite rare to have a Zwartkops, Kyalami and Vereeniging. She and after five laps managed to get herself right now and we would probably need 16-year-old girl in raptures over engines, started karting at the age of 14 and started into the lead. “In these events they mix the around R500 000 for Brittany to be in a cars and speed. But this is exactly what racing competitively this year in April. juniors with the seniors and I had a senior comfortable position,” says Ian. floats Brittany Cohen’s boat - or in this By usual standards Brittany is a late driver on my tail all the way to the finish. In the meantime, Brittany is out to fulfil case - kart. While other girls her age will be developer. “They have different levels,” she He was driving down the inside of every a dream and she certainly is enjoying every swooning over the likes of Justin Bieber, explained. “The earliest class is from four to corner but I defended well. opportunity she gets. Vets claim soccer title

A delighted Balfour Park veterans team after their 3-0 victory over Old Parks to claim the league title.

JACK MILNER The first half was scoreless but 10 minutes into the second half Ilan A run of three goals in the second half Herrmann opened the scoring for Balfour. saw the Balfour Park veterans soccer team Nissim Levi added a second with a spec- become league champions after defeating tacular free kick and Tzvika Fisher made Old Parks in Randburg. Balfour needed all it three with 10 minutes left on the clock. three points to secure the league title and Allan Nossel is captain and manager came up trumps with a 3 - 0 victory. of the Balfour vets.

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US, Israel sign telecommunications trade pact WASHINGTON - The United States and Israel on Mon- trade by allowing for product testing and certification day signed a trade agreement designed to make it only once, in the United States, prior to exporting the easier for American companies to export telecommu- product to Israel.” nication products to Israel. The pact also enables the two countries to agree As a result of the 33-page pact, Israeli regulatory in the future to accept equipment certifications from authorities will accept test results on American tele- recognised conformity assessment bodies in the two communications products that are recognised in US countries, according to a statement from the Office of laboratories. Additional testing had been required by the US Trade Representative. labs in Israel before the products could be sold there. Last year, trade between the two countries totaled “This agreement will save American manufactur- more than $31 billion, according to the office. The ers money and time,” Miriam Sapiro, deputy US trade agreement covers wire and wireless equipment, as representative, said of the agreement. “It will facilitate well as terrestrial and satellite equipment. (JTA)