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Blues giant Patlansky’s new CD south african ‘Wooden Thoughts’ (page 12) Jewish Report www.sajewishreport.co.za Doctors stand firm on Karabus issue Prof Alan Alperstein: Dr Lawrence Gobetz: “This crisis has made the medical “I don’t want anything to fraternity stand together.” do with such a country.” To page 3 Lag B’Omer spirit burns bright at Great Park Photo by Ilan Ossendryver.

Old, young, big, small, they came in droves last Sunday evening to celebrate Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer – counted since the second night of Pesach – in the ‘forest’ adjoining the Great Park Shul, Oaklands. Traditionally celebrated with a bonfire, the festival’s significance is debated: some say it’s the day when a plague afflicting Rabbi Akiva’s students abated in 132 CE. Others believe on this day Jews enjoyed military victory under rebel leader Simon Bar Kochba. Yet others see the bonfires as representing the Torah’s light. It’s also a day in which restrictions of the Omer are lifted and the community is free to party. To page 4

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Shabbat Times Parshat Behar/Bechukotai Be strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened! May 3/ 23 Iyar May 4/ 24 Iyar “Chazak, chazak, v’nitchazeik! Be and strength in waging war, for there are many accusatory forces 17:19 18:08 Johannesburg strong! Be strong! And may we be Joshua was required to conquer the that declare that a person is not 17:46 18:38 Cape Town strengthened!” Land of Canaan. deserving of what he is asking 17:02 17:52 Durban Rabbi Matthew With these famous words we Two of these three statements for in his prayers. 17:22 18:11 Bloemfontein Liebenberg 17:17 18:09 Port Elizabeth conclude the public reading of the of encouragement correspond to Thus, a person needs great for- Claremont Wynberg 17:09 18:01 East London book of Vayikrah this Shabbat, as two of the four areas about which titude to request something that Hebrew Congregation we do each book of the Torah. Why our sages declared require constant he does not really deserve. There Wainer, Malala was this declaration chosen to end strengthening (chizuk), namely is also an opponent to derech as easy to lose as glass.” each book and why is it said at the Torah study, good deeds, prayer and eretz, for derech eretz is behaviour When we reach the end of a book tell it to the JWBS end and not at the beginning? After derech eretz. that one’s intellect demands and of the Torah we may think we have all, in the words of our sages, “all Why these four in particular? therefore a person needs great mastered it, we may believe we have like it is beginnings are difficult”. The Maharal explains: “Any matter strength to ensure that his intellect understood it, but the truth is we The Jewish Women’s Benevolent Soci- I would like to suggest a source that has opposition to it requires overpowers his natural instincts. have only just begun to fathom its ety hosted an outstanding fundraising for this custom from the book of strengthening. Torah study must be His natural instincts tell him depth and in a moment it could fall business breakfast at Investec in Sand- Joshua, where, at the outset of the strengthened for man is a creature to behave in a way that is purely from our hand and shatter like fine ton recently, with guest speakers, Marc narrative, G-d calls upon Moses’ of flesh and blood and is made of physical without any recourse to glass. Wainer, CEO of Redefine Properties and successor no less than three times physical matter [whereas the Torah the intellect. That is why we ask Hashem at Justice Malala, political commentator, to be “strong and of good courage”. is spiritual] and thus a person needs Our grip on these sublime the very moment of completion to providing much to think about. Rashi explains that the first time great resources to overcome his concepts remains tenuous at best strengthen us, give us the fortitude The Benevolent said in a media refers to courage and strength in physical nature. and that is why we require constant to remember what we have studied, release that Wainer gave an entertain- the area of derech eretz, living as a Good deeds must be strength- revision, strengthening and courage analyse further that which we al- ing and informative account of his rise human being in society with others. ened because the evil inclination to retain them. This is especially ready know and forge our way into through the ranks from fishmonger to The second time refers to courage of a person attempts to convince true of the words of Torah about new territory. Let us strengthen property mogul, while Malala, “saying it like it is”, gave a candid account of and strength in the study of Torah him they are not necessary. Prayer which the Talmud proclaims: “They our resolve to study the Torah and recent occurrences in the new South and the third time refers to courage needs to be strengthened because are as difficult to acquire as gold and keep it firmly in our grasp. Africa. The Benevolent came into existence in 1893, from efforts of a few women who realised there was considerable poverty and distress in the community, Chief Rabbi Goldstein makes and wanted to help. Now, 120 years later, it has the same goals. The Benevolent is run by women vol- unteers who, in groups, conceptualise prestigious Algemeiner J100 list fundraising ideas so the huge funds that are necessary to keep the Benevolent ROBYN SASSEN alive, are raised. The social services that it provides are manifold: In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Its clothing depot provides the the New York-based Algemeiner newspaper people whom it supports, with new - originally founded in 1972 as a Yiddish or nearly new clothing and household medium newspaper and today considered items. Learners are given new school the fastest growing English newspaper uniforms. in America, the editors have unveiled the Photo courtesy Algemeiner The Benevolent’s Befrienders Club inaugural list of the Algemeiner Jewish 100 visits lonely and isolated men and - the top 100 individuals who have positively women, with telephone contact in influenced Jewish life this past year. South between. Befrienders are well-skilled at listening and hearing using patience Africa’s Chief Rabbi and compassion. Warren Goldstein The occupational therapy centre (pictured) features offers its workers the opportunity to on this list in the create beautiful crafts which are sold to category of reli- raise funds for the Benevolent under the gious leaders. supervision and assistance of a quali- “Despite the fied occupational therapist. artificial, superficial The 55 Club is a social club run and sensational twice weekly where members enjoy nature of any list, a hot three-course meal followed by we sought to trans- Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief Dovid Efune; Holocaust survivor and human rights activist Elie Wiesel; film entertainment. Transport is provided form the informa- producer Harvey Weinstein; and Algemeiner publisher Simon Jacobson at the Algemeiner’s recent 40th where needed. anniversary gala, and the inaugural announcement of the J100 list. The Benevolent’s gift shop women tion deluge of our make beautiful arrangements for all times by using the - Jewish life would not be at the calibre it is this list is generating, we anticipate that our occasions. list to shine a spotlight on those gems within today.” annual J100 list will become a global staple our midst, those people who are making a Rabbi Goldstein, chosen, according to a helping reflect on the people and trends FOR THE RECORD real difference in other’s lives,” they said in a letter from the Algemeiner, for his “impact- shaping the Jewish future,” the editors of In last week’s Community Voice, Victor statement. ful work on behalf of the Jewish people”, Algemeiner add. Gordon’s comments were made in his “Jewish sages, in particular, did not create joins rank with some of the world’s most mo- “The evening was electric,” said Algemeiner personal capacity, and not as director of such lists. Indeed, some actually dismissed mentous contemporary movers and shakers, Editor-in-Chief Dovid Efune, after a gala Tararam. the categorisation of lists. It begs the uneasy from Barack Obama and Benjamin Netan- event celebrating the J100, last week. Also, Claudia Braude’s comment should question of how one can even attempt to yahu to film director Steven Spielberg, Man “I was deeply moved by the confluence of have read: “Short on accurate historical memory, ethical vision and self-reflection measure the value of person. Isn’t everyone a Booker Prize-winning British author Howard notable and powerful storytellers coming and -criticism, local Jewry (left, right; hero in some way? On what grounds can we Jacobson and song writer Leonard Cohen, to together at our 40th Gala… all courageous secular, religious; leadership, community) is presume to judge who is more valuable than Holocaust survivor and human rights activ- voices dedicated to helping people look at faced with identical challenges as citizens the next? ist Elie Wiesel, the Anti-Defamation League’s the world in a new way,” added Algemeiner’s everywhere. We read too little and consume “With the J100 list we tried to create Abraham Foxman and Pulitzer Prize winning Publisher Simon Jacobson. too much. Having failed to constructively something more meaningful, a list aligned author Herman Wouk. Although he was not able to attend the engage the apartheid past, others commandeer the high moral ground to now with our core mission: the 100 people who He is placed in the category of religion, gala event personally, Chief Rabbi Gold- question Israel’s right to exist. have the most positive impact on Jewish life, alongside Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, former stein commented: “I would like to thank the “Never heeding Reb Yechiel Weinberg’s men and women, Jew or non-Jew, who have Chief Rabbi of the UK, Rabbi Yisrael Meir leadership of the Algemeiner Journal for the affirmation of the Universal Declaration of lifted the quality of Jewish life in the past Lau the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and honour of being included on the list of such Human Rights, liberal values and tolerance year… Rabbi Yona Metzger, the Ashkenazi Chief illustrious personalities. Their decision to do are trampled underfoot. Oy!” A gremlin crept into the copy and slightly altered the “Without these J100 - either the indi- Rabbi of Israel. so reflects the high regard world Jewry has meaning which appeared in the paper. viduals or the organisations they represent “From the initial buzz and enthusiasm for the South African Jewish community.”

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Professor Alan Alperstein, president of the Menopause Society, Cape Town: “It was amazing that the HPCSA issued a statement supporting Karabus. They are usually reticent in their support of local doctors. “Matters were exacerbated for me when Life Healthcare Group Holdings adver- tised support for the Africa Health Conference. My role was to urge Life Healthcare to withdraw their support, resulting in the whole gynae programme disappearing from the conference. “This crisis has brought the Jewish community together. It has made the medi- cal fraternity stand together. Many doctors have asked my opinion on what they should do; I’ve told them to listen to their conscience, but also to understand the context.”

Dr Lawrence Gobetz, infertility specialist, Vitalab, Johannesburg: “My with- drawal from the African Health Conference is to drive a point home: we as doctors are not criminals should a patient, while being treated for a terminal illness, pass away. “How can any free-thinking country have that approach to medical care? Then all doctors are criminals! None of us has ever not been associated with a death of one of our patients, due not to negligence, but who have succumbed to a disease which unfortunately not even with drugs do we have control over. I don’t want anything to do with such a country or anyone associated with it.”

Professor Franco Guidozzi, academic head, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Wits University: “The HPCSA’s statement was the catalyst for my withdrawal from the conference. Preceding this was SAMA and WMA’s denouncement of the treatment of Karabus. “I believe that (in withdrawing from this conference) we have made the right decision and hold thumbs it will make a difference. Will it have implications for the future? Will we be blacklisted? Will we be legally punished? I don’t know. “There was a verbal contract to be at this conference which we have broken, but it has been a professional collaboration and one in which we have enjoyed the support of primary medical associations.”

Dr Judith Carter, senior specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist, Johan- nesburg: “Prof Karabus’ situation did not even occur to me when I was first invited, but fortunately I spoke to colleagues first and realised the implications of accepting the invite. “We have to show solidarity within the medical fraternity, to show our dismay at the situation and demand a resolution.”

Dr Eugen Adelsmayr, Medical University of Vienna (and a previous victim of Abu Dhabi’s draconian law, as he articulates in his book LowDown Dubai): (extracted from comments on the Free Prof Karabus facebook page): “With a healthy distrust I have been following today’s euphoric news about the Prof’s imminent return. “Sounded familiar, had heard it before!... But, did prosecution drop their appeal? Did Cassation Court reject the appeal? Did anybody see a court order to release the passport?… Euphoria is appropriate when the Prof touches down on SA soil; not one second earlier! Prof Karabus’ case among others, showed the need for an international network of healthcare professionals, patients and anybody who is interested, to articulate and share medico-legal problems and dilemmas arising from patient care.”

A proud sponsor 4 SA JEWISH REPORT Community 01 - 083 – 10June May 2012 2013 Lag B’Omer Parade shows Jewish unity and pride RABBI PINI PINK students of the famed Rabbi Akiva YOUTH DIRECTOR, many centuries ago. It is a day of CHABAD HOUSE festivity and unity for this great event as well as honouring the Drivers on Sandton’s Rivonia Road memory of the sage, Rabbi Shimon were in for a pleasant surprise this Bar Yochai, whose anniversary of past Sunday, as more than passing is also commemorated on 5 000 people joined the Lag B’Omer that date. Jewish Unity Parade, including The Lubavitcher Rebbe estab- participants from many Jewish day lished the concept of parades for schools and shuls. children to demonstrate their “It amazes me to see so many Jewish pride decades ago, and these Jewish people united and marching parades are run in Johannesburg by for the sake of unity,” said Lieuten- Chabad House, directed by Rabbi ant Aiden Myers of the JMPD. David Masinter and Rabbi Michael “Lag B’Omer is traditionally a day Katz. of unity and celebration,” said Rabbi This year’s Parade kicked off Pini Pink who organised the event with a rally at the Mushroom Photos: Mendi Katz together with his wife Rochie. “The Farm Park in Sandton, with greet- What a Lag B’Omer Parade it was! Led by the JMPD and played along by the SA Police Marching Band and the parade offers the community an ings from Chief Rabbi Warren Parktown High School Band, more than 5 000 Johannesburg Jews marched for unity last Sunday. The parade avenue to show our together- Goldstein and Chabad’s head sh- ended with a carnival at Mushroom Park in Sandton, shown below. ness, and put our Jewish pride on liach, Rabbi Mendel Lipskar. Child display.” representatives from all partici- Academy Nursery, Primary, Girls’ Parades take place all over pating schools, led the crowd with High and Boys’ High, highlighted the world on the festival of Lag words of Torah and prayer and the procession, along with a float by B’Omer, marking the cessation of everyone enjoyed an exhilarating Chabad of Savoy and Kidz Alive, the a terrible plague that befell the African acrobat show. Chabad of Sandton party bus, the The Parade followed the Chabad Bikers and members from rally, with children from each of Johannesburg’s dozens of King David Linksfield and Chabad Houses. Victory Park, Torah Acad- A funfair and carnival, which fol- emy, Yeshiva College and lowed the parade, took place under Eden, as well as a host of glorious African skies, and left other school representa- everyone with a beautiful day tives, each marching in to remember. their uniquely coloured “There was an unbelievable com- Parade T-shirts, along munal spirit. It was just a beautiful with mounted police, the vibe, unforgettable,” said a mother SA Police Marching Band going by the name of Sarah, who and the Parktown High pointed out just how happy her own School Band. children were. “Just seeing all those Floats from Torah smiles, was so heart-warming.”

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Email consent given for the printing of this photograph 6 SA JEWISH REPORT Opinion and Analysis 01 - 083 – 10June May 2012 2013 Jewishsouth african Report Not likely that a moderate Freedom Chief Rabbi can transform - a tender plant the Israeli rabbinate There has been much talk about freedom these past few days, with Freedom Day last Saturday marking April 27 BEN SALES in 1994 - when South Africa held its first democratic TEL AVIV elections. Even 19 years later, it is incredible how we achieved a “peaceful” transition from the virtual police To get married in Israel, Dima Motel had state of apartheid, to democracy with the world’s most to bring his family photo album and two liberal Constitution. of his ancestors’ birth certificates to a On a more personal level, we’ve also been talking about rabbinical court. the freedom of Prof Cyril Karabus, who the UAE has held Then an investigator quizzed his moth- under house arrest for nine months in a gross travesty of er in Yiddish. Israel’s Chief Rabbinate of- justice. At our going to press, he had been finally cleared ten asks Russian immigrants like Motel to leave the country, but was waiting for his passport to to prove that they’re Jewish, sometimes be returned - which was happening slowly due to “admin- requiring documentary evidence that istrative” procedures - or perhaps sheer malice. can be hard to obtain. For goodness sake, can’t someone in the UAE govern- Those who won’t submit to the process ment call the relevant department and instruct them to or who can’t firmly establish their Jew- give the man his passport? This innocent man, still de- ish bona fides, can’t get legally married in prived of his freedom, has been made to suffer enough. the country. For all South Africans, Freedom Day recalls the long, “I felt like it was an invasion of my ultimately successful struggle for liberation of the ANC, privacy,” said 27-year-old Motel, who PAC and other movements; for Jewish South Africans, it was declared Jewish after three hours of also reminds us of another Struggle in the Jewish world questioning. “It’s called an investigation - for peace between Israel and Palestinians; for freedom of Judaism. It seemed like I was accused, from this interminable conflict, with no end in sight. but I didn’t do anything wrong.” Both Struggles marked a critical milestone in 1948 - Israelis who chafe at procedures like for South Africans, the Nationalist government came these have rallied around a new source to power and the formal establishment of the apartheid of hope: David Stav, a Modern Orthodox system took off full steam; for Israelis and Palestinians, rabbi (pictured) in the running to be Is- the State of Israel achieved independence and formal rec- rael’s next Ashkenazi chief rabbi. inquisitor, by hiring investigators to help both Israel’s haredi and centrist Ortho- ognition from the United Nations. Stav has cultivated an image as the lib- establish Jewishness. dox communities. On Freedom Day there were discussions in the media erals’ solution to a rabbinate dominated Yet chief rabbis - whose role includes a Among them are Eliezer Igra, a for- about how it was made possible for the transition from by the haredi Orthodox, and he is waging demanding schedule of ceremonial func- mer Israeli combat soldier and religious white minority rule to democracy to happen (relatively) a public campaign in advance of the chief tions - cannot institute such changes on judge; David Lau, chief rabbi of Modiin, a peacefully, without the bloodbath many feared. rabbi elections that has won him a strong their own. Altering the hometown rabbi booming central Israeli city; and Yaakov The white regime was powerful militarily and its secu- base of popular support. rule and hiring investigators, both re- Shapira, who heads the Merkaz Harav rity apparatus had tight control over the society; bring- “The Chief Rabbinate has arrived at a quire the assent of the deputy minister yeshiva in Jerusalem. ing it down risked that it would retaliate brutally. White point where we have to decide whether of religious services, Eli Ben Dahan, a The past few Israeli chief rabbis, both South Africans feared what would happen after they it will have completed its historical duty Moroccan-born rabbi and member of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic, have been relinquished power. Would the black majority turn on or will change itself to the point where it Jewish Home party. haredi - a testament to the growing num- them and enact a revengeful bloodbath? will become a kind of institution that can Ben Dahan has personally expressed bers and clout of the haredi community It did not happen. Somehow, the ANC had throughout confront the current challenges of Israeli support for a Modern Orthodox and Zi- in Israel. Pending the likely passage of the Struggle, largely stuck to its basic platform that its society,” Stav told JTA. onist candidate for chief rabbi, but his an amendment allowing chief rabbis to fight was against racism, not against whites. That made But even if Stav prevails in the June party has not endorsed Stav and it’s un- run for a second term, current Sephardic it possible for whites to enter a genuine rapprochement. elections, in which some 150 rabbis and clear whether he’d agree to free up mon- Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar is the leading It was ultimately about trust. public representatives vote for a chief ey for investigators. candidate in the Sephardic race. Undoubtedly the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is very dif- rabbi, he will have little power to insti- More substantive reforms would re- The vote is limited to 150 people: a ferent. However, so many warnings are made these days tute reforms - let alone instigate the quire the approval of both chief rabbis, delegation made up of 70 rabbis, mostly to Israel to learn lessons from South Africa and not be- sweeping changes many Israelis want. Ashkenazi and Sephardi, as well as the from Israel’s biggest cities and towns, come an “apartheid society”. But Palestinians could learn The rabbinate controls marriage, di- approval of the Chief Rabbinical Council, and 80 “public representatives” - mayors, some things from the ANC. vorce and conversion for all Israeli Jews, a 17-member voting body that controls Knesset members chosen by committee, Says Gideon Levy, the controversial leftist commen- secular or religious. Changes to the way rabbinate policy. The council, a mix of ap- and heads of local religious councils. tator in an article in Haaretz: “Like Israel, Palestinians it handles these matters cannot be made pointed and elected members, is domi- Stav’s supporters say that even if sig- must also learn the lessons of South Africa.” unilaterally, even by a trailblazing, re- nated by conservative elements. nificant change doesn’t happen right One of them is to allay the fears of Jewish Israelis of form-minded chief rabbi. “We need a radical revolution, and away, having a chief rabbi with a moder- a bloodbath - as the ANC allayed fears of South African Such a chief would be hemmed in by Rabbi Stav won’t bring that,” said Rab- ate, open image will help advance reli- whites and made the “peaceful” transition possible. Levy a sprawling bureaucracy, a potentially bi Gilad Kariv, CEO of Israel’s Reform gious pluralism. then argues in a direction unacceptable for most Israelis resistant Sephardic counterpart, and Movement. He said Stav would “just give “Change happens slowly,” said Dov and Jews, leading to the end of Zionism and the Jewish conservative-minded haredi opponents a cellophane cover to a ruined candy. Lipman, a Knesset member from the State, using the South African scenario more directly. who can be expected to stridently oppose “Maybe it matters who the chief rabbi centrist Yesh Atid party, which has en- If the Palestinians got the independence they are de- any perceived liberalisation in religious is for formal ceremonies, but it doesn’t dorsed Stav’s candidacy. manding, would this mean that Israelis lost theirs? standards. really matter for how conversion and “There’s not going to be an overnight Of course, in the South African context, 19 years after Perhaps mindful of these limitations, kashrut happen,” Kariv said. “The pro- overhaul. But as a first step let’s have a democracy, our freedom is complicated by other factors Stav has called for a set of changes that cesses within the rabbinic establishment rabbi who’s openly Zionist. Even that we didn’t quite expect. As generally happens when a gov- focus more on streamlining the rab- are so extreme that who the chief rabbi is symbolic change is very significant.” ernment has so much power - the ANC has almost a two binate’s services rather than reforming doesn’t matter.” But other advocates for religious plu- thirds majority in parliament - it begins to assume it has them. Even if a reform-minded chief rabbi ralism feel that the rabbinate is too bro- a sovereign right to govern and to decide for the country He proposes eliminating a rule that manages to get elected and push through ken for any chief to make a difference what is best. requires couples to be married by their some reforms, he could be thwarted and that the only solution is the most By stealth, freedom begins to be whittled away, hometown rabbi, which would allow Is- when it comes to enforcement. Imple- radical one: abolish the rabbinate en- through various pieces of legislation - like the recently raeli couples to go shopping around for mentation depends on local rabbis and tirely and separate church and state in approved Secrecy Bill. the rabbi who best suits their needs even judges in rabbinical courts who are ap- Israel. This week’s distasteful public display of an extremely as it maintains the rabbinate’s Orthodox pointed and removed only by an ap- “The system has become bankrupt,” frail-looking and unresponsive Nelson Mandela by the monopoly over marriage. pointment committee, also dominated said Uri Regev, a Reform rabbi and presi- ANC for purportedly petty political gains, ironically Stav also says he would cut down on by conservative elements. dent of Hiddush, an Israeli nonprofit showed the country and the world what the current the number of women refused a writ of Stav said he’s confident he’d be able to that promotes religious pluralism and government does not have - anyone of the stature and divorce, or get, from their husbands by get the rabbis to cooperate. “If they don’t opposes Orthodox control over religious greatness of Mandela. Sadly, no one around even closely encouraging the signing of a prenuptial co-operate,” he said, “there will be prob- issues in Israel. approaches it. agreement that includes severe financial lems.” “The Chief Rabbinate has become a Freedom ultimately is a tender plant which has to be penalties if the husband demurs. And he Stav’s primary competitors for the po- threat to the State of Israel and to the nurtured and watered always with care. wants to transform the rabbinate into an sition of chief rabbi will be several haredi Jewish people. It should be abolished.” aid for people like Motel, rather than an rabbis seen as moderates acceptable to (JTA) Mother’s Day sponsored by KosherWorld

A flower for every Mom 8 SA JEWISH REPORT Shavuot Recipes 01 - 083 – 10June May 2012 2013

Shavuot Recipe Supplement sponsored by Freshfellas All about the festival and rituals of Shavuot Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of It is also connected to the season of the the day G-d gave the Torah to the entire na- grain harvest in Israel. In ancient times, the tion of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai. grain harvest lasted seven weeks and was a It’s a custom to have at least one milchik season of gladness. It began with the harvest- meal during this festival. The woman of the ing of the barley during Passover and ended home spends time planning these meals from with the harvesting of the wheat at Shavuot. amazing mains to delicious deserts. The Jew- Shavuot is unlike other Jewish holidays in ish Report has asked some of the rebbetzens in that it has no prescribed mitzvoth other than the community to send their favourite recipes the traditional festival observances of absten- to us to share with the Jewish Report readers. tion from work, special prayer services and The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, holiday meals. the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks Dairy foods such as cheesecake, are tradi- the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer. tionally consumed on the Shavuot holiday. The date of Shavuot is directly linked to that In keeping with the observance of other of Passover. The Torah mandates the seven- Yomtovs, there is both a night meal and a week Counting of the Omer, beginning on the day meal on Shavuot. Meat is usually served second day of Passover and immediately fol- at night and dairy is served either for the day lowed by Shavuot. meal or for a morning kiddush. This counting of days and weeks is under- Counting of the Omer is a verbal count- stood to express anticipation and desire for the ing of each of the 49 days between the Jewish Giving of the Torah. On Passover, the People holidays of Passover and Shavuot as stated in of Israel were freed from their enslavement to the Bible. Pharaoh; on Shavuot they were given the To- Shavuot is celebrated with an all-night rah and became a nation committed to serving study session called tikkun leil Shavuot. It G-d. is also common to eat cheesecake and other Shavuot is celebrated in Israel for one day dairy foods, since the Torah is likened to milk and in the Diaspora for two days. and honey. Creamy garlic pasta and chicken sesame SHARNEE TREGER 6 Once it is at a rolling boil, add the pasta and cook for as long as the box’s directions indicate. Creamy garlic pasta 7 Reduce the stove to medium heat and mix in the parmesan until 2 tsp olive oil completely melted. 4 cloves garlic, minced 8 Turn off the heat and stir in the cream and parsley. Serve imme- 2 tbsp butter diately. ¼ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper Chicken sesame 3 cups chicken stock (parev) 2 chickens ½ lb spaghetti or angel hair pasta Clove of garlic 1 cup grated parmesan cheese 4 tbs sugar ¾ cup heavy cream Half a cup of honey 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 1/4 cup soya Sesame seeds Method: 1 In a pot, bring the olive oil to medium-low heat. Method: 2 Add the garlic and stir, allowing it to cook for 1 - 2 minutes. 1 Pour half a cup of water in roasting dish. 3 Mix in the butter until melted. 2 Put chicken in. 4 Add the salt, pepper and chicken stock. 3 Mix ingredients, pour over. 5 Raise the heat to high and let it come to a boil. 4 Bake covered for an hour and uncovered for half an hour. Choc chip Smoked salmon chowder Chana Meira Katz 1 tsp paprika 2. Stir in the salmon, wine, lemon juice, cookies 1 - 2 packs salmon off-cuts cut into small hot sauce, and the salt and pepper. TOVA GOLDSTEIN This delicious chowder is the perfect pieces Simmer over a low heat for another 40 comfort food on a cold Shavuot night. ¼ cup white wine minutes. My favourite recipe has nothing to do with Serve with Ciabbata or garlic bread. 1 tbs lemon juice 3. In a separate frying pan, fry the leeks Shavuot, but is the best recipe to make with Dash of hot sauce for a few minutes until soft but not your kids and we make different varieties de- pending on the chag. We put green colouring 2 tbs butter Dash of fresh ground black pepper brown. (Adding the leeks at the end is in the dough, with colourful sprinkles instead 1 tbs olive oil 1 cup half and half what gives the soup a gourmet touch. of choc chips and the Har Sinai cookies were 1 small bunch leeks, white part only However, if you have a life and don’t delicious. 1 onion chopped into small pieces Method: want to spend all day with your soup, 2 cloves garlic chopped 1. In a large pot, melt butter, olive oil, you can add the leeks in the beginning Method: ½ cup chopped celery garlic and celery. Cook for 8 - 10 with the onions.) 1 Mix 75g marge and 125g sugar till creamy. 3 carrots chopped minutes until the onions are transparent. 4. Mix in the leeks and the cream into the 2 Add 1 egg and 1 tsp vanilla essence and ½ cup all-purpose flour Sprinkle the flour over the mixture and soup and heat just before serving. Do mix. 6 cups parev chicken stock or veg stock stir well to make a dry roux. Gradually not let the chowder boil after adding the 3 Mix in 175g flour. 4 potatoes cut into cubes add the stock and stir until slightly cream. 4 And lots of chocolate chips. 1 tsp dill thickened. Stir in potatoes, carrots and 5 Make little balls, flatten slightly. 6 Bake for 15 mins at 180 degrees. 1 tsp tarragon all the herbs. Reduce heat, cover and Please invite me for supper, this soup is my 1 tsp thyme simmer for 15 minutes. favourite! 3 – 10 May 2013 Shavuot Recipes SA JEWISH REPORT 9

Shavuot Recipe Supplement sponsored by KosherWorld All ingredients are available from KosherWorld Easy and Brownies yum tuna NECHAMA KRAINES pasta (From Sara Finkel Classic Kosher Cooking) Mix together well: JULIE WIDMONTE 8 eggs 1 pkt penne pasta 2 cup oil 1 tin tomato and onion mix 4 cup sugar 3/4 bottle All Joy tomato 2 tsp vanilla pasta sauce (extra garlic and onion) Add until just mixed: 2 tins tuna 1 250 ml cream 2 /2 cups flour 250g cottage cheese 2 cup cocoa 1/4 cup grated cheese Method: Method: 1. Divide into two lined baking pans (American 1. Boil pasta. 9”x13”) or oblong pans (22,86 x 33,02 cm). 2. Mix all other ingredients 2. Bake for 30 minutes in 180 degree oven. together. 3. The brownie should be soft when it comes out 3. Mix sauce into ready of the oven as it hardens as it cools. pasta. 4. It is important not to over-mix the brownies or 4. Place in a pyrex dish. over-bake them (or they will be hard and dry). 5. Grate extra cheese on top. 6. Bake at 180 degrees C. Enjoy! Cheese cake Tuna lasagne 3. Add salt to taste. consistency of a thickish salad SHELLEY BOOKATZ dressing. White sauce: 1 onion, red pepper, punnet of Layer your lasagne: mushrooms. Butter/margerine 1 can of italian sliced tomatoes. Flour 1. Lasagne - tuna - sauce - lasagne 2 cans of tuna Milk - tuna – sauce. 4 tbs tomato sauce Grated cheese 2. Sprinkle grated cheese thickly. 2 boxes of lasagne sheets 3. Cook it for 1 hour at 180 un- Method: covered. Method: 1. Melt butter on the stove. While 1. Fry onion, red pepper and pun- mixing, add flour until it is thick Option: net of (sliced) mushrooms. enough to make a ball. You can mix the tuna mixture with 2. Add can of Italian sliced tomato, 2. Continue stirring while you thin boiled pasta, grate cheese on top tuna and tomato sauce. it out with milk until it has the and cook it instead of layering it.

AVIVA FOX

4 tins (250g each) smooth cream cheese 1,5 cups sugar 4 eggs 4tbs Maizena 250ml cream

Method:

Base: 1. 1 packet tea biscuits crushed in mixer and about 1 inch of tub margerine. 2. Melt marg and add to biscuits. 3. Make a pastry base in pyrex (2l size 28x18x4). 4. Place in freezer while preparing filling (for few mins).

Filling: 1. Mix cheese and sugar, add Maizena. 2. Beat eggs lightly and add cheese mixture. 3. Add cream, pour on top of biscuit base. 4. Bake at 150 degrees for 30 mins. 5. Switch off oven and leave till cool. 6. Can sprinkle a little cinnamon on top. 10 SA JEWISH REPORT Shavuot Recipes 01 - 083 – 10June May 2012 2013

Shavuot Recipe Supplement sponsored by Trevors

Overnight brisket MARICE GERSON Method: 1. Rub roast on all sides with seasonings and Large brisket or top rib roast Worcestshire sauce. Put into roasting pan. 2 tsp salt Slice garlic thick, cut the onions and the 1 /2 tsp pepper other vegetables. Add all to roasting pan. 1 tbsp paprika Add wine and water. 1 /2 tsp basil 2. Cover tightly and put in a 175 -200 2 tbsp. Worcestershire or soya sauce degrees oven (very slow) and cook over- 4 cloves garlic night for 7 - 8 hours. 3 onions cut into chunks 3. Uncover and cool - slice and reheat in the 3 stalks celery gravy. 4 carrots 3 /4 cup wine Freezes well. 1 /4 cup water Whole roast chicken with vegetables GINA GOLDSTEIN 3 large potatoes quartered (From Sharon Glass, 250g sliced zucchini/baby marrows Simply Delicious pg 101) 250g pumpkin cut into chunks Serves 4 - 6 250g white mushrooms 100g fresh baby corn I like this recipe because it a whole meal in 2 onions quartered one dish. It’s great for Yomtov lunch because Sprigs of fresh herbs it can be warmed with the gravy. Serve with 2 cups boiling water a large fresh salad. Enjoy and Good Yomtov to all! Method: 1. Precook the potatoes in a microwave 4 One whole chicken, split down the breast minutes on high. bone. 2. Turn chicken over to skin side up. 2 teaspoons salt 3. Place all the vegetables around the 2 teaspoons seasoning salt (roast or BBQ salt) chicken. 2 teaspoons herbamare 4. Season the veggies with coarse salt and Freshly ground black pepper herbamare. Use a large dish because the vegetables will 5. Roast for 30 minutes. go around the chicken and they need space. 6. Place sprigs of fresh herbs around the chicken. Method: 7. Add the boiling water and continue Labneh cheese 1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. roasting - 30 minutes more. DINA ZEKRY pour into the cheesecloth. 2. Rub the seasoning salts inside and outside 8. Keep basting the chicken and vegetables 3. Pull corners up and tie tightly with the chicken. with juices to enhance flavour. The 1 litre plain yogurt string, leaving a length of string to tie 3. Roast for 30 minutes, skin side down, with chicken needs 90 minutes to be perfectly 1 teaspoon salt up so the bag will hang and drip into no liquid and no vegetables. cooked. 1 large square cheesecloth or a muslin a bowl. 9. Roast another 30 minutes if you like it well cloth 4. Let this hang in a cool place for 15 250g baby peeled carrots done. hours. Method: 5. Remove from the cloth. 1. Rinse the cloth and line a colander 6. Store covered in the fridge. Sticky and sweet ribs with it, ensure that excess cloth hangs over the edges. You can mix in fresh herbs and drizzle Prepare these the day before and leave to 5. Reduce the temperature to 180 °C and 2. Add the salt to the yogurt and mix, with olive oil. marinate overnight. roast, uncovered, for a further 1–1½ 2.5 kg beef short ribs, trimmed hours until tender. If you prefer, you can and washed barbecue the ribs after the first roasting. 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice Serves 4–6 ¼ cup treacle sugar Recipe extracted from “Savour” by Marc ½ cup fresh lemon juice Hirschowitz, Karen Alsfine & Estelle 5 tsp mustard powder Sacharowitz (Struik Lifestyle). Meat supplied 5 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce by Trevors Quality Kosher Meats. 1½ Tbsp paprika 2½ cups chutney

Method 1. Place the ribs in an ovenproof dish. 2. Whisk all the remaining ingredients together and pour over the ribs. Cover and marinate in the fridge overnight. 3. When ready to cook, preheat the oven to 190 degrees. 4. Cook the ribs, covered, in the marinade for 1 hour. Terms & conditions apply Don’t miss out on our Shavuot special 10% off all meat Special runs from 9 – 14 May 2013, inclusive. For the best quality beef and lamb come to Trevors Chestnut Hill Shopping Centre, cnr Birt and Durham Streets, Raedene / Tel: (011) 640-3124 3 – 10 May 2013 World News in Brief SA JEWISH REPORT 11 Baron said that photographs showing victims with foam com- ing out of their mouths and contracted pupils were signs that deadly gas had been used. Speaking at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, Baron confirmed that “to the best of its [the IDF’s] knowl- edge,” weapons of mass destruction had definitely been used by the Syrian regime, a development which the United States and

Photo: Wikimedia Photo: Commons. others say they are still trying to determine. In his briefing, Baron said the lack of an “appropriate interna- tional response” to the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons was “very worrying” and in fact was leading Syrian Assad and his forces to believe that there were no consequences to their use of WMDs. “It could signal to them that their use of chemical weapons is legitimate,” Baron said. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org)

Italian Jewish leaders object to honorary citizenship for Abbas The aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions. ROME - Italian Jewish community leaders have expressed ire af- Boston bombers’ mother told Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, which killed three people ter the mayor of Naples granted honorary citizenship to Palestin- and wounded more than 260. The brothers later killed a university ian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. older son to go to ‘Palestine’ police officer at MIT. Mayor Luigi de Magistris named Abbas an honorary citizen at a Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police and Dzhohkar was ceremony in Naples last Saturday. BOSTON - The mother of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers apprehended by police. He was questioned for two days before he Last December, when the city authorities said they were spoke with her older son about going to “Palestine”. got a lawyer and refused to continue providing information. intending to offer honorary citizenship to Abbas, Naples Chief Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, in a telephone conversation from Russia Investigators and lawmakers briefed by the FBI have said the Rabbi Scialom Bahbout vigorously protested plans to grant him with her older son Tamerlan, suggested that he go to Palestine Tsarnaev brothers were motivated by anger over the US wars in the honour. during a discussion about jihad, The Associated Press reported. Iraq and Afghanistan. ‘’The same recognition should also be guaranteed to Israeli Russian security services intercepted the phone conversation, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was added to a federal terrorism database president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres,’’ he wrote according to AP. about 18 months ago, AP reported. (JTA) in an open letter to the Il Mattino newspaper. Russian officials told the FBI in early 2011 that they believed The ANSA news agency reported that Abbas said at Saturday’s Tamerlan, 26, and his mother were religious extremists. Follow- IDF intelligence: Assad used ceremony that he was “honoured to be Neapolitan”. ing what the AP called a “limited inquiry”, the FBI closed the case “We know that Italy is pushing the peace process and the in June 2011. Tamerlan travelled to Russia in 2011, spending six lethal sarin gas against rebels United States is determined. Israel should take this inviting op- months there. portunity,” Abbas said, according to ANSA. “There may not be Zubeidat Tsarnaeva denied that her sons, Tamerlan and JERUSALEM - The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has similar opportunities in the future. We are working for this. For a Dzhohkar Tsarnaev, 19, had anything to do with the Boston bomb- used lethal chemical weapons, mostly sarin gas, against armed real peace so that Israel can live in security too.” ings. She says her sons are being framed by US security officials. rebels several times in the past few weeks, and is continuing to Peres visited Italy as from Monday. During his stay he met with Police say the brothers, ethnic Chechens from Russia who do so, the head of the Israel Defence Forces Military Intelligence Pope Francis at the Vatican and received the Medal of Honour for had lived in the United States for about a decade, carried out the Research Branch, Brig Gen ltay Baron, said on Monday. Peace and the key to the city of Assisi. (JTA) 12 SA JEWISH REPORT Tapestry 3 – 10 May 2013

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Dukas’ Jewish character stuck between a rock and a hard place ROBYN SASSEN Muslims, but given the situation in the play, he’s stuck between a rock Portraying a Cape Town Jew caught and a hard place. in the cross-currents of cultural pri- “He tries to be non-judgemental, David Dennis in the role of the play’s Muslim protagonist, Abubaker Abrahams. orities, under the shadowy threat of but things are very in-his-face; he anti-Semitism, and torn by fears for must cope, or pack for Perth. And it (People Against Gangsterism and with bold strokes. And then in fine- was not an issue: the role is not his children’s future, is something might really not be better there…” Drugs) violence, it aims to touch tuning it, something changes with prescriptively written. actor David Dukas (pictured, inset) Dukas, better known locally in TV cultural and religious nerves. emotional and mental gear shifts The play is constructed to be faced, when he got the role of Brian soaps as Danny Keene in Isidingo, “I’m very selective in the roles I and the character develops from more about the situation; the actors Cohen, in Mike van Graan’s “Broth- Johnny Cloete in Egoli, and Antonio audition for. I choose the character being a caricature and into a real must connect the dots. I like this. ers in Blood” currently at Artscape. Fabrizio in Sewende Laan, to name that most talks to me: it’s like the person. It’s about finding a mar- It leaves room to explore and grow “I love my character,” he told the but a few, has earned his reputation soul choosing its body. And with riage between technical attributes and decide on things. And Greg is SA Jewish Report. “and I feel in- in film since 1993. This graduate of auditioning, it’s also a bit like the and the truth. an excellent director.” credibly sorry for him through the the then Pretoria Technikon, chose lotto! “You imagine yourself in his • Brothers in Blood and Van life-changing decisions he faces. He to return to the stage for the role of “Quite a few people auditioned shoes. And my goodness! In his Graan’s new play, Rainbow Scars, really wanted things to be different. Brian Cohen. for the role, so I was very happy to shoes, I would be so freaked. I’m directed by Lara Bye, alternate at “He doesn’t feel comfortable with Now in its fourth season since be selected. In preparing for any not Jewish but I understand his Artscape Arena, Cape Town until things like community policing. debuting in 2010, Brothers in Blood role, you begin with physical pres- dilemma well. May 11. Bookings: (021) 421- He’s not a religious man, neither is explores xenophobia in a religious ence: how does he move? How does “I had a short time to slip into 7695. Both plays travel to he a bigot; he wanted his children setting. Cast in the late 1990s he stand? How does he speak? Brian’s shoes - maybe 40 to 50 the National Arts Festival in to go to school with Christians and against the background of Pagad The character must be painted hours - it was pressure, but this Grahamstown this year. From two left feet to a salsa addict In new CD Patlansky

ROBYN SASSEN Photo: supplied Johannesburg, we dance Cuban and LA salsa, but in Israel the digs into blues essence “Four years ago, my wife Gill salsa world is quite different. Wooden Thoughts by Dan Patlansky and I used to go to barmitzvahs “It’s chauvinist. And at the (R120; also available on iTunes) and weddings in separate cars. congress, there were two The prospect of dancing was so extremes. There were dancers awful to me, I would go home from Cuba, Colombia, Morocco, REVIEWED BY DON ALBERT when the music started,” says France and America, who were bassoonist Paul Rodgers, 60, just superb. Few spoke English, but While I find it hard to say Dan home from a salsa congress in when you can dance like that, Patlansky is the best blues player Eilat. who needs language? in South Africa, only because I “There’ve been times at four “Eighty per cent of the danc- haven’t heard Tim Parr and Larry in the morning, recently that I’ve ers were, however, Israeli. The Amos in years, and they helped had a frantic call from my adult Eilat salsa congress is in its to pioneer blues in the country, children asking me where the 11th year, but the local dancers what I will say about Patlansky hell I am. I was on the dance are quite average. With an is he’s soaked in the blues, and is floor,” he grins sheepishly. Even attendance of about 4 000, five his resumé confirms he’s “crazy per cent of which are interna- certainly the best I’ve heard in the about salsa”. So, what hap- tional, this was disappointing.” past few years. pened? The bastard child of street His new CD “Wooden Gill Rodgers taught ballet at Salsa, which mixes Spanish Thoughts”, really displays his home and at King David Victory troubadour and African drum- blues chops, plus his authentic duces “The Weight” which has Park for years. When she opted beat, and Afro-Cuban dances approach to the various genres. Patlansky’s gritty vocal telling the to include teaching English to like the rhumba in the 1920s, He has a voice that contains a story saying “put the load right foreign students, their home salsa was first named as such sandpaper edge to it, plus he on me”. It also has an interest- dance studio stood empty, often. in New York in 1933, like the adjusts his powerful guitar play- ing short coda starting with two Paul decided to do something spice: the word was a protest ing to the style of Southern and notes which he builds on before about it. He contracted a salsa against blandly spiced foods. swamp blues on “Miss Oowee” an abrupt end. teacher; in 18 months, he was It was internationalised in dancing. 1974. Derivations of everything and “Preachin’ The Blues” to the The 11 tracks all have some- Salsa, with its eight step from cha-cha-cha to mambo rockabilly blues sound of “Wagon thing to say and allow the listener format that has numerous became part of it. Dances like Wheel”. to learn about the diversity of the derivations, has changed his life. Paul Rodgers dancing the salsa at the rooftop at the Dominican merengue, An- Things change on ”Hallelujah” blues. “It’s changed my appreciation of Arts on Main in central Johannesburg. gola’s kizomba and Caribbean- and it sounds like he’s using a T-Bone Walker said: “You’ve music,” he refers to his day jobs. rooted zouk - deemed by dance bottle neck to obtain a scratchy got to live the blues”; Benny He is currently the managing director of the Johannesburg historians as the 21st century’s dance - have taken off with sound, as well as a steel guitar Green had this to say: “The blues, Festival Orchestra, and its principal bassoonist. “When we abandon, alongside salsa. ring, but when he states the the most convenient harmonic play dance music, I perform with greater empathy.” “Most of my dance partners,” continues Rodgers “are melody on the bottom strings, he progression ever discovered… the Rodgers has a long-standing bad knee. “There was a other than white. In salsa, religious, educational, social, claws at your heart. most hackneyed, overplayed obvi- chance a few years ago I would land up in a wheelchair. But age-related barriers all fall away.” Of course, reality TV “Kashmir” is an instrumental ous musical effect in the world, between salsa and biokinetics, I’m not.” has played a role in this shift in dance styles of choice; the The choice was easy: “Tango was like playing chess with popularity has its own momentum. with the sound of the Middle East, and yet in some curious way at your feet, for me. There are several salsa schools in Johan- Salsa congresses are on every weekend of the year and is almost Hebraic at times. It’s times the most compelling”. nesburg,” Rodgers names suburban restaurants that double globally: Cape Town’s first is October 31 - November 3. like he’s playing an oud, then bass Whatever is said, Dan Patlansky as dance schools. See http://justdancingsalsa.com/tag/cape-town-salsa- and guitar puncture the air over has dug deep into the essence of “There are also different styles and approaches. In congress-2013/. the playing of a tabla. the music with sincerity, which Bell-like guitar tinkles intro- makes it indeed compelling. 3 – 10 May 2013 Letters SA JEWISH REPORT 13 Disclaimer Guidelines for letters The letters page is intended to provide opportunity for a range of views on any given topic to be expressed. Opinions Letters up to 400 words get preference. Provide your full name, place of residence, and daytime contact phone articulated in the letters are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editor, staff or number. We do not publish letters under noms de plume. Letters should preferably be e-mailed. Letters may be directors of the Jewish Report. edited or shortened. The Editor, PO Box 84650, Greenside, 2034 email: [email protected]

SA Jewish media needs adequate resources to fulfil its role Such a G-d I personally do not need nor want Naive to believe Arabs will change their anti-Israel The way I was quoted in last week’s Palestine. Short on accurate historical I would like to respond to Michael Golding’s letter in the JR of April stance Jewish Report’s ‘Community Voices’ 100 memory, history is neatly flipped on its 26. I didn’t “question” the existence of G-d; I categorically deny “His” word vox pop section, canvassing opin- head: Israel is the new apartheid; Jews existence. I have no doubt that the unbearable atrocities and suffer- When a Jew and his group have the ions on challenges facing South African are the new whites. ing during the Holocaust could never have been part of a G-d’s plan. temerity requesting that the Jewish Jewry, diverged from my e-mailed re- Also continuous is the absence of The Holocaust is the biggest tragedy in our history but by no community in South Africa should stop sponse in ways that changed my meaning rational discourse, with few across the means the only one. It started with the famine in our Land followed funding Israel, then we must stand back and rendered my response incoherent. communal and political spectrum doing by enslavement in Egypt, 40 years wandering in the desert, we were in horror. I understand that the divergence was much more, at best, than paying lip-ser- conquered several times, both temples were destroyed, we lost 80 per Just who are such upstarts, claiming a result of the fact that your paper, like vice to the liberal values of tolerance and cent of our people (the 10 tribes). the right to coerce us into acting thus? papers everywhere, is produced under dialogue. This is a dangerous moment. We were exiled and dispersed almost all over the world. We suf- Are these fools so naive as to expect the immense pressure. The fact that mistakes A local website is running a fered the Spanish inquisition because we wanted to keep our loyalty Arab faction to thereby abandon their happen at Jewish Report because staff name-and-shame campaign to out anti- to “our” G-d. I don’t know how many were burnt alive. This was our sworn quest to destroy our homeland are forced to multitask to meet publish- Zionist Jews, seeking, for who knows biggest tragedy until the Holocaust. and our people? Are they so blind, by so ing deadlines, adds grist to the mill of my what purpose, their home addresses Then the pogroms and ultimately the Holocaust and it is not over one-sided an ambition? view that SA Jewry is faced, broadly, with rather than dialogue. yet. My opinion is clear: To believe in a G-d after such a history is not Israel is Israel is Israel! The absolute un-unique challenges. Wits and Rhodes universities are the logical nor reasonable. I personally don’t need nor want such a G-d. majority of us Yidden, will never coun- In this instance, the problems faced stage to hound as racists Israeli-born Life is developing at an unprecedented extreme fast pace. I am afraid tenance such a decision! by an under-resourced media operating pianists and supporters of the right of that religious Jews in particular, just cannot cope. Is the Stop the JNF group so stupid under constant financial pressure. the State of Israel to exist. as to imagine that the complacent Arab My carefully worded response was SA Jewry, like citizens everywhere, Yossi Bogacz attitude will change from their sworn intended to convey my view that, across needs a responsible, well-resourced Highlands North, Johannesburg policy of over a 100 years? This will not the political spectrum, SA Jewry as a media that rigorously represents the come to pass. whole (not “some” of SA Jewry) has comprehensive range of concerns and My twopence worth of advice to Allan Horwitz To me as a Jew, any other Jew who failed to constructively engage the apart- interests. I would like to respond to Allan Horwitz, BDS spokesman, whose stands against Israel, or opposes its poli- heid past. I challenge Jewish Report’s board of letter appeared in the Jewish Report of April 26. cies, is a traitor to Jewish history. During the apartheid years, Jews on directors to provide sufficient finan- You and your “useful idiots” and delusionists are always giving the If you love your Arab brothers so the left were marginalised from the cial support for it to play the requisite Israelis your pompous and irrational advice, so I am sure you will not much, go and live in their societies. Or, community, described as “individuals” lead role; ChaiFm to represent the full mind if I give you some advice from me. why do we not just hand Israel over to rather than part of “the community”. spectrum of South African Jewish views, When you and your fellow spear carriers for the Palestinians call our enemies? Papering over the cracks in “the -rainbow as required by its licencing provisions; on them to make the same “sacrifices” for peace you expect from A heritage developed over 4 000 nation-hope” that all would somehow be and MyShtetl to share with us what it’s the Israelis and unequivocally in plain, clear language request them years and the sacrifice of millions of our forgiven and forgotten, two post-apart- hoping to achieve with its current stunts. to conform to the same standards you require from the Israelis, brethren for our cause, appears to mean heid decades later the historical faribel Marketing tricks or social mayhem? you will earn some respect and credibility from the South African nothing to people of this ilk. continues to fester. community. With a difference: the sustained dy- Claudia Braude Maurice Skikne namic has been projected onto Israel/ Johannesburg Isaac Lew, Johannesburg Johannesburg

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Book online at TheAcademy.org.za or call us on 011 485 3624. Email [email protected] for more details. 14 SA JEWISH REPORT Youth 3 – 10 May 2013 KD boys off to a Learning all about worms – dream football early and others trip to Europe TARYN FISHER In celebration of Earth Day, pictured are Samuel Fisher (6) from King David Victory Park , who with Miss Earth Tamerin Jardine, get their hands dirty at the school’s worm farm. It was explained to Samuel who discovered a worm Photo: Supplied Photo: in his grandmother’s garden, that worms provide oxy- gen and fertiliser for plants and that these little miracle workers should be left safely alone in the garden to con- tinue their good work. He then asked his mother to purchase a worm farm for his school in order to teach other children about this amazing natural phenomenon. Miss Earth spent time with the kids from the school, talking them through the wonders of earth worms and other beneficial tips regarding the preservation of their environment. Photo: Taryn Fisher Taryn Photo: Front: Musa Mphomane; Dean Nathan; Kgotoso Mabuza; Quintin Molepo; Judd Sundelson; Elan Novick; and Sam Herring. Back: Herold Matodzi (coach and Kamille Kum. TA tots have a glorious Lag B’Omer OWN CORRESPONDENT celebration with a fire engine Elan Novick and Dean Nathan of King David Linksfield and Sam Herring Suzanne Belling and Judd Sundelson of King David Victory Park, have been selected as part of the under-11 Wanderers Warriors soccer team, leaving on a dream trip to Lag B’Omer was celebrated in Germany and Austria from May 9 to 20. style by children from Torah The team is made up of elite players from Johannesburg and Alexandra Academy Nursery School, who township north of the city, who have been carefully chosen and extensively awaited the arrival of a real fire trained for what promises to be a highly challenging adventure. engine on the sports field of the The team will spend time receiving instruction from Bayern Munich’s acad- school. emy coaches at the Bayern headquarters in Munich and will play a fixture The fire engine was late as against Bayern’s under-11 academy team. the firefighters had to attend to The team will also play in a local tournament in Munich against some of a real fire in Glenhazel, which Munich’s best junior teams. also delayed the demonstration The team will play a friendly game against Portuguese giants, Porto and fi- by community educator Rhulani nally will travel to the resort of Kitzbuhel in Austria to play in one of Europe’s Ramaloko. most prestigious junior football tournaments, the Cordial Cup. In the meantime, the little Entrants to the Cordial cup are only accepted from professional academy ones busied themselves with a teams or teams which win designated qualifying tournaments held around bonfire lit by the groundsmen, Europe. The Wanderers team managed to secure a rare wild card entry into face painting by the teachers the tournament and are the first team from Africa to play at the Cordial Cup. and enjoyed hot dog treats for Head coach of the Wanderers, Harold Matodzi, said: “We aspire to give snacks. But it was worth waiting for our junior players an exceptional youth soccer experience and to do this it is Photo: Suzanne Belling important they are exposed to the world’s finest academies and get to taste - the tots were allowed to play competition against the world’s best young players. Alex Alexander; Dav Warhaftig; Aaron Avtzon; Platoon Commander John van with the hose, try on helmets “The King David boys are an integral part of our squad and we are hoping Heerden; with Shamaya Saban; and firefighter Malusi Dlomo. On the engine are and climb on the fire engine that they can help do us and the continent proud.” Yitzchak Youngworth and Yair Gerber. from the Northview Fire Station.

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A column of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies NYC synagogue Walking the talk bomber accomplice sentenced to prison This week, by a strange between Gandhi and the Jewish architect Herman will enjoy freedom from the evils of prejudice, coincidence, the three Kallenbach. intolerance and discrimination”. Involving itself NEW YORK - An immigrant to the largest branches of The walk begins at Gandhi Hall, 29 Impala in public demonstrations of the above nature is United States who plotted to blow the SAJBD have been Crescent, Ext 5, Lenasia. therefore intrinsic to our work, and I encourage as up synagogues in New York City, has participating in the A month later in Durban, a symbolic walk will take many people as possible to join us in taking part. been sentenced to five years in jail. planning of forthcoming place from Ushaka to the Durban Holocaust Centre, Mohamed Mamdouh, a natu- civil society initiatives to raise awareness of refugees in Africa. The event International events ralised citizen from Morocco, who involving walking for peace will take place on June 20 - World Refugee Day - and Currently Wendy Kahn, our national director, pleaded guilty last year to conspiring and human rights. the Durban Holocaust Centre is partnering with the is in the US, where she is meeting with a range to commit terrorism and crimi- The first of these, the United Nations Human Rights Council committee of organisations with whom the Board has close nal weapons possession, was an annual Gandhi Walk, will on refugees and the Alliance Francais in organising working ties. Earlier this week, she addressed the accomplice to Algerian immigrant take place in Johannesburg it. The latter does outstanding work on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League Centennial Conference Ahmed Ferhani, who last month was on May 19. Now in its 28th many French-speaking refugees now living in South on “Challenges for World Jewry Today”. The Board sentenced to 10 years in prison and year, the event honours Africa. works especially closely with the ADL, which is likely will be deported after his release. Above Board Mahatma Gandhi, who The third public walk will take place in Cape continues to be a great resource for us. developed his famous Town on December 16, Reconciliation Day. Like Next week, along with Cape Chairman Li Boiskin, Mamdouh was sentenced in New York State Supreme Court on April Mary Kluk philosophy of satyagraha the Gandhi Walk, this has become an annual event, Cape Director David Jacobson and African Jewish National Chairman 26. (passive resistance against co-organised by the different faith communities in Congress President Mervyn Smith, I will join Wendy Ferhani and Mamdouh were injustice) during his years in the city. in Budapest for the World Jewish Congress’ annual arrested after they bought three South Africa, particularly in Johannesburg. The Cape Council of the Board, as always, assembly. firearms and what they believed was For the first time, the Board is encouraging the continues to be much involved in the planning This is taking place in Hungary as a gesture of a live grenade from an undercover Jewish community to participate in what is truly an process. Its representatives took part in the recent solidarity with the local Jewish community, which police detective. They reportedly had inspiring, community-building initiative that brings planning meeting, where it was decided that the has of late experienced an alarming resurgence of planned to disguise themselves as together South Africans of all colours and creeds. theme of this year’s march will be taking a stand right-wing anti-Semitism. 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Venue: Spinoza of Market Street’.” HOLA 16 SA JEWISH REPORT Sport 3 – 10 May 2013 AFRICA THE SASFIN Mark Sack, winner of the 40 to 44 age group, SPORTS QUIZ in action at the South African Ironman Triathlon Sandton Sun Maroela Room in Port Elizabeth. THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 IN SUPPORT OF TO BOOK OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Christy Hughes at MSCSPORTS [email protected] or 011 646 7340 SA triathletes in top form, but20 SA JEWISH RforEPORT them Sport 30 November – 7 December 2012 Perfectingno Maccabiah the art of how not to lose game one needs to defend a lead. Howev- year’s winner. Sack er, defence is seemingly quickly becoming completed his run what South African sport is all about. in a brilliant time of While the Boks held England at bay three hours and 13 in the north, managing to cling to a one ROCKINGROCKING THETHE BOAT BOAT minutes. point win, the Proteas looked to be head- JackJack MilnerMilner The 41-year-old has ing for certain Test defeat Down Under had a wonderful year, as they ended the fourth day under the ItI dois interesting not profess to tonote be thatan authority in an era in on winning the SA 70.3 cosh at 77 for four wickets, chasing 430 whichrugby. we During seem tomy have time a dearth at school of top I actually Jew- Ironman age-group to win. ishdeveloped sportsmen, a hatred how many for the Jews game are doingbecause title in East London The match looked all over, with a win particularlyit was continually well in triathlon. jammed down our in January and the for Australia certainty, but AB de Vil- throats.The South African Ironman Triathlon was SA long distance title liers, Jacques Kallis and especially Faf du heldHowever, in Port Elizabeth as I got last older weekend and became and a in February, both in Plessis, had other ideas. De Villiers kept number of Jewish participants made their record times. more involved in the world of sport and Du Plessis company for 68 overs and a presence felt. Excellent sub four- began to understand the nuts and bolts nobbled Kallis for another 40 overs in One triathlete who seems to get better all hour marathon times were also recorded of the game, I actually began to enjoy the searing Adelaide heat, as Du Plessis the time, is Mark Sack. He lined up in the by 40-year-old Benjy Porter (3hrs 52mins) it very much. Whatever I might think I tenaciously defied the Australian bowling 40 to 44 age group, which comprised 370 in the 40 - 44 age group in what was his know, I will always bow in admiration to attack for nearly eight hours. athletes and he took the title for the second Ironman debut. Clive Sack, brother of Mark, the likes of commentator Dan Retief who Cricketer Faf du Plessis is supported by his team as he pulls off a stunning save of the second Many people would have found the time in three years. wasTest in match the same against age groupAustralia and in completed Adelaide. hasNot a marvellousonly did he lead understanding the field home, of thebut the race in an overall time of 10 hours and pushing and prodding mind-numbing to hesport. won in a record time of nine hours and 35he minutes took advantage (3hrs 58min of amarathon) lucky bounce while of in the final minute was one of the most watch, but it takes a special kind of pro- 18 minutes,However, which what gave I have him learned 29th position during propertythe ball man to score Herschel the onlyJawitz try competed - and fur- in inane I have ever seen. That was total ficiency and mental aptitude to stay out overallmy tears and as made a sports him thejournalist seventh isSouth how to thethermore 45 to 49 superbage group defence and ran by his the marathon Boks. capitulation, as if to say they were happy there for seven hours and 46 minutes, in Africananalyse to a finish.game. As I said last week, I have in threeI have hours said and for 55 the minutes. past few years that to lose by one point. mainly 34 degrees heat and high humid- alwaysThis yeartried the to eventmaintain took myplace objectiv- in almost theIn the Boks same are age unable group to Jason play Lemmer,80 minutes in of On that subject, I was the one person ity, with five different partners, one of perfectity and conditions. not become It starteda “fan withat Hobie a pen”. Beach hisattacking first Ironman, rugby. completed In the final the 20 course minutes in absolutely delighted by that decision whom could barely run, to defy a vora- withLast aSaturday 3,8km sea I swimonly managedwhere the toathletes see the 13of hours the game eight theyminutes. were probably lucky to as I had backed England on a minus 2,5 cious and tenacious Australian attack and encounteredsecond half gentleof the swells.Springboks This wasversus followed Eng- haveThe spentrose among two ofthe those thorns minutes was 40-year- in the spread and that whacky decision sealed save a crucial match for his country. byland a 180km Test but bicycle on Sunday ride and morning then the standI sat - oldEngland Jodie Zulberg half. The who remaining finished strongly 18 minutes to me my win. This was a monumental effort, ardthrough 42,2km the marathon replay. Knowing run. the result, ensurewas played a fourth somewhere place in her on age the group, Boks’ in 22m There is no doubt we have some performed on debut and already written I couldThere putwas thesome excitement scintillating of racing a close among anline. overall time 10 hours 51 minutes, with wonderful players in our team, but one into the folklore of South African cricket theencounter professionals behind with and Switzerland’s dispassionately Ronnie a runThere time of is 4hrs little 5mins. doubt That that sawEngland, her end is never certain down which garden path history. Schildknechtinterpret what taking I had the watched. title in a time of thewhen race itas comes the sixth-placed to attacking, South are African equally coach Heyneke Meyer is leading them. So, while we might lack the attacking eightAfter hours a 11little minutes thought and I 24 came seconds, to the just amateurinept and and they the eighth certainly SA woman had enough overall. But coming back to defence: All sports prowess of a Genghis Khan, South Afri- aheadfollowing of Frenchman conclusion: Cyril In Viennot, simple terms, who all chances. She will nowWe kept prepare conceding for the world penalties 70.3 in are made up of offence and defence. It is can sport has elevated the art of defence finishedthat won runner-up us the game for thewas second an inspiration- consecu- championshipsthe dying moments that take but place one in has Las to Vegas say vital to have a balanced share of both. It to another level. I suppose there is an tiveal moment year. Bas from Diederen Willem of The Alberts Netherlands in which inthat September, England’s having decision qualified to go at forthe postsEast is also an art to know at which point of a advantage in playing not to lose... finished third. It was Schildknecht’s eighth London 70.3 Ironman event in January. Ironman title. Others who participated and success- The women’s race went down to the wireWhat’s fully On completed the distance, include with America’s Jessie Donavan winning in Ian Schwabsky (age group 30 to 34), his a Sundaytime of 9:10:06 (December ahead of 2) Jodie Swallow of brotherprofessor Deon of(25 English to 29), Jonathanat Wits, on Hur “Please- Great Britain, who in January had won the vitz,Sir, Jedd I Want Myer and Some Rabbi More”, Dovi Charles Goldstein, Dick- SA• RCHCC 70.3 Ironman is rescreening title for the thethird award-win- succes- all inens the and 30 childrento 34 age ingroup. this Othershis bicentenary who sivening year film,to go “Thewith herDebt”, world directed long distance by John didyear. well were Time: Eric 09:30. 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Booking: Hazel or René (011) 728- a balanceThursday to his (December training, took 6) on the chal- Of8088/8378, the 1 786 athletes after hours who registered(011) 728-8378, for lenge and pacing his race carefully, com- thee-mail: event, [email protected] 622 started and 1 542 orcomplet rene.s@- pleted• UJW the CT distance adult educationin 15hrs 13mins. division hosts ed thetelkomsa.net distance within or www.greatpark.co.za the 17 hour cut-off SadlyIsaac I Habibunderstand who will that talk none on of “Jewish these Life time. runnersin the will Island be participating of Rhodes in – theFrom Maccabi Begin- •Sack JJMC, completed with his musical swim in director a time of Evelyn58 Gamesning in to Israel End”. later Venue: this year.Stonehaven. 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Unwanted books and Monday (December 3) magazine donations are gladly accepted. Contact: Tel (011) 646-2409; fax (011) • UJW is hosting Marcia Leveson, former 646-4654.

World News in Brief POPE CALLS FOR END TO PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS, NEW ME PEACE EFFORTS

ROME - At a gathering in Rome with Lebanon’s new cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI launched a new appeal for peace in Syria and the Middle East, the Associated Press reported. “The church encourages all efforts for peace in the world and in the Middle East, a peace that will only be effective if it is based on authentic respect for other people,” Pope Benedict told the gathering, which included several Lebanese pilgrims. He also spoke out concerning the plight of Christians from their traditional homelands throughout the Middle East, calling for them to be able to “live their faith freely”. Christian communities have come under assault by Muslims amid the upheaval related to the “Arab Spring”. Tens of thousands of Syrian Christians have fl ed from the civil war there, while Egypt’s Coptic Christian community fears the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and the ultra-extremist Salafi groups to power. Recently, several Coptic Christian teenage women were been assaulted by other women on Cairo subways because their hair was uncovered. Many Coptic women are now afraid to ride the transit system in fear of being assaulted or sexually harassed, according to Morning Star News. (JNS.org)

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