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Shabbat Times Parshat Pinchas The power through prayer June 28 / 20 Tammuz June 29 / 21 Tammuz You know, my friends, if you are in the them as His very “sustenance”. 17:08 18:00 market to buy a second hand Torah and you Furthermore,they are described as “zeh 17:29 18:24 want to know if the Torah you are buying ha-eesheh - this is the fire-offering” - that 16:48 17:41 is kosher and that every letter is complete, you should offer every day. 17:09 18:02 Bloemfontein Parshat Pimchas 17:00 17:55 then check out the latter part of this week’s Rabbi Alex Carlebach Says Rabbi Mendel of Kotzk, this “fire- 16:53 17:48 East Parsha portion, Pinchas. Chabad of Lyndhurst offering” represents the fiery enthusiasm The reason for this is that there is no we should have while praying to G-d. It is Fast of Tisha B’Av on other sidra read as often as Pinchas. In fact, One reason is the that the Hebrew word this passion and intensity that enables our July 9 every time we take out a second Torah to for sacrifices, “korban” which comes from prayers to draw down abundant blessings read a maftir, we turn to this week’s sidrah. the word “karov”, teaches us that it is from on High. Last Tuesday was Shiva Asar b’Tammuz, It contains the daily, the Shabbat, Rosh through the korbanot – sacrifices - that we This parsha then, is teaching us the power the 12-hour fast that begins the three Chodesh, as well as every festival’s unique become closer to G-d A-mighty. we have through prayer. When we ensure weeks of communal mourning leading offerings and sacrifices. Today it is our tefillot – prayers - that that our prayers are offered with the appro- to the major fast of Tisha B’Av which If you calculate how many times we read takes the place of karbonot; the Torah here priate passion and fervour, we can achieve a falls this year on July 9. The mourning from Parshat Pinchas, including every day is teaching us both to ensure we pray every similar effect to the karbanot - sacrifices - in is for the destruction of both the First of Rosh Chodesh and Yomtov, it comes out day, as well as how to pray. This is especially the Holy Temple. and Second Temples in 586 BCE and 70 to just under 40 times a year! relevant as the Jews are about to enter Israel Let us pray that we be privileged to do so CE respectively, and the resultant exile So, if the Torah you are looking at was and live a “natural” life rather than the mi- and may each one have their prayers an- into which the Jews were cast. actually read from on a regular basis Pinchas raculous one they led in the desert. swered in every aspect they need, be it good In this period, many calamities be- would be worn out first. Thus, if you want to Torah here describes sacrifices as “karbani health, Yiddishe nachas, and sustenance. fell the Jewish people throughout the generations. Traditionally, during this buy a second-hand Torah, look at the quality lachmi”- my offering my food” - a metaphor May Hashem answer Klal Yisroel’s pas- period, Orthodox Jews do not have hair- of the letters in Pinchas. that suggests that the sacrifices actually sionate prayers by bringing our Righteous cuts or shave, marry, listen to music, A refrain often heard, is why does the “sustain” the A-mighty so to speak. Redeemer Moshiach and allow us once again wear new clothing or eat new seasonal timeless Torah spends so much time on the The Alter Rebbe teaches that every one of to bring the actual sacrifices as described fruit - the shehecheyanu blessing is not sacrifices, especially as it is not something our daily prayers is of tremendous signifi- in our sidrah Pinchas that we read this recited. we bring today. cance to G-d to the extent that He describes Shabbat. Cleese at fawlt with Jewish community tasteless Holocaust joke prays for Mandela OWN CORRESPONDENT more recently, as the school- well.” He felt compelled to take master in the South African hit the matter up with the SAJBD. landed himself in movie Spud – which he recently (Source #2) was also at the some choppy waters after he told completed the local filming of performance: “It was totally un- a Holocaust joke at his Johan- the sequel. acceptable,” he said afterwards. nesburg Sunday night perfor- Cleese’s joke was along the “The Board should take it up mance at the Teatro theatre at lines of: A tour group were going with his management, culminat- Montecasino in Joburg. The to Dachau and when they got ing in an undertaking to remove one-liner so incensed the large to the place, they were late and such harmful parts from all fu- Jewish contingent in the audi- were denied entry. Whereupon, ture presentations and a formal ence that many complained to someone in the tour group said: apology,” (he) said. the SA Jewish Board of Deputies “Tell them we are Jewish.” “It is truly offensive and on Monday. A senior Jewish theatre figure, (Cleese) should know how we “The SAJBD has contacted Mr who asked not to be named for feel,” said (Source #3), who was Cleese’s publicist to share the professional reasons, said that at the performance. “I am not hurt that this remark has caused she doubted that Cleese’s joke in- alone in this,” he said, explaining to members of the community dicated that he was anti-Semitic. that many Jewish patrons shared and have explained why this was “He runs down everyone, his hu- their feelings after the show. so offensive,” said the Board’s mour is dark,” said the theatrical The theatre doyenne accused National Director Wendy Kahn doyenne. Cleese of being “insensitive” on Monday. Three community members to the extent that she and her “We have asked that this quip originally complained on Sunday husband had attended his show be excluded from future shows,” night and made numerous last year and were so incensed said Kahn. It has subsequently statements on the record, which at his unnecessarily “hateful and The SA Jewish Board of Deputies, on behalf of the Jewish community of South Africa, been reported by a member of motivated the investigation into hurtful” humour that they had extended its prayers to former President Neslson Mandela, who is gravely ill in hospital. the community that “contact was this story. Just prior to going to decided not to see him again. In a media release the Board says: “Nelson Mandela is more than a political leader: made with John Cleese, that he print they have asked for their The Holocaust, she said, For the South African people, he is a wise, caring father, a kind and loyal friend and an apologised and meant no harm, names to be withdrawn. should be a topic that should be enduring symbol of national unity and reconciliation. and (he) committed not to use “I was traumatised! It is sim- off limits to comedy. “I’ve done “His very presence among us all has been a source of strength and hope. For the world the crack again.” ply unacceptable,” said (Source a lot of Holocaust plays - and in at large, he remains a source of continual inspiration. Cleese is famous for his roles #1) on Sunday night. He said some there are light moments,” “The Jewish community of South Africa joins its fellow South Africans in praying for in the Monty Python and Fawlty there was “a large Jewish audi- she explained, “but is not it is our beloved former President Nelson Mandela and in extending its good wishes to the Towers TV series’ on BBC and, ence, many of them observant as not a comedic topic.” Mandela family and the Presidency during this difficult and uncertain time.”

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Chabad Banner 5x8 260613.indd 1 2013/06/26 3:04 PM 28 June – 5 July 2013 News SA JEWISH REPORT 3 Coovadia obviously didn’t see the wood for the trees STAFF REPORTER opposed” to those he expressed during his feel embarrassed for that person.” Monyela told Jewish Report that Dirco had recently-completed three year stint in Israel. The Department of International Relations “no knowledge” of the South African Embassy Israel’s ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) has This was in response to the publication of and Co-operation (Dirco) spokesman, Clayson having expressed their embarrassment - and hit back at former South African Ambassador a letter last week in which Coovadia rejected Monyela, told the Jewish Report on Wednes- he said it found it highly unlikely that a South to Israel Ismail Coovadia, calling him “un- and returned a gift certificate presented to day that Coovadia no longer worked for Dirco. African embassy would make such a state- couth” and saying that the South African Em- him by the MFA indicating that 18 trees While his retirement means that Coovadia ment. bassy in Israel “had been deeply embarrassed” would be planted in honour and in the name no longer speaks on behalf of Dirco, it also “South Africans Friends of Israel” - which by the former ambassador’s public refusal to of the South African Ambassador by the Jew- means that they now have no control over came forward to replace and replant “Coova- have trees planted in his honour in Israel. ish National Fund (JNF). what he says. In either event he is no longer a dia’s trees” in another forest in Israel - reject- The local Judeo/Christian Zionist group In a hard-hitting letter, Coovadia explained South African diplomat. ed Coovadia’s statements. The organisation, “South Africans Friends of Israel” - a network the reasoning for his actions as follows: “I The move by Coovadia has added to the which represents South Africans of all persua- of interfaith Zionists with over 60 000 fol- have supported the struggle against apartheid already tense relations between Pretoria sions who seek peace and understanding in lowers - came forward last Friday and offered South Africa and now I cannot be a proponent and Jerusalem. Palmor said that “the South the Middle East, said they were replanting to replace and replant “Coovadia’s trees” in of what I have witnessed in Israel, and that is, African embassy in Tel Aviv had been deeply the trees “in the name of, and as a symbol of, another forest in Israel. a replication of apartheid!” embarrassed by the incident”. friendship between South Africa and Israel”. Yigal Palmor, spokesman for the MFA, dis- Palmor dismissed Coovadia’s statements in missed Coovadia’s assertions in a statement The Telegraph. “This was nothing but a par- to The Telegraph in the UK last week. Palmor ticularly disharmonious blow of the vuvuzela. said Coovadia was “uncouth” and claimed And if someone blows that horn very hard, that his current views were “diametrically what can you do but turn your head away and MedicalSlim-Science Weight Loss System Karabus suing Emirates When it comes to Airline and hospital group permanent weight loss, gimmicks don’t work. Science does.

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KosherWorld 20x4 250613.indd 1 2013/06/26 10:28 AM 24 SA SA J JEWISHEWISH R REPORTEPORT News 0128 June- 08 –June 5 July 2012 2013 Israeli circumcision device may save thousands of South African lives and also money STAFF REPORTER simple solution for nonmedical practition- ers to perform circumcisions. Traditional A new Israeli adult male circumcision device circumcisers can be trained quickly on how is being rolled out in South Africa and local to use PrePex and conduct the procedure authorities believe it will save thousands of safely in an unsterile environment as part of lives lost annually as a result of HIV/Aids their wider traditional practices around the and botched traditional circumcisions. rite of passage into manhood.” Known as the PrePex, the device has been The device uses an elastic band that com- piloted with huge success in several other presses the foreskin against a rigid plastic African countries and is the only such device ring that is placed on the inside of the penis’ approved by the World Health Organisation foreskin. The elastic band cuts off the blood (WHO). supply to the foreskin, which dries out over In 2007, WHO and UNAIDS proved that a week, similar to the process of removing circumcised men reduce their risk of HIV the umbilical cord of a newborn. infection by some 60 per cent in high risk Says Fuerst: “It’s a bloodless procedure areas such as sub-Saharan Africa. that does not require the use of injected an- pressed. cumcise at least 4,3 million men by 2016. Two weeks ago, Parliament held a snap de- aesthetics or the cutting of live tissue and “Men also take less time off work because “We cannot afford new infections. We bate on the death of 35 traditional initiates can be performed by health workers with a they heal quickly, as opposed to surgical cir- spend R11 billion every year to treat people.” in one month due to botched circumcisions. lower skill set than those required for surgi- cumcision.” The PrePex device costs about Mbengashe had a spat with Cosatu spokes- Then-ANC Chief Whip Mathole Motshekga cal procedures.” R200 and was intended for men aged 18 and man, Patrick Craven last week after Craven told the National Assembly that the deaths The fitting and removal can be performed older. was quoted in Business Day saying: “The were a “painful wake-up call for us to embark by a nurse or trained traditional circumciser Mabena said a previous study on male cir- point is not whether this device (PrePex) is on… transformation of initiation schools (as and takes just three minutes to place and re- cumcision in Orange Farm showed that HIV the best or not… should be a wholesale boy- they) cannot be allowed to become slaughter move and these procedures do not require a incidence decreased by 76 per cent. cott of all products from Israel, including houses”. sterile environment. The chief director for HIV, Aids and Sexu- this one. We cannot have exceptions.” Motshekga said 145 boys died between “Anyone who passes a three-day PrePex ally Transmitted infections in the Depart- “We must leave out politics because what 2009 and 2010 because of complications re- training programme can be a PrePex opera- ment of Health, Dr Thobile Mbengashe, is important right now is saving people’s lated to their circumcisions and 1 200 were tor,” Fuerst said. said they would watch the PrePex pilot pro- lives. We cannot say we cannot use a prod- hospitalised. This, he said, required “strin- Speaking about the device at a major Aids gramme with interest. uct from a certain country, even if it is going gent health interventions”. conference in Durban last week, Dr Ntlot- “We have managed to have one million to help us, simply because we don’t like that Tzameret Fuerst, president of Israeli com- leng Mabena of the Centre for HIV and Pre- males circumcised, but we still have a lot to country,” Mbengashe said. pany Circ MedTech which manufactures Pre- vention Studies, said they had conducted do,” he said. The PrePex pilot is being rolled out at sev- Pex, said: “Now is the time to find a safe and pilot projects on the PrePex and were im- With the aid of PrePex they hoped to cir- en pilot sites in three Provinces. 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Nelson Mandela visits the Green and Sea Point Hebrew Congregation, 1994. In the photograph, Rabbi Jack Steinhorn; Alon Liel, the Israeli ambassador; Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris; and Mervyn Smith, National Chairman of the SAJBD.

GEOFF SIFRIN were whites – more than half of them Jews. percentage of SA Jews fought apartheid; racial system, this had weighty moral con- The 17 activists arrested at Liliesleaf, Rivo- Jewish radicals were on the margins of the notations. The most cherished photographs many peo- nia in July 1963, included five whites – all of community and often regarded with mis- Today, the mainstream takes pride in the ple possess, displayed on mantlepieces or in whom were Jews. trust and hostility by it. The resentment Jewish activists who fought with Mandela, special albums with family and friends, are this caused among Jewish activists still res- many of whom were banned, jailed or forced those showing them next to Nelson Mande- onates in the community today. into exile, provoking a retort that it is un- la, shaking his hand or receiving that broad But although most Jews went along with fairly claiming the activists’ reflected glory. smile of his. You find them hanging on the In the 1956 Treason Trial, apartheid and benefited from it, they felt an Mandela’s broader contacts with the Jew- boardroom walls of giant corporations and Jewish advocate Sydney awkward tension with it. They didn’t active- ish community included community up- in classrooms of township schools where he Kentridge dealt with Mandela ly support it, voted consistently for liberal liftment organisation MaAfrika Tikkun, of came to speak to children. What a joy to be and said later: “I could opposition parties in elections, and repeat- which he became patron-in-chief. It was – able to point to a picture and say: “That’s me somehow tell from the many edly backed Parliamentarians like Helen Su- and remains - a proud example of the Jew- with Madiba!” – brushing shoulders with zman, who argued against its laws. Jewish ish community’s work among the under- talks I had with him that this greatness. women’s groups and others worked to alle- privileged. Even this newspaper can claim a connec- man was a leader – of course viate the effects of apartheid on blacks. But Greatness often attracts greatness, and tion: the first edition, published on May 15, I couldn’t have guessed he still today Jews are ill at ease with the topic. Mandela found a skilled and enthusiastic 1998, carried a message from (then) Presi- would become the leader he, The Struggle posed moral questions with- supporter in Glasgow-born Chief Rabbi, dent Mandela: “Whenever and wherever in fact, became.” out simple answers: what was Judaism’s Cyril Harris. He chided and charmed SA freedom of expression is upheld, the advent duty to the oppressed who lived around and Jewry through the complicated process and of a newspaper adds to the desirable diver- among them? What had Jews learnt from helped allay their anxieties about what was sity of voices and enriches the market of their own history of persecution? And did to come. He arrived in the country in 1988 ideas. Then at Wits University where he studied they have the courage to stand up against from London when apartheid’s grip was al- “I welcome the addition of the South Afri- law, student friends were Jewish. Some of apartheid when, in this virtual police state, ready loosening. can Jewish Report to the beautiful tapestry them later defended him in the high-profile it might damage their community by invit- His friendship with Mandela threw into of the South African media... in playing a trials mentioned above. The defence team in ing retribution from the Afrikaans national- relief the question: why had so few rabbis – critical role in shaping a new South African the Treason Trial was headed by advocate ist regime, which was in any case not well the purported conveyors of Jewish values policy and culture. I wish your publication Isie Maisels, a respected member of the Jo- disposed towards them and had anti-Semit- – been active in resisting apartheid? That success and rapid growth.” hannesburg Bar. Another Jewish advocate, ic tendencies? matter, too, does not have a simple answer What is this magic that made almost all Sydney Kentridge, dealt particularly with After President FW de Klerk announced and bothers SA Jews until today. individuals and groups with whom he came Mandela as his counsel. on February 2, 1990 that the ban on the On sighting Harris during his trip to Israel into contact feel special? It is hard to define, Kentridge said years later: “I could some- ANC was being lifted and Mandela would be with Jewish leaders, Mandela affectionately but it was there in bucketfuls. how tell from the many talks I had with released after 27 years in prison, a new pe- proclaimed: “My rabbi has come!” The visit Among the many minority groups he got him that this man was a leader – of course I riod began in which he engaged vigorously was a major step politically and few aside to know well were South African Jews. One couldn’t have guessed he would become the with mainstream Jewish organisations, phi- from Mandela possessed the gravitas to un- of his earliest encounters was in 1941 when, leader he, in fact, became.” lanthropists and businessmen. dertake such a thing; hostility to Israel in as a young man, he came to Johannesburg By the trial’s end in 1961, all the defend- Key among them was the SA Jewish Board many political quarters was intense. from the Eastern Cape seeking work, and ants had been acquitted. Later, at the 1964 of Deputies, at whose National Conference Harris was equally warm to Mandela, was given his first job by Jewish attorney Rivonia Trial, he received a life sentence. in 1993 he was the keynote speaker. Of declaring - when he was being treated by Lazar Sidelsky in his law firm. This act – But those early impressions were not con- course, hanging in the background like a a Jewish doctor for eye problems derived both unusual and brave – made a lasting sistent. His Jewish connections then were dark shadow was the uncomfortable recol- from working in lime quarries of Robben Is- impression on Mandela. Later, many white primarily with individuals – as friends, ac- lection that during apartheid, the SAJBD land during his imprisonment: “We’re sorry comrades with whom he formed close bonds tivists, lawyers and newspapermen. With had adhered to a formal “non-political” you are having trouble with your eyes, but in the Struggle were leftist Jews. Of the 156 the Jewish majority, he had little contact. policy, saying its mandate was primarily to we want you to know that there is nothing accused in the Treason Trial of 1956, 23 Similar to other white groups, only a small look after Jewish interests. In the brutal wrong with your vision.” To page 7 28 June – 5 July 2013 Opinion and Analysis SA JEWISH REPORT 7

From page 6 Ironically Harris, who had not lived in South With South African Jews so passionately from imprisonment reassured very nervous Many politicians and groups will try to ap- Africa during apartheid, testified on behalf of Zionist, the Israeli-Palestinian question in- whites, Jews among them, that after living propriate him for their own agendas. Even SA Jewry at the Faith Communities Hearings evitably came up with Mandela. Instinctively, with “packed suitcases under the bed” dur- when he was desperately ill, this was cynically of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission he was more sympathetic to Palestinians than ing apartheid, they had a future here after all. done, as with the ANC’s embarrassing display in 1997 about its role. Several white religious Israelis, given the close links during apartheid Most people always knew, even if they tried to of an obviously ailing Mandela for the TV leaders apologised for their communities’ between the ANC and the PLO. However, he deny it, that apartheid couldn’t last forever, cameras a few months ago. acquiescence during apartheid. Harris, too, again showed his magnanimity by attending a no matter how brutal the regime and perva- The void will only be truly felt after he is no expressed regret for the Jewish community. ceremony at Oxford Synagogue in Johannes- sive the security police in every corner of the longer with us; as a wise writer once observed: Other white groups had done no better, but burg in 1995 to honour assassinated Israeli society. It seemed likely it would end in a racial “Nobody is more intensely present than the his words caused some Jewish soul-searching. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. bloodbath. moment of their departure.” Even in retire- In 1985 a movement called Jews for Social His trip to Israel in October 1999 with Jew- ment, away from the public eye, he was still Justice was started for social action against ish community leaders was a bold step po- there as a guardian for everything we strive apartheid, supported by Rabbis Norman litically, aimed at repairing political damage Under Mandela, there for in this country. Bernhard and Ady Assabi. Again, as the es- caused by Israeli links with apartheid South would be no bloodbath. It is gratifying that he received his acco- sential reconciler, Mandela attended shortly Africa. Israel had co-operated in military mat- lades while still alive and saw his dream of a He encouraged all after his release from prison a Shabbat ser- ters with the government, leaving a bitter democratic South Africa come true. Sadly, vice at Temple Shalom in Johannesburg, at taste in the ANC and other black movements. South Africans to join the standard of our politics has deteriorated Assabi’s invitation. It provoked some enraged Mandela proposed a plan for Mideast peace, in building a “rainbow since his departure from public life. The ANC members of Assabi’s congregation to protest calling on the Arabs to recognise Israel within nation”. has declined so much that even Archbishop the invitation, since just prior to it Mandela the 1967 borders, and Israel to give up terri- Emeritus Desmond Tutu has declared that he had appeared on television warmly embrac- tory for peace. His proposals were regarded by will not be voting for it in the 2014 elections. ing PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at ’s Israelis and Palestinians as naive. In Gaza, he Under Mandela, there would be no blood- It is unfair to deify Mandela; he was flesh Independence Day celebrations. But Man- met with Arafat and, while in Israel, he visited bath. He created an atmosphere where minor- and blood like the rest of us, capable of suf- dela’s magic quickly overcame any opposition Rabin’s grave and Yad Vashem. ities felt safe. He encouraged all South Afri- fering and erring. Imagine the loneliness and amongst SA Jews; they fell in love with him, as His reconciling ethos stands as a stark con- cans to join in building a “rainbow nation”. He fear he must have endured for so long even all South Africans did. trast to what is happening today, where gov- even invited one of his warders from Robben while continuing to hold fast to his political Mandela possessed profound loyalty to ernment officials and diplomats behave like Island to his presidential inauguration and principles. friends and comrades, such as with feisty Hel- loose cannons, making anti-Israel statements, had lunch with Percy Yutar, a state prosecutor But the phrase “Cometh the hour, cometh en Suzman. When she was the sole member of while the leadership says nothing. in the Rivonia Trial. He lived the Constitution: the man” could not have been truer than in the Progressive Party in Parliament, she was A South Africa without Mandela will right- “South Africa belongs to all who live in it.” South Africa. In a world filled with hatred and the first Parliamentarian to visit the prisoner fully pose the question: What is his legacy for Worldwide he is revered; even the United cynicism, we desperately need again the dig- Mandela on Robben Island and look into the the country and world? Certainly in South Af- Nations proclaimed July 18 – his birthday - a nity and integrity of a Mandela, a man who plight of political convicts. rica there is no-one in the current leadership special day in his name. His decision to retire lived in full his own ideal: “In a situation where After apartheid he remained close to her, even remotely approaching his visionary stat- after one term as president set an example in resentment, anger and revenge would be ex- even after she was thoroughly marginalised ure. And in the Middle East? If only a Mandela a world where in many countries this is un- pected of you, do the surprising thing: forgive, by the country’s new political climate. Suz- could emerge from the Israeli or Palestinian thinkable – witness events in Syria and our go beyond yourself and find a better option.” man commented: “I have been airbrushed out side to do there what Nelson Rolihlahla Man- neighbour, , where leaders ruthless- We will sorely miss his magic when he’s of history by the new regime – but my friend dela did for South Africa. ly cling to power, turning their armies against gone. Regretfully, a man like that comes along Mandela still comes to see me.” His lack of bitterness after his release their own people. once in a century.

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Now, they can jostle for space writers of other hate mail that I’ve seen, merciless totalitarianism, George Orwell sion are obliterated. In this way, the people online with the most respected intellectual whose calculated, deliberate intent to relates how his mythical State of Oceania themselves are brutalised, and as such are publications. wound is evidence of rational, if poisoned compels all its citizens to observe a daily easier to control. Last year, the Mail & Guardian recently minds. “Two Minutes Hate” ritual. Has this profoundly dark aspect of the exposed the pro-Nazi, anti-Jewish conspir- Amidst all this hopeless contemplation All citizens are required to watch a film human personality been made any worse acy theorist views of Reserve Bank-elected of the sheer evil of which the human heart denouncing the designated enemies of the by modern electronic communication? One director Stephen Goodson. One of the is capable, one thinks of the words of a all-powerful Party and work themselves up could argue, not necessarily. far-right websites with which he was associ- great man, now on the brink of leaving into a frenzy of hatred against them. Looking back in history, one finds every- ated was Incogman.net, whose home page this world, who by his example taught us The real intention of the ritual, naturally, where the same festering fears, prejudices advises: “All you nation-wrecking Khazar otherwise: is essentially to sublimate the people’s and paranoia over imaginary forces of evil, Jews and Israel-Firster HasbaRATs, brain- “People must learn to hate, and if they feelings of anger against those who control with this all too often provoking hideous dead White Multicults and Marxists, sicko can learn to hate, they can be taught to them towards external, and probably non- atrocities. Nor have such atrocities always Sodomites and Lezbos, perverted Pedophile love, for love comes more naturally to the existent, enemies. It was and continues come about through the perpetrators hav- Molesters, freaky Gender-benders, greasy human heart than its opposite. to be a standard control mechanism in ing been worked up into a state of irrational Illegal Mestizos, cocaine-crazed and crimi- “Even in the grimmest times in prison, authoritarian societies. rage. nal Negroes - or whatever bizarre combina- when my comrades and I were pushed to Dictatorial Arab regimes have routinely What is truly horrifying is how often tion of the above - all of you scumbags had our limits, I would see a glimmer of human- used Israel and the Palestinian question, they have been carried out with calm, cold- better beware that commenting here risks ity in one of the guards, perhaps just for a and increasingly rabid conspiracy theo- blooded deliberation. incarceration in my SPAMblinka concentra- second, but it was enough to reassure me ries against Jews generally, as a means of All that is needed is for the victims to tion camp!” and keep me and keep me going. diverting people’s anger elsewhere. have been demonised and dehumanised Along with the constant stream of cyber “Man’s goodness is a flame that can be Closer to home, Mugabe has long been beforehand, so that even torturing them to hate, old fashioned handwritten hate mail, hidden but never extinguished.” able to deflect internal opposition to his death evokes no pity. invariably anonymous, continues to be When dwelling on the legacy left by the misrule by invoking the legacy of colonial- For certain rogue individuals, merely received. Revolting as the sentiments ex- author of Long Walk to Freedom in the ism and the bogey of Western machinations believing themselves in the truth of racist pressed are, one feels after a while a twinge days and years to come, this is the aspect of and exploitation. or anti-Semitic ideologies is not enough; in of sympathy for the sad, grubby minds that what he had to teach that one hopes will be In my understanding, though, Orwell was addition, they seek to propagate their views produce them. continually emphasised. 28 June – 5 July 2013 Opinion and Analysis SA JEWISH REPORT 9 Horwitz’s arguments lack historical context ing Rights In October 2008 the Mail and Guardian MAURICE OSTROFF Both new South Africa and JERUSALEM and Evictions, published an article headlined “New land reported that in Act like apartheid”, reporting that land Israel must cater for different Kudos to the SA Jewish Report for giving Imbali outside ownership rights of about half of South ethnic communities with Allan Horwitz the right of reply to Victor Pietermaritz- Africa’s population hinges on a court action distinct cultural and religious Gordon’s letter of June 7. But right of reply burg, more than by handing control of their communally backgrounds. shouldn’t be abused by using the last word 100 houses had owned land to traditional leaders for ad- in a discussion to mislead with blatant been vacant ministration. ments recorded in his article: misinformation. since comple- Both new South Africa and Israel must “Over the past 109 years, JNF has I therefore ask for the right to correct tion because the cater for different ethnic communities with evolved into a global environmental leader misleading aspects of Horwitz’s article “JNF intended benefi- distinct cultural and religious backgrounds. planting 250 million trees, building over role in forced removals under the loupe”. ciaries refused to While polygamy is unlawful for the general 210 reservoirs and dams, developing over For those unfamiliar with the word, a take occupation claiming the houses were population, tribal law permits President 250 000 acres of land, creating more than loupe is the small magnifying glass used by far from . Jacob Zuma to have several wives. 1 000 parks, providing infrastructure for watchmakers. On Horwitz’s home ground there is much Hopefully Horwitz will admit there is over 1 000 communities and bringing life And with great respect I suggest that by that deserves his attention and competent pen. something laudable in the JNF’s achieve- to the Negev Desert..” focusing on the minutiae with a magnifying glass, Horwitz deprives his readers of the broader context that is absolutely essential to understanding any subject. Horwitz egregiously withholds from his readers the fact that the basis of his attack on the JNF, namely restriction on JNF land transfers, was abandoned as long ago as 2004. The High Court then ruled that the state cannot discriminate between Arabs and Jews in land allocation. Furthermore, it ruled that the couple involved in this case could pay the price prevailing in 1995 when they first sought to buy in the village of Katzir. Rather than interpret the JNF inten- tion in 1901 to buy land for a people who then had no land of their own as a form of affirmative action equivalent to actions adopted in the US and South Africa to com- pensate underprivileged people, Horwitz regards the JNF’s intention as sinister. Yet he is apparently unmoved by the PA law under which Palestinians who sell land to Jews are subject to the death penalty and the fact that several Palestinians have in fact been summarily executed. Horwitz’s magnifying glass is so intensely focused on exaggerating every Israeli wart, that he appears unconcerned about the extant total prohibition on alienating any Waqf property in Israel and the Islamic world or Article Eleven of the Hamas charter which declares that “the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Muslim generations until Judgement Day... any part of it should not be given Give a tree to Coovadia up...” Similarly his reference to relocating Bedouin villages lacks context. Yes, the www.forestofgiving.co.za Prawer plan is contentious and many Israelis including the writer oppose it in its present form. But it is not a JNF matter and it is disin- genuous to use it in an attack on the JNF. It was approved by government in Septem- ber 2011 and has since undergone several amendments. Characteristically Horwitz omitted men- tioning that it provided that the villagers be relocated to new cities with proper sanita- tion and facilities and offered between $1,7 and $2,4 billion compensation. It is irresponsible to simplistically con- demn efforts to improve the complex lot of nomadic tribes whose land rights were not recognised by Ottoman nor British law, nor presently by most surrounding Arab states. Yet in Israel the need to improve their lot South Africa’s former ambassador Unfortunately for him, a planted is widely recognised as expressed in the re- in Israel, Ismail Coovadia has tree is not the kind of gift you port on the Prawer plan by former Cabinet Minister Benny Begin in January 2013. publicly rejected a gift from the can return. Israeli government, of 18 trees “The Bedouins in the Negev, today num- Show your support for Israel’s bering approximately 200 000 persons, are planted in his name by the JNF. citizens with equal rights in the State of Is- irrefutable right to exist, by rael and as such are entitled to an econom- Trees planted on land that is planting a tree in the new FOR ic/social framework that will enable them recognized by our own South South African Forest of Giving. EST to realise the opportunities for growth that African government as well the R65 is all it takes. are available to citizens of Israel”. OF international community as being Relocating residents of slums to bet- Go to www.forestofgiving.com ter housing is common in many countries Israel’s sovereign property. GIV including South Africa and it is not uncom- call 011-645-2537 ING mon for intended beneficiaries to refuse to email [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA be moved to better housing. 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Sad day that THE Beyachad Library IS now a reference Jewish community must buy back Wolmarans Street Shul building library only I must object to Shira Druion’s contention that all that Jewish Report. For many years I have enjoyed bor- in depriving me of the pleasure I is left of the Wolmarans Street Shul in Johannesburg’s If German Lutherans can keep their Hillbrow site, rowing books from the Beyachad would have derived by reading two inner city, is “sweet memories”. What is left is an en- what an embarrassment it is that we Jews appear not Library and reading them at my books of some 350 pages, each tire synagogue, intact apart from the men’s seating. to care about our shul. A high profile Chillul Hashem leisure. I recently visited the library relating to the wars of Israel, over We can no longer sweep what has developed into in our “mikdash me’at”, can yet be halted. in order to borrow two books of a period of three weeks. It saddens a desecration of our oldest Jewish site (in Johannes- I urge the many who feel the same way to act and importance to me and was horri- me that the books in question will burg) under the rug. The time has come for the com- individuals with influence, to take the initiative. fied to learn that the library is no never again be read by members of munity to unite and establish a fund for the buying longer a lending library and has our community. back of the synagogue, under the aegis of the SAJBD Anthony Levin been declared a reference library The mind boggles at the sheer or the Great Park Shul or even a drive by the SA Glenhazel, Johannesburg only. stupidity of those charged with It is self-evident that powers arriving at the decision to in effect that be have resolved to in effect close the library. It is self-evident Can SA Jewish Report readers help Will Tutu now also want to act against close the library to members of that those faceless people, whoever with this project? Barbra Streisand? our community, thereby depriving they may be, have no idea what them of their right to enjoy the purpose a library serves. I can only We are seeking stories about personal experiences Barbra Streisand attended the 90th birthday party for wealth of information contained in conclude that they are simple ig- with intuition, premonition or precognition for a President Shimon Peres last week, where she sang two the thousands of books relating to norant folk who do not themselves book we are writing. We invite South African Jew- songs for him and the huge audience present. everything Jewish. read books and wish to impose on ish Report readers to share such stories with us. Among the audience was the Chief of the Israeli Defence It would be appreciated if the others their limited standards. The stories we have in mind would involve Forces. At the end of the proceedings the audience stood unfortunate people charged with experiences where people obtained information to attention with the singing of Hatikvah. Barbra Strei- running the library would enlighten Martin Frack through any means that defies logical explanation sand sang along with gusto. me as to what their objective is Houghton, Johannesburg (such as in a dream). Paying attention to or acting She also received an honorary doctor of philosophy de- on such information, may have even changed, or gree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and she will saved, their lives. give two concerts in Israel before returning to America. -Please send any such anecdo- Considering these facts, I wonder if Archbishop Emeri ב“ה Recreate your Relationship tal accounts to us at chalam- tus Desmond Tutu and his cohorts will now campaign not [email protected], along to have Streisand movies shown in South Africa, or to ban in our Newest Marital Workshop for Religious Couples with contact information. her records from being played on radio here? Please, no attachments. Just asking. from Jerusalem, Israel Beth Sarafraz and Rivka Bennie Katzman Mimi Dickman Berger Israel psychologist, trauma and couple’s specialist, Brooklyn, New York

with husband, Dr. Moshe Dickman Don’t let the past remain a burden to us (Neurologist, ben kollel) are now arriving in South Africa to give their next Depression and anxiety are very common destroy them. marriage renewal seminar among the Jewish population. This is hardly It is not useful or healthy to focus only on surprising, given the difficult history we have the worst of the past, nor should we exagger- in Johannesburg and Capetown, South Africa endured. Fortunately we are now living in a ate these horrors and highlight only those who more enlightened age. persecuted us. Some might argue that this is The once all powerful church no longer vital to ensure our survival, but I believe that Imago Workshop demonises the Jews and we are free to openly this will drain and weaken us. We will not for- practise our religion in almost every country. It get the past, but let it not remain as a burden. is now difficult to imagine a priest or the Czar For example, responding to my letter in the in the Light of Torah getting up and inciting a pogrom as they used SAJR, Don Krausz agreed that the German to do. In fact, some of the churches have begun death camps (where most of the “Final Solu- Suitable for all couples at any stage in their partnership to favour Israel. tion” was conducted), were run in secret by the Jews are no longer confined to ghettos or fanatical SS. shtetls and are allowed to study in universities However, he argued that the murder of one Johannessburg: and practise any profession and to prosper, as and a half million Jews by the Einzatzgruppen July 20th (evening), July 21st, 22nd full day from 9 to 6 well as to own land. (German killing battalions) had been widely With the exception of isolated attacks known to the East Europeans. Capetown: and the rightwing fringe, most of the anti- Indeed, a reading of this history reveals Semitism has shifted to the Islamic world and some knowledge and even participation by a (evening), full day from 9 to 6 Aug. 3 Aug. 4th, 5th centres on the existence of Israel. number of them. Participant: “I achieved more in Mimi’s 3-day workshop than in 7 years of therapy” Largely as a result of our difficult past, we But it also reveals righteous gentiles who Includes Lunch, Drinks & Snacks usually assume that any criticism of Israel risked their lives to save our people. (Re- can only be motivated by anti-Semitism. Yet, member that the SS killed anyone attempting Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.: following the Six Day War when Israel was still to help Jews). As an example, the Russians considered to be the underdog, many of these opened their frontier to Jews escaping from “I'm familiar with the excellent work Mimi Dickman has done, and I believe that her seminar on marriage is extremely important, leftwing activists enthusiastically supported the Nazis, enabling many to survive. especially in our times, when the stability of so many marriages has weakened.” the Hebrew State. So, let us remember the past, but not only However, the sentiment has since changed. focus on the worst of it, for that will make us Rav Aharon Bina, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh: These activists often don’t realise that the bitter or depressed, robbed of joy and goodwill "I have known & worked with Mimi for well over 15 years, watching her turn around varieties of Israeli government feels compelled to adopt towards others. difficult disorders. I am impressed not only by her expertise, but also by her yir'at shamayim. This tough, unpopular security measures to ensure It is time to enjoy this enlightened age! is a subject of great importance for every Jewish home. Mimi has never disappointed me yet." her survival in an extremely tough neighbour- For Reservation and Information hood, where the Jews are vastly outnumbered Martin Zagnoev contact Mimi at: 972-547-55422, [email protected] by hostile Islamic militants who wish to Johannesburg 28 June – 5 July 2013 Tapestry SA JEWISH REPORT 11 The stories digress poetically into almost choreographed nuance

Exhibition: ‘Philosopher Kings’ the horror of corruption, but the Artist: Jonah Sack beauty of love. Where: Art on Paper Gallery, The exhibition has several compo- Milpark, (011) 726-2234 nents, all of which demand atten- Until: July 13 tion: You cannot breeze through this show emotionally unscathed. The REVIEWED BY ROBYN SASSEN 12 wall-mounted works in brush or pen and ink, are true to an approach There is a passage in Alban Berg’s established by Sack some years ago; opera Wozzeck (1925) that skitters each is a series, exploring the work between horror and whimsy. A mur- as a story, comprising cleanly brack- der happens. But the murderer is eted-off images, part of a whole. under the pall of a kind of a dream. In one, the flurry of lovemaking He’s possessed by the world’s pres- renders both participants abstract sures, abuse from his employers, bits of flame, in another, the blurred

deception from his lover; he’s the complexity of mob violence is . pivot in a rotten environment that bounced off the faces of individuals. we watch crumble. There’s distinct oriental simplic- Similarly, Sack’s Exquisite Corpse, ity and flavour in the mark-making a film with input by Gwydion Bey- and compositional decisions taken. non and music by Carlo Mombelli, The stories digress poetically into embraces otherworldly violence. It’s almost choreographed nuances, but beautiful, often erotic and uplifting embrace critical reflection about the Philosopher Kings: Smuts Decides, by Jonah Sack. Brush and ink on paper. A o p Photo courtesy Gallery and yet, breathe in breathe out a bit 1922 mine strikes under Jan Smuts’ and think about what you have seen government, and the 2012 ones, un- we call Johannesburg. absent artist and the present gallery making you think not only of head- and it remains relentlessly violent. der Cyril Ramaphosa, at Marikana. Devoid of ochre, devoid of visitor. You breathe a whiff of Ken- gear on Johannesburg’s face, but of Like some of the work in Conrad There’s a resonance of murkiness context, the cleanly described im- tridge in slide projectors in which drive-in screens, also a diminishing Botes’ and Anton Kannemeyer’s Bit- between the facts and resolutions of ages evoke pen and wash works by you get to riffle through details of bit of nostalgia. tercomix, this ambiguous violence both. Different, but similar. Adolph Jentsch from the mid-20th the works at your own pace and Without being derivative and is the touchstone of Philosopher Alongside visual essays about century in Namibia, easily one of look each protagonist in the eye. As demonstrating Sack’s ability to Kings, an extraordinarily thought- love, loss, train windows and tel- South Africa’s most neglected but powerful as this gesture is, so are dialogue with other artists concep- ful exhibition which meshes with ephone calls, there’re others engag- most skilled watercolourists. screens for these projections, scaf- tually, Philosopher Kings takes him Sack’s memories of growing up in ing with Highveld storms and the There’s also an installation foldings in dowel sticks, evocative. to new critical levels of fresh, brave a mining town, replete as it is with itchy ochre landscape of this place invoking power play between the They’re ephemeral monuments, integrity.

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Organisations in the United States, South Africa, Israel and Argentina, were on Mon- day awarded with the Ruderman Prize in Disability for the contribution they have made to assist an inclusive spectrum of learners. The annual prize, by the Ruderman Family Foundation, recognises organisa- tions operating innovative programmes and services dedicated to the full inclusion of people with disabilities in their local The Jewish community. The winners who were chosen from an exclusive group of 244 applicants, were: merger of B’nai Amoona Synagogue (St Louis, Mis- souri), AMIT (Israel), Fundación Judaica (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Sunflower Bakery (Gaithersburg, Maryland). They complements* each received $50 000 to continue their work. Herzlia Schools in Cape Town have Grant Thornton and PKF Johannesburg are proud to announce our merger. also been recognised by the Ruderman This is a merger of equals which will double our size in the city of gold. Family Foundation. The mission of the Ruderman Family Foundation is to promote innovation that fosters inclusion Business decisions are rarely black and white. This business decision of people with disabilities in the Jewish community and Israel, and to strengthen relationships complements what we do for our clients every day. We are Grant Thornton between Israel and the US Jewish community. and we help dynamic organisations unlock their potential for growth. “All of this year’s winners are organisations which are not solely focused on the issue of disability, but who have developed innovative programmes to include people with disabilities in the overall *Agreement signed at Sandton on 6 May 2013, effective 1 July 2013. mission of their organisation,” says Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation. “We hope that they serve as shining examples to the rest of the Jewish world of how people with disabilities can be included in all aspects of life.” Herzlia Schools adopted an inclusion philosophy in 1997. “Today all our 10 campuses can proudly boast that we are inclusive schools that cater for all the children of the Cape Town Jewish communi- ty, no matter what their academic, physical or financial situation may be,” said Geoff Cohen, Herzlia’s director of education (pictured). The “Herzlia Inclusion Programme” has evolved into a sophisticated, fully fledged programme with 50 staff where support is offered at each stage of the child’s academic journey, according to Cohen. They currently employ 21 fulltime learning support teachers, five part-time, six fulltime facilita- tors, plus seven remedial staff. This excludes another 20 teachers and staff who are paid directly by parents. The number of pupils requiring extensive learning support has grown from five in 1997 to www.gt.co.za 80 this year. “The transformation of Herzlia into a school that offers a fully-fledged inclusion programme © 2013 Grant Thornton South Africa. All rights reserved. Grant Thornton South Africa is a member firm of has been the most important, rewarding aspect of my 33 years in education, “ says Cohen. “It is so Grant Thornton International Ltd (‘Grant Thornton International’). gratifying to know that our work in the area of inclusive education has been recognised and we are humbled and honoured to be a recipient of this most prestigious prize.” Jewish Report_200x131_25_06.indd 1 2013/06/25 12:06 PM 28 June – 5 July 2013 Classifieds SA JEWISH REPORT 15

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SA20 SA JEWISH Maccabi REPORT teamSport benefit from30 November – 7 December 2012 generousPerfecting communitythe art of how not to lose game one needs to defend a lead. Howev- While there were a number of Jewish is trained by Colin er, defence is seemingly quickly becoming people at the dinner, the majority were not. Nathan who operates what South African sport is all about. However, the event was also used to raise out of his gym in Glen- While the Boks held England at bay money for young, struggling boxers. hazel and he was on in the north, managing to cling to a one ROCKINGROCKING THETHE BOAT BOAT At both events sports memorabilia and a hand to see his fighter point win, the Proteas looked to be head- JackJack MilnerMilner few other items such as holidays or watches, in action. ing for certain Test defeat Down Under were auctioned off. The disparity between the Dlamini started as they ended the fourth day under the Raising money to get a team to the Macca- money raised at the two events was stagger- off well but was un- I do not profess to be an authority on cosh at 77 for four wickets, chasing 430 biah, gets tougher each time. There are two ing. Around eight items were auctioned off able to put away his rugby. During my time at school I actually to win. reasons for this. Firstly, the price goes up at the boxing event and they raised around challenger. However, developed a hatred for the game because The match looked all over, with a win significantly every four years and secondly, R56 000. It was not a bad contribution by any when the final bell thereit was is continuallyless free money jammed floating down around. our means, but it paled into insignificance when sounded it did appear Boxing trainer Colin Nathan andfor his charge, Ashleycertainty, Dlamini, but wereAB de Vil- throats.On the first issue, if my memory serves me compared to the banquet. as if Dlamini had done in action at Monday night’s box-and-dineliers, Jacques at Emperors Kallis and Palace especially in Faf du correct,However, in 2005 as the I got cost older to go toand the became Mac- One just needs to look at a single item - a enough. In one of Johannesburg, in order to raisePlessis, money had for the other SA Maccabiideas. De soccer Villiers teams. kept cabiahmore involvedwas around in R25 the 000.world Eight of sport years laterand photograph collage of former Springbok those strange quirks of Du Plessis company for 68 overs and a itbegan has doubled. to understand At this rate the it nutswill cost and around bolts scrumhalf, Joost van der Westhuizen. Joost, boxing, one judge scored the fight for Sibiya, actuallynobbled takes Kallis charge for of theanother fight, 40 this overs is the in R100of the 000 game, by the I actually time we getbegan to 2021. to enjoy who was at the Maccabi banquet, is suffering the other for Dlamini and the third saw it as a fairestthe result. searing In otherAdelaide words, heat, someone as Du needs Plessis it Ivery don’t much. know whatWhatever will happen I might if it think gets so I from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a form draw. As a result the fight was declared a draw to dotenaciously enough to windefied the thefight, Australian otherwise bowlingthe badlyknow, out I will of hand, always but bow I do believein admiration one has to of motor neuron disease, and his prognosis is and no winner was declared. statusattack quo forshould nearly remain. eight hours. Cricketer Faf du Plessis is supported by his team as he pulls off a stunning save of the second tothe commend likes of thecommentator generosity of Dan the RetiefJewish who not good. It made me think back to a former boxing However,Many that people could would be a story have for found another the Test match against Australia in Adelaide. communityhas a marvellous who, despite understanding having to be of cajoled, the He played in 89 Test matches for the Boks judge who once told me that unless someone column.pushing and prodding mind-numbing to orsport. wined and dined, have the heart to give andhe astook a result advantage only 89 ofof athese lucky collages bounce were of in the final minute was one of the most watch, but it takes a special kind of pro- generouslyHowever, when what the chipsI have are learned down. during craftedthe ball and to they score are the all signed only try by Joost.- and fur-It inane I have ever seen. That was total ficiency and mental aptitude to stay out myOver tears the as past a sports few weeks journalist I have attended is how to soldthermore for R7 000 superb at the defence box-and-dine by the function Boks. capitulation, as if to say they were happy there for seven hours and 46 minutes, in twoanalyse functions a game. that As have I said been last used week, to raise I have but atI thehave banquet said for it wentthe past for a few remarkable years that to lose by one point. mainly 34 degrees heat and high humid- fundsalways for tried a team to thatmaintain will be myflying objectiv- out just a R100the Boks000. are unable to play 80 minutes of On that subject, I was the one person ity, with five different partners, one of fewity andweeks not from become now. a “fan with a pen”. attackingAs the person rugby. who In bought the final it commented: 20 minutes absolutely delighted by that decision whom could barely run, to defy a vora- LastThe Saturday first was I theonly Maccabi managed Sportsmen’s to see the Ban- “It’sof theonly game money.”. they It waswere more probably about thelucky con to- as I had backed England on a minus 2,5 cious and tenacious Australian attack and quet.second It was half held of theat the Springboks Sandton Shul versus Hall andEng- tributionhave spent than two about of thethose memento minutes itself. in the spread and that whacky decision sealed save a crucial match for his country. almostland Test all the but guests on Sunday were Jewish. morning On MonI sat- EnglandThe box-and-dine half. The function remaining was 18staged minutes at me my win. This was a monumental effort, daythrough night Maccabithe replay. Soccer, Knowing along with the Rodneyresult, Emperorswas played Palace somewhere and those onwho the attended Boks’ 22m There is no doubt we have some performed on debut and already written BermanI could putand histhe company excitement Golden of aGloves, close wereline. able to watch some of the country’s top wonderful players in our team, but one into the folklore of South African cricket stagedencounter a box-and-dine behind and tournament dispassionately to raise youngerThere boxers is little in action. doubt The that main England, support - is never certain down which garden path history. fundsinterpret for the what Maccabi I had SA watched. soccer teams, who I ingwhen bout, it also comes over to 10 attacking, rounds, was are between equally coach Heyneke Meyer is leading them. So, while we might lack the attacking understandAfter a willlittle comprise thought approximately I came to the one Ashleyinept Dlaminiand they and certainly Koos Sibiya had for enough the But coming back to defence: All sports prowess of a Genghis Khan, South Afri- thirdfollowing of the conclusion: local delegation. In simple terms, all Gautengchances. Junior We kept Lightweight conceding title. penalties Dlamini in are made up of offence and defence. It is can sport has elevated the art of defence that won us the game was an inspiration- the dying moments but one has to say vital to have a balanced share of both. It to another level. I suppose there is an alSAZF moment from andWillem Alberts Maccabi in which that England’s SA decision wish to go for SA posts is also an art to know at which point of a advantage in playing not to lose... athletes well What’s On LastSunday Sunday (December evening, the SAZF, 2) together with Maccabi SA, professorhosted a cocktail of English party in honourat Wits, of the on South “Please African team participating in the forthcoming Maccabi GamesSir, in IIsrael. Want The Some event was More”, well attended Charles by Dick-all the• RCHCC participating is athletes rescreening and the theexcitement award-win- was evident asens they and all waitchildren in anticipation. in this his bicentenary Thening SAZF film, says “The in a mediaDebt”, release directed this is bythe Johnlargest contingentyear. Time:that South 09:30. Africa Contact:has ever sent (011) to the 648- MaccabiahMadden and and is also starring the largest Helenteam per Mirren,capita based on1053, the size fax of various 086 Diaspora273-3044. communities. Donation: Sam Worthington, Jessica Castain and R20. Join UJW for an informal tea after Tom Wilkinson. Venue: Clive M Beck the lecture. Auditorium. Time: 19:30. Donation: R60. Booking: Hazel or René (011) 728- Thursday (December 6) 8088/8378, after hours (011) 728-8378, e-mail: [email protected] or rene.s@ • UJW CT adult education division hosts telkomsa.net or www.greatpark.co.za Isaac Habib who will talk on “Jewish Life in the Island of Rhodes – From Begin- • JJMC, with musical director Evelyn ning to End”. Venue: Stonehaven. Time: Green presents a musical tribute to the 10:00 for 10:30. Entrance: R20 (incl Doornfontein Hebrew Congregation refreshments). Enquiries: (021) 434- (Lions Shul), “Memories of Yesteryear”, 9555. as a fundraiser for the shul. The reper- toire will encompass traditional Jew- Friday (December 7) Joffie Berkowitz Photo: ish songs. Secure parking. Time: 15:00. Tickets available from Darla at R200. • The United Sisterhood has its year- 083-794-6358 [email protected] end book sale at the Benmore Gardens Shopping Centre. Unwanted books and Monday (December 3) magazine donations are gladly accepted. The youngest and oldest participants for this year’s Maccabiah:Contact: Telgymnast (011) Tannah 646-2409; Levick fax(8) and (011) Isaac• UJW Joffe is hosting(88) - tennis. Marcia Leveson, former 646-4654.

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