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friday 16 march 2012 / 22 Adar 5772 volume 16 - number 9 news I 3 the jewish report interview I 6 opinion I 8 letters I 9 technology I 10 tapestry I 12 youth I 14 sports I 16 GOOD READS Steven Boykey south african Sidley, Stephen Pile, Stewart Ronen and Hirsh Goodman jewish report latest offerings www.sajewishreport.co.za 2 000 revellers for a cause Headlined by popular singer Danny K, this year’s Can Can Carnival last Sunday, masterminded by Yad Aharon, was a roaring success, attended by some 2 000 people, according to fundraising PRs, Laureen Shalpid and Sonia Margolias. The annual carnival, the second of its kind, is designed to raise awareness and directly assist indigent community members. Each attendee at the carnival, hosted for the first time at the Norwood Mall in Johannesburg, needed to bring two non-perishable food items, like rice, cereals, sugar, tea, coffee, oil or canned foods, to gain access to the kaleidoscope of fun-filled carnival activities. The idea of the carnival evolved out of the encouraged month-long participation of Jewish nursery schools in the Greater Johannesburg area. But it’s not only about the carnival. The collecting of non-perishable foods for the hundreds of families in the province unable to afford them, is an initiative practised all year round. Its next highlight will be Shavuot, when bikkurim items will fill Yad Aharon’s coffers, after the chag. (PHOTOGRAPH BY ILAN OSSENDRYVER) Baal Shem Tov fight After Bibi’s US visit: Adrian Gore: The Well-loved Arthur continues What’s Israel’s next Jewish Report entertainer Lisa Goldstuck The fight for the closure of the Baal step on Iran? Interview Melman passes away on gadgets: Shem Tov Shul in Orange Grove, contin- ues.
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