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to Jewish south african Achiever Awards! (page 16) S ewish eport DAY J R 56 www.sajewishreport.co.za Photo: Ilan Ossendryver Photo: Two fine Torah minds meet UK Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and South Africa’s Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein in conversation at last weekend’s Sinai Indaba III. This conference, focused only on Torah learning, is unprecedented in the rest of the world, and was established by Rabbi Warren Goldstein three years ago. This year, it was attended by some 6 000 members of the community, in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban. See stories on pages 11-14.

Wolmarans Synagogue: Marius Fransman trying to SA’s ambassador to Israel ACDP President Rev All-star celebration honours Celebrating a journey of a wiggle out of hole he dug Ismail Coovadia looks a Meshoe, agrees to Peres on his 90th birthday century himself ‘gift’ horse in the mouth become a patron of Magen David Adom SA “I have learned that a dream is only Rabbi Dovid Hazdan: “Its Chairman of the ANC in the Coovadia calls a JNF certificate, the beginning of a better tomorrow. illustrious rabbis and lay Western Cape and Deputy Minister that 18 trees would be planted in Says Mark Hyman of And this is the spirit of the gathering leaders addressed two world of International Affairs and Co- his honour as “nothing less than MDA-SA, “Rev Meshoe’s which we open tonight; making the wars, the Holocaust, Israel’s operation, Marius Fransman has an offence to my dignity and commitment to the people of dream of tomorrow, today’s agenda. birth and wars and the political demanded a public apology from the integrity.” and the Land of Israel, has highs and lows of a century of SAJBD “for misleading the people”. been unprecedented...” history.” 2 3 4 4 8 WALKING? THE SKY’Z THE LIMIT!

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Shabbat Times Parshat Balak Keeping up with the Cohens June 21 / 13 Tammuz June 22 / 14 Tammuz “That’s some new kitchen Sandra they did not face each other. are often a result of financial Parshat Balak 17:06 17:58 Johannesburg just had done. State of the art!” That way, one person was not difficulties and the stress it puts 17:27 18:22 Cape Town “Psst... Did you see the new car able to see into his neighbour’s on marriages. Many of those 16:46 17:39 Durban Mark just took delivery of? It’s got tent and their privacy was pro- stresses are self-imposed. 17:07 18:00 Bloemfontein Rabbi Yossy Goldman 16:58 17:53 Port Elizabeth every gadget in the book!” Com- tected. In fact, this is one of the Their clients confessed that Sydenham Highlands 16:51 17:46 East London mon conversation. Rather routine, explanations of Balaam’s famous they didn’t really need the new North Shul everyday talk. praise of the Jews, Ma Tovu Ohol- kitchen or the new car, but once World News in Brief They tell of a rep on the road echa Yaakov - How goodly are your their friends were moving up in the Shul or a Jewish charity and that had broken all records for tents, O Jacob. the status stakes, they felt under how do we respond? “Well if so Netanyahu on Iran: sales in his company. When The heathen prophet was extol- pressure to maintain their social and so who is a multi-millionaire asked the secret of his success, he ling the Jews’ virtues in their standing. only gave R10,000 then all I ‘We won’t allow explained that the first thing he town planning whereby they took Whether it is the kitchen, car, should give is R10!” What differ- said when someone opened the precautions in safeguarding their or an overseas holiday, if we allow ence does it make what someone another Holocaust’ door was: “Did you see what your modesty and protecting their ourselves to be judged by other else gave or didn’t give. You BONN - Speaking last week Thursday at neighbour Mrs Jones just got?” personal family lives from would- people’s criteria, we lay ourselves should give what you can, irre- the opening of a Holocaust exhibit at the That trick never failed him. be busybodies and peeping toms, open to a lot of unnecessary spective of what others gave. site of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, This was never the Jewish ethic, otherwise known as yentas and stress. Even a simcha - wedding How much resentment, bitter- where more than one million Jews were however. We were taught differ- nudniks. or barmitzvah - can get us into ness, disappointment and fardrus murdered during the Holocaust, Israeli PM ently and our ancient value system But here is another interpreta- “keeping up with the Cohens” we would avoid if we didn’t try Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran had a is as relevant as ever in contem- tion of “not looking into your mode, from the 7-layered hand- to measure ourselves by other “regime that is building nuclear weapons with the expressed purpose to annihilate porary life. Privacy, modesty and neighbour’s tent”. Do not look into delivered designer invitation people’s standards. We would be Israel’s six million Jews”. The Holocaust discretion are all characteristics your neighbour’s tent to help you down to the posh dinner-dance much happier people if we looked exhibit, designed by experts from Yad our people have cherished since we decide what you should be doing. replete with chopped liver sculp- into ourselves and achieved what Vashem in Jerusalem, centres on a book became a nation. Your decisions in life should not tures. we could and should without displaying the names of 4,2 million Jews Balaam raised his eyes and saw be based on what other people are, Why? All because we are busy drawing comparisons with others. murdered. It will be housed in Block 27 of Israel dwelling according to its or are not, doing; certainly not on looking over our shoulders or If you want to enjoy the bless- the former death camp, Haaretz reported. tribes. Rashi offers one interpreta- what your neighbours have or do peering into the next-door neigh- ing of “goodly tents” or even just Netanyahu also warned against Iran’s tion of the verse to mean that the not have. bour’s place. good housekeeping, keep your regime while visiting Warsaw a day before. doorways of the Israelites in the Social workers today will painful- The principle even applies to eyes and your nose in your own “We will never allow another Holocaust,” wilderness were designed so that ly testify that family breakdowns Tzedakah. There is an appeal for tent. Then you will be content too. he said. (JNS.org) Celebrating a journey of triumph stretching over a century

SHIRA DRUION galvanised the community, said Rabbi Hazdan: “Its illustrious rabbis The Great Park Shul, (which started and lay leaders addressed two world off as the Wolmarans Street Shul), wars, the devastation of the Holo- celebrated its centennial anniversa- caust, modern Israel’s birth and its ry on Tuesday night, in an occasion wars and the economic, social and attended by 560 guests in the Sand- political highs and lows of a century ton Sun Maroela Room. The audi- of world and local Jewish history. ence was inspired by Chief Rabbi “The journey of our shul is the Lord Jonathan Sacks, the guest journey of our people,” he said in of honour, Chief Rabbi Warren his address. “It is an ongoing jour- Goldstein and Rabbi Dovid Hazdan ney that began in the desert thou- of Great Park, as well as an array of sands of years ago; it is the journey talented artists and chazzanim, as of each and every one of us. It’s the well as movies of bygone days, lent journey of the triumph of hope over lustre to a joyous evening. despair. It’s the journey of light over The Wolmarans Street Shul was darkness and determination over the original epicentre of Jewish life apathy.” in Johannesburg and the even- Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, was the milestones of life in the original The evening offered the guests home-away-from-home. ing brought to life that nostalgic at his erudite best: “In the 22 years building that flew its banner high, a chance to reminisce and go back “Shul is place where we let G-d Johannesburg that had only just I have served as chief rabbi (in the confirming for the world the into history, to a time when the old in, where we unite as Jews and we upgraded its public transport from UK), never have I been witness authenticity of the vibrant Jewish wooden seats which can now be endeavour to create a home for the the horse-drawn carriage when to an anniversary celebrated so Johannesburg of old. found in the new building, held the Infinite one. It is a place where Jews Wolmarans Street Shul was built in imaginatively, so lovingly and so “However, what is most remark- makings of South African Jewish have brought their deepest prayers, 1913. movingly. This is not the Great Park able and touching about this history. It is those same seats that wishes and celebrations for genera- Through a demographic shift, Synagogue; this is the Great, Great celebration, is the rejuvenation of are now home to the grandchildren tions. The Great Park Synagogue was built Synagogue!” the Great Park Shul that everyone of their former owners. “So, treasure this sacred place and all that remained of Wolmarans Chief Rabbi Goldstein said: thought would melt into the annals “G-d does not live in buildings,” and use it regularly, because, de- Street Shul in Joubert Park, were “My wife has many fond child- of history but instead launched said Rabbi Sacks. “G-d lives in the spite the fact that our shuls may sweet memories, although many of hood memories of this shul and back as the ‘Comeback Kid’! hearts and minds of those who use not be the most opulent archi- its accoutrements can be found in more than that, her grandmother “Today, the shul is filled with vi- the buildings. So, I encourage you tectural creations, they are ours, the Great Park Shul. and great-grandmother were all tality and energy and is symbolic of to use your shul more, to bring your and should therefore be treasured “The Wolmarans Synagogue members who went through all of the future of South African Jewry.” friends and to make your shul your accordingly.”

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STAFF REPORTER chairman) flew up from Durban and centred on Fransman’s “public man) to resolve the matter from the Cape Town respectively to attend the remarks likely to stir up ill-feeling start.” She regarded his allegations as The FW de Klerk Foundation and the meeting. and mistrust between the Jewish and “preposterous”. “We are an apolitical Sunday Times last weekend joined But, said SAJBD National Execu- Muslim communities in Cape Town”. organisation.” the fray over the impasse between tive Director Wendy Kahn, “when the There are, however, conflicting Later on Thursday, the Cape Times ANC heavyweight Marius Fransman SAJBD representatives arrived they reports of just what Fransman had published a story on their website and the SA Jewish Board of Deputies. were informed not only that Frans- said in his letter to the SAHRC. under the headline “Fransman The Sunday Times called Fransman man would not be attending, but that On Wednesday June 12, “Frans- did not snub SAHRC” - quoting a the “ANC Rottweiler - who moon- he had no interest in participating in man snubs rights body”, was the Sapa-sourced story which had all the lights as our Deputy Minister of In- any future mediation process”. front page lead in the Cape Times. trappings of an attempt at damage ternational Co-operation”, while the On June 11 Kahn said in a state- This showed disrespect of the con- control. FW de Klerk Foundation published ment that the Board found it “com- cerns of the Jewish community and In this version of the story, the a scathing indictment of Fransman’s pletely unacceptable” that Fransman other minority groups, the paper Cape Times said that the SAHRC statements and subsequent behav- “had accused it of being ‘un-South quoted Mary Kluk as saying. had stated that Fransman had not iour on their website. African’, unpatriotic and of driving an SAHRC spokesman Isaac Mangena snubbed the meeting. not be attending - but he had no The dispute began on February 27, interest outside of the national inter- confirmed receipt of the letter from “The commission would like to interest in participating in any future when Fransman, chairman of the est on behalf of a foreign country”. Fransman and told the Cape Times: point out that Mr Fransman wrote mediation,” said the website. ANC in the Western Cape and Deputy Fransman’s “eleventh-hour “As he didn’t attend… we will issue a letter to the commission in which The Sunday Times on June 16, re- Minister of International Affairs and withdrawal from a meeting he had him with a notice that (sets out) the he excused himself from the meeting ferring to Fransman as the “ANC Rot- Co-operation, said in an interview previously agreed to attend, together complaint against him. He will be due to urgent engagements in Parlia- tweiler” said he had “gagged himself on Muslim radio station Voice of the with his declaring himself to be un- given a chance to respond. For now, ment,” SAHRC, Mangena said. and had then “decided not to attend Cape that “…the DA had given over interested in any further mediation the investigation into the complaint… “In this regard, his absence from an HRC mediation with the SAJBD building contracts …as well as lots of by the SAHRC, sends a clear message will continue.” the meeting cannot be viewed as a because, he said, they were ‘trying to contracts in Woodstock and Obser- to South African Jewry and minor- The following day saw another page ‘snub’ either to the Commission or nose-pick’ his accusation that the DA vatory that historically were in the ity communities in general that he is one lead in the Cape Times, headlined the process initiated by the SAJBD.” was taking business from Muslims hands of Muslim participants… to disdainful of their concerns and has “Jews nose picking” and gave Frans- Jewish community news website and giving it to Jews”. people from the Jewish community”. little respect for the constitutional man’s side of the story. He accused MyShtetl suggested this week that The FW de Klerk Foundation After repeated requests by the processes that have been put in place the Board of “abusing” the SAHRC the Sapa-sourced story was an exer- concluded that “South Africa cannot SAJBD to Fransman’s office to meet to protect their rights.” with a “frivolous” complaint against cise in “damage-control. Of course, afford politics that are consciously and discuss his statements received Doron Isaacs - co-founder of Open him. that wasn’t what the original version intended to inflame divisions and negative responses, the Board laid a Shuhada Street - wrote in the Cape He demanded a public apology of the letter had said at all,” said My- animosities between our communi- complaint with the SA Human Rights Times and on website allAfrica.com from the Board for running a mis- Shtetl. “The Board delegation… had ties and our religions. Commission (SAHRC). last Friday that “Fransman’s conduct chievous media campaign and that been told differently. “The SAJBD complaint is not The Commission set up a me- cannot be excused”. Isaacs wrote the SAJBD wanted “to fight a proxy “The mediation had failed to take ‘frivolous’. It is the task of the SAHRC diation meeting with the Board and that Fransman’s conduct “insults the battle on behalf of the DA”. place… as Fransman informed the - and not that of Fransman - to define Fransman for Friday June 7 - an Constitution”, and “conjures a Jewish Kluk pointed out in the Cape Times SAHRC (after close of business the the boundaries of acceptable political agreed date. scapegoat”. story on the Thursday that the ANC’s night before) who in turn informed discourse and to determine whether SAJBD National Chairman Mary This sentiment mirrored the statement was distressing. “The the Board delegation when they ar- his remarks crossed the line into hate Kluk and Li Boiskin (Cape Council Board’s complaint which, said Kahn, Board has reached out to (Frans- rived: ‘Not only that Fransman would speech.” 24 SA SA J JEWISHEWISH R REPORTEPORT News 01 21- 08 – 28 June June 2012 2013 Meshoe, Wiese become new MDA SA patrons Own correspondent almost 20 years he has served as a distinguished member of Parliament and president of the ACDP,” African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) Presi- Hyman told the SAJR. dent Rev Kenneth Meshoe, has agreed to become In a letter to Meshoe, Hyman wrote: “On behalf a patron of Magen David Adom SA, as has banker of the executive of Magen David Adom in South Christo Wiese, while long-standing patron Michael Africa, we would like to take this opportunity of Bagraim changes from being “the” patron to being extending to you our heartfelt thanks and apprecia- “a” patron. tion in accepting the position as a patron. Mark Hyman, chairman of MDA-SA and an ac- “With your unstinting labour for the South Afri- tive member of both the SAZF and SAJBD, thanked can community and Israel, may your righteousness Meshoe this week for accepting the position. endure and our joint efforts bring with it the fruits “Rev Meshoe’s commitment to the people of and of our labours. We salute you and thank you once the Land of Israel, has been unprecedented in the again for accepting this position.” The Reverend Kenneth Meshoe with his wife Lydia in front of a mobile command centre donated by France SA diplomat Coovadia looks a ‘gift’ horse in the mouth

Own correspondent explores the role of the JNF in building the “South Africa For- South Africa’s ambassador to est” over the Israeli-destroyed Israel, Ismail Coovadia (pic- Palestinian village of Lubya tured), who completed his term (destroyed by Israeli forces in in Tel Aviv last December, has 1948, during the Palestinian rejected and is returning a “gift” “Nakba”). presented to him by the Israeli (The JNF in South Africa in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a media release has refuted the according to a media release “Village Under the Forest” film, issued by the ambassador. pointing out that the village The “gift” was a certificate under discussion had been indicating that 18 trees would abandoned by the Bedouins for be planted in honour and in the some 18 years before the JNF name of Coovadia by the Israeli took over the land.) parastatal, the Jewish National Fund. In his letter Coovadia writes: “The racist ac- In a letter, Coovadia explains the reasoning for tions of the Israeli parastatal... together with his actions: “I have recently completed serving various other Israeli state institutions to forcibly my term... to the State of Israel... regrettably, my remove the Palestinians and Bedouins from permission was not sought [by the JNF nor the their legitimate homes, is yet another repeat of Israeli Government] to plant a tree/s in my or the ongoing injustice meted out by the Israeli the name of the South African Ambassador on Defence Forces...” usurped land, the rightful land of the Palestin- He said “the forced removal by Israel of ians and Bedouins. Lubyans from their place of abode bears all the “I reserve the right to the usage of my name... hallmarks of apartheid South Africa’s forced I have supported the struggle against apartheid removals of the legitimate inhabitants of Sophia- South Africa and now I cannot be a proponent town... of what I have witnessed in Israel, and that is, a “I am pleased to be associated with the film replication of apartheid!” ‘Village under the Forest’, a truly objective, Coovadia calls the certificate “nothing less honest and a far-reaching story that requires than an offence to my dignity and integrity. I was national and international viewing...” not a party to, and never will be, to the planting Meanwhile, Boycott, Divestment and Sanc- of ‘18 trees’, in my ‘honour’, on expropriated and tions (BDS South Africa) has written to the stolen land... I shall be returning the ‘Certificate’ Department of International Relations and to the director general of the Israeli Ministry of Co-operation requesting an investigation into Foreign Affairs with a humble request to remove the use of the name of “South Africa” by Israeli the ‘18 trees...” authorities for the forest planted above the The JNF is the subject of a recently released former village of Lubya. documentary titled “Village Under the Forest” by BDS South Africa contends that permission filmmaker, Mark Kaplan and Cape Town-based cannot be granted to Israel on ethical and policy Jewish scholar, Heidi Grunebaum. The film grounds.

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The Jewish National Fund of South Africa has tablished and supplanted over a period of more been accused of participating in a deliberate at- than 5 000 years.” tempt to obliterate Palestinian history in Israel. The release says that across the length and It says in a media release “These historically breadth of Israel, there are archaeological baseless and sensationalistic claims have been remains of ancient Jewish communities, testify- made by the recently released documentary film ing to a Jewish presence in the land that long ‘The Village Under the Forest’. preceded the Arab invasion. “The reality is that the agricultural village of “The South African Jewish community, in Lubya, far from being razed to the ground to the mould of the JNF worldwide, funded the make way for a forest, had been deserted for establishment of this forest as part of a 110-year 18 years before the forest was planted in 1964. long environmental campaign aimed at land The village was subject to the Land Reparations reclamation, greening and development in the Act and after being abandoned en masse by its historic Jewish homeland. residents in 1948, with no subsequent claims “The JNF eschews the policy of displac- made for it, it was then, after the passing of the ing people. The destruction of homes and the requisite amount of time, earmarked for the eviction of residents has never been a part of JNF forest. the JNF policy and its projects are always car- “There was never any sinister and under- ried out under the direction of the Israel Land handed plot to destroy the historical evidence Administration, on land that is owned by the of a Palestinian Arab presence. In fact, it is the State of Israel or owned by the Keren Kayemet Palestinians and the neighbouring Arab states Leisrael - Jewish National Fund in accordance which over the decades have been guilty of oblit- with the law. Through its work, over 260 million erating evidence of the millennia-old Jewish trees have been planted and a network of water presence in Israel. reservoirs as well as hundreds megawatts of “Throughout the world, new settlements are renewable solar power created. These projects routinely established on the remains of old ones. work across the spectrum to benefit both Jew- This is particularly true of Israel, a tiny country ish and non-Jewish citizens of Israel. This, and where the archaeological record reveals layers not the politically-charged smears levelled at it upon layer of previous civilisations that were es- by anti-Israel agitators, is the true JNF legacy.” 6 SA JEWISH REPORT Opinion and Analysis 01 21- 08 – 28 June June 2012 2013 Jewishsouth african Report ‘Facing tomorrow’ to prepare Why the deafening for a brighter future silence from The Facing Tomorrow 2013 conference which took place over three days in Jerusalem this government? week, covered an array of exciting topics, with top speakers sharing their insights. Two of the topics are presented below, with panelists’ comments. Two ugly developments in recent weeks raise serious questions about whether our government is operating openly or hiding behind a screen when it comes to issues The Web and traditional media affecting South African Jewry and Israel. “Has Traditional Media Been Caught in the Web?” is a timely choice created a market to provide progressive, opinionated The first is the debacle regarding Deputy Minister and reminder that communication has irrevocably changed with news rather than appearing neutral, and helped turn around leader of the ANC in the Western Cape Marius Fransman. the introduction of the Internet. On Wednesday top TV, MSNBC. He raised a storm last week by refusing to appear at a Hu- print marketing and blogger experts debated this vexing, Dr Peres of the Hebrew University tackled the question man Rights Commission mediation meeting between yet intriguing question. of the relationship between new and old media. ”You need him and the SAJBD regarding his slander of South Afri- Jane Eisner, editor-in-chief of The Jewish Daily Forward, traditional media to attract new consumers,” she explained, can Jews on Voice of the Cape Radio. Now, this week, his monitored the discussion, whose speakers included Phil but you need new social media to retain them. So, should behaviour has become even more bizarre. He has issued Griffin, president of MSNBC; Richard Plepler, CEO of HBO; traditional media feel threatened? I say no - it’s a wonderful a vile media statement (see page 3) accusing the SAJBD Ed Morissey, the lead blogger on HotAir; Aluf Benn, editor- opportunity.” and the Democratic Alliance of “nose-picking” while hu- in-chief of Haaretz; and Dr Renana Peres, Assistant Profes- man rights are being trampled in the Western Cape. And sor of Marketing at Hebrew University. he repeatedly conflates the DA, who controls the Western “It’s about differentiation” said Pepler. “If you have some- Cape province, with Jews, making any political criticism thing with good storytelling and with an original voice, you of the DA automatically a criticism of Jews. can monetise it... and original voice, like Girls, or Larry Da- The second is the contentious refusal of Ismail Coova- vid with 5 million viewers, is just as important to us as our dia, who recently ended his term as South African am- blockbusters, like Game of Thrones. This is despite the dif- bassador to Israel, to accept a “gift” of goodwill from the ference of viewership.” Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs - the planting of 18 Ed Morissey explained that the key to the new digital age trees in his name in a JNF forest. He issued a letter reject- is that the real revolution wasn’t the web, it was choice, a ing the gesture, claiming he did not want to be associated notion seconded by MSNBC’s Griffin, explaining that this Renana Peres Aluf Benn Jane Eisner with the planting of trees on “expropriated and stolen” land, citing the newly released film The Village Under the Economic Principles vs Social Values - Harmony or Conflict? Forest. He says the forest, which covers the ruins of an aban- Dr Manuel Trajtenberg, whose and innovation issues. He pro- doned Arab village, Lubya, represents Israeli “forced committee submitted recommen- posed the idea of a “social stock removals” of Arabs and Bedouins similar to the forced dations on social and economic exchange”, and added that we are removal policies which were in place in apartheid South reforms to the Israeli government “on the threshold of a revolution Africa, against which he fought. following the country’s 2011 so- of social impact investment”. That view has been challenged by the South African cial protests, participated in an Adrian Gore underscored (the branch of the JNF in its own media release (see page 5). animated panel discussion on the fallacy) that “capitalism is a dan- It says the village had been abandoned for 18 years when challenges of balancing economic gerous message”, noting that only the forest was planted, with no claim on it from any for- principles - particularly the aims business creates prosperity, not mer inhabitants, which according to Israeli law allowed of capitalism - with social values. government, adding that govern- the land to be used for forestry. The village had been The panel, moderated by Guy ment has a critically important abandoned since the 1948 War of Independence. Rolnik, editor-in-chief of Is- role to play in ensuring that a so- Without debating the merits or demerits of each of the raeli economics publication, The ciety has universal healthcare and Manuel Trajtenberg statements from Fransman or Coovadia, what is clear is Marker, also included Sir Ronald universal daycare and whose in- that the government is keeping mum. It has been abso- Cohen (UK), chairman of Big So- vestment is a necessity for a more lutely silent on the vitriolic Fransman affair, which has ciety Capital; Adrian Gore (South productive and healthy society. the potential of badly affecting Muslim-Jewish relations Africa), CEO of Discovery; Abby While assessing that basic eco- in the country. Joseph Cohen (US), president of nomic principles work, he ac- And thus far we have heard nothing from them on the the Global Markets Institute; and knowledged that they need be Coovadia issue, where one of their own diplomat’s ac- Lord Professor Robert Skidelsky carefully re-worked to address so- tions - and a former ambassador to Israel, no less - risk (UK), author of an award-win- cial inequities. damaging further the already-cold Israel-South Africa ning, three-volume biography of Abby Joseph Cohen said that diplomatic link. Meanwhile, South African Jews and the British economist John Maynard growth and prosperity for all Israeli government are becoming increasingly agitated. Keynes. members of society require the in- The question hanging in the air is this: Does this silence Trajtenberg attacked the “trick- vestment of education, infrastruc- on the part of the government indicate a hardening of at- le-down” economic theory that ture, and research/innovation. As Adrian Gore titudes? Clearly it cannot be unaware of these two cases. wealth spreads from the top sec- an example, she noted pre-reces- Does it carry the government’s tacit approval? tors of society to the benefit of all sion unemployment figures in the Fransman, instead of being contrite about his faux pas members of society, but emphati- United States contrasting college regarding Jews benefitting at the expense of Muslims in cally noted that government can- graduates (4 per cent) with those the Western Cape (which the ANC is desperately trying not be expected to solve society’s with a high school diploma or less to wrestle back from the DA, especially with elections problems by itself. (18 per cent). scheduled for next year), came out with guns blazing and He cited the example of Israel, The most spirited aspect of the put more oil on the fire. Furthermore, using an old politi- which followed the “manual” of discussion occurred when pan- cal trick of conflating the Jews and the DA, plays cynical market-based economics that, el moderator Guy Rolnik asked politics with the election in mind. while creating great wealth among about the correlation between This has even evoked a response from the FW de Klerk the few, left many in society fac- economics and incentive. Cohen Foundation, which said: “South Africa cannot afford poli- ing continuous financial difficul- accepted the basic premise that tics that are consciously intended to inflame divisions and ties. there is a strong correlation, sug- Ernesto Zedillo animosities between our communities and our religions. He attributed this to policies gesting the need to re-assess and And a Sunday Times columnist has referred to Fransman that placed an undue focus on the improve the incentives. as “the ANC Rottweiler... ” arithmetic of economics coupled Prof. Skidelsky rejected the cor- Our appeal to the government is to act like a govern- with an insufficient emphasis on relation, surmising that on aver- ment should. It must come out clearly with its position social values. As a remedy, Tra- age, people make decisions not on these matters, rather than let these two loose cannons jtenberg called for a “conceptual based on rational considerations. seemingly determine its policy. Are Fransman and Coova- revolution” in how government Trajtenberg proposed that eco- dia saying things the government agrees with but is too and the private sector interact. nomic policies reflect the factors afraid to come out openly and say? Sir Richard Cohen noted the that comprise human decision- We expect a government to lead, not formulate policy vital role that private financing making: incentives, morality, and through innuendo. Such vagueness and indecisiveness can play in “social impact invest- complex psychological processes. has unfortunately become a hallmark of this government. ments”, adding that we can be as Skidelsky responded that eco- successful in social issues as well nomics is unable to simultane- as we have been in technology ously manage these factors. Prince Albert II

8 SA JEWISH REPORT News 01 21- 08 – 28 June June 2012 2013 Celebrating Peres’ 90th birthday JERUSALEM - Former US Presi- Israeli President Shimon Peres sits with former US President dent Bill Clinton, Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton during Peres’ 90th birthday gala in Jerusalem, former UK Prime Minister Tony Tuesday June 18 2013. At left is singer Barbra Streisand Blair, Sharon Stone and numerous and at right is Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. other dignitaries and celebrities, headlined a gala event this week celebrating the 90th birthday of Is- raeli President Shimon Peres. The event was attended by more than 2 500 VIP guests. In addition to the numerous presentations, video birthday greetings were sent by US Presi- dent Barack Obama, Secretary- General of the UN Ban Ki-moon, Nobel Prize-winning writer Elie Wiesel, U2 front man Bono, Ger- man Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hol- lander, King of Spain Juan Carlos, Former Soviet Statesman Mikhail Gorbachev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The programme included nu- merous musical and dance perfor- mances by renowned Israeli art- ists, and was highlighted by Barbra pool) (AP Photo/ Jim Hollander, Streisand’s moving performance of the Hebrew song, Avinu Malkeinu, “I admire Shimon for who he is,” ing to risk his all for what is right. David. We have been friends now can be great in justice. Peres’ personal request. She also she said, “Always willing to chal- He knows that the key to a bet- for more than two decades, we’ve “We must make it into a country sang her classic song People. lenge the status quo, always will- ter tomorrow is the fact that we buried people we love together, where no-one goes hungry, a coun- are more alike than different, and celebrated great hopes, endured try in which every child has access that we share a common bond that great disappointments… what I to quality education, from the day links us all.” love most about you is the great that they are born and throughout Tony Blair:“[Peres] is the young- combination of mind and heart their entire life, a nation in which est 90 year-old I know. You are one which has always allowed you to the majority governs but the mi- of the greatest global statesmen be big. nority always enjoys full and equal of our age.We in Britain have our “You are the world’s social Ein- rights. Queen and you [Israel] have your stein, you have tried to put togeth- “A country which welcomes dif- Shimon. “Tonight we do not cel- er a unified theory of meaning to ferent opinions but rejects all ebrate the president’s age, we cele- unite politics and philosophy and forms of discrimination, whether brate his character. His dreams are history and science and technol- based on religion, nationality, eth- continuously leading us forward to ogy. You never stop reminding us nicity or gender. A society which tomorrow.” that what we have in common is respects the weak and is kind to Israeli Prime Minister Benja- more important than our differ- the foreigner, which cares for the min Netanyahu: “In general, when ences. Every one of us who has orphan and the widow, the old and a man gets older and looks at his been blessed to know you has been the sick. life, he looks at the past. However, made a little bigger, a little strong- “A country of solidarity and tol- you look to the future… you don’t er and a little more optimistic that erance, but a country with zero- stop dreaming. Peace favours the someday your theory will come to tolerance for violence, corruption strong; nobody makes peace with fruition in this Holy Land and all and bullying. the weak. We have learned this and of the world. On your 90th birth- “We long for peace with our Shimon Peres has devoted his life day what we really celebrate is your neighbours. The yesterday be- to build Israel and to build peace. great gift to all of us.” tween us and the Palestinians is “A strong Israel creates a pos- President Shimon Peres: “I have full of sadness. I believe that the sibility for peace. We extend our learned that a dream is only the Israel and Palestine of tomorrow hand in peace to our neighbours, beginning of a better tomorrow. can offer our children a ray of all of them, but we are always And this is the spirit of the gath- hope. ready to defend ourselves. This is ering which we open tonight; mak- “The advancement of peace will what I’ve learned from Shimon - ing the dream of tomorrow, today’s complete the march of Israel to- look to the future, remember the agenda. ( wards the fulfilment of its found- past, be prepared for peace and be “Our work is not yet complete. ing vision - an exemplary and prepared to defend yourself.” We came to the Promised Land thriving country, a country living Former US President Bill Clin- and now we must make it a land of in peace and security in its home- ton: “Tonight we pay tribute to the promise. Into an exemplary coun- land and among its neighbours.” last living Israeli who knew Kind try, Israel is small in territory but (Facing Tomorrow 2013) Bill Clinton receives Israel’s ‘President’s Award’ JERUSALEM - Former US President Bill and Former British Prime Minister Tony “Every one of us - each in our own way - Clinton accepted Israel’s President’s Award Blair and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. will face challenges in our lives, and we will from Israeli President Shimon Peres, in a In his acceptance speech, Clinton dis- not meet them all. The lesson of Shimon ceremony on Wednesday at Jerusalem’s cussed the importance of increasing the Peres is not to give up and give in, but to International Convention Centre. Clinton is appreciation of differences with a goal of get up and keep going.” the sixth recipient of the award, unifying humanity. The five previous recipients of the award “(Clinton) became a leader of humanity “I accept this award because I feel like are US President Barack Obama; former US by inspiring and not imposing,” said Peres. a poor pilgrim on a constant journey to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Maes- “Your unwavering commitment to the Jew- expand the definition of ‘us’ and shrink tro Zubin Mehta; Rabbi Adin Even Yisrael- ish people and your moving support for the the definition of ‘them’. The first step of Steinsaltz; and the Rashi Foundation. State of Israel will always be cherished. building a new tomorrow is to get rid of The opening plenary session focused on The future will hang upon your immeasur- the things that divide us, including seeing principles of leadership, with both Blair and able contribution.” ourselves as victims,” said Clinton. Emanuel drawing upon their personal ex- Also present for the award, which took “There are no final victories. There are periences to communicate that true lead- place during the opening plenary session, no perfect warriors for peace. There are no ership is not effective unless expectation of “Leadership that Makes a Difference”, flawless leaders. There is no perfect an- mistakes and changing realities are part of were official Middle East Quartet envoy swer to any of this. the context. (Facing Tomorrow 2013) 21 – 28 June 2013 Letters SA JEWISH REPORT 9 For whom the bells (e-)toll When we pray, do we really realise what we are praying for? E-tolling, if it is implemented, will definitely take its toll on the hard- pressed motorists, who are daily suffering from the effects of exorbi- As a little girl I was taught a poem that went tant fuel prices. something like this: “Help us today and every day What with the high cost of living and the rand’s demise, is it any to live more nearly as we pray.” wonder that people are battling to survive? In bygone days the authori- I was (therefore) horrified to read in the Jew- ties used to send out special trucks at night to assess the damages from ish Report of June 7 the report entitled: “In case potholes, etc and then tarring the whole street with special machines. you forgot, Israel’s Chief Rabbinate opposes Not so nowadays where patch jobs are the norm and the urban roads Women of the Wall”. Then the words of the poem MACCABIMACCABI GAMESGAMES are always in disarray because of the sloppy workmanship. of some seven decades ago, suddenly came to Then again the traffic lights in days gone by, used to work efficiently, mind. 20132013 whereas the lights now are forever on the blink. Are the Women of the Wall and the Chief Rab- So much is to be said for the inept powers-that-be, who have scant binate living more nearly as they and we pray? regard for service and delivery for the masses at large. When we pray: “Hear oh Israel, the L-rd our G-d is one G-d”, do we just say or sing these words, Bernard Segal or do we truly, absolutely, feel and recognise the MACCABI GAMES 2013 SUPPORTER’S TOUR TO Johannesburg awesome implications that with one G-d, one ISRAEL IN CONJUNCTION WITH MACCABI loving G-d, the Creator of every one of us as indi- SOUTH AFRICA 15 JULY - 1 AUGUST 2013. Edna Agmon wants to make contact with family in viduals, is deserving of the utmost, wholehearted South Africa praise from everyone, everywhere? When we pray the beautiful prayer for peace: In the summer of 2013, Israel will host the world’s largest Edna Agmon (née Grunfeld), of Israel, is trying to locate part of her “Bless us, our Father, all of us as one, with the Jewish sporting event. Thousands of spectators will be mother’s family who lived - or still live - in South Africa. light of Your countenance, for with the light of travelling to and from the Maccabiah Games events in Israel. She writes: “My mother is Rita Grunfeld (maiden name Lichten- Your countenance You gave us, Hashem, our G-d, Come and support your South African sportsmen stein), born 1913 in Regensburg, Germany. She moved to Israel in the Torah of life and a love of kindness, right- and women in Israel. 1933 and in 1958 to the US, where she lives in Denver, Colorado.” eousness, blessing compassion, life and peace”, In the “Zionist Record and SA Jewish Chronicle” of December do we really realise what we are praying for? Please contact Debbie or Sandra for any assistance 20, 1974, on page 9, is an article about “The three cousins”. Traute The prayer says: “Bless all of us as ONE”, not with regards to flights and accommodation. Baldinger of Cape Town, was Rita Grunfeld’s cousin. Her husband excepting the Women of the Wall, or the Chief might have been Kurt Baldinger. Rabbinate, or excepting any other Jew or person, “As stated in the article, Recha Abrahams, (Traute Baldinger’s but all of us as ONE, with a love of kindness, mother) was then the only one left of her generation (and lived in blessing and peace. world travel South Africa). Recha’s husband was James Abrahams. Let each one of us pray daily that all of us The Tr avel P rofessionals “Perhaps Thea Cowen(??) was also Recha’s daughter (not men- as ONE, recognise G-d’s Oneness, rejoice in it tioned in the article). Herta Levy (my mother’s sister, mentioned in together and live as nearly as we pray so that the article), lived in Brazil. We have photos sent to my mother by what the Wall represents - G-d’s eternal love and Traute Baldinger. From these we learn that her son’s name is Gerald power - will bring peace among all Jews every- SA’S LEADING ISRAEL TRAVEL SPECIALIST Baldinger (he would be about 80 today). Gerald’s son is Adam (his where and, of course, particularly throughout barmitzvah was in 1997). Israel, the whole Middle East and the world. “If we understand correctly, Traute’s daughter is Evi (in her mid- The Mall Offices, 11 Cradock Ave, cnr Baker St, Rosebank 70s today?). Her three children are Gregory, Marc and Candice.” Edna Freinkel 011 788 2050 Edna Agmon may be contacted at [email protected] Lyndhurst, Johannesburg www.hwtexecutivetravel.co.za

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Horwitz does not give the complete ‘Thank you’ to SOUTH AFRICA’s Jewish community for this year’s bitter-sweet Hope Tour Holocaust story Each year The Chaiyanu Hope Tour brings a group of 20 Israeli chil- found anywhere else in the world and for this we say, from the bot- Kol ha kavod to the Jewish Report for providing dren who are currently in treatment for cancer, to South Africa for a tom of our hearts: Thank you. a platform for different opinions and discussions 10 day trip of fun, excitement and love. In truth, words cannot wholly explain what it is that this tour gives in the paper. I refer to Allan Horwitz’ article on Unfortunately, at the end of our tour this year one of our boys to our children. It is a transformation that one has to see with one’s the JNF. I don’t agree with him, but we have passed away in the Linksfield Clinic. For almost two weeks the Jewish own eyes to fully comprehend - the return of their smiles; the light in always been a people of different views as dem- community here in Johannesburg showered Kobie Tzemach’s family their eyes; the jump in their step. onstrated by the Gemarah. In printing his op-ed and tour organisers with love, support, food, minyanim and tehillim Thank you for giving the children of The Hope Tour a tour that the paper will have stimulated lively responses. groups almost around the clock. changes their lives and reignites their love of living. Martin Zagnoev denies that the populations The Hope Tour is a special tour. It is a tour of love, a tour of giving, This has been an especially bittersweet tour. Losing one of our boys of Eastern Europe would have been aware of the a tour of hope. To give all that we are able of, both of ourselves and as our trip came to end, was a horrifying shock to all of us. And yet murder of one and a half million of their Jewish of our country, to reignite the spirit and excitement in children that the words of Kobie’s mother will always remain with us and continue neighbours because of the secrecy involved. have been fighting for too long - that is our aim. to push us forward: “Hearing Kobie on the phone during the tour, he In describing the Shoah, Zagnoev confines To the South African Jewish community: It is your love, your time, sounded like his old self. The joy in his voice - I hadn’t heard it in so himself to the concentration and death camps. your selflessness and your dedication, your financial support, the -ex long. Only now, meeting the wonderful people of this country, do I He correctly points out that those were run by penses you incurred on our behalf and the donations you made that understand just what this tour meant to him.” fanatical SS troops who were sworn to secrecy. allowed us to make this year’s tour a reality. But he does not mention the one and a half The community of South Africa reaches out and opens up to the Meirav Shenker million Jewish men, women and children who children of The Hope Tour with love and generosity that cannot be Organiser, My Hope Tour were slaughtered by the so-called Einsatzgrup- pen, German units that followed their armies Muslim lawyers’ silly complaints against Obama a SAJR accused of giving too much prominence to those and went from shtetl to shtetl shooting and stain on our country on fringes burning every Jew that they could find. Those victims were not gassed. The controversy over the Obama visit recently was strengthened by the “Fair and balanced” has become the myth that all news and media try to Jews constituted up to 60 per cent of the in- Muslim Lawyers Association lodging a 658 page complaint with the uphold. In today’s corporate world of sponsored, advertising and special habitants in those East European villages. They National Prosecuting Authority and the Hawks last week Friday. interest groups, any organisation that claims to be fair and balanced is were taken from their homes, marched through (The Muslim Lawyers Association has written the document in the lying. their villages to the nearest forest and murdered. form of a complaint to the NPA and the Hawks, calling upon them to This is also true for the SAJR. For far too long I have indulged in the The locals were then free to enter the homes of investigate, charge and arrest President Barack Obama for war crimes SAJR pandering to extreme groups on the far fringes of the community their erstwhile neighbours and help themselves against Iraq and Afghanistan.) who are given equal representation in the pages of the SAJR to great to those homes and its items of value. Seriously, can you imagine arresting the president of the world’s community stalwarts and organisations. Does Zagnoev believe that those locals were most powerful nations right here in South Africa? If the SAJR believes that the opinions of Stop the JNF are entitled unaware of what was happening to their Jewish If lawyers of that association knew anything about the law then they to equal representation to those of the JNF, then I no longer wish to communities, many of whom had lived alongside would know that the courts and police in South Africa have no jurisdic- support or even read such a paper. As South African policy becomes ever them for a thousand years? To those non-Jewish tion over any head of state of a foreign country. They would also know more hostile toward Israel and as demonstrated by the actions Deputy people the Shoah was not a secret at all! that any of the offences alleged, were not committed on South African Minister (Marius) Fransman, more hostile to the Jewish community, Our Shoah literature is overflowing with soil. should I wish to read anti-Israel messages and opinions; I can simply evidence and personal testimony that bears out Can you imagine the amount of tripe one has to write to fill 658 open-up any other tabloid or paper. the foregoing. Our few remaining survivors of pages of complaints? Please remove me from your mailing list and I believe it is within my Eastern Europe have testified to its truth, as did I suggest that the 658 page document contains mainly sewage and rights to encourage other individuals and organisations to reconsider their departed surviving family and friends. that the NPA and Hawks will probably dispose of it accordingly. their support and contributions to a publication that believes anti-Israel Yes, we are aware of the Righteous Gentiles But, these same Muslims fail to condemn their own leaders in Syria, and even anti-Jewish fringe opinions should have equal access to the among these people, honour and respect them. Libya and Iran for fomenting sectarian strife in the Muslim world. And South Africa Jewish community paper. But I would strongly advise Zagnoev to research killing their own people. the population numbers of those Eastern Eu- They fail to mention the atrocities committed by Sunnis against Shaun Sacks ropean nations, the percentages of those who Shiites in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, etc. Jerusalem became Righteous Gentiles and then see how These same people do not perceive a problem in the Arab world, nor many were prepared to assist their fellow Jews. do they comprehend the nature of peaceful co-existence with anyone, As a newspaper with credibility built over nearly 15 years, we indeed pride What assistance was given by the Armea Kra- including their own kind. ourselves in providing our readers with views from all quarters of the community. jowa, the Polish Home Army, to the Jewish fight- The pity about this group of Muslims is that they have added to the To accuse us of giving publicity, or endorsing the Stop the JNF campaign shouldn’t ers during the Warsaw Uprising. What happened stain on our country in making the American president unwelcome in even warrant a denial. Does our letter writer really believe that by ignoring to Jews that fled to the forests and came across our country. unpalatable happenings they “didn’t happen”? We report on events - indeed as these non-Jewish or even Russian partisans. But I suppose that the world is also less harmonious because of them. even-handedly as possible - and open up our pages for healthy debate. We don’t Or even the murderous reception given to the create news. We are unashamedly Zionist and have flown this flag over all the years pathetic and broken remnants from the con- Nathan Cheiman with pride. If you are advocating Pollyanna reporting, then you won’t find it in the centration camps by their erstwhile neighbours Northcliff, Johannesburg Jewish Report. - Editor when they returned after the war to their stolen homes. Choice between lower wages or indignity of unemployment

Don Krausz I refer to the article “Haredim: Fundamentalist or exemplars of the pur- become unsustainable. Again, ask the Greeks, or if you don’t speak Chairman, Association of Holocaust pose driven life” in the Jewish Report of May 31. Greek, ask the Irish. Survivors in Johannesburg From the article it appears that being haredi is a preferable lifestyle to We in South Africa might be heading in the same direction. We have a secular one. However, if the numbers of haredim increase significantly, about 15 million poor on subsidies. We have approximately three mil- Grey College Bloemfontein’s it is not sustainable for the host country. The country in this instance is lion personal taxpayers. (Fortunately we have VAT and company tax). matric class of 1963 Israel. It is a matter of economic reality that the social grants are parsimoni- There is a limit to how many people tax-paying citizens can subsidise. ous. Beryl Lewus is seeking information for Rubin A Ask the Greeks: In Greece the subsidy took the form of employing su- As long as the trade unions have a monopolistic power over wages, Mandelstam for the Grey College Bloemfontein perfluous staff in the civil service. In Israel the subsidies go to the poor, we will be burdened with our impoverished citizens. Individuals are 1963 matric class’ 50th reunion in October. to those disabled in the wars, to immigrants, to hi-tech, education, etc not given the choice whether to accept a low wage or accept the indig- Beryl and Cecil Lewus may be contacted on and to yeshivot. Israel carries an extra burden, namely a large defence nity of being jobless. (011) 440-2583 or 082-455-5556, or e-mail budget. [email protected] As the ratio of haredim in Israel increases in proportion to the secu- John Brenner lar tax-paying population, the burden on the national budget will Cyrildene, Johannesburg 11 SA JEWISH REPORT Sinai Indaba 21 – 28 June 2013 Sinai Indaba – Torah learning with an African flavour OWN CORRESPONDENT

Using the terms “unite, inspire and discover” as an adjunct to its title, Sinai Indaba, now in its third year of existence is an annual day-long convention of Torah thinking, unprecedented internationally - and reflecting the cream of contemporary Torah discourse, the world over, on its programme. It was established by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein because he had perceived a gap in South African Jewry’s need for more shiurim, but more than that, an ability to find Jewish focus in a context which promotes community togetherness, discourse and engagement. “It’s like they have all been to a Jewish end-of-year camp,” a family member of several determined Sinai Indaba supporters said recently, commenting on the sense of highlighted jubila- tion, community togetherness and passion for the future, that she had witnessed among her family, on the day after Sinai Indaba. Each year, the goalposts of the project have shifted to em- brace more and more high profile speakers, in specialist areas ranging from Torah to psychoanalysis, politics to women’s is- sues. Further, the accent of the Sinai Indaba project is towards a greater and greater embrace of the community. With a rough demographic of people in their late 30s or early 40s, Sinai In- daba this year also offered child-care facilities in Johannesburg and Cape Town, ready prepared meals throughout the day, and an ambience which makes South African Jewry unique in the Western world. Attendance has risen dramatically over the three years since its founding. A total of some 6 500 attendees countrywide was recorded, this year, with 4 200 being present in Johannesburg and over 1 700 in Cape Town. Further, from beginning in just Johannesburg and Cape Town, Sinai Indaba this year was also hosted in Durban and Port Elizabeth. The venues are impeccable, enhanced with state-of-the-art sound systems and projection facilities which enable every audience member, seated at the front or the back of the huge auditoriums, to hear and see the proceedings perfectly. Last year a pod- cast library was established on Sinai Indaba’s website, through which a visitor may access any of the presentations at any of the indabas. “You won’t regret being here,” a young woman was overheard telling her friend on the opening night of the Johannesburg conference last weekend. “Your biggest challenge will be in choosing which sessions to attend.” Segmenting the day into four parallel sessions of six shiurim, with an impressive opening session the Saturday evening before the conven- tion, and a closing session on the Sunday evening, Sinai Indaba is set to significantly alter the focus and direction of South African Jewry.

Photos: Ilan Ossendryver and Hayley Ginsberg 212 SA SA J JEWISHEWISH REPORT REPORT SinaiNews Indaba 01 21- 08 – 28 June June 2012 2013 Sinai Indaba Johannesburg - about the power of Torah words

STAFF REPORTER London’s Beth Din; Manchester’s arrived from Europe, they saw in 1991. and 1990s learnt Jewish identity leading rabbi, Rabbi Yossi Chazan; nothing, no shuls, no schools. “I’ve three grandchildren in the defined by the Holocaust. Can we They came with spiritual hunger: Rabbi Paysach Krohn a fifth They built this community’s infra- army. I’m weary: I couldn’t keep blame them for marrying out?” bearded and be-sheitled, some generation mohel and storyteller; structure by becoming partners. the promise I made my children He spoke of challenges of faith with prams. More than 4 500 at- and economist and Torah scholar A partnership means we’re not that the last war I had to fight in a world filled with evil; scientif- tended Sinai-Indaba III in Johan- Rabbi Ozer Glickman. alone. We have each other. We would be the last war. ic answers; and healing a fractured nesburg last weekend to listen to Headliners, London’s retiring have Hashem.” “Jews and Judaism have been world. the “superstars” of contemporary Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Ambassador Avner began by around a long time,” Rabbi Sacks “Globalisation is this cen- rabbinic teaching. Countrywide, and Ambassador Yehuda Avner, praising “that tzaddik, Nelson pointed out. “We stand collective- tury’s buzzword. For Jews, an including Cape Town, Durban and speechwriter to five Israeli presi- Mandela”, saying that if Israel had ly as Jews as never before in old concept: We don’t speak the Port Elizabeth, Sinai Indaba saw dents, drew packed auditoriums. someone of his calibre, the prob- 4 000 years: now we have inde- same language. Our fate is not the some 6 500 attendees. Opening the Indaba, Chief lems in the Middle East would pendence in Israel and equality in same. Conditions of us being one Themes ranged from women’s Rabbi Warren Goldstein spoke of have been resolved long ago. the Diaspora. nation aren’t normal.” issues with Rabbanit Yemima Miz- the value of words. “Words cre- He congratulated Rabbi Gold- “What previous generations “I love Israel in spite of much,” rachi, considered among Israel’s ate worlds. Sinai Indaba is about stein on the remarkable initiative longed for, we have. What are said Avner. “but mah yehiyeh most influential women and the power of words, but not just of Sinai Indaba, which “has no we doing about it? Not much, (what will be)? I don’t know. Holocaust survivor Rebbetzen Es- any words, Torah words. In using peer in the world. other than complain. We complain We’ve never known. Lech Le- ther Jungreis; relationships, with Torah words, we partner with “Committed Jews are wearying about anti-Semitism, anti-Zion- cha’s essence, when G-d told psychotherapist Gary Neuman; to Hashem. But what is a partner? of having to defend Israel. I’m ism and assimilation. Abraham to leave his land, was reflections on the value of Israel Ownership defines a partner; it is also weary,” he spoke of his sister, “This is a mistake. The mes- the unknown. Indeed, Israel and the Jewish nation’s future, also about taking responsibility. killed in 1948; his son, wounded sage is: Stay Jewish and you’ll was achieved by leaps into the by Dayan Yonasan Abraham from “When our great-grandparents in 1974; his daughter, wounded be hated. The youth of 1980s unknown.”

Gary Neuman Ambassador Yehuda Avner

Dayan Yonasan Abraham

Rabbi Paysach Krohn

Rabbi Yossi Chazan

Rabbi Ozer Glickman

Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein and Rabbi Berel Wein with copies of their book, The Legacy

Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Photos: Ilan Ossendryver and Hayley Ginsberg 21 – 28 June 2013 Sinai Indaba SA JEWISH REPORT 13 Esther Jungreis - Preciousness of the proudly flying the flag Jewish woman, brought for Jewish observance vividly to life

SHIRA DRUION

Rebbetzen Esther Jungreis’ (pictured) countless stories all carry the resonant theme of faith and as this Holo- caust survivor recounts the miracles of her salvation, she continuously mentions her parents and husband who she refers to as saintly be- ings, all of whom are or were great lovers and advocates of the Jewish people. As one of Sinai Indaba’s keynote speakers, she used words of rebuke and encour- agement to get her audience Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi blesses a Sinai Indaba attendee. back to a life of meaning SHIRA DRUION and faith. What makes this extremely popular speaker “I know with conviction that invested in every Jewish woman, there is a great power to most famous for worldwide create and to build Jewish homes that are connected to G-d and to Torah. The Jewish audiences, is her extraor- home is essentially the fountain of nourishment for the Jewish soul and is the source dinary ability to ignite the from which the redemption will come.” Jewish spark that often This is the philosophy of Sinai Indaba speaker, Israeli Yemima Mizrachi, granddaughter lies dormant in Diaspora of Morocco’s chief rabbi. She is able to juggle many hats, all of which she wears with great Jewry; this she does with a flair. As a mother of nine, a wife and lawyer, she boasts many achievements, all of which fiery passion that moves her have enabled her to galvanise troops of thousands of women to come out in droves to packed audiences. Jewry. listen to her disseminate Torah and Jewish values with passion. Despite still recovering from breaking “In fact, later at the age of 19, I married Her inextricable commitment to her faith resonates with women from across the her hip recently, she continues to travel one of the boys who had spent many hours religious and cultural spectrum. “It is said that in the merit of righteous women, G-d will from continent to continent to invigorate around our table. He turned out to also be bring the redemption. This is the reason I concentrate my efforts on women. audiences with her message about all that a Jungreis, and was a fourth cousin. The “Jewish homes have been governed by noble women throughout our history,” she said. it means to be a Jew and also how to re- Jungreis family consisted of 86 rabbis, all “The foremothers were all wise women who each in their own right shaped the course of main steadfast in one’s loyalty to G-d even who lived in Hungary pre-war and who can history for the generations that followed: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah each imbued in times of turmoil. trace their lineage back to King David. the world with different strengths and essentially sewed their unique qualities into the In a Jewish Report interview, Jungreis “My great-great-grandfather took on DNA for all Jewish women thereafter.” shared miraculous stories of her tumul- the family name Jungreis. He said that he Mizrachi explained that when a Jewish woman is going to be given a test by G-d, the tuous past. Yet she is able to recount chose to combine those two words because foremothers come together in the heavenly chambers and testify that each of them will the atrocities of her experience in the ‘Jung’ which means young in German assist her in their own way with overcoming her specific challenge by sharing with her, Holocaust free of bitterness. Instead, her was to symbolise youth so that we would the unique character traits that each of them embodied. messages echo a vision that is refracted always remain energetic in our service and “Sarah embodied the character trait of laughter, so that when a Jewish women is in through the lenses of G-d in all of His devotion to G-d and ‘reis’ meant old, so a state of being tested, Sarah the matriarch comes forward and volunteers to guide the glory. that we would live with the wisdom that woman by creating a space for laughter and joy, while she is in the throes of her pain. “My father loved Jews from all walks comes with old age.” “Rebecca teaches women about the trials of having children, because after waiting 19 of life. He never stood in judgement or ”My great-great-grandfather’s aspira- years to have a baby, she gave birth to Esau who was a troublesome murderer. criticised another’s religious observance. tion for his grandchildren remains with me “Leah taught women about patience, as she was challenged that her destiny was not Instead, he encouraged and praised every always. delivered with immediacy but only came to her with time. She had to suffer before she Jew, assisting many to go forward and It is clear that the passion Jungreis em- was able to enjoy blessing. grow in their observance. His example is bodies is one that runs generations deep. “Rachel was the woman who had to learn how to cry, because until she was challenged etched in my memory. Indeed, Rebbetzen Jungreis is proof that with giving up Jacob and then later with being infertile, life had been easy for her, but “My parents loved the Jewish people and the dream to have children who embody through her trials and tribulations, she learned to turn to G-d and to cry out to Him for our home was always open to others. After both an incorrigible spirit and an age-old salvation.” the Holocaust, our home became a home wisdom, is one that has come to fruition, Mizrachi brought the flavour of authentic Sephardic warmth to her South African audi- for many forlorn orphans whose parents as she touches the hearts of those in her ence and ensured that the women in the audience left inspired to connect to G-d, to their had perished in the flames of European orbit. families and their communities.

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MOIRA SCHNEIDER Noting that some had lost their faith in G-d “In the Holocaust, Jews gave up their last The early prime ministers, he said, were CAPE TOWN after the Holocaust, Rabbi Sacks countered: piece of bread to be able to pray from the “incapable of being anyone but themselves. “After Auschwitz, it is impossible to believe Siddur,” she recounted. “We taught man- They knew nothing of pollsters and even less How is it that bad things happen to good in man. kind about G-d and how to pray - do we pray about image-makers. people? This, according to Chief Rabbi Lord “Without the fear of heaven, man is a wild today? “They had authenticity. They devoted their Jonathan Sacks, is “the question that burns in beast to man. After Auschwitz, you have to be “The average Jew does not pray.” Remem- lives to ideals, which is why they all died the heart of Judaism”. very ignorant or very naïve to believe we can bering her father telling her during the Holo- virtually penniless. Not so the new generation Rabbi Sacks was speaking at Sinai Indaba do without G-d.” caust that she and the other children were who were born into much more of a material 111 held at the Cape Town International Dealing with existentialism, Rabbi Sacks angels of Shabbos, she said: “We live in a mad world.” Convention Centre. The day-long event was commented that Europe had created the most world today. So many people are in therapy, Avner asked whether current Prime Minis- attended by an estimated 1 700 people. secular society the world had ever seen, but on pills. Don’t you think it would give some ter Benjamin Netanyahu - “a gifted man with Stating that religious faith had come in for since the 1960s, marriage had lost its sanctity peace to the soul to know they’re angels of sharp political acumen and a fine communi- a “tremendous battering”, he listed science, and families had collapsed. Shabbos?” cator” - had what it took to lead the country evil and existentialism as constituting the In Britain there had been a rise among Referring to the six million who perished, into a challenging future. three major challenges to religion today. young people of between 300 and 1 000 per she pleaded: “You have to daven for them “The answer is in how he faces up to the With regard to science, Rabbi Sacks noted cent in alcohol abuse, eating disorders, sui- because they can no longer daven. You have challenges of war and peace which might that the man who had led the project to de- cides and depression. to learn for them because they can no longer be confronting him soon.” A combination code the human genome, began as an atheist A 2012 study showed that the average learn. of sentiment and granite, as evidenced by and ended as a religious believer. “The more Briton had 237 Facebook friends. When asked “Stay with Torah,” she cried. “I was there Menachem Begin, was what was needed, he we unravel of this extraordinary cosmos, the how many they could rely on in a crisis, some and I know there is a G-d.” believed. more we’re moved to say: ‘How wondrous are said two, some said none. Speaking on his experiences as adviser and “True authentic Kabbalah opens your your works, Oh Lord’. “Shul is where you’ll find real friends, not speechwriter to five Israeli prime ministers, eyes to see the hand of G-d in everything in “The hypothesis of G-d is now simply over- Facebook friends,” Rabbi Sacks said. A US Ambassador Yehuda Avner described their life.” So said Manchester-based Rabbi Yossi whelming,” he stated. study had shown that acts of kindness we did jobs as “probably one of the loneliest in the Chazan, addressing the topic of Mysticism. On the challenge of evil, Rabbi Sacks said for each other were to be found in places of world, dealing with one of the most intracta- “The problem with today’s generation is that the issue of why bad things happened worship, he added. ble conflicts in the world. that people want short cuts. The only place to good people was at the “very centre of our Another study had shown that regular shul “How and when to wield military force in success comes before work is in the diction- faith”. Repeating the oft-invoked question: attendance added seven years to one’s life self-defence, was a question confronting all of ary,” he quipped. “Where was G-d at Auschwitz?” he said that expectancy. Referring to what he called “deep them. I’ve seen the look on their faces when “Anyone who offers you an easy way to the Holocaust did not in and of itself present discontent” among atheists, the chief rabbi deliberations have ended and their compatri- heaven without purifying your character… is a new challenge to faith. said the challenges of science, the Holocaust ots have left the room, because the decision making a mockery of Yiddishkeit.” “Why did G-d not stop Cain killing Abel?” and personal happiness were challenges for has been taken and people are going to die. Rabbi Chazan slammed “New Age” Kab- he asked, describing the biblical episode as the non-believer much more than for the “I’ve seen prime ministers’ lips tremble in balah that saw adherents drinking “Kabbalah a similar challenge. “Because G-d gave us believer. prayer… The greatest lesson I’ve learned is the waters” to cure cancer, sleeping on top of freedom. Slated to speak on Faith after the Holo- meaning of the word ‘leadership’. the Zohar and indulging in other practices “When we choose good, we’re a little lower caust, Rebbetzen Esther Jungreis described “True leaders must be ready to risk our fu- “some crackerjack rabbi has blessed. In proper than the angels, when we choose bad, we’re a this as “a piece of cake. tures in order to do what they deem right and authentic Kabbalah, you’re not allowed to use little above the beasts. G-d doesn’t intervene “Faith in the Holocaust is another story,” be prepared to disregard the advice of their it for any personal (gain) - that’s the sign of to stop us doing evil.” the child survivor of Bergen-Belsen said. closest confidantes.” a cult.”

Rabbi Yossi Chazan being interviewed by the media

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She has her ghosts and her as they are by how society embraces Sun., Aug. 4 Barcelona, Spain Departs 6:00 pm cigarettes for company and a book to read which she finds stereotypes. It’s premised on the depressing and boring. 2006 murder of Brett Goldin and Mon., Aug. 5 At Sea Enter Solomon Xaba, the grandson of Thozama, Marion’s Richard Bloom, and reflects deeply Tues., Aug. 6 Naples, Italy 7:00 am 7:00 pm domestic maid, who Marion hasn’t seen for years. He pre- on the ramifications of the violent Wed., Aug. 7 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 am 7:00 pm sents himself sullenly from under a morass of unsaid things loss of a child on a mother. Thurs., Aug. 8 Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Italy 7:00 am 7:00 pm Fri., Aug. 9 Provence (Marseille), France 10:00 am 7:00 pm SAJR’s Sassen on shortlist for Sat., Aug. 10 Palma, Majorca, Spain 1:00 pm 8:00 pm Sun., Aug. 11 Barcelona, Spain 5:00 am Arrives prestigious journo award Cruise prices from $3465 per person per outside cabin. Apart from the Features, Reviews and Opin- OWN CORRESPONDENT Air Tickets, Port Charges & Gratuities not included ion category winners, the judges also made a SA Jewish Report Arts Editor Robyn Sassen, number of commendatory Silver Awards, in- is among the finalists in the inaugural Na- cluding an individual commendation for sus- tional Arts Festival/Business and Arts South tained contribution to the arts through jour- Africa (BASA) Arts Journalism Awards. nalism, to jazz writer Don Albert. In a media release the National Arts Festi- “The importance of arts journalism cannot val says: “Each finalist is a Silver Award win- be overstated,” BASA CEO Michelle Constant ner. Gold Award winners, together with the said. “Without the kind of interrogation and overall Arts Journalist of the Year, will be an- exposure journalists provide, our artists nounced in Grahamstown on June 30.” would be working in a vacuum. It adds: “These awards are a celebration of “A good journalist is not simply a publicity the excellence and passion demonstrated by machine for the arts, their role in provoking our country’s arts journalists.” intelligent debate and raising awareness of National Arts Festival CEO Tony Lankester the arts is crucial. We hope that, by support- said. “They are a vital part of the industry, ing these awards, we are helping to raise the offering criticism and insight into the work standard of arts journalism, and to encour- our artists do. They represent the best of the age young journalists to consider reporting best.” and commenting on the arts as a career.” 216 SA SA J JEWISHEWISH REPORT REPORT News 01 21- 08 – 28 June June 2012 2013 Hurry up with that Jewish Silberhaft travels to tumultuous Achiever nomination! welcome Down Under OWN CORRESPONDENT With just a week to go before the nominations for this year’s MICHAEL BELLING The two main shuls in Sydney Jewish Report Jewish Achievers banquet event closes, the situ- and Melbourne, both ran South ation is smoking. Event organisers and judges are vigorously busy with confirming the nominations and ascertaining accept- Hundreds of people - South Af- African-style services and the ances from the nominees, indicating that they are willing to be rican expatriates and Austral- new Central Shul in Melbourne part of the process. Over 100 nominations have been received ians - attended book launches is known as the South African for the different categories of awards. and talks by The Travelling Rabbi shul. If you know or know of a fantastic achiever in the fields of Moshe Silberhaft recently to pro- Silberhaft addressed 2 500 business and industry; humanitarianism; the arts, science, mote the story of the South Af- people in his visits to Perth, Mel- sport; community service; or entrepreneurship; if you’re aware rican country communities and bourne and Sydney and included of someone who has spent his or her life doing wonderful the Jewish communities of sub- seven launches of the book, The things, or if you know of an extraordinary businessman, in a Saharan Africa. Travelling Rabbi: My African listed or an unlisted company, and you haven’t yet nominated Silberhaft is the country com- Tribe - the Rabbi’s story as told him or her, do not despair: it is not yet too late. Nominations munities rabbi of the SA Jewish to Suzanne Belling. close with the close of business on Friday, June 28. Please e-mail your nominations to nominations@SAJew- Board of Deputies and spiritual Proceeds from the book launch ishReport.co.za. Members of the Board of Directors of the SA leader and CEO of the African will go to the Support Group for Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft (left) showing a copy of The Travelling Rabbi: Jewish Report or their families are not eligible for nominations. Jewish Congress. Families of the Terminally Ill My African Tribe, to former Australian Prime Minister John Howard in The event is hosted this year on August 15 at the mag- “I found everyone extremely (SGOFOTI), a project supported Sydney. nificent Maroela Room, Sandton Sun, and by all accounts, interested in what is happening by the African Jewish Congress promises to again be the social event of the year. in South Africa and the former in Bulawayo. and Yigdal to the melody of Jan Central Shul and the other in South Africans really wanting to Attendances exceeded expec- Pierewiet. Doncaster, attended by nearly know about the various commu- tations. In Perth, where Rhoda On his 50-minute walk to the 500 people. nities they came from,” Silber- Berman, former president of Rosenbaums after shul, Silber- The last stop of the visit was photo File haft said. the SA Union of Jewish Women, haft was caught in the worst in Sydney. The first book launch “I encouraged them to relate co-ordinated the visit, the book rainstorm in Melbourne for over was at the Central Shul. Justice to the children, grandchildren launch had to be moved from the a century that led to several flood Ralph Zulman, chairman of the and friends, the wonderful life shul hall into the main shul when warnings. This is the second time country communities depart- they had in South Africa and the 225 people attended, double the in his recent travels that he has ment of SA Jewish Board of challenge they had in maintain- expected number. endured hardships of nature - he Deputies, was visiting Sydney ing their Judaism in the coun- In Perth Silberhaft met Mal- was stung 87 times by a swarm and introduced the rabbi. Silber- try communities, as well as how colm McCusker, the governor of of bees last year in Harare as he haft also spoke at the Central their Judaism enabled them to Western Australia. was walking to shul on Shabbat Shul in Bondi and a book launch land in Australia and maintain Barrister Norman Rosenbaum morning. at Kehillat Masada on the North their Yiddishkeit there.” hosted Silberhaft in Melbourne. The Melbourne leg was ar- Shore. Selma and Jules Browde, joint-winners of the Helen Suz- He added that it was heart- He addressed three classes at the ranged by ex-Capetonian Barry In Sydney, he spent two hours man Lifetime Achievement award in 2011. They achieved warming to see many former Mount Scopus Jewish day school Barron, a founder member of the with former Australian Prime individually in their fields of medicine and law and were South Africans playing vital roles and in the evening attended the shul. Minister John Howard, accom- immensely important stalwarts in the whirlwind of hu- in the establishment and growth Shabbat service at the Central On Shabbat morning he spoke panied by another South Afri- man rights activism in the anti-apartheid movement. of Jewish life in Australia. They Shul in Caulfield. at the Chabad shul in Caulfield. can expatriate, Rob Schneider, “This is the second time in our marriage of 64 years took their passion for Judaism The service included Lecha Two book launches took place who arranged the Sydney itiner- that we were both honoured,” said Jules, at the time. there from South Africa. Dodi to the tune of Sarie Marais in Melbourne, the one at the ary. “The first time was when we were awarded honorary doctorates from our alma mater, Wits University.” 14 SA JEWISH REPORT World News in Brief Community Columns 01 12- 08 – 19 June April 2012 2013

A column of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies determination and a clear vision.” Wineman said that when Thatcher entered Parliament representing Holocaust survivor Rena Quint – Finchley in north London, “a very Jewish constituency”, her relationship with inspiration to all South Africans local Jewish institutions blossomed and Over the past week, invited to speak to women prisoners on behalf continued throughout her career as prime Yom Hashoah of the Department of Correctional Services. minister. During her campaign, she fought ceremonies were held By her example, she is able to show that no against a golf course in the district that under the auspices matter how low we fall, or are made to fall by banned having Jews as members. of the Board in all others, we have the capacity to pick ourselves Thatcher was a founding member of the the main Jewish up afterwards and rise to undreamed of Anglo-Israel Friendship League of Finchley population centres. heights. and a member of the Conservative Friends In addition, and While we must never forget the past, of Israel, according to Tablet. possibly for the we should not allow it to engender a sense 16 SA JEWISH REPORT Community Columns 22 February 01 - 08 – 1 June March 2012 2013 Wineman said Thatcher counted a first time ever, a of hopelessness. Rather, we must use the number of Jews among her closest advisers ceremony A column was held of the lessonsSA Jewish learned Board to build of something Deputies positive, and confidants, and at one point nearly in Grahamstown as be it working towards creating a more just a quarter of her Cabinet was of Jewish part of a visit by a and compassionate society, rebuilding what origins. TheyGiving included Nigel Lawson, is the most rewardingdelegation from the has been form destroyed or simplyof in thetaking way one Malcolm Rifkind, Keith Joseph and Leon Board, SAZF and SAUJS interacts with other people. Brittan, according to the JewishOn Chronicle. 7 Adar - ZayinAbove BoardBoard has workedto meet closely with the on staffmatters of ing a contribution removed from any desire causes, can certainly inspire us, but ensur- “She also greatly admired the Adarlate Chief - as has becomeMary common Kluk interestand students on a number of Rhodes of occasions ‘Labelling of controversy’ personal gain, finally is characteristic laid to rest of all ing that it is maintained is a challenge for Rabbi Dr Immanuel Jakobovits,traditional whom she on this,National Chairmanin the past. University and other Shortly beforeforms going of voluntary to print, communalwe were service. every new generation. elevated to the House of Lords,”the Wineman yahrtzeit of e largelymembers unsung heroesof the local and heroinesdelighted toEvents learn that like the Zayin long-running Adar are important e real reward of serving the community said. “She was unquestionably aMoshe great Rabbeinu,community. the who render such dedicated and honourable“labelling becausecontroversy” they hadrecognise been brought and honour to a those ultimately lies in the emotional satisfaction Former British PM statesman of the later 20th century,Chevrah and Kadisha Thisin year’sservice keynote in the speaker, sphere Renaof Jewish Quint, welfare, satisfactory have who conclusion. dedicate so much time and e ort to the and enhanced sense of self-worth that one one who was a friend to the JewishJohannesburg people heldspoke at thetheir Johannesburg counterparts and in Durban all spheres of JewishThe finalcommunity. decision by the Cabinet regarding receives through going beyond the bounda- Margaret Thatcher, and Israel.” a special functionceremonies to communal and afterwards activity. addressed the how productsVolunteers from Jewish may settlements not do what in they do be- ries of one’s own personal needs to be of Thatcher reportedly had no patiencehonour forthose whocommunity in Caperough Town. my involvement Like all Holocaust with the Dur-the West Bankcause should they crave be identified, recognition, is very but this does assistance to others. Our Jewish tradition ‘staunch friend of Israel’ anti-Semitism nor those who espousedhave in various survivors,ca- banthe storyHolocaust she had Centre, to tell I wasam especiallya muchaware in linenot with mean what that the their Board e ortsand SAZFshould be taken stresses that the key to attaining happiness it. She was a strong supporter ofpacities Soviet volunteeredharrowing of one. how That much being our said, volunteer it was guidesdeeply contrib-regarded asfor satisfactory. granted and never acknowledged. and ful lment is through giving, in what- JERUSALEM - Former British Prime Jewry. their services toinspiring the toute. hear Taking how despitevisiting this, groups she -was in the mainThe labellingSuch is public neutral recognition, and descriptive in addition and to ever form this might take. Put another way, Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died on She had a strong relationship organisation.with US able to go schoolon to build learners a successful, - through fulfilling displays, requiresnot politically showing motivated, the necessary which is “Hakarat all that we Hatov” (lit- and paradoxical as it sounds, giving is in Monday, was a staunch supporter of Israel President Ronald Reagan and togetherOur national they lifedirec- for herself,both includinga sound knowledge raising a family of the of historical wanted. Inerally, our media “recognising release we the thank good”) the and helping reality the most rewarding form of taking, but had a rocky relationship with Prime fought communism, leading to thetor, fall Wendy of Kahn,committed, background involved Jews. and an ability to convey withOffice ofmotivate the Presidency, them to Cabinet continue and their Minister good work, without anyone being at all diminished Minister Menachem Begin. the Berlin Wall Above in 1989. Board (JTA) represented the As she observed,appropriate it was insight this continuation and sensitivity theof Trade andalso Industry plays a partRob Davies,in inspiring for hearing others to come thereby, but quite the contrary. Thatcher died after suffering a stroke, at Mary Kluk Board at the event,of a vibrantdeeper Jewish lessons life, particularly that those in sombre Israel eventsand takingon into board. account out concerns when I believe that the remarkable success of the age of 87. She suffered from dementia National Chairman and attests to howwhere she encapsulatenow lives, that for demonstrates ours and future how generations. finalising thePeriodically new regulations. patting ourselves on the back the South African Jewish community has at the end of her life, which was dramatised Yom Hashoah: Obamainspiring it wasthe to yetNazis ultimately us, our failed guides in theirdevote efforts considerable to ad-The outcomedoes not of themean months we can of adeliberation ord to become been that so many of its members have in the 2011 movie “The Iron Lady.” again be shown how much members ofdestroy our theditional Jewish time people. to research and educationalover this issuecomplacent. has been Times a sensible remain one di that cult and the taken this lesson to heart. The only female to serve as prime commitscommunity to combat are contributing to the greaterRena’s messagetraining, should motivated resonate not withby any expectationaddressed needs the requirement both of our that own the community places and the minister of Britain, she also was the communal good. all people whoof  nancial have undergone or other rewardtraumatic but out of aof pas- origin ofwider imported society products are only be growing. accurately • Listen to Steven Gruzd on Jewish Board longest continuously serving prime intoleranceSingled out for special tribute at thisexperiences sionate as a result desire of to persecution add value in a worthy identifiedcause. without e proud the traditionaddition ofour politically- community has Talk on 101.9 ChaiFM every Friday 12:00 minister in the 20th century, leading the function was Steven Adler, with whomand the injustice. Indeed,is essentially as a result sel ofess being devotion to mak-motivatedof aspects contributing that cause both division to Jewish within and general - 13:00. country and her Conservative Party 11 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama interviewed on Radio SAfm, she was even the South African population. This column is paid for by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies years, from 1979 to 1990. in his Yom Hashoah message recalled his This column is paid for by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies She called Begin, who served two terms recommitmentJohannesburg in Israel last month Jewish to A column of the Chevrah Kadisha in the 1980s, the “most difficult” man combating anti-Semitism and intolerance. she had to deal with, according to the “Today, weGenealogical honour the memories Society Chronicle. She also strongly opposed of the six million Jewish victims and 21 – 28 June 2013 Community Columns is re-launched SASubsidisingOnce JEWISH REPORT 17 upon Jewish a time... education: when and how Israel’s bombing of Iraq’s Osirak nuclear millions of others who perished in the A column of the SA Jewish Boardreactor. of Deputies A columndarkness of theofOWN the Chevrah Shoah,”CORRESPONDENT ObamaKadisha said on Everyone’sEveryone enjoys been boasting a good As Youit happened, may be wondering the most whypractical I am andboasting concern for us when families cannot a ord the She believed that the Arab-Israel conflict Monday in a message timed for Holocaust aboutstory, thebut 2012they’re matric not affordableabout matric option results was whento pay that’s their thebond domain so of costs of remedial and special needs schooling Most successful Sinaiwas at Indabathe centre of the WesternTake world’s a deepRemembrance breath… e JohannesburgDay. Jewish resultsmuch fun and when there’s they’re cer- theyschools. could continueAnd it’s a livinggood question. in their home But the issue (R3,5m paid out in 2012) and tertiary education difficulties in the Middle East, pressing “As we reflectGenealogical on the Society(JJGS) beautiful lives which lost tainlyfilled a withlot topain boast and about withof domesticwho is responsible help. We foralso ensuring facilitated that dis our- youth (R1,7m). At the time of writing, the third Sinai Indaba has justIsraeli taken leaders place into Johan make- peaceDebbie with Gross the visited ourand shores their from greatdied Israel, apotential quiet lectured death thatto some hundreds would years never- profesago, - -suffering. mazaltov to learners, abilityreceive grants a Jewish which education helped toward has become food and increas- We pay full fees if there’s no alternative, or nesburg and Cape Town and will shortly be held inPalestinians Port Elizabeth in and order to coolsionals regional and community bealike fulfilled, - and lefthas we many been also of resurrected pay us in tribute a state as toof the heightenedall Jewish those parentsAlmost and daily schools! a new clothing.ingly murky. Maybe we should talk about it? when there’s no Jewish partner to share the bur- Durban. From all accounts, it has once again been a resounding success, at- anxiety, akin to panic.Why? BecauseGenealogical she is an internationally Society South acclaimed Africa. tensions. who resisted the Nazis’ heinous acts and all heart-breaking e 15 matric story students Counselling e cost of and private home education visits were in Jewishroutine day- den with. Even when there are Jewish partners, tracting a capacity attendance from across the spectrum of our community. expert on abuse who told us that child sexual e JGSSA abuse is hasa liatedreached to epidemic the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin those who survived,” he said. forcrosses whom my the desk Chev involv pro-- ly providedschools is and prohibitive arrangements and frankly, were madeunsustainable. we still come to the party for each child, every As always, the speakers were of the highest calibre, among them Chief proportions worldwide. International Association of Jewish Netanyahu mourned her passing in a “On my recent trip to Israel, I had the videding some  nancial communal and coun- to enable e Chev’s the children Student to Support continue Services in their has an month, to o er some relief to the Jewish day Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Rabbi Yossi Chazan, Brought to this country by KoleinuSA,Genealogical Debbie travels Societies the (IAJGS),the world raising statement. opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel’s sadness and sorrow. schools. Ambassador Yehuda Avner and Rebbetzen Esther Jungreis. awareness and educating about the abuseumbrella of children, body of womenover 80 andsocieties teenagers. selling services, all passed agreement with these schools through which schools (R2m). In order to maximise the reach of this special event,“She the was organisers truly awill great leader,Always a on woman the alert of to takenational advantage Holocaustaround of opportunities the memorial, world. Ato call enhance and is goingreaffirm our out servic - withThese excellent situations results are Butwe subsidiselife evolves families and with in need the passageof help but only If it’s still unsustainable, and Jewish children ensure that podcasts of the various presentation willprinciple, be made of freely determination, acces- es andof conviction, hone the skills ofour professionals collectivefor - allourresponsibility interested own as well in astothe others confront history - the of Chev the -challenging, several with often multiple of timeto a degree. it became e clear bulk thatof the the subsidy children rests with are being turned away, that’s a sign that the sys- sible. I congratulate Chief Rabbi Warren Goldsteinof and strength; his office a woman on this of greatness,”partnered with them byanti-Semitism, hosting threeJews events. prejudiceof SA One and was theand an story intolerance all-day of their workshop own distinctions.requiring more Our wisdom pledge requiredthe schools closer themselves. supervision. at, we believe, is as it tem needs revision. (Home schooling and online wonderful initiative. It brings our community togetherNetanyahu for a festival said. of Jew- for professionals to whichacross therapists the familiesworld.” from NGOs in Europe across and the Southcity were Africa, invited. ofthan con we dentiality humans have,prevents Theshould oldest be. son had matriculated and our classrooms are gaining popularity worldwide.) to become involved. Above Board ish learning that is both intellectually challenging and“She celebratory. was a staunch friendThe of Israel second was a morningHe concluded:of skills training “On for this Jewish Yom social Hashoah, workers, meand from there saying are seldom more than studentPrimary support responsibility services financed for education his ter in- Jewish As a community we need to put our heads e JGSSA is hosting a public Mary Kluk For Jews, Torah learning has never been regardedand as the the Jewishpreserve people. of a few Sheteachers, inspired psychologists a andwe mustsocial acceptservice professionalsthe full responsibility that focussed on thatsimple some solutions. achieved this tiaryday studies. schools The remains two theyounger obligation ones ofbecame the Jew- together, think out of the box and come up with meeting at the HOD Centre, 58 Partners in National Chairman elite scholars. Rather, it has always been an eternallygeneration relevant spiritual of political herit leaders.- effective I send intervention my andof remembrance,therapeutic techniques. as nations The and third as was our Chev Partners in underRespecting the most the horri c partish of educational Arcadia’s after system. school But programme, schools are  nding a solution we can all live with, and one that our Oaklands Road, Orchards, on March Chesed most sincere condolences to her family and individuals - not simply to pledge ‘Never Chesed circumstancesprivacy and (often and opthat- we wherethemselves homework under and pressure play is supervised.and are hard-pressed The children can thrive on. age in which everyone is encouraged, indeed is duty-bound, to share in. Social Services/CAJE presentation to10 parents at 19:30. about At this how meeting to keep theirLionel chil - Michael Sieff to the government and people of Great again’, but to commit ourselves to the The majority of South African Jews are of Lithuanian origin, descendants of those who emigrated dren safe from sexual abuse. Slier will give a talk about “ e MichaelGroup CEO Sie Sieff areposing) thrilled perspectives to have been of situationand sometimes is being carefullydisinclined monitored to maintain and these en the Chev can concentrate on providing from there over half a century commencing in the 1880s. Lithuanian JewryBritain.” was famed throughout Her statistics are alarming:understanding, 97 perRescue cent ofempathy of child Jewish sexual and Orphans abusers compassion from are men; the 80 Group CEO ablethose to involved, help. we sum- if itsubsidies, becomes particularly necessary, they for students will move who into don’t food, shelter and healthcare to the community. the Diaspora for its devotion to Jewish learning. Vivian Wineman, presidentper cent of the of them Board are knownthat to is the the children Horrorsfoundation and of War-tornthe of ratio peace of Eastern abusedand human Europe boys to girls is estimated to be monOur all numbers our resources could have Arcadia.reward with good behaviour and good results. Please feel free to communicate with me on From its ranks came many of the greatest religious leaders produced by ofour Deputies people during of British the Jews,about told equal. JTA Herthat cautionary dignity.” advice toin parents1921, taken was explicit: to South There Africa”. are rules to beentobe followed,examine bigger, conversathe but complexities there- were no from matric every students angle. at Sadly,Unlike dad welfare, has passed education away. West is not Park the tookChev’s [email protected] exile, and the names of its illustrious yeshivot, despite these having been tragicallyThatcher destroyed “was always in extremelytions to supportivebe had and boundaries In a separateto be [email protected] statement, and well-guarded. Representative “Tell your ArcadiaThenchildren” welast advised do year our Debvery- best to help. carearea of allof arrangementsexpertise. Education and covered becomes the a welfare the Shoah, continue to resound around the Jewish world. Given our community’sand admiring Litvak roots, of the it ethosis bie, of the“that British most people areNancy good Pelosi- the rules082-423-05560. (Democrat are in place California), for the few who are not.” ButI want many to have share come just one story with you. burial costs. This column is paid for by the Chevrah Kadisha especially fitting that our own Chief Rabbi has now co-authored, with the world-renowned historian away afraid to trust anyone. That’s why I’m suggesting, take a deep breath! Jewish community. This close relationship the minority leader in the US House Once upon a time the parents of three We have finally managed A column to persuade of WIZO mom South Africa and speaker Rabbi Berel Wein, a new book celebrating this heritage. Entitledbegan The whenLegacy: her Teachings family tookAlthough in a young Debbie has ofboarded Representatives, her flight for notedhome, thathelp, theguidance day and structureschildren are in were place involved to in a serious car acci- to join our protected employment programme for Life from the Great Lithuanian Rabbis, it received its launch in South AfricaAustrian at the Jewish Sinai Indaba, refugee fromassist Nazism and support in the community.marked the Parents Hebrew need calendar’s to take cognisance anniversary of what theydent. have The learned father - to was left a paraplegic and his which will bolster her self-esteem and provide with both authors present to speak about it. the late 1930s.” process it calmly and withoutof the hysteria. Warsaw Knowledge Ghetto uprising. is strength and self-empowermentwife suffered is encouraged. severe emotionalAttending trauma and her with MOR a productive elementis like to her day. coming home The South African Jewish heritage is being further celebrated this week at“There a gala dinner are people, mark- thereThey are ideas.have every right to find“This out day about is a thereminder people ofwho all work, who teach had and interactdepression. with their Neither children. was ableAs to thework. newly-elected presidentThis story of isWIZO far from SA I over, but it is our child abuse to preparing women for roles in com- ing the launch of a new history of the mother congregation of JohannesburgOccasionally Jewry, the Great those Park two comeThey together can demand credentialsthe courage from topeople fight in back; positions who of refused authority at our schoolsIt’s ourand policyinsist that to try to solicitlook support forward from to sharing hope my that thoughts we can andprovide aspira- the children with merce and politics; from breaking the glass ceiling Synagogue. - as dictated by law - due diligence is done on everyone who applies to work with children. Paedo- to create vision. Lady Thatcher was an to allow the inhumanity of the Nazis to family members, but in this case,tions as for in our many movement emotional in 2013. and educationale leadership support that will in the IDF to nurturing the heritage of women This year marks a century since the foundation stone of the Great Synagogue in Wolmarans Street philes - often the gentlest, most unassuming of people - will seek an environment in which they can exceptional leader, a colleague in the deprive them of their own humanity,” she others, no-one could assist. Maintainingof WIZO SA attendedenable the WIZO them, MOR in time, (Meeting to emerge confident, from distant lands... we heard it all. was laid. During its 80-year existence, this magnificent structure served as the seat of the Chief be with children. And while their addiction can be managed, it cannot be cured. Lifelong prevention international arena and a friend for me said. their medical aid was a priority.of Representatives) inproductive Israel in Januarymembers and of ourwere community. We listened to personal stories and met the Rabbi and also served as the central gathering place for the community on special occasions, such as strategies are required. personally,” Israeli President Shimon Peres “It is a reminder of the defiant spirit Then a holistic approach was applied, Certainly this storyteller prefers happy celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel. If, G-d forbid, there has been abuse, remember that there can be a healthy road to recovery for proudly acknowledged for our quick response to people who counsel and o er constructive path- The congregation itself dates back almost to the founding of Johannesburgsaid itself, in a statement.having been “She servedvictims andas an their familiesof who the cansurvivors, be galvanised whose to strength become survivors. and The Chevinvolving Social Servicesour financial services,the Pillarshealthcare of Defence endings. Emergency Appeal last year. ways through seemingly impossible situations. constituted in mid-1887. The book, written by our Associate Director Davidinspiration Saks, recounts for other the story leaders, division as the has first many yearsperseverance of experience instill providing inspire support us today. services It is to survivors,professionals families and and even social workers whoe spontaneous teamed andMay generous our partnership donations continueof our to thrive! We met teenage girls who have found refuge in of this prestigious congregation from its earliest days to the present. female prime minister of Greatperpetrators, Britain who she are ina desperate reminder need of the of containment righteous among through the intervention up and to counselling. assess the family’s livingchaverot arrangements to this fund willFeel provide free to psychological contact me on feedback@ one of WIZO’s shelters and who have given up a We congratulate Rabbi Dovid Hazdan of the Great Park Synagogue, not brokeonly on new reaching ground. yet an She- showedIf you’re how worried far a or havenations concerns, who please risked contact their owna professional lives to counsellor duringand determine office hours how on best to meetcounselling their needs. programmes, thechev.org.za dealing with post-trau- life of crime and violence on the streets in order other milestone in its long history, but on continuing to be so dynamic andperson forward-looking can go with a force strength (011) of 532-9616;character, on our protectafter hours the hotline lives of 082-499-1010 their neighbours.” or by e-mail (JTA) on [email protected] matic stress for ourThis children, column youth, is paid sta for and by the their Chevrah Kadisha to become productive members of society... and in our community’s religious and communal life. May our partnership continue to thrive. Communicate with me on [email protected] families in the day-care centres, schools and WIZO we bought their beautiful hand-crafted jewellery This column is paid for by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies This column is paid for by the Chevrah Kadisha youth clubs, a ected by the bombing. which they now proudly sell. In addition, in those areas where WIZO facilities Attending the MOR is like coming home, so

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What’s On Sunday (June 23) • Second Innings hosts Neil Kirby, a • JWBS Johannesburg, urgently of events throughout the • The Selwyn Segal Gift Centre director of Werksmans Attorneys, requires secondhand clothing, year. Chai Seniors - Holistic has a wonderful selection of • RCHCC shows the documentary, “The on “National Health Insurance - Fear kitchenware, household goods, & Kabbalistic Nourishment”. well priced gifts for all occa- Flat”. Venue: Clive M Beck Auditorium. of the Unknown”. Venue: The Gerald books and bric-a-brac for its Daily programmes: Men’s Kolel sions. Visit them Monday to Time: 19:30, Donation: R70. Booking: Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres. Time: secondhand shop. Contact Mon-Fri at Chabad House Li- Thursday from 8.30 to 4.00 Hazel or René (011) 728-8088/8378, 10:00 for 10:30. Cost: R20 members, (011) 485-5232. brary, 09:00 -11:00, followed by and Friday till 2.00 Phone after hours (011) 728-8378, e-mail: R40 visitors. Contact: Grecia Gabriel lunch. Ladies Kolel Tuesdays & 011-640-6413 or 011-640- [email protected] or rene.s@tel- (011) 532-9718. • Celebrating a bar-/batmitzvah? Thursdays. Special programmes: 5171 Web site: www.selw- komsa.net or www.greatpark.co.za Why not give a donation to Mondays: Brain Worx with ynsegalgifts.co.za Wednesday (June 26) WIZO’s bar-/batmitzvah project occupational therapist, Cynthia in Israel? You get a beautiful Liptz for brain exercises, 09:00 • Join WIZO every Thursday • Johannesburg Light Music Society’s certificate to give to the bar-/ – 13:00. Both men and women for a “Lunch & Learn” shiur monthly meeting takes place at the • UJW CT’s adult education programme batmitzvah child here. Certifi- welcome. Tuesdays: Guest with Rabbi Michael Katz, Roosevelt Park Recreation Centre Cnr hosts Gavin Morris (Jewish Museum) cates are available from WIZO lectures. For more info contact 13:00 - 14:00 at Beyachad. Anton van Wouw and Preller Drive, talking on “The Jewish Museum and tel (011) 645-2548. Rabbi Ari Kievman (011) 440- Information: Joyce, (011) Roosevelt Park. Ivan Daniels will pre- Its Role in the Community”. Venue: 6600 or e-mail rak@chabad. 640-2416. sent a programme on 1949s music with Stonehaven. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. • Second Innings runs a series org.za a German flavour followed by Trish Entrance: R20 (incl refreshments). courses and activities includ- • Stellenbosch Hebrew Congre- Gallagher who will play her tribute to Enquiries: (021) 434-9555 (mornings ing scrabble, bridge, discussion • Orchid WIZO Florist, for gation has a Friday evening George Gershwin. Time: 14:00 sharp. only). groups, play reading groups, chuppahs in shuls or gardens; service every week in shul, Enquiries: Ron, (011) 793-2383 or women’s and men’s reading canopy, drapes and floral ar- starting at 18:45. Contact Marilyn, 072-243-7436. groups, symphony concert rangements our specialty. Daily (021) 886-5257. Friday (June 28) rehearsals, bowls, pilates, Yogic deliveries of floral and fruit • Greenside Shul hosts wardrobe stylist Pranayama, walking and aero- arrangements as well. Contact: • The Yiddish Academy offers Janine Carley-James who will give a • UZLC hosts Jewish Report arts editor bics, Golden Oldies Cine Club, (011) 728-4513, after hours: weekly basic, intermedi- talk titled “Restyle You” on general Robyn Sassen on “From Where I Sit: weekly workshops (by arrange- (011) 728-2769. ate and advanced classes on style tips. Time: 10:00 for 10:30am for What Being an Arts Editor for a Com- ment) on “falls education for Monday evenings at 19:30, 10:30am. Venue: Greenside Shul. Cost: munity Newspaper is Like”. Venue: the elder adult”, and organises • Bnoth Zion Association WIZO Tuesday mornings at 10:30 R100 (incl refreshments). RSVP: Aviva Our Parents Home. Time: 12:45 – regular activities. Contact Gre- is collecting anything of value and Thursday evenings at Rabinowitz 083-600-4515 or Wendy 14:00. Contact: Gloria, 072-127-9421 cia Gabriel (011) 532-9718. for its store. Contact (021) 464- 19:30 at the RCHCC, Glen- 6729 or Linda Saban 072-245- hove Road, Houghton. Con- Richard 082-903-6711. Remember or (011) 485-4851. • Benarc Gift Shop has gift 3225 or Cherna Kredo 084-589- versational groups. Details: e- to bring your contributions for the presentations for all occasions, 8588. mail yiddishacademy@gmail. Greenside Shul blanket & winter cloth- made to order. Call (011) 485- com or call Hazel Cohen on ing drive for Yad Aharon & Pholosha Sunday (June 30) 5232, JWBS. All kosher under • Johannesburg Children’s Home (011) 728-8088. Primary School. the Beth Din. Proceeds to sup- is appealing for shoes and tak- • Hospice Flea Boot Market held at the port the less fortunate in our kies for children and teenagers. • Supervised bridge with Jeff • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Checkers car park on Barry Hertzog community. Contact Edna or Hylton Segal Sapire Tuesday morning is hosting a bus tour in the eastern Ave in Emmarentia. Every first, and (011) 970-4266. 10:00 - 12:00 (intermediary) suburbs of Johannesburg to pay tribute last, Sunday of the month, from 08:00 • Elise WIZO Gift Shop has an and Wednesday morning to Jewish Struggle activists. Duration of until 13:00. An assortment of goods, exciting range of gifts available. • Intimate Antiques Fair held on 10:00 - 12:00 (advanced), at 1 tour is 2 /2 hours. Bus leaves from Sun- ranging from hand-made leather Contact (011) 640-2760 or call last Sunday of every month at the Clive M Beck Auditorium. nyside Park Hotel at 14:00. Cost: R120 goods, toys, bric-a-brac, honey, plants, in at Genesis, bottom level of Cedar Square corner Witkop- Booking: Hazel or René‚ (011) members, R200 non-members. Booking hardware, crafts, etc. Information: the Genesis Shopping Centre, 3 pen/Cedar Avenue in Fourways, 728-8088/8378. E-mail: essential, either through Computicket or Madeline (011) 794-5464 or Amanda Bradfield Drive, Fairmount. from 09:00 - 16:00. Contact [email protected] or (011) 482-3349 weekdays 09:00 - 13:00. at Hospice (011) 728-1052. • Chabad House hosts a series Robyn 083-311-4768. [email protected] 21 – 28 June 2013 Sport SA JEWISH REPORT 20

Maccabi20 SA JEWISH REPORT athletesSport get ready30 November – 7 December 2012 toPerfecting handle the the art pain of how not to lose would have put him out game one needs to defend a lead. Howev- for eight weeks, effectively er, defence is seemingly quickly becoming destroying his chances of what South African sport is all about. riding in the big feature While the Boks held England at bay races in Durban, including in the north, managing to cling to a one ROCKINGROCKING THETHE BOAT BOAT the Durban July. point win, the Proteas looked to be head- JackJack MilnerMilner He took a temporary ing for certain Test defeat Down Under solution and had a pin in- as they ended the fourth day under the OneI do ofnot my profess favourite to books be an on authority sport was on writ - serted in his thumb to the cosh at 77 for four wickets, chasing 430 tenrugby. by David During Hemery. my time At the at Mexicoschool OlymI actually- extent that he is not capa- to win. picsdeveloped in 1968, a Hemery hatred wonfor the the game400m becausehurdles ble of bending the thumb. The match looked all over, with a win init 48,12was continually seconds, a world jammed record down at the our time. According to trainer Joey for Australia certainty, but AB de Vil- Histhroats. margin of victory was the largest since Ramsden the pain can be liers, Jacques Kallis and especially Faf du the 1924However, Games, as beatingI got older second-placed and became Ger - excruciating but Anton has Plessis, had other ideas. De Villiers kept hardmore Hennige involved from in Westthe world Germany of sport by almost and continued to ride. Du Plessis company for 68 overs and a abegan second. to understand the nuts and bolts He might have cut back nobbled Kallis for another 40 overs in ofBBC the coveragegame, I ofactually the race began is notorious to enjoy for on the number of rides, the searing Adelaide heat, as Du Plessis theit very words much. of the Whatever commentator, I might David think Cole -I but he still managed to tenaciously defied the Australian bowling man,know, shortly I will afteralways Hemery bow incrossed admiration the line to win the Grade 1 Gold attack for nearly eight hours. whenthe likes he said: of commentator “Who cares who’s Dan third Retief - it who ChallengeCricketer on Faf Variety du Plessis is supported by his team as he pulls off a stunning save of the second Many people would have found the doesn’thas a marvellous matter!” understanding of the ClubTest without match againsta murmur Australia in Adelaide. pushing and prodding mind-numbing to sport.The reason for Coleman’s notoriety was ofhe complaint. took advantage That is aof a lucky bounce of in the final minute was one of the most watch, but it takes a special kind of pro- thatHowever, Hemery’s Britishwhat I teammate, have learned John during championthe ball toand score explains the only try - and fur- inane I have ever seen. That was total ficiency and mental aptitude to stay out Sherwood,my tears as turned a sports out tojournalist be the bronze is how medal to whythermore he has been superb South defence Theby theMaccabi Boks. men’s opencapitulation, soccer team as withif to Jordi say they Cruyff were (back happy row, fourththere from for left) seven after hours their practiceand 46 minutes,session in winner in a close finish that had to be settled African champion jockey analyse a game. As I said last week, I have I have said for the pastat few Mark’s years Park that in Johannesburg.to lose by one point. mainly 34 degrees heat and high humid- by slow motion replay. five times and is one of the always tried to maintain my objectiv- the Boks are unable to play 80 minutes of On that subject, I was the one person ity, with five different partners, one of Hemery took up writing about sport and in most sought after jockeys As the training sessions increase in strength The soccer teams have received fantastic ity and not become a “fan with a pen”. attacking rugby. In the final 20 minutes absolutely delighted by that decision whom could barely run, to defy a vora- 1991 released his first book called Sporting in the country. and frequency, a host of other specialised support from their sponsors - Sasfin Bank, Last Saturday I only managed to see the of the game they were probably lucky to as I had backed England on a minus 2,5 cious and tenacious Australian attack and Excellence: What Makes a Champion? That is something the Maccabi teams will coaches and staff such as Gavin Hunt and RAM Couriers and Bidvest. second half of the Springboks versus Eng- have spent two of those minutes in the spread and that whacky decision sealed save a crucial match for his country. In it he interviews some of the world’s have to deal with when they fly out to Israel the Bidvest Wits fitness team come in to The teams need to go out and have fun, but greatestland Test sportsmen but on Sunday and women morning and looks I sat for nextEngland month half. to compete The remaining in the Maccabiah. 18 minutes assistme inmy ensuring win. that the players are well if they areThis going was to a bemonumental successful, they effort, will thatthrough common the denominatorreplay. Knowing that separatesthe result, Thewas men’splayed football somewhere team has on certainly the Boks’ been 22m preparedThere for theis no tournament. doubt we have some needperformed to play through on debut the pain. and already written themI could from put the the rest. excitement He discovered of a thatclose at the takingline. it seriously and have even called wonderful players in our team, but one into the folklore of South African cricket ageencounter of 10, Billie behind Jean andMoffatt dispassionately (later King) told for assistanceThere is of little a world-renowned doubt that England, soccer is never certain down which garden path history. herinterpret mother what that she I had was watched. going to win Wim- playerwhen - formerlyit comes from to attacking, Manchester are United’s equally coach Heyneke Meyer is leading them. So, while we might lack the attacking bledon.After I’m a surelittle many thought kids tell I came their toparents the treble-winninginept and they side certainly - to give themhad enough some But coming back to defence: All sports prowess of a Genghis Khan, South Afri- thingsfollowing like that,conclusion: but, alas, In never simple get closeterms, to all advice.chances. He might We kept not concedingbe as famous penalties as his illus in- are made up of offence and defence. It is can sport has elevated the art of defence success.that won us the game was an inspiration- triousthe dying father, moments but Jordi Cruyffbut one has has played to say for vital to have a balanced share of both. It to another level. I suppose there is an alAmong moment the from people Willem he interviewed Alberts werein which Barcelonathat England’s as well as decision Manchester to go United for posts and is also an art to know at which point of a advantage in playing not to lose... decathlete Daley Thompson, cricketer Ian is currently general manager of football at Botham, world No 1 squash player Jonah Maccabi Tel Aviv. Barrington, Stefan Edberg and a host of otherWhat’s The On coach of the Maccabi side is Shaun superstars.Sunday (DecemberHe looked at their2) eating habits Bishopprofessor of Mamelodi of English Sundowns, at Wits, and onit was “Please he and found that Thompson lived off fish and whoSir, persuaded I Want Cruyff Some to More”, hold a Charlestraining ses Dick-- chips• RCHCC from his is local rescreening fish and chip the shop. award-win- sionens with and the children players and in impartthis his his bicentenary knowl- Therening film,were two“The things Debt”, in particulardirected byhe John edgeyear. to the Time: team. 09:30. Contact: (011) 648- noticed. They all had great self-belief and It is always an advantage to get some infor- Madden and starring Helen Mirren, 1053, fax 086 273-3044. Donation: were prepared to do whatever it took to reach mation from somebody who has done it all Sam Worthington, Jessica Castain and R20. Join UJW for an informal tea after those great heights. and it was an experience the players felt was Tom Wilkinson. Venue: Clive M Beck the lecture. But perhaps the one common thread he immensely rewarding and inspiring. Auditorium. Time: 19:30. Donation: picked up in all of them, was their ability The South African team has been hard at R60. Booking: Hazel or René (011) 728- to handle pain - both physical and mental. workThursday since April (December last year and 6) their training Botham,8088/8378, for example, after went hours in (011) to bat 728-8378,for Eng- has been building up slowly to ensure they lande-mail: with a [email protected] finger and still ormanaged rene.s@ peak• UJW at the CT perfect adult time. education division hosts to scoretelkomsa.net 50 and help or his www.greatpark.co.za team to win. HighIsaac intensity Habib whotraining will sessions talk on are“Jewish cur- Life Pete Sampras got physically sick at the US rentlyin beingthe Island held four of timesRhodes a week – From at various Begin- Tennis• JJMC, Open with in the musicalquarter-finals, director even Evelyngot a soccerning fields to End”. in Johannesburg Venue: Stonehaven. and Cape Time: warningGreen for presents wasting time,a musical but still tribute managed to the Town10:00 and thefor level 10:30. of intensity Entrance: continues R20 to(incl to beatDoornfontein Spain’s Alex Corretja. Hebrew Congregation increaserefreshments). with each session. Enquiries: (021) 434- In(Lions this group Shul), I would “Memories like to add of Yesteryear”,jockey The9555. Cape Town-based players make every Antonas a Marcus. fundraiser He recently for the injured shul. hisThe thumb reper- effort to come up to Johannesburg for train- andtoire was toldwill he encompass needed urgent traditional surgery which Jew- ingFriday camps (Decemberand friendlies 7) as often as possible. ish songs. Secure parking. Time: 15:00. WorldTickets News available in Brief from Darla at R200. • The United Sisterhood has its year- 083-794-6358 [email protected] end book sale at the Benmore Gardens Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promotesShopping Centre. anti-Semitic Unwanted books and Monday (December 3) magazine donations are gladly accepted. conspiracy on Facebook beforeContact: Tel elections (011) 646-2409; fax (011) • UJW is hosting Marcia Leveson, former 646-4654. TEHRAN - On the eve of Iran’s June 14 presidential elections, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s promoted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on his Facebook profile by featuring the Worldlogo of the News American in IsraelBrief Public Affairs Committee accompanied by text reading: “The US presi- dent is being elected from only two parties while Zionist regime is controlling everything behind the POPEscenes.” CALLS FOR END TO PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS, NEW ME PEACE EFFORTS Additionally, Khamenei’s Facebook page said: “In Iran, there have been many presidents being ROMEelected - Atin a gatheringpure democratic in Rome process with Lebanon’s from ordinary new cardinal, people evenPope withoutBenedict any XVI affiliationlaunched toa new a party.” appeal forAnti-Defamation peace in Syria andLeague the MiddleNational East, Director the Associated Abraham Press Foxman reported. said in a statement: “Shame on the Ayatollah“The church for yet encourages again giving all voice efforts to forraw, peace full-throated in the world and and unadulterated in the Middle anti-Semitism, East, a peace thatthis timewill onlyin a beforum effective where if itmillions is based of on ordinary authentic Iranians respect see for otherand share people,” his Popemessage Benedict on the told eve the ofgathering, national whichelections.” included (JNS.org) 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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