VOLUME 34 No 9 OCTOBER 2017 www.cjc.org.za The My Family Story exhibition Israel rushes significant aid overseas comes to Cape Town in a week of world disasters On 17 August, Herzlia Grade 8 of each pupil’s By Nicky Blackburn for Israel21c finalists and parents gathered at work and how they The South African Jewish Museum engaged creatively for the opening of the My Family with their own Story exhibition, an ongoing family history. While it was worldwide, Jewish International extremely difficult Heritage Competition. to select a single Mia Flax winner, first place he My Family Story competition went to Mia Flax who interpreted her Tgives Jewish children the chance family history by creating a model of to research their family histories a dress worn by her grandmother and and create a personal, artistic then adding layers to the dress that representation of their findings. This link to her own experiences. year, 155 institutions and more than Mia will be flown to Israel where 20 000 students from 25 countries in her project will be exhibited in Beth the Diaspora took part. This was the Hatfutsot (The Museum of the Jewish first year that Herzlia Middle School People) in Tel Aviv along with all the Shops and businesses in Miami prepare for Hurricane Irma. Photo via Shutterstock participated and 26 finalists had their other international winners. Israeli humanitarian-aid groups IsraAID. “There are so many massive projects exhibited at the SAJM. went to Florida as the worst events going on worldwide.” See page 32 for more It was moving to see the originality hurricane on record barrelled into “This is rare,” added Shachar the state, threatening tornados, Zahavi, founder of nongovernmental catastrophic storm surges, strong aid agency iAID. “it’s really not common to have so many disasters LaunchPad — a place to create the winds and flooding, and sending all at one go. We are all rushing to over seven million people fleeing Jewish Community of your dreams keep up.” from their homes. “This kind of reaction from Israel the bottom tip of Africa. LaunchPad For the second year running, the is not unusual these days,” said takes people out of their everyday LaunchPad retreat catapulted ther Israeli aid teams made their Raphael Poch, International Media lives and creates an opportunity to 32 young Jewish changemakers, Oway to Mexico, which was hit Spokesman for United Hatzalah. connect, think, dream and build an dreamers, leaders, and by a deadly earthquake in the same “Since the earthquake in Nepal in aligned network of people who are entrepreneurs from across week and offered aid to communities 2015, Israel has become expert in passionate about creating a vibrant South Africa into the LaunchPad in Haiti and the Caribbean, also search and rescue and disaster aid. and thriving SA Jewish community. devastated by the powerful Hurricane We are a country that knows how community. With the input, creativity and passion Irma. to do this well, and we are happy to of the participants, innovative “We’ve never seen anything like share our knowledge with the rest of his three-day retreat of strategies and solutions were this,” said Mickey Noam-Alon, from the world.” Tnetworking, learning and developed and will continue to be connecting was a unique opportunity refined and turned into action! To read this article in full visit www.israel21c.org to engage deeply with the complex Continues on page 23 landscape in which we live as Jews on WIZO Yom Tov Market a sweet success Michelle Miller, Bev Zetler, Bessie Measroch and Glickie Bloom LaunchPad 2017 Cohort at the popular Zetler Strawberries stand See more on page 24 2 Cape Jewish Chronicle October 2017 CONTENTS VOLUMEVOLUME 34 33 No No 9 OCTOBER5 JUNE 2016 2017 Contributors Page 3 Lindy with a why Page 4 Community noticeboard Shabbat times Subscription notice Page 6-7 Board of Deputies Page 8, 27 The Shabbos Project Page 9 Melton Page 10 SA Zionist Federation Page 11 Youth Page 12 Diller Israel Centre Page 13 Ort SA Cape Page 14 Union Orthodox Synagogues 12 Page 16 Temple Israel Page 17 Telfed Mensch Page 18 Jewish Care Cape Page 19-21 Cape Jewish Seniors Page 22 Jewish Community Services Glendale Page 23 LaunchPad Page 24 WIZO’s Yom Tov Market Page 26 Cape Town Holocaust Centre Union of Jewish Women — Women of Courage Page 28-30 United Herzlia Schools Page 31 The Herzlia Foundation Page 32 Letters to the Editor 16 South African Jewish Museum Page 33 Unearthed vessel shows rituality of food storage Senior Herzlia position offered Page 34 Gitlin Library Page 35 Simcha Snaps Page 36 SAJBD Chronic ads Page 38 Using my Nudel Page 39 A view from the bar Community leadership position offered 19 23 PLEASE NOTE The Cape Jewish Chronicle’s CJC EDITORIAL BOARD CSO emergency number for Chairman: Lester Hoffman. 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FINANCIAL You should always obtain independent expert advice prior to making any financial investment, commercial or other decisions. Do not enter into any transactions of the above nature, based partly or wholly on the content of any advertisements or articles published in the Cape Jewish Chronicle. Cape Jewish Chronicle October 2017 3 Lindy with a why Why do we remember what we do? Trust is not given. I was in shul a few weeks ago and but all I remember It's Earned. on a whim I decided to start saying clearly is the image of her face reflected The only thing life cannot take from you is the ability to choose your own way. the Amidah in Hebrew again. But don’t trust our words, trust our actions. MGI Bass Gordon - Since 1935. in the dressing have been reading it in English for table looking back I over 20 years now, but at school at me. She was we used to say it in Hebrew so the most important somewhere in my mind, I knew that I thing to me and my knew the words. My Hebrew reading whole memory of that time anchored is fair, so I figured I would start with a around her. passage here and there and relearn My first childhood memories are not them. Well, my mind just kicked into of fun things. I had a lovely childhood, gear, and after two decades the but I seem only to remember the words just came into my head again. incidents that weren’t positive; A There was the Amidah, in Hebrew, haircut I hated, watching It which waiting for me to say it. It had waited scared me half to death and firmly a long time. removed any positive feelings I had We experience the world through about clowns, as well as other small our senses, and in turn, our memories slights that children feel. are things we have sensed, through Now we are trying to help our children our touch, taste, hearing, sight and anchor their senses around positive smell. As you sense, and make sense memories for their adulthoods. One of the world around you, your brain of the tools we use to do this is giving saves the information you think is them books as gifts. I write the reason important to save. for the gift in the front, with the date. The most important information I let them watch me write. We read it makes its way from your short term together. Now, when they reread that to your long term memory, which book in 10 years time, there will be doesn’t have the same limitations as many sensory triggers to help them short term memory. The human brain recall the precious memory. The sight 021 405 8500 www.bassgordon.co.za appears to be able to hold an unlimited of the message, the sound of our number of long-term memories for an voices reading it, the feel of the book indefinite amount of time.