Cape Jewish Chronicle

04/09/2025

Don’t miss the buzz – shopping, food, gifts, and rides! Fun for the whole family. Zion WIZO Cape Town's Rosh Hashanah Market this weekend!

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Don’t miss the buzz – shopping, food, gifts, and rides! Fun for the whole family. Register now for the Rosh Hashanah Market: https://forms.gle/WCSRyR1ojBDTPYcGA

02/09/2025

Here's your 🧡 Rosh Hashanah digital edition: https://cjc.org.za/2025/09/01/september-2025/

Wishing you and yours Chag Sameach! You’ll find many more festive wishes throughout this bumper edition. Shanah Tova u'Metukah!

On our cover this month: Honey for Yom Tov: Mensch JDC Ubuntu Beekeeping Programme

18/08/2025

Volunteers needed! Details below for telethon this week. Come on Cape Town, this is OUR Story!
UJC Cape Town, Oranjia, Glendale Home, Jewish Community Services Cape Town, Cape Jewish Seniors Association - CJSA, Nechama Counselling for the Bereaved Organisaton, Highlands House

🎉 24 Hours to go! 🎉

The We Are One Telethon is launching on 19, 20 & 21 August.
Seven Organisations. One Big Dream of providing dignity to every vulnerable member of our community

Join our We are One Telethon volunteer team and help us meet the needs of the most vulnerable in our community.

☎️Please click on the link below and pick a slot (or two!) to assist us in making calls to ensure we meet our target of R11M.

🔗https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849AEAE2DA7FDC43-57261792-weareone #/

📍Venue details upon registration.

Why wait? Donate to We are One ahead of the launch: Tap on the SnapScan or Fundnation link below. Every donation will be doubled!

🔗 https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/ucencgMZ
🔗 https://www.fundnation.org/weareone

08/08/2025

This special Women’s Month edition of the Cape Jewish Chronicle is packed with powerful stories of Jewish women from Cape Town to Israel and beyond. 💙 Read the August Cape Jewish Chronicle and be inspired! 🔗 https://cjc.org.za/2025/08/01/august-2025/

Shabbat Shalom 🕊

04/07/2025

Shabbat Shalom 💙 and a HUGE thank you to all our readers who have paid their 2025 subscription – YOU make it possible!

The July digital edition is packed with community news and stories.
👀 Take a look…

🔷 Flipbook: https://tinyurl.com/38t7ad5u
🔷 PDF: https://tinyurl.com/ye2av6uj
🔶 Web: https://cjc.org.za

30/06/2025

We’re evolving – and we’re just getting started! 💙 The Cape Jewish Chronicle has a bold new look, and we’re stepping into video to better connect with our vibrant, evolving community.

🎬 Watch our brand new video 👉 https://youtu.be/nko0wcjZ9m8

Cape Jewish Chronicle – It's our story.

05/06/2025

🇮🇱 Yom Ha'Atzmaut community celebrations took off with full ruach – and rave reviews! Read all about it, and much more in the June digital edition:

🔹 FLIPBOOK: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/5b52665d1d.html
🔹PDF:https://cjc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CJC-Digital-June2025.pdf

30/05/2025

Shabbat Shalom and 🍇 Happy Shavuot! – Catch these community Shavuot celebrations this weekend ➡️ https://cjc.org.za/2025/05/29/june-2025-community-events/

Chabad Of The West Coast - Cape Town, Temple Israel

🔹 Also catch Community Events later on in June, brought to you by: The Cape Town Florence Melton School Of Adult Jewish Learning, Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre, Jacob Gitlin Library, ORT Jet Cape Town

Cape Town Jewish community events this month. Organisation Event Date Info Chabad of the West Coast Shavuot Night Live – NYC Style Dinner Sunday, 1 June17H30 RSVP: [email protected] Temple Israel […]

30/05/2025

Check it out: 'Patterns of Identity' – a ceramics exhibition by Josemarie Nyagah and V’Mordechai Ceramics – on until 3 June.

The exhibition creates a rich conversation about heritage and the universal experience of crafting identity across borders and traditions.

More details here:

Shalom from Cape Town! We invite you and your community to “Patterns of Identity,” our ceramics exhibition opening May 29th at 1895 Gallery. My name is Jason Eisen, I’m a Jewish American […]

12/05/2025

Have you checked your Email Inbox? 📬 The May issue is here!

Get the May issue here:
➡️ Flipbook https://tinyurl.com/c2cu9mwv
➡️ PDF https://tinyurl.com/bdcpms7x
➡️ Website cjc.org.za

Didn’t get the May issue? You might not be on the list — Go to cjc.org.za to register for our Newsletter Email and stay in the loop!

🔹 Cover Story: Cape Town’s Vehagevurah memorial ceremony
South African Zionist Federation - Cape Council
Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies

24/04/2025

Yesterday marked a significant milestone in the fight against antisemitism. The Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies appeared in the Equality Court in Cape Town, seeking a finding against local comedian Thomas Leyland Torr for hate speech against the Jewish community.

Get the details:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 April 2025 Cape SAJBD Takes Thomas Torr to Equality Court for Antisemitic Hate Speech Cape Town, South Africa — Today marked a significant milestone in the […]

22/04/2025

📲 Book now for Yom Ha’atzmaut via this link: https://tinyurl.com/CTCarnival