What’s On In SA Jewish Community

SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF
Friday (November 21)

* UZLC hosts Prof. Barry Schoub on “Ebola – Do We Need to be Afraid?” Venue: Our Parents Home. Time: 12:45 – 14:00. Contact: Gloria 072-127-9421 or (011) 485-4851.

* Chabad Seniors Club presents a daily “Educational Academy for the Elderly”. Free transportation, occupational therapy, lectures and discussions, refreshments, lunch, Yiddish Club, iPad lessons, and much more. Venue: Chabad House Savoy. Time: 09:00 – 13:00. Information: Rabbi Ari Kievman (011) 440-6600 or www.chabadsouthafrica.org/seniors

Saturday evening (November 22)

* JHGC screens “A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake”, followed by a panel discussion with Nic Boraine, Sibulele Gcilitshana and Max du Preez. Venue: Ditsong Military Museum, Saxonwold. Time: 19:30. Admission free. RSVP: kim.nates@gmail.com or (011) 640-3100/2148.

* The Lewandowski Chorale presents “Concert in the Atrium” under Adam Golding with soloist Warren Bank and Friends of the Choir, accompanied by Kyle Mouseekaa-Nel on pipe organ. Venue: The Atrium, SW Engineering Building, East Campus, Wits. (Wheelchair accessible). Time: 20:00. Tickets: R160 available only in advance, from Di, 082-338-4462 or until today (Friday) from tickets@golding.za.net. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

Sunday (November 23)

* RCHCC hosts a group show of artwork by Sheila Huth, Joyce Goodman, Sandy Kuper and Bev Watson at the Centre. Opening today 18:00. Exhibition closes Wednesday December 10. Gallery hours: Monday – Thursday 09:00 – 16:00; Friday 09:00 – 12:00; Saturday closed. Information: Hazel or René (011) 728-8088, after hours (011) 728- 8378, e-mail: rchcc@telkomsa.net or rene.s@telkomsa.net

* Johannesburg Light Music Society meets at the Roosevelt Park Recreation Centre. Tom Considine will present “Western Music” and Jack Mink will present “Holiday in New York”. After interval, a movie. Time: 14:00 sharp. Enquiries: Marilyn, 072-243-7436 or Jack, 082-450-7622.

* The Majestic Film Society, together with The SA Military History Society and Radio Today, presents “Private Peaceful”, from the author of “War Horse”, Michael Morpurgo. It reflects an emotional, unbreakable bond between two brothers, from their childhood in rural Devon to the Battlefields of Flanders. Venue: Ditsong Museum of Military History, Saxonwold. Time: 15:00. Bookings: (011) 486-3648 or majestic@telkomsa.net

* In honour of the first female rabbi to serve a congregation in SA, Rabbi Julia Margolis invites you to an address by her and two other female religious leaders at the Women’s Gaol, Constitution Hill at 15:00.

Monday (November 24)

* Chabad Seniors Rosh Chodesh Club presents Comedian Cyril Green. Venue: Chabad House, Savoy. Time: 09:30. Information: (011) 440-6600 or rak@chabad.org.za

* Chabad Seniors Club presents “Memory Enhancement” with Cynthia Liptz, “Dynamic Lectures & Discussions”. Refreshments and lunch, iPad lessons etc. Venue: Chabad House, Savoy. Time: 09:00 – 13:00. Information: Rabbi Ari Kievman (011) 440-6600 or www.chabadsouthafrica.org/seniors

* JHGC screens “12 Minutes About Peace” and “Grey Matter” and discussion with director Kivu Ruhorahoza as part of “From the Trenches of the Marne to the Hills of Rwanda” series. Venue: Liliesleaf, Rivonia. Time: 18:30. Cost: R25. Limited seating, booking essential. Information: (011) 640-3100/2148 or kim.nates@gmail.com.

* UJW screens award-winning film based on the story of Britain’s Schindler, Sir Nicolas Winton “Nicky’s Family”. Venue: 1 Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Donation: R35. Contact: UJW office (011) 648-1053.

Tuesday (November 25) 

* Greenside Shul with Jewish Report (67 blankets for Nelson Mandela Day) and Greenside School who is sponsoring a venue and wool (with coffee and tea) every Tuesday and Thursday. Venue: 7A Chester Road, Greenside East. Time: 10:00. (011) 788-5036. Hope to see all the knitters and crocheters there.

* JHGC screens “12 Minutes About Peace” and “The Consul of Bordeaux”, part of “From the Trenches of the Marne to the Hills of Rwanda” series. Venue: Liliesleaf, Rivonia. Time: 18:30. Cost: R25. Limited seating, booking essential. Information (011) 640-3100/2148 or kim.nates@gmail.com.

Wednesday (November 26)

* Chabad’s Goodness & Kindness Centre presents “How our Shortcomings can Become Sources of Joy; Can we Grow from our Mistakes?” Venue: 8 Stella Street, Sandton Central. Time: 19:15. Information: (011) 440-6600 or jli@chabad.org.za www.JLI.org.za

* JHGC screens “Armistice”, part of “From the Trenches of the Marne to the Hills of Rwanda” series. Venue: Ditsong Military Museum, Saxonwold. Time: 19:30. Admission free. RSVP: kim.nates@gmail.com or (011) 6403100/2148.

* Sharon Lurie, “The Kosher Butcher’s Wife” with the UOS, hosts a fun-filled evening at Pine Street Shul where she’ll be demonstrating new salad recipes, while Pinchas Goldberg, head of Insect Research Lab at the UOS, will show how to check fruit, vegetables and herbs, the kosher way. Time: 19:00 for 19:15. RSVP: admin@pineshul.co.za, (011) 640-3101 (Sue). Seats are limited.

* Second Innings hosts an outing to Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens. Time: Bus leaves Golden Acres at 9:00. Cost: R140 (incl the bus, guided tour and entrance). Enquiries: Betty Jankelowitz, (011) 440-4751.

* UJW hosts Dr Lorraine Chaskalson, former lecturer in the Dept of English at Wits, on “Exploring the Wonders of Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’” part 5. Venue: 1 Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Donation: R35. Contact: UJW office (011) 648-1053.

Thursday (November 27)

* Chabad’s Goodness & Kindness Centre offers “Hebrew Reading Crash Course for Beginners” with Ephraim Zaslansky Time: 19:00. Venue: 8 Stella Street, Sandton Central. Time: 19:00. Information: (011) 440-6600 or jli@chabad.org.za www.JLI.org.za

* JWBS’s book sale at Benmore Gardens Shopping Centre. Information: Gloria, tel and fax (011) 485-5232.