Lifestyle/Community
What’s On in SA Jewish Community
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
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Friday (January 23)
* UZLC hosts motivational speaker Judy Jaye on “Conflict is an Inevitable Part of Life”. Venue: Our Parents Home. Time: 12:45 – 14:00. Contact: Gloria (011) 485-4851 or 072-127-9421.
Sunday (January 25)
* RCHCC rescreens by public demand “The Jewish Cardinal”, based on the true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger. Venue: Clive M Beck Auditorium. Time: 19:30. Donation: R70 (incl refreshments). Booking: Hazel or René (011) 728-8088/8378; after hours (011) 728-8378; e-mail: rchcc@telkomsa.net or rene.s@telkomsa.net or www.greatpark.co.za
* Second Innings hosts Kate Turkington on “More Magical Journeys With Kate”. Venue: Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Cost: R20 members, visitors R30 (incl tea and light refreshments). Contact: Hylton Marks: (011) 532-9616.
Monday (January 26)
* UJW hosts Stephen Sack, CEO of the Origins Centre at Wits, on “Story of the Origins”. Venue: 1 Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Cost: R35. Contact: (011) 648-1053.
Wednesday (January 28)
* UJW hosts Dr Lorraine Chaskalson, former lecturer in the Dept of English at Wits, on “Contemporary Poetry”. Venue: 1 Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Cost: R35. Contact: (011) 648-1053.
* Temple Israel in PE hosts a “Bingo Evening” at 19:00. Cost: R60 (incl tea or coffee and cake). Information: Yolanda Yonah Blackman, (041) 373-6642 (08:00 – 13:00).
Thursday (January 29)
* JH & GC and partners host a talk by Yiftach Ashkenazy (Yad Vashem) on “Liberated But Not Free: 70 Years Since the Liberation of Auschwitz”. Venue: Ditsong Museum of Military History, Saxonwold. Time: 19:30 (admission free). Contact: RSVP to shirley@jhbholocaust.co.za or (011) 640-3100/2148.