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Wha’ts on in SA Jewish Community
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Sunday (January 24)
* UJW’s House & Garden Circle is holding a spectacular garden show. Join us in viewing a spectacular formal garden. Guest speaker: Keith Kirsten. Entertainment: Laurie Levine. Venue: 57 3rd Avenue, Inanda. Booking essential. Donation: R120 per person. Booking: UJW Office (011) 648-1053 or info@ujw.co.za
* Second Innings hosts Desiree Levine on “The Power of Gratitude”. Venue: The Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Cost: R20 members, R30 visitors (incl tea and light refreshments). Contact: Linda Fleishman (011) 532-9701.
Tuesday (January 26)
* JJAC hosts a movie night at Sandton City. Time: 19:00. Meet at bottom of escalator by the movies and decide what to see and book from there to see the movie. E-mail whatson@jjac.co.za with ”Movie 26 January” in the subject line and your name and cell.
Wednesday (January 27)
* JH&GC and partners mark International Holocaust Memorial Day with keynote speaker, Prof Dina Porat, head historian, Yad Vashem, on “The Individual in Historic Turning Points: Abba Kovner and Lithuanian Jewry as a Test Case”. Time: 19:30. Venue: Ditsong Military History Museum, Saxonwold. Admission free. Booking: shirley@jhbholocaust.co.za or (011) 640-3100/2148.
Thursday (January 28)
* The Cape Town Holocaust Centre is hosting the “International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust” and the official opening of the refurbished exhibition at the Centre. Time: 18:00. Venue: Cape Town Holocaust Centre. RSVP: (021) 462-5553 or admin@holocaust.org.za. Please bring some form of identity. Keynote address by Prof Dina Porat, chief historian at Yad Vashem.
* Join WIZO every Thursday for a “Lunch & Learn” shiur with Rabbi Michael Katz at 13:00 at Beyachad. Information: WIZO Office (011) 645-2515.
Ashley Pikoos
February 7, 2024 at 8:21 pm
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