What’s On in SA Jewish Community

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Friday (June 17)

* UZLC hosts Les Markowitz on “The Secrets of Retirement”. Venue: Our Parents Home. Orchards. Time: 12:45 – 14:00. Contact: Gloria (011) 485-4851.

Sunday (June 19)

* RCHCC screens the documentary “David Oistrakh – Artist of the People?” Venue: Clive M Beck Auditorium. Time: 19:30. Donation: R50 (incl refreshments). Booking: Hazel or René (011) 728-8088/8378, a/h (011) 728-8378 or e-mail: rchcc@telkomsa.net or rene.s@telkomsa.net or www.greatpark.co.za

* JJAC invites Jewish singles aged 27 – 49 to the Gateway to Space Exhibition at the Sandton Convention Centre. Cost R180. E-mail whatson@jjac.co.za to book.

* Second Innings hosts an outing to the show “Joseph and his Famous Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Time: Show starts promptly at 17:30; the bus departs from Golden Acres promptly at 15:30. Cost: R180 per ticket in the best seats; R110 per person for the bus. Book with Fay Smaller (011) 640-5839 or Ros Berman (011) 880-6864.

* Second Innings hosts Daphne Kuhn, actress, director, producer, on “The Jewish Contribution to Showbiz”. Venue: The Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Cost: R20 members, R40 visitors (incl tea and light refreshments). Contact: Linda Fleishman (011) 532-9701.

Monday (June 20)

* UJW hosts Dr John Kani, actor, director and playwright, Actor, chairman of National Arts Council SA, on “Arts and Change”. Venue: I Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Donation: R40. Everyone welcome – men and women. Booking not necessary. Contact: UJW office (011) 648-1053.

Tuesday (June 21)

* JH&GC in partnership with the UN Refugee Agency and the UN Information Centre, host a screening of the documentary “No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story” at 19:00 at the JH&GC, Forest Town. Admission free. Seating limited. Booking: shirley@jhbholocaust.co.za or (011) 640-3100/2148. Donations welcome.

Wednesday (June 22)

* WIZO Johannesburg hosts social entrepreneur Adi Altschuler for its “Biennial Campaign 2016/17”. Time: 18:30. Cost: R100 (limited seating). Contact (011) 645-2515 or wizojhb@beyachad.co.za for bookings and venue details.

* Chev Social Services’ Enrich 2016 presents “Good Food Good Mood: Making Sense of Dietary Trends” with Tabitha Hume (dietician) and Clare Appleyard (co-founder of Katannuta) at the Jewish Life Centre in Strathavon. Cost: R50 (incl light refreshments). Time: 19:45. Booking: Sharon (011) 532-9616/enrich@jhbchev.co.za

* JJAC invites Jewish singles aged 27 – 49 to a quiz evening in Parktown North. Cost R50. E-mail whatson@jjac.co.za to book.

* Second Innings is hosting a tour of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. The bus departs at 09:30 from Golden Acres and the tour starts at 10:30 at the Centre. Cost: R140 includes the bus and a donation to the Holocaust & Genocide Centre. Book with Betty Kowal (011) 485-2526 or Fanny Baumann (011) 346-0767.

* UJW Adult Education Division hosts Dr Lorraine Chaskalson, former lecturer dept. of English at Wits, on her fifth lecture on Hamlet. Venue: 1 Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Donation: R40. Contact: UJW offices: (011) 648-1053.

Sunday (June 26)

* WIZO Tzabar hosts a charity fundraiser of “The Whole Megillah According to Harry Sideropolis”. Venue: The pop-up theatre corner Glenhove and 5th Avenue, Melrose Estate. Time: 18:30. Cost: R250. Bookings: Raya 083-377-2970 or Batya (011) 645-2517.

* Second Innings hosts Fiona Capstick, sworn translator in the High Court on “The Role Played by Jewish Translators in the Transfer of Knowledge Across Cultures in Mediaeval Europe”. Venue: The Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Cost: R20 members, R40 visitors (incl tea and light refreshments). Contact: Linda Fleishman (011) 532-9701.