What’s on in the Jewish Community

SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF

Friday (October 16)

* JWBS diaries for 2016 now available and selling for R60 each. Desk tent calendars selling for R40 each. Monies raised will go towards assisting the destitute in the community, as well as food, clothing, tertiary and remedial education. Contact: (011) 485-5232 or selling at JWBS office at Sandringham Gardens.

Sunday (October 18)

* Chabad’s Tefillin Club with “Shacharis and Breakfast” at 08:15 at the Shul in Sandton Central. Information: rak@chabad.org.za

* Johannesburg Jewish Activities Club hosts “Amazing Race Soweto”. Meet at Firzt Realty head office  in Glenhove Road, entrance via 5th Street. Time: 08:30. Cost: R650. First 10 entrants to pay get a discounted rate of R499. A tour company will take us into Soweto where we will be taken to various historical places of interest, ending off with a picnic. Bring food for a picnic. Payment: Sheli Berger Nedbank 1970799064, branch code Sandton City Retail 197005. Reference “Your name – Soweto” – e-mail proof of payment to pay@jjac.co.za

* The Tony Yoko Quartet Concert takes place at 15:00 at Inyoni Retirement Village, 200 Modderfontein Road, Lyndhurst. Proceeds to go to Hatzollah. Booking and time: Rollo Berman tel (011) 786-8275 or cell 073-936-6546.

* Second Innings is hosting Bryan Hirsch on “Are We Depriving Ourselves of a Few Luxuries So We Can Leave Our Children a Large Nest Egg?” Venue: The Gerald Horwitz Lounge, Golden Acres. Time: 10:00 for 10:30. Cost: R20 members, R30 visitors (incl tea and refreshments). Contact: Linda Fleishman (011) 532-9701.

* UJW hosts Isobel Frye, director Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute on “Poverty and Inequality in South Africa: Are we Making Progress?” Venue: 1 Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Donation: R35. Contact: UJW office (011) 648-1053.

Tuesday (October 20)

* The Cape Town Holocaust Centre screens the short film “Memory Keepers”, followed  by a discussion with the director Molly Blank. Venue: 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens. Time: 18:00. RSVP: (021) 462-5553 or admin@holocaust.org.za English and Hebrew with English subtitles

Wednesday (October 21)

* Chev Social Services/CAJE’s “Enrich Your Life” series presents “Living With a Label – The Debate Around Childhood Psychiatric Diagnosis” with Judith Ancer and Dr Linda Kelly. Venue: Sydenham Shul Hall. Time: 19:45. Cost: R40 (incl light refreshments). Booking: Sharon (011) 532-9616 or sharonp@jhbchev.co.za

* WIZO Cyrildene and Tzabar host their “Traditional Israeli Breakfast”, featuring performer Anita Scott (Maraney). Time: 09:30 for 10:00 at the home of Yvonne Jawitz, Oaklands. Cost: R160. Contact: Nadine: (011) 645-2515 / wizojhb@beyachad.co.za, Molly: (011) 264-2140 / 083-378-1702 or Naomi: 082-496-1111.

* King David Sandton has its annual art exhibition at the Morningside Shopping Centre in Rivonia at 18:00. Contact: Geordie Nicholls, (011) 253-7440, e-mail: spinfo@sabje.co.za.

* UJW hosts Dr Lorraine Chaskalson, former lecturer in the Dept of English at Wits, on “The Written Word Leaps Off the Page” – first in a series. Venue: 1 Oak Street, Houghton. Time: 09:30. Donation: R35. Contact: UJW office (011) 648-1053.

* Second Innings screens the documentary of the Nazi art plunder, “Rape of Europe” presented by Selwyn Klass. Venue: The Ditsong Museum of Military History, Saxonwold. Time: 09:15 for 09:45. Cost: R80 payable in advance (incl tea). Enquiries: Betty Kowal. Contact Linda Fleishman (011) 532-9701. Book early.

* WIZO Cyrildene branch and WIZO Tzabar host musician and singer Anita Maraney. An Israeli breakfast will be served. Venue: Home of Yvonne Jawitz, Oaklands. Contact: Nadine (011) 645-2515 or wizojhb@beyachad.co.za