Aldo Donzis (Argentina), Richard Prasquier (France) and Wendy Kahn (SA) on a panel discussing “Challenges to World Jewry Today” at the ADL Conference in Washington DC
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Events
Over the past week, Yom Hashoah ceremonies were held under the auspices of the Board in all the main Jewish population centres. In addition, and possibly for the first time ever, a ceremony was held in Grahamstown as part of a visit by a delegation from the Board, SAZF and SAUJS to meet with the staff and students of Rhodes University and other members of the local community.
This year’s keynote speaker, Rena Quint, spoke at the Johannesburg and Durban ceremonies and afterwards addressed the community in Cape Town. Like all Holocaust survivors, the story she had to tell was a harrowing one. That being said, it was deeply inspiring to hear how despite this, she was able to go on to build a successful, fulfilling life for herself, including raising a family of committed, involved Jews. [read more]
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The SAJBD is responsible for organising the annual commemoration of the Holocaust on Yom Hashoah, held of the Hebrew date of 27 Nisan (usually April or May). In 2013, the Johannesburg ceremony was held at West Park Cemetery on Sunday 7 April 2012 at 10:30 AM.
“Rena Quint was liberated from Bergen-Belsen as a young child, with no memory of her real family. Taken away from her mother and later from her father, in the camps she had seen one adopted mother after another sent to the gas chambers, while she somehow survived the unspeakable — a lone flame among the ashes.” (From “Women Talk” by Debbie Shapiro).
Rena Quint went on to become a world-renowned speaker and human rights activist. She will provide Survivor testimony for this year’s Day of Remembrance Ceremony in Johannesburg at the Martyrs Monument on Sunday 7 April from 10:30 – 11:30. The Day of Remembrance is an internationally observed day that commemorates the Six Million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War. Ceremonies will take place throughout the country. Rena Quint’s story is below.
For more information please contact Charisse Zeifert on 082 427 2788.
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The 28th Annual Gandhi Walk has been scheduled to take place on Sunday 19th May 2013, at the Gandhi Hall, Impala Crescent, Ext.5, Lenasia.
Being the month of Autumn the distance of the walk as well as the times of commencement has been shortened. The 15 km walk has been reduced to 10 km and the 7 km to 5 km in order to encourage more participants to partake in a less strenuous, manageable and enjoyable walk. [read more]
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