Books

New Book: “The Travelling Rabbi – My African Tribe” by Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft as told to Suzanne Belling

by The SAJBD on 5 September 2012

in Books, The Travelling Rabbi - My African Tribe

 

Real anecdotes of real people; The Travelling Rabbi: My African Tribe is a story of one man’s journey to connect the trailing threads of the African Jewish community. Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, widely known as ‘The Travelling Rabbi’, is the spiritual leader of the Country Communities Department of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and the African Jewish Congress. His ‘territory’ encompasses thirteen countries – the entire African continent south of the Sahara – as well as the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar and Mauritius. [read more]

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Jubuntu: Jewish Doers in Education, Skills & Jobs

by The SAJBD on 21 June 2012

in Jubuntu, Reach

Last year at our Conference, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe appealed to the Board to assist in addressing the pressing challenges of education, skills development and job creation facing the country. He emphasised the talent, experience and resourcefulness of the SA Jewish community. [read more]

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Book Launches

by The SAJBD on 15 May 2012

in Jewish Memories of Mandela

Book Launch

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Jewish Memories of Mandela

by The SAJBD on 14 May 2012

in Books, Jewish Memories of Mandela

Read full reviews and articles on Jewish Memories of Mandela  To order for R400 (excluding postage and packaging), email Shirley Beagle beagle@beyachad.co.za or call +27116452583. Hurry – stocks are limited!

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Book Reviews

16 March 2012

David Batzofin in The Citizen, 16 March 2012  John Boje, “Coffee-Table books that make you think”, in The Star Tonight, 8 March 2012 Vivienne Atwood in the Sunday Tribune’s Sunday Magazine, 11 December 2011 John Boje, “From the history of humanity to portraits of power”, in the Pretoria News, 5 December 2011 Professor Reuben Musiker in Jewish Affairs, Channukah [...]

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Review of Jewish Memories of Mandela by Prof Reuben Musiker

28 November 2011

The world of the printed book continues to grow exponentially even in a digital age, which is itself peaking. A printed book continues to be born every thirty seconds, while well over a million titles are published annually. Electronic e-books have overtaken hard-covered printed books, yet neither format shows any sign of diminishing in number. [...]

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Cape Connections in Jewish Memories of Mandela

1 November 2011

Jewish Memories of Mandela, a landmark publication that was recently launched at the 46th national conference of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, tells the Mandela story as reflected in the lives and recollections of Jewish community members who were associated with him over the decades.

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What the Reviewers Thought

1 November 2011

“An impressive coffee-table book … a handsome, richly illustrated tribute to a great man and some of the … men and women … privileged to share part of his life journey … An attractive collector’s piece for those interested in Judaism and Mandeliana” John Boje, The Star Tonight

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The Ties That Bind

25 October 2011

By Amanda Watson There is no doubt that South African Jewry has played an enormous part in the tumultuous history of this country.

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Synopsis

11 October 2011

Nelson Mandela’s legal and political work brought him into contact with a vast array of Jewish people across the spectrum: lawyers and legal clerks, communists and communal leaders, business leaders and bankers, physicians and philanthropists, rabbis and rabble-rousers. Jewish Memories of Mandela – a new book published in August 2011 under the joint auspices of [...]

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