Geoff Sifrin (Haaretz)
By Geoff Sifrin (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward 2,000 South African Women Join Mass Challah Baking
More than 2,000 South African Jewish women converged on a street in Johannesburg’s Glenhazel neighbourhood two weeks ago to learn the intricacies of preparing challah – the bread Jews customarily eat on Friday nights when saying Kiddush to mark the onset of Shabbat. The street had been closed Thursday evening, with permission from the city…
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Fast Forward South Africa University Hit by Anti-Israel Protest
A proud bastion of anti-apartheid, the University of the Witwatersrand, found itself the target last week after the Johannesburg school hosted an Israeli jazz quartet – triggering a round of protests by anti-Israel activists. During the era of apartheid, the 1960s to the 1980s, Wits University in Johannesburg seethed with protest. The school offered academic…
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