We have made this our 25th anniversary special issue, and apart from the 60 pages, a particularly attractive 8-page wrapper has been compiled.
This issue itself is our most colourful yet, with advertisers and organisations enthusiastically ‘coming to the party’.
As ever, we try to place the most significant stories on page 1, usually with follow-ups within the paper. So that is a good place to begin the ‘long read’.
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| The Solly Kaplinski Shield for service, helpfulness and consideration to others was awarded to five worthy recipients who have all demonstrated a singular commitment to the ethos of the school, and exemplified the spirit and true meaning of service with dedication, integrity and honour: Dylan Oblowitz, Sam Besser, Samuel Surdut, Daniel Tadmor and Abigail Gotlieb with Geoff Cohen. |
After a decade of this column, Israel is less secure than when I started writing it — and it is political inertia and a lack of peace — not Iran, Hamas, or Hizbollah — that are the reasons why
After 10 years of being the Cape Jewish Chronicle columnist, the time has come to write my last ever column. All things must come to an end, and what better time to call it a day than on one’s 10th anniversary
As I started to consider how to approach this column, it began to dawn on me just how long a decade is, and in particular when it comes to the Middle- East and associated matters. What a remarkable, eventful and momentous decade it has been — a period that has seen so many highs and so many lows, which started with talks of peace and that has ended during years of uncertainly and conflict.
It has been the ultimate political rollercoaster.
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In the age of the individual with differing outlooks, how do we operate as a community?
We live in an age in which individualism has been elevated to a status unknown in earlier times and this presents a challenge to a community whose cultural and religious expression has been largely communal rather than individual.
In Judaism, community is viewed not as an imposition or even as a pragmatic social structure, but as a value which implies solidarity and commitment, and which gives people a sense of belonging and identity. This is embodied in terms such as ‘Klal Yisrael’, and in statements such as ‘Kol Yisrael arevim zeh bazeh or al tifros min hatsibor’.
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| Investec 1: Rob Cohen, Greg Anderson, Trevor Morris and Igor Vukic. |
Obsessive checking of expert weather prediction websites every few hours, hanging brooms in trees and forks in the soil, fervent praying to the higher power, even jokingly enlisting the help of rabbis in this quest for sunshine seemed to have had no effect as Thursday 5 November dawned.
The heavens opened and hasty relocation of the envisioned outdoor registration area, including the temporary ‘Coffeeright’ pavement café was required. A tad disappointing, but the YAD team soldiered on; nothing was going to hamper the success of this event following three months of dedicated planning of the Annual YAD Corporate Charity Golf event 2009, proudly sponsored by key ‘players’ Macsteel and Stenham.
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