A very clever spoof of the now infamous Zapiro cartoon on THAT bar mitzvah has been doing the rounds today. The faux cartoonist cleverly signs his name as “Nohero.” We publish this with apologies to the bar mitzvah boy – see main story.

The Beth Din and PnP Pesach guide is now available at PnP stores in the Shtetl areas. It includes a Hagaddah for the first time.
The Rosh Beth Din thanks the staff at the UOS and PnP for their efforts.

JWBS’s Ben Arc Gift Shop once again offers a whole array of stunning gifts for Pesach. These gifts have been designed to cater for all tastes, budgets and needs. And they deliver to all suburbs.

Adding substance to their recent submission to MyShtetl.co.za warning the community that Pesach is “peak missionary season,” our friend at Jews for Judaism have submitted pictures of Jews for Jesus activists at work.

The Klerksdorp Jewish Community remind us that they are 'alive and active' and expect as many at 90 at their communal Seder at their Shul. Read more about this community...

Torah Academy Nursery School is inviting all their parents to a most memorable Mother & Daughter Mother’s Day breakfast, this Sunday. Stunning guest speaker Ros Basserabie, as well as a lucky draw & prizes to win.

First 500 kids at Chabad parade will get t-shirts, visors and placards. Marching bands and colourful floats will guide the parade before everyone has a feast of fun this Sunday.

Rosh Beth Din thanks staff at the UOS and PnP for their efforts.

The 2010 bumper Pesach Guide is expected to be available in PnP stores early next week.

Pesach is “peak missionary season” say J4J in submitting this warning. I am a proud Jew and I absolutely abhor Jewish traitors to our people. They are and have always been our worst enemies!

When Rab Silberhaft isn’t wearing his ubiquitous black cap with bold white print saying “The Travelling Rabbi,” he wears two other hats. One is as the Rabbi of the 2,800-odd Jewish residents living in country communities; and the other as the head of the African Jewish Congress – which represents the 1,000-odd Jewish residents of 12 neighbouring states. Now you know why he travels so much!

Kosher cruises, Pesach holidays 2010, kosher travel, gourmet kosher cuisine, exotic destinations with all your kosher travel and Jewish observance needs catered for. Sound appealing? Treat yourself.

This Sunday SABC 2 will feature two Jewish religious items – one at an insert on the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the other a documentary on counting the Omer.

The joyous holiday of Tu B’Shvat celebrates our great gratitude to G-d over the trees and fruits of Eretz Yisrael. Shtetler/blogger “babchon” submitted this article which takes the Aliyah view he so vigorously expounds.

The American Presidency ignored Chanukah for 200 years until one of Jewish America’s least liked Presidents, Jimmy Carter, lit the National Menorah in 1979. Read the fascinating history.

A giant menorah will stand in the parking lot of Village Walk centre in Rivonia Road over Chanukah (the eight day festival of light which celebrates the triumph of light over darkness).

The Rosh Hashanah edition of the UOS’s popular Jewish Tradition Magazine is now available online. All previous editions are also available online on the UOS’s website - www.uos.co.za.
The UOS also invites any comments from the community on their magazines. These can be sent by e-mail to tradition@uos.co.za.

The UOS will once again be supplying quality Arba Minim for Sukkot - approved by the Johannesburg Beth Din.
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