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    My Shtetl.co.za is in the process of being migrated from its present host server to a new host. Comments made on the site or letters to our info@myshtetl.co.za address in the next 24 hours will not appear once the site has been migrated. We will make an announcement in this space once the migration has been completed.

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  • Know what you need to... first!
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    Your TOP NEWS on MyShtetl. Headline news for SA Jewry, updated hourly by news-leaders: The Times, Jerusalem Post and Business Day. UPDATED NEWS

  • Chabadgirl gets better & better

    CHABADGIRL's recent blog, "JEWS, INTERRUPTED", became the most read single content item on MyShtetl, ever! It had eighteen comments posted.

    We were so busy watching her numbers that we forgot to flag last week’s, "THE BAALEI TESHUVA EXPERIENCE", which we think is her best yet. Read it. "Being baalat teshuva is magnificent ... but... Becoming a citizen of the USA for a foreign national can take 3-8 years, becoming accepted as Jewish seems to take generations even when you’re not a ger."

    Her latest, "JEWISH WEDDINGS ROCK", also looks like a great read. "I told her what I was up to she became one of my most ardent cheerleaders. She was there each and every time I found some ‘incontrovertible’ evidence about my lineage to give to the Beth Din and she was just as present when I was left shattered as they kept asking me for more. Ultimately, when ... I was finally accepted as Jewish it was her I phoned first"

    Remember you can join hundreds of Shtetlers and subscribe to our bloggers at the bottom of any blog. You’ll be notified by e-mail when there is a new posting.

  • FRESH NEWS “YOU” NEED MOST
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    See our Media>News section for the most up to date and relevant news for SA Jews. It gets updated throughout the day, 24/7!
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    We also bring you the most up-to-date and broadest Events Calendar and Community News.

  • Thursday matinee for ex-SA man's acclaimed film
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    Don’t miss the highly acclaimed film "The Zookeeper" directed by ex Jo’burger RALPH ZIMAN (Director of award winning "Jerusalema"), at 14h00 on Thursday 20 Aug at the RCHCC.

Contributor Profiles

  • Surprise result to “Jewish” search
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    A fairly innocuous search on a cellphone application website (using the word "Jewish”) led to Nazi & Hitler themes being offered. That's a problem, writes Josh Topolsky, no matter how you look at it.

  • A gift from G-d, or a curse?
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    I was born with an enquiring mind. In some ways it is a gift from G-d. In others, it’s a curse.

    The gift part is that one never gets bored. The pain in the posterior part is that it is not something one can simply switch off.

    CLICK to read Ant’s blog

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  • PK’s enters kosher Joburg scene
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    New owners Lionel Marcus and Gerald Rubin have re-branded Shirley’s to PK’s, for Passionately Kosher. And that’s exactly what these two well-known food fundis promise to deliver to the kosher community.

  • Kollel sale launch was packed
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    The annual Kollel Clearance Sale started with a bang yesterday but sales were 8% down on last year’s record, says owner David Aronowitz. The shop puts out new 75% items all the time. So, from as little as R92.50 you can spend a day in the life of the IDF in pics and captions. Worth buying and stashing for when you don’t know what to get someone (or forgot to buy a present).

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  • We went missing!
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    For the first time in a year, MyShtetl was off line for most of a day. Thanks to all who frantically confirmed your favourite site had not disappeared forever. Thank G-d we can report that nothing is further from the truth.

  • A bit of fun: April foolery
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    Were you caught by our April Fool prank stories at all?

    Send links to your friends and see if you can catch them out.

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