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24 HASHALOM August
2016
August 2016
HASHALOM
25
Talmud Torah
COMMUNITY NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS
By Alana Baranov
By Cheryl Unterslak
The second term has been filled with fun and excitement as we experienced the Exodus from Egypt and began counting the days of the Omer until
we received our most precious gift, the Torah.
Those children from Talmud Torah who attended the Eden Seder participated enthusiastically and loved learning about the symbolism of the food on
their Seder plate. Thank you, Norma, for a wonderful Seder and for making us so welcome.
The despair we felt after commemorating Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron turned to joy as we celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut. The children made
beautiful crafts, learnt about the Israeli national anthem and the map of Israel.
For Shavuot the children took home gifts of chocolates (a milk product to symbolize the Torah being sustenance to us, as milk is to a baby) and flowers
(from the Midrash that the foot of Mt Sinai was carpeted in flowers in anticipation of the giving of the Torah). We visited Eden where the children made
their own delicious pizzas and Shlomo held a fun Shavuot quiz.
The Young Israel Centre hosted the most phenomenal Shabbaton over the Shabbat of the 24th and 25th of June. Bnei Akiva Johannesburg sent down
2 fantastic madrichot, Ariella and Gabi, to spend the weekend with the Durban community.
On Friday night 8 boys enjoyed a delicious Shabbat dinner and slept over at the Young Israel Centre. After midnight snacks, games and eventually going
to bed at 2:30am, the boys were up and ready for shul by 9:00am.
After shul over 30 children, from 5 different schools, arrived at the Young Israel Centre for the monthly Youth lunch. Everyone had a fantastic afternoon
eating, playing and relaxing together, before returning to Shul for a Gurim tochnit run by the Madrichot.
After Shabbat, the Bnei Akiva madrichot hosted a movie evening. 10 Children arrived and enjoyed the movie, the Smurfs, as well as popcorn, chips
and cool drinks.
‘Devil’s Wood’ ‘No Asylum’
Screening - World Refugee Day
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On Tuesday June 14th, the Durban
Holocaust Centre in partnership with
Alliance Francaise de Durban, hosted
the performance of the outstanding play
‘Devil’s Wood’ at our Centre.
In July 2016, South Africa commemorated the Centenary of the
WWI Battle of Delville Wood, when 3 200 troops of the South
African Infantry Brigade arrived on the battlefield of Delville
Wood in the department of La Somme, France. This battle became
one of the deadliest Somme engagements of the First World War,
in which the Union of South Africa lost almost two-thirds of the
complement of its Overseas Expeditionary Force in less than a
week of warfare.
As part of the remembrance of the Delville Wood battle, the
French Institute of South Africa, the Alliance Française network,
the Goethe Institute and the South African Holocaust & Genocide
Foundation organized a series of events to commemorate the
Union of South Africa’s engagement in the First World War.
Playwright and director Sylvaine Strike created a performance
alongside an exciting young cast to poetically convey the
experience of young men who volunteered to be sent to the
European battlefront, as well as the feelings back home in South
Africa, a country geographically remote from the worst horrors
of WWI. The play ‘Devil’s Wood’ was performed at the DHC to
a capacity audience and the acting of Thabo Rametsi, Daniel
Geddes and Thishiwe Ziqubu was enthralling.
On Sunday June 19th, the
DHC screened the remarkable
documentary ‘No Asylum’ in
honour of World Refugee Day
on Monday June 20th 2016.
‘No Asylum’ shines a light on
the untold chapter of the Anne
Frank story, revealing new
information about her father,
Otto Frank, and his struggle
to obtain visas and save his
family during the Holocaust.
‘No Asylum’ shares details of the Frank family story before they
went into hiding. Anne Frank’s family was later denied refugee
status in several countries, including the United States. Otto
Frank’s recently discovered letters reveal for the first time the
family’s plight, story that closely mirrors the experiences of
many struggling through the refugee crisis today.
The screening formed part of ‘The Other Peoples’ Film Festival’
held in various venues around Durban to mark World Refugee
Day in partnership with various Durban non-governmental
organizations and civil society groups, such as Refugee Social
Services, Amnesty International, the Diakonia Centre, Legal
Resources Centre, Lawyers for Human Rights, Refugee Pastoral
Care, Alliance Francaise and the Durban Holocaust Centre.
The actors of ‘Devil’s Wood’,Thabo Rametsi and Daniel Geddes with Thishiwe Ziqubu
addressing the audience.
Rabbi Vegoda visited Crawford and gave a
fascinating lesson on the importance of empathy.
Some of the girls and boys watching the movie.
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performance – 100 Years of
Memory: South Africa and WW1
By Jessica Stout
Young Israel Centre