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YOUR 2018 GUIDE
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video productionsMessage from the organisers You asked for more, and so the second Jewish Literary Festival (JLF) is here, with a programme that’s been deemed ‘quite remarkable’. We are proud and grateful to be a beneficiary this year of the United Communal Fund of the United Jewish Campaign (UJC), as this puts us firmly on the Jewish communal calendar in Cape Town. Private donors have again rallied to support us, and while they prefer to be anonymous, we offer our heartfelt thanks to them for giving so generously. The organisations which comprise the Gardens Community Centre not only provide the venue platform for the JLF but are valuable partners. Thanks to campus manager Joanne Benjamin for her vision in ensuring that the JLF goes from strength to strength. The Jacob Gitlin Library, our anchor, partnered with us once more, and we profess deep admiration for their ongoing commitment to the world of Jewish literature. Lester Hoffman and Lindy Diamond of the Cape Jewish Chronicle provided invaluable media support in the run-up to the festival as well as on the day, and we greatly value the collaboration. Darryl Cotton put up with website revisions and updates, while Lorraine de Villiers and Kyle Richards of Opechee Design Studio deserve a medal for their patience and creativity while handling our marketing material. Thanks to the ‘power’ women at C-below the Line and Sistas Act for pulling the event together, and to our volunteers-on-the-day who enable the smooth running of sessions. Until you have organised a literary festival, it is almost impossible to understand how much work goes into it. This work is primarily done by volunteers and it’s almost impossible to adequately thank them. The JLF would simply not exist without our core team, all of them professionals in their own right who give hours of dedicated effort to the JLF dream. PR genius Beryl Eichenberger again went above and beyond, managing marketing and publicity, assisting with programming and even handling some manufacturing! The JLF programming committee not only arranged the incredible line-up of speakers, but juggled that with other essential roles: Caryn Gootkin for social media management, Vanessa Valkin for fundraising and Melissa Fagan for managing our database and editing our brochure. Miriam Schiff stepped up to direct and manage the wonderful Children’s Programme – no mean feat! To these, our incomparable committee members, no amount of thanks is enough. All that’s left is to invite you, our valued festivalgoers, to join us in celebrating the creative power of words in the tradition of Jewish life. JLF management team, Joanne Jowell, Cindy Moritz, Viv Anstey and Gary Anstey
ALEXANDER, RABBI GREG ANCER, JONATHAN ANCER, JUDITH
Progressive Using literature Using literature
Judaism: Its to help children to help
history and grow and heal; children grow
impact in Spies, lies and and heal;
South Africa the search for Between the
a pink rabbit tiger and the
Rabbi Greg Alexander was born abyss: Victor Frankl and the
and raised in Johannesburg, Jonathan Ancer is an author wild strawberry
a third generation Progressive and freelance journalist who
Jew. After 10 years of living and has held various positions on Judith Ancer is a Johannesburg-
studying abroad, and graduating a variety of publications: based clinical psychologist.
from The Melton Centre for reporter on The Star, editor of She has worked at Tara Hospital,
Jewish Education at the Hebrew Grocott’s Mail, deputy editor of Crossroads Remedial School and
University of Jerusalem and Bicycling magazine, and as a supervisor and trainer of
Leo Baeck College in London, crossword columnist for the mental health professionals.
he has spent the past decade in Cape Times. He has won awards Her company Shrink Rap offers
Cape Town with his amazing wife for hard news, features, columns continuing professional
Andrea and three kids Mani, and creative writing. Jonathan education to healthcare and
Tantan and Yasmin. has the largest Billy Bunter human resource professionals
He is part of the rabbinic team collection in South Africa. and provides training and
at the Cape Town Progressive He has written two books – counselling services to small
Jewish Congregation. The Victor Within and Spy: companies.
Uncovering Craig Williamson. She is currently writing a book
on mental health in the
workplace.
AWERBUCK, DIANE BARRIS, KEN BELLING, NOA
Book reviews: Writing and The mindful
How to do it identity body: How
and why we all does your mind
should; Ken Barris is a live in your
Alternative writer, book critic, body? And how
forms of NRF-rated can body
publishing academic, and photographer. His awareness change your
work has been translated into experience of life?
Diane Awerbuck wrote Gardening Turkish, Danish, French, German
at Night, for which she won and Slovenian, and has appeared
Noa Belling is a psychotherapist
Commonwealth Best First Book in about 30 anthologies. He has
and bestselling author. Her
Award (Africa and the won the Ingrid Jonker Prize, the
previous books include the
Caribbean). Her short story M-Net Book Prize, and most
international bestseller, The Yoga
collection, Cabin Fever, was recently, the University of
Handbook, Yoga: A Union of Mind
shortlisted for the 2014 Caine Johannesburg Prize for his novel
and Body, and Yoga for Ideal
Prize and ‘Leatherman’ won the Life Underwater. Weight and Shape. Noa holds a
2015 Short Story Day Africa He has published five novels, masters degree in Somatic
competition. As Frank Owen, two collections of poetry, and Psychology, which is a field that
she also writes a frontier-fiction two collections of short stories. incorporates body awareness
series with Alex Latimer. The most recent, The Life of and physical movement in the
Her latest solo novel is Home Worm & Other Misconceptions, psychotherapeutic process.
Remedies and she is busy with was released in 2017. Her latest book, The Mindful
her poetry project, Six Months Body, offers practical strategies
with Solomon. for building emotional strength
and managing stress through
body mindfulness.BERRY, ORIELLE BLACK, AYELLET BREYTENBACH, GLYNNIS
Book reviews: Discussing ‘Rule of law’:
How to do it Herzl’s How life in and
and why we ‘Alteneueland’ out of court
all should; and vision for shaped me
‘Rhapsody in Israel relative
schmaltz: to today Glynnis
Yiddish food and why we Breytenbach was born in
can’t stop eating it’ Ayellet Black is Deputy Head of Kimberley and after
Mission of Israel to South Africa, matriculating from Kimberley
Orielle Berry is the books editor Lesotho, Mauritius and Girls’ High School, received her
of Independent Newspapers and Swaziland. Previously she served B. Iuris and LLB from the
also writes on entertainment in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign University of the Free State.
and lifestyle. She has over 30 Affairs in a variety of She has been a public
years of journalism experience. departments including public prosecutor, a state advocate and
She lived in Israel in the 1980s affairs and EuroAsia. Black was Senior Deputy Director of
where she worked as a worked as an informal educator public prosecutions until 2014.
translator, an interpreter for at an Israeli girls’ high school She is now a DA Member of
the foreign press and wrote for before that. She studied political Parliament in the National
The Jerusalem Post. In South science, communications and Assembly and is Shadow
Africa, she has worked as an arts Judaism at Bar-Ilan University Minister of Justice and
reporter for The Pretoria News and received her MA in Constitutional Development.
and also for Cape Community international relations. She is also the chairperson of
Newspapers. She’s an avid She is married to Elliott Black the Federal Legal Commission
reader and is a passionate and has two children. of the Democratic Alliance.
collector of cookery books.
BRICKER, BATYA BRODIE, NECHAMA CHAIT, LISA
‘Wisdom from ‘Rule of law’: ‘Lost and
the South’; How life in and found in
The pursuit of out of court Johannesburg’
happiness – or shaped me;
the happiness ‘Knucklebone’ Lisa Chait is a
of pursuit former radio talk
Nechama Brodie is a journalist show host and is co-producer of
Batya Bricker makes books and academic, and has written the SAFTA award-winning TV
come to life. She has a degree five best-selling, non-fiction series I Am Woman-Leap of Faith,
in Architecture, has worked in books including the acclaimed chronicling pivotal moments of
the book industry for 20 years, urban histories The Joburg Book change in South African women’s
and has served as Programme and The Cape Town Book. lives. She founded the Life
Director for various bookfairs. Stories project, which captures
She is the co-author of Glynnis
She is now a freelance publisher personal stories and family
Breytenbach’s gripping memoir,
and is passionate about making memory on film, audio recording
Rule of Law, and recently
stories jump off the page. and in book form.
published her first full-length
The Academy of Jewish Thought work of fiction, a crime thriller Lisa recently produced Legacy
and Learning has provided called Knucklebone. of Light, a film honouring the
fertile ground for a combined extraordinary life of ‘Der Blinde
exploration of her two passions Chazzan’, Cantor Abraham
– Jewish heritage and Torah, Immerman z”l.
books and narratives.COHEN, ANDY COHEN, CHARLOTTE COHEN, ESHED
Children’s Poetry: Distiller Fugitive
programme of emotion criminals in
South Africa:
Andy Cohen is Charlotte Cohen The law
a community writes poetry,
art counsellor, memoirs, Eshed Cohen is a
psychoanalytic candidate (SAPA), inspirational articles, short recent graduate of UCT, where he
author and artist who is stories and political completed degrees in law and
passionate about self-repair commentary. She has won two philosophy. In 2017 he finished
through containment and the Toastmaster awards, run creative first in his LLB class. His interests
arts. She works with a wide range writing courses, and adjudicated include human rights law,
of patients and her curiosity inter-schools debating contests. constitutional law, and
about the power of the Her literary achievements international law.
unconscious mind led to a include first prize in the Gitlin’s
As of July 2018, Eshed will be
Masters in Fine Arts. This, and 25th Anniversary short-story
clerking at the Constitutional
becoming a psychoanalyst, writing competition; a national
Court of South Africa for
continues to hone her approach award for a book on substance
Justice Leona Theron.
to her work. abuse; the first three-time
“Art is not always about pretty winner of the English Association
things. It’s about who we are, short-story competition; winner
what happened to us and how of Old Mutual’s Siyakuhla poetry
our lives are affected (E. Broun).” competition, and winner of
various West Coast Writer’s
poetry and writing contests.
COHEN, ZMIRA COHEN DE VILLIERS, DAVIS, DENNIS
‘Jewish MARILYN ‘Oliver Tambo’s
Salonica: Book launch: Dream’
Between the ‘Deceive and
Ottoman Defend’; Dennis Davis
empire and Alternative is Judge
modern Greece’ forms of President of
publishing Competition Appeal Court
Zmira Cohen studied social work presently Acting Judge of Appeal
at UCT and also received her in Supreme Court of appeal.
Marilyn Cohen de Villiers has
Honours in the Hebrew Bible and Honorary Professor of Law
always been a writer – a
Dead Sea Scrolls there. She at UCT.
journalist by training, and a
worked as a social worker in decade of daily news reporting His latest book Prevent and Loss
Cape Town until 2011, both followed by many, many, (too) of possibility to be published
in general and Jewish many years in public relations. December 2018. He has
environments. Today she earns her daily bread published nine books and over
Her interests include Jewish and as a freelance wordsmith. 200 academic articles, and
human identity, universal and hosted TV programme
But fiction writing is her passion
Jewish history, music, colour in Judge for Yourself.
and she regards the publication
its varied and profound of her novels – A Beautiful Dennis is an alumnus of Herzlia
expression, gardening, the Family, When Time Fails, and School and is married to
miracle of Eretz Yisrael and the now, Deceive and Defend, the Claudette. They have two
wonder of human resilience. final book in the Silverman Saga children, Lisa and Joshua.
trilogy – as her greatest writing
accomplishment.DE KOCK, FIONA EDELSTEIN, JILLIAN EICHENBERGER, BERYL
Writing as SAFIM presents: Fiction, fact
therapy ‘Here and and friendship;
there’: Making a
Fiona de Kock is A photographic creative space
a 58-year-old chronicle of in a practical
Jewish mother of human life
three adult children. She has had displacement
a myriad of careers which have Founder of HIPPO
paid the bills and filled the Jillian Edelstein’s award-winning Communications in 2000,
fridge but nothing gives her work has been published and Beryl Eichenberger has worked
more satisfaction than sitting at exhibited internationally. in the PR/events industry for
her favourite coffee shop, Her book Truth and Lies about over 40 years, both in Cape Town
writing, reading and people South Africa’s Truth and and Johannesburg. Since
watching. This, she says, doesn’t Reconciliation Commission won ‘retiring’ in 2015 she works in a
pay the bills. From a PTA Mom the Visa D’Or in Perpignan freelance capacity indulging her
and Accounts Administrator at and the John Kobal Book Award love of words through books,
the Hebrew Pre-primary Schools in 2002. radio and theatre. An avid
through to her role as Facilities reader, she initiated three
and Project Manager with United Over 100 of her photographs
currently reside in the National Waterfront book festivals in
Herzlia Schools and, most the early 2000s.
recently, as personal assistant to Portrait Gallery.
She was involved with JLF 2016
an Orthodox Rabbi, her 35-year
and has been working again
involvement with the Jewish
with the team for the success
community has been interesting,
of JLF 2018.
richly ethnographic and eclectic.
FELDMAN, HOWARD FENSTER, PNINA FRIEDMAN, JENNIFER
Fear of saying ‘Mapping my ‘Queen of the
the wrong thing: way home’: Free State’:
Writing in a A memoir Growing up
post-humour Jewish in a
society Pnina Fenster is small town
an award-winning
Howard Feldman is the author journalist, style commentator Jennifer Friedman grew up in
of Carry-On Baggage – The story and the former launch a small Afrikaans town in the
of a man who thought he Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire Free State in the 1950s and ’60s
travelled light and Tightrope and Glamour magazines in and studied at UCT. Her memoir,
– Musings of Circus South Africa. South Africa. Queen of the Free State, was
He is a weekly columnist on She has contributed to a variety published by Tafelberg in 2017,
News24 and Times of Israel and of local and international and her Afrikaans poetry has
his articles have appeared in glossies, and is currently been published in the academic
publications around the world. studying towards a Masters in journals Tydskrif vir Letterkunde,
He has a daily talk show host Creative Writing at the University Akademie en Kuns &
on Chai Fm. Howard is a lawyer of Cape Town. Standpunte, as well as in
by qualification but spent Rooi Rose and Buurman.
15 years building a global She lives in Australia where she
chrome trading business. flies her Grumman Tiger to
‘wherever the sun’s shining.’FURNISS, MEGAN GALGUT, DAMON GALGUT, ELISA
Scriptwriting Fiction, fact Sources of
AMA and friendship inspiration;
Sourcing
Megan Furniss is Damon Galgut poems within
a playwright, was born in everyday life
actor, writer, Pretoria in 1963
director and improviser. Since and published his first novel Elisa Galgut teaches in the
graduating from UCT (1986), she when he was 18. He has Philosophy Department at
has spent her life involved in published eight books in total, the University of Cape Town.
theatre and make-believe. She his latest being Arctic Summer She has a PhD in Philosophy
has written and co-written and his work has been translated from Rutgers University and an
numerous plays and musicals, into many languages. MA in Creative Writing from UCT.
performed and directed theatre He has been shortlisted for Her research interests include
and she improvises and teaches several international prizes, the philosophy of art and
improv. She also self published a including the Dublin IMPAC literature, the philosophy of
novel, writes short stories for Award, the Walter Scott Prize psychoanalysis, and animal
competitions and has won and the Man Booker Prize. ethics. Her poetry has appeared
numerous theatre awards. He lives in Cape Town. in various literary journals
Megan achieved critical acclaim and anthologies.
for her tiny role in the Showmax Her debut collection,
smash hit Tali’s Wedding Diary. The Anthology of Poetry, was
published by Modjaji Books
in 2015.
GEFFEN, HAYLI GEFFEN, SHARON GEVISSER, MARK
Children’s Poetry: Distiller ‘Lost and
programme of emotion found in
Johannesburg’
Hayli Geffen is Sharon Geffen
a 20-year-old is a children’s Mark Gevisser
student in her librarian and is one of South
third year of biochemistry and drama teacher at Herzlia Africa’s foremost authors and
genetics at the University of Highlands Primary School journalists. His previous books
Cape Town. She graduated from specialising in pre-literacy skills include Thabo Mbeki: The Dream
Herzlia High School in 2015 with for young children. Her interests Deferred, which won the Sunday
seven distinctions and many include ballroom dancing, Times Alan Paton Prize in 2007,
awards including: the subject painting, military history, and Lost and Found in
prizes for both Jewish Studies swimming, literature and poetry. Johannesburg: A Memoir,
and Dramatic Arts as well as the She finds an outlet for her shortlisted in 2014. He writes
Helen Zille award for the general knowledge at quiz nights about sexuality, gender, culture
Promotion of Democracy. and has taken part in various and politics, and has been
She has also achieved Gold courses given by the Academy of published in many major
Level status in The Duke of Jewish Thought and Learning. international magazines and
Edinburgh’s International Award. newspapers.
A passionate reader and writer, He is currently working on
she is in the top 50 reviewers in The Pink Line: The World’s Queer
South Africa on Goodreads. Frontiers, to be published
in 2019.GLASS, ALAN GOLDSTUCK, ARTHUR GOODMAN, RALPH
Children’s The future of Poetry: Distiller
programme the book of emotion
Alan Glass Arthur Goldstuck Ralph Goodman
co-created the is an award- taught English
children’s music winning writer, Literature at
series Beautiful Creatures with analyst and technology universities for more than 40
Ed Jordan and Paul Choritz. commentator. A winner of SA’s years. Since retiring in 2010, he
They released seven albums, five Distinguished Service in ICT does editing work and on writes
children’s books and have two Award, he is author of 19 books poems, some of which have been
platinum and four gold albums and editor-in-chief of South published. He was recently
in SA, two SAMA nominations and Africa’s longest-running online appointed to a research post by
a Naledi award. His children’s consumer technology magazine, the University of Stellenbosch.
book Oliver’s Outline was Gadget.co.za. His weekly gadgets He hopes that his poetry carries
published by Pan Macmillan in column is the most widely an inquisitiveness about all
2015. Alan’s career began writing syndicated technology column in living creatures – the quirky,
and performing with the acapella South Africa and he writes a the serious and the numinous.
group, Not the Midnight Mass, weekly trends column for the
which has won a Dalro Award, Sunday Times.
an Evening Post Award and He is founder of World Wide
a Vita nomination. Worx, leading groundbreaking
Alan is a voice artist, and market research, and presents
produces corporate events. his insights to audiences across
the globe.
GORDON, LYNDALL GRADNER, RICHARD HANDLER, ROSEMUND
Women writing Alternative Women writing
about women; forms of about women
‘Outsiders’: Five publishing
women writers Rosemund
who changed Richard Gradner Handler has a
the world is a director at degree in English
Mustard creative and digital literature from Wits University
Lyndall Gordon is a biographer agency. He was the first Red Bull and an MA in Creative Writing
whose books include The marketing director in South from UCT. She has written four
Imperfect Life of TS Eliot and Africa and has a passion for novels, Madlands, Katy’s Kid,
most recently, Outsiders, about brands and branding. He is also Tsamma Season and Us and
five women writers (one being the author of Return to Lemuria, Them, published by Penguin
the South African, Olive Unicorn and Servant of Memory, Books. She has also written
Schreiner); also two Jewish which fall under the mythical many short stories, poems and
memoirs with scenes of the fiction genre. Richard is an articles published in literary
Cape: Shared Lives and Divided ex-Kung Fu and Tai Chi teacher, journals and collections.
Lives: Dreams of a Mother with a deep connection to all Tsamma Season was shortlisted
and Daughter. things spiritual. for the Commonwealth Prize,
Lyndall is a fellow of the Royal He lives life to the full, Africa. She is currently working
Society of Literature and maintaining a healthy mind on a fifth novel.
St Hilda’s College, Oxford. and body through the daily
practice of Yoga.HARBER, ANTON HAYMAN, JUNE HELLMAN, BRYAN
‘Ministry of Children’s Writing as
crime’: Delving programme therapy
into South
Africa’s June Hayman Bryan Hellman
underworld; studied music at has been a
Fake news: Spot UCT and UNISA clinical
it and stop it! and has been an educator for 40 psychologist in Cape Town for
years in pre-primary, primary and the past 12 years, providing
Anton Harber is a journalism high schools but her passion is integrative psychotherapy to
professor at Wits University, a early childhood education and individuals, couples and groups
journalist, author and editor. development. She teaches Active privately, as well practising in
He was founder-editor of the Music at Herzlia pre-schools and clinics, learning institutions and
Mail&Guardian; editor-in-chief Phyllis Jowell Pre-School. Active NGOs. He has treated patients
of news channel eNCA; and CEO Music incorporates rhythm, over a broad spectrum of mood
of Kagiso Broadcasting. melody, speech, movement and and personality disorders as well
His books include Diepsloot imagination using percussion as working closely with
(2011), The Gorilla in the Room instruments to involve and individuals grieving a loss. In
(2013); co-editing the first two develop the whole child. She is 2008 he wrote Soul Conductor:
editions of The A–Z of the musical director and A Tale of Grieving and Healing
South African Politics (1994/6); conductor of Shalom Voices Choir which documents his personal
What is Left Unsaid: Reporting and participates in Tivoli Variety experience of the grieving
the South African HIV Epidemic concerts to entertain Jewish and process. Bryan is most
(2010), and Troublemakers: other seniors. passionate about his beautiful
The best of SA’s investigative twin children, Luke and Khloe.
journalism (2010).
HIGGS, COLLEEN HONIKMAN, INFELD, AVRAHAM
Alternative MARILYN (MJ) Jewish
forms of ‘A black South peoplehood,
publishing African soldier leadership,
won a medal? identity and
Colleen Higgs is a In World War II? challenges
publisher, First I’ve heard
publishing activist and writer. of black soldiers!’ Avraham Infeld was the founder
Modjaji Books, the publishing of Melitz Centres of Jewish
company she started 11 years Zionist Education; director of the
MJ Honikman started writing
ago, is an award-winning, Shalom Hartman Institute;
when she was 60. Before that
internationally recognised small, director of the Jewish Agency for
she taught, and then worked for
independent feminist press. Israel’s Youth Department for
Ravan Press, David Philip, Weekly
She compiles an African English-speaking Europe;
Mail/M&G and BigNews as a
Catalogue of Small Publishers director of planning, Taglit
marketer, not a writer.
every few years, which will soon Birthright and CEO of Hillel.
She ran marketing workshops
be available online and is a In recognition of his
for independent newspaper
database to increase the contributions to Jewish
publishers in Sudan, Iraq,
visibility of small and education, Avraham won Hebrew
Rwanda, North Vietnam and
independent publishers in Africa. University’s Samuel Rothberg
South Africa.
She has had two collections of Prize for Jewish Education,
poems and a collection of short Her books, The Mystery of the
Hillel’s Renaissance Award, and
stories, Looking for Trouble, SS Waratah and the Avocado
honorary doctorates from
published. She lives in Cape Tree (for children) and
Muhlenberg and Hebrew
Town with her teenage daughter. There Should Have Been Five
Union College.
(for young adults), were
published by Tafelberg.JOSEPH, RAYMOND JOWELL, JOANNE KANTOR, BRIAN
Fake news: Spot ‘Winging It’: ‘Get South
it and stop it! From world- Africa growing’
class ref to
Beginning as a rookie solo dad Brian Kantor,
cadet reporter for author of Get
the Rand Daily Joanne Jowell South Africa
Mail, Raymond Joseph went on published her first book, Growing, had a long academic
to to work for newspapers and Managing the Quarterlife Crisis, career at the University of Cape
magazines in senior editorial in 2003. After completing her Town where he served as
positions. A former ICFJ/Knight Masters in Creative Writing at lecturer and professor of
International Journalism Fellow, UCT, she wrote On the Other Side Economics and dean of the
and editor and board member of of Shame: An Extraordinary Faculty of Commerce. He is now
The Big Issue South Africa, he Account of Adoption and professor emeritus and chief
headed Code for South Africa’s Reunion in which she investment strategist at Investec
(now OpenUp) media programme established her signature Wealth and Investment.
and Data Journalism Academy. biographical storytelling style. He received accolades for his
Since 2017 he has freelanced as Next came Finding Sarah, about work as founding chairman of
a journalist, trainer and media bulimia and addiction, and The the V&A Waterfront Company
consultant, specialising in Crazy Life of Larry Joe, the story (1988–2001).
fact-checking and using social of a gangster made good. Her Brian’s research on monetary
media as journalism tools. He recent book, Winging It, looks at and financial economics has
also works as an assessor for life change, surrogacy and been widely cited. He writes
the US-based International parenting as a solo dad. Joanne a popular blog zaeconomist.com.
Fact-Checking Network. is a founder and director of the
Jewish Literary Festival.
KANTOR, STUART KAPILEVICH, AMI KAPLAN, JONATHAN
Sourcing ‘Rhapsody in ‘Winging It’:
poems within schmaltz: From world-
everyday life Yiddish food class ref to
and why we rookie solo
Stuart Kantor is can’t stop dad; Winning:
an independent eating it’ What’s luck got
financial adviser with a deep to do with it?
love for poetry and the power of Ami Kapilevich was born in Haifa,
language. He began writing in but grew up in Johannesburg, Jonathan Kaplan is a recent dad
1997 as part of a personal search and has been living in Cape Town doing his best; an ex Rugby Test
for meaning. for 22 years. Over the course of referee; a marathon runner and
Stuart has self-published a book his journalistic career, his work a bulldog dad of three pretties;
titled Poetry for the Corporate has appeared in numerous a bonsai collector and a braai
Coffee Table which captures publications and websites, master extraordinaire. Jonathan
key moments of his personal including Men’s Health, Sports is the subject of biographies
journey into the follies of love; Illustrated and Eat Out. Call it Like it is by Mike Behr
life as a working man; and He lives with his wife and two and Winging It: Jonathan
the grand-dish of family life. children, and enjoys surfing, Kaplan’s Journey From
backgammon, and shouting at World-Class Ref to Rookie Solo
cricketers on the television. Dad by Joanne Jowell.
He co-authored Always Believe
in Magic with Kevin Musikanth
and Prof Tim Noakes.KATZ, ANTON KENTRIDGE, ELIZA KLASS, TRACY
Fugitive Poetry: Distiller ‘Memories of
criminals in of emotion; a mayd’le’;
South Africa: Sources of In conversation
The law inspiration with Rochelle
Maisel
Anton Katz is a Eliza Kentridge
senior advocate in Cape Town, was born in Johannesburg in Tracy is known for her ‘growing
involved in human rights issues 1962. She is an artist and a up disgracefully’ stance on life
concerning international and writer; her poetry collection, and being dragged towards
constitutional law. He also Signs for an Exhibition (2015), middle age – kicking and
advises and represents clients was co-winner of the UJ Debut screaming rather than floating
on public law. He represents Prize in 2016. Her visual work gracefully on a cloud of Clarins
States, NGOs, multinational includes stitched, collaged and botox. She has co-starred in
corporations and individuals. figurative drawings on fabric and two full length shows and
He has consulted for the United paper, as well as an ongoing appeared in her first full length
Nations Office on Drugs and signs project, connecting words stand up show, Klass Struggle
Crime and the African Union on that govern us in the outside in 2011.
the Prevention and Combating of world with her own writing about As one of the few female
Terrorism. Since 2011 he has our interior world, experience stand-ups in South Africa, Tracy
been a member of the United and memory. takes an irreverent look at what
Nations Human Rights Council She is working on a new poetry women find funny – themselves.
Working Group on mercenaries. collection.
Katz has also presided as a High
Court judge.
KLOPPER, SANDRA KNIGHT, NATALIE LAPEDUS-BREST, ANNE
SAFIM presents: SAFIM presents: Writing as
Irma Stern: ‘THE BIG therapy;
Her life and PICTURE’: An ‘Catastrophe:
art through art-o-biography Oy vey my child
her letters is gay (and an
Natalie Knight is addict)’
Sandra Klopper, former Deputy a renowned collector and
Vice-Chancellor at UCT, has had documenter of Ndebele and Anne Lapedus-Brest was born in
a long career as an art historian Shangaan art. At the Natalie Dublin, Ireland and came to
and administrator at several Knight Gallery in Hyde Park, South Africa in 1961. She is a
major universities in (1980–1995), she exhibited photographer, a genealogist/
South Africa. international art and promoted family historian and an author.
She has written extensively on little-known black artists who Catastrophe: Oy Vey My Child is
art and culture in South Africa, have now made names for Gay (and an Addict) is her first
notably the art of traditional themselves. She has written and book. Her hobbies include
communities; the expressive edited several art books, and organic vegetable gardening,
culture of marginalised groups, served as art curator at the Wits dancing, and listening to music.
including the urban homeless; Campus. The Knight/Priebatsch
Anne has two adult children,
African fashion, textiles and Ndebele collection has been
Angela and Gregory Brest.
beadwork and the art of sourced for international
She lives in Morningside,
contemporary local artists. exhibitions and catalogues.
Sandton with her son Greg and
Items are represented globally
the two dogs.
at amongst others: the Wits Art
Museum, the British Museum
and the Israel Museum.LAZARUS, GREG LEVESON, MARCIA LEVIN, NICOLE
Writing and ‘The human Children’s
identity predicament’: programme
Identity and
Greg Lazarus is healing Nicole Levin is a
the pen name of children’s book
husband-and- Marcia Leveson author,
wife writing duo Greg Fried and retired from the English storyteller and educator. She has
Lisa Lazarus. Greg is a Department of the University of published six picture books as
philosopher at UCT teaching the the Witwatersrand. She has well as stories, plays, poetry and
philosophy of mathematics and researched and published non-fiction for children and
the history of philosophy. Lisa is widely, particularly in the area of young adults. In addition, she
a psychologist and freelance Jewish South African fiction. She works as a learning materials
writer. The couple have written is director of Quartz Press. She developer and has written and
the novels Paradise (2014) and was president of the English directed various educational
When in Broad Daylight I Open Academy of Southern Africa and programmes.
My Eyes (2012), and a memoir, is chairperson of the University She has a Master’s Degree in
The Book of Jacob: A Journey into of the Third Age Johannesburg. Creative Writing from the
Parenthood (2009). University of New South Wales
She serves on the Editorial
They have also published various Board of Jewish Affairs. in Sydney, Australia and
short stories in anthologies. She continues to publish, edit, a BA Honours from the
The story This Could Get Messy teach and lecture. University of Cape Town.
won a National Arts Festival
Award.
LEVY, LORNA LEWIS, STACEY LIEBENBERG, RABBI
‘Hidden life of Cancer… MATTHEW
a smous’ Divorce… ‘Wisdom from
Survive and the South’
In her book, thrive
Lorna Levy has Rabbi Matthew
uncovered an Stacey Lewis Liebenberg was
interesting personal story in her is a qualified physiotherapist, born in Johannesburg and
research into her Jewish roots. author of Divorce 101: Survive studied there at the Yeshivah
She is a well known political and Thrive and founder of Gedolah. In 1999 he became
activist who was active together www.thedivorcesource.co.za. rabbi at the Schoonder Street
with her husband Leon Levy in She is a trained mediator and is Shul in Cape Town and in 2001
the struggle against apartheid. currently studying towards her became rabbi of the Claremont
A consequence of this was a LLB. She is passionate about Wynberg Hebrew Congregation.
prolonged exile in England assisting people in healing from Rabbi Liebenberg is a former
from 1963 for more than divorce. She also works with chair of the Rabbinical
three decades. other organisations, assisting Association of the Western Cape
Her well-received memoir abused women. and the current chair of the
Radical Engagements (2009) Her second book: From Break-up Board of Governors of the
documents her life in exile, her to Breakthrough (co-authored Phyllis Jowell School and the
involvement in politics in with Philippa Levitt) is due for Simcha Fund.
England as well as her life as an release in July 2018. He delivers weekly messages on
exiled South African. The Levys his own YouTube channel, and is
moved to Cape Town in 1997. a practising mohel.MAISEL, ROCHELLE MANN, IAN MANOIM, IRWIN
Book launch: ‘The Executive Progressive
‘Memories of Update: The Judaism: Its
a mayd’le’; latest business history and
In conversation ideas distilled impact in
with Tracy Klass into one South Africa
practical guide’
Rochelle Hurwitz Maisel grew up Irwin Manoim has been
in Groot Drakenstein, a country Ian Mann is the MD of Gateways researching the history and
village nestled between Paarl which consults to businesses in impact of Progressive Judaism in
and Stellenbosch in the Western 14 countries. Ian writes a weekly South Africa, in partnership with
Cape. She was educated at business book review for the Kaplan Centre for Jewish
Rhenish Girls’ High School, Fin24.com and is interviewed Studies at UCT. The project will
Stellenbosch and then studied monthly by Bruce Whitfield on culminate in a book, to be
teaching. She taught at Wynberg Radio 702/Cape Talk about the published next year. Manoim has
Boys’ School until she and her best ideas from the latest also written the leading article
husband started their family: business books. Ian is the author in the latest edition of Jewish
a son, daughter, twin daughters of South Africa’s largest- Affairs, dealing with his research
and now several grandchildren. selling books on strategy into Jewish involvement with
Over the years she has implementation, Managing South African media.
submitted ‘letters to the editor’ with Intent, and of Strategy Manoim was joint founder and
covering topical subjects, which that Works. editor of the Mail&Guardian
have been published in various His latest book Executive Update, newspaper.
newspapers and magazines. is an overview of the most
important, recent business
insights and issues.
MATISONN, JOHN MENDELSOHN, RICHARD MILLAN, ROBERTO
Journalists ‘Cemetries and Children’s
as agents synagogues’ programme
of political
change Richard Roberto Millan
Mendelsohn is a is a visual
John Matisonn retired member narrative and
began as a political reporter at of the Department of Historical communications designer. His
the Rand Daily Mail in 1974, and Studies at the University of Cape skills include illustration, digital
received a prison sentence for Town. He is a former head of colouring and visual
refusing to divulge a source. He department and long-serving communication design.
was Rand Daily Mail foreign deputy dean of the Faculty of Roberto’s passion lies in digital
correspondent in Washington Humanities. He is the co-author, publishing and print with
and worked for National Public with Milton Shain, of The Jews in particular mention given to
Radio in Johannesburg. He was South Africa. visual narrative illustration
a broadcast regulator in the Since retirement he has walked and design.
Mandela administration and the Camino twice as well as its Within his portfolio, he has
the United Nations’ Chairperson Tankwa Karoo counterpart. worked with master cartoonist
of the Electoral Media Zapiro and other commercial
Commission in Afghanistan. comic book studios as well as
He wrote God, Spies and Lies in worked on pedagogical content,
Franschhoek and now lives safety comic books for
in Cape Town. semi-literate audiences and
editorial projects.MOFFETT, HELEN MOTENE, ROSIE MUSIKANTH, KEVIN
Book reviews: Inter-racial Winning:
How to do it and inter-faith What’s luck got
and why we adoption to do with it?
all should; during
The truth apartheid Kevin Musikanth
behind fiction: is a professional
Researching magical stories Rosie Motene is a Pan African rugby coach, with 20 years in the
media proprietor, who graduated coaching game. He has served as
Helen Moffett is an author, from Wits University with a BA in head coach at False Bay Rugby
editor, academic and activist. Dramatic Arts. Rosie grew up club and directed rugby at
She has published university during the apartheid era; her Wynberg Boys’ School and
textbooks, a treasury of mother was a domestic worker St John’s College. In 2014, at UCT,
landscape writings; a book on for a white Jewish family, who his team Ikey Tigers was Varsity
cricket; an animal charity took it upon themselves to raise Cup winner and in 2015, World
anthology, Stray, with Diane her. As a great as this University Cup winner. Musikanth
Awerbuck; the Girl Walks In opportunity was, it also brought was recently named head coach
erotica series, with Paige Nick many challenges and sacrifices of the Israeli men’s national
and Sarah Lotz; two poetry to both families. team, which he calls the ultimate
collections, Strange Fruit and Jewish privilege.
Ten years ago, Rosie embarked
Prunings; the Short Story Day on a journey of self discovery, His book Always Believe in Magic,
Africa anthologies; and other which she documented in her was co-authored with Prof Tim
books including 101 Water book: Reclaiming the Soil. Noakes and Jonathan Kaplan,
Wise Ways. journeying through an exciting
She is easily bored and loves time in rugby history.
collaborations.
NAUDÉ, FANIE SJ NERWICH, RUS NICOLSON, AMBRE
Fiction, fact and Children’s Alternative
friendship programme forms of
publishing
SJ Naudé is the Hailing from
author of short Cape Town, Ambre Nicolson
story collection, saxophonist, is a recovering
The Alphabet of Birds, and a composer and producer magazine editor who lives and
novel, The Third Reel, published Rus Nerwich is one of the writes in Cape Town. Before and
in Afrikaans, English and Dutch. country’s most creative and after obtaining degrees in
He studied at Cambridge prolific recording and performing English and journalism at the
University and Columbia Law artists. Crossing genres from jazz university currently known as
School. He won the University of and funk to world music and Rhodes, she was a cleaner in
Johannesburg Debut Prize and a neo-soul, Rus’s style is diverse, London, a wall painter in
South African Literary Award, and engaging and constantly Barcelona, a language student in
was awarded the Jan Rabie and evolving. Shanghai and a book researcher
Marjorie Wallace Writing Grant Rus published his first children’s in New York.
for 2014. book titled One Fine Day, Her latest book is The A-Z of
His work has appeared in various Love Came to Visit in 2016 and Amazing South African Women.
international journals. Having is currently working on
worked as a lawyer in New York a second, titled The Dark Hat.
and London for many years, he
currently lives in Johannesburg.NOVICK, BARBARA NUDELMAN, JILL OPPERMAN, SU
Children’s The self Children’s
programme between the programme
lines: How
Barbara Novick autobio- Su Opperman is
lives with her graphical is a multi-
husband Dave writing? disciplinary artist
in beautiful South Africa. She has whose focus rests predominantly
four children and her jewels are Jill Nudelman came to writing in on painting as a form of gestural
her 12 grandchildren. She is an her 50s, after bringing up her expression and underground
artist, writer, social worker, lover children. She has a masters in comic art as a unique aesthetic
of nature and delights in swirling English and one in Creative tool through which to question
on the dance floor. Writing; the latter resulting in the current South African society.
She taught art to eight- and novel, Inheriting the Earth (2012), A love of comics is what first
80-year-olds and is enthused by which won the Olive Schreiner inspired her to explore other
their contributions of fantasy Prize in 2015. She is currently art-making processes as
and colour. doing a PhD in Creative Writing alternative ways to convey
through Birmingham University meaning and aspects of story.
in the UK, its outcome being a She has participated in various
publishable novel. projects and exhibitions, both
She lives in Johannesburg with locally and internationally.
her husband and has two
children in Johannesburg, two in
Cape Town and grandchildren
in both cities.
PALTE, LAUREN PAM, HELENE PHILLIPS, HOWARD
‘Maus’ the Children’s ‘Cemetries and
graphic novel programme synagogues’
by Art
Spiegelman A passionate Howard Phillips
author and BA Hons (UCT),
Lauren Palte is a mother of three, MA (London),
Cape Town-based painter and Helene Pam, together with her PhD (UCT) taught in the History
teacher. daughter Sheleen Lepar, create Department at UCT for 40 years
products and experiences that until his retirement in 2014. His
She is head of Visual Art at
touch the hearts and minds of writing has largely been in two
Herzlia High School and holds
children around the world. Their fields: the history of health,
a Masters in Fine Art from
mission is to spread happiness disease and medicine and the
University of Cape Town.
and inspiration by teaching kids history of universities.
to become deep thinkers, He is currently working on a
helping them to believe in history of UCT from 1948 to 1968.
themselves, and empowering
them to achieve their dreams.
Their products include two
Amazon.com best-selling
children’s journals, My Gratitude
and Dream Journal and
My Happy Place.POPLAK, RICHARD POSEL, DEBORAH PURKEY, MALCOLM
Fake news: Spot ‘Hidden life of a The Jewish girl
it and stop it! ; smous’ in ‘Sophiatown’
Journalists as
agents of Deborah Posel is Malcolm Purkey
political change a research is one of the
professor at the pre-eminent
Richard Poplak is a filmmaker, Institute for Humanities in exponents of workshop-based
journalist and author of Africa (HUMA) at University of theatre development in
Ja, No, Man, and The Sheikh’s Cape Town. South Africa. He is particularly
Batmobile, and co-authored She researches and writes known for his exciting and
Continental Shift with about various aspects of influential work with Junction
Kevin Bloom. South Africa’s past Avenue Theatre, most especially
and present. Sophiatown. As a Fulbright
Scholar, he received an MA
Theatre Studies (State University
of New York). He taught Dramatic
Art at Wits for 20 years, the last
part as head of department.
This was followed by nine years
as artistic director of The Market
Theatre and he is currently
dean emeritus at AFDA,
Johannesburg.
RAPHAELY, JANE RICHARDS, NANCY ROTH, ADINA
Books as a Women writing Eve, Lilith &
Jewish legacy about women; Holde
Book launch:
Jane Raphaely ‘Deceive and Adina Roth has
moved to South Defend’ studied Bible
Africa in 1960 and Talmud
after studying at the LSE and Nancy Richards is a freelance extensively and has two masters
Columbia University in New York. print and radio journalist, degrees in Literature with a
She joined Naspers as founding speaker, media trainer and focus on Bible as Literature.
editor of the first English founder of Woman Zone, an She runs B’tocham Education,
women’s magazine, Fairlady. NPO connecting women. a Bar and Batmitzvah school
In 1984, she set up Jane Raphaely focused on meaningful rites of
She was instrumental in the
& Associates to launch passage for Jewish teens and
planning, compilation and
Cosmopolitan magazine. she is a clinical psychologist
editing of Being a Woman in
House and Leisure and several in private practice. Adina was
Cape Town: Telling your Story,
other international titles involved in writing parts of
which was published in 2015.
followed, including the only Bat Mitzvah made by Me,
edition of O, The Oprah Magazine edited by Daniella Jaff and
outside the US. Jane is the Juliet Simmons.
recipient of numerous awards She is a Melton faculty educator,
for professional and a mom to Maya and Adam, and
humanitarian achievements and writes on her blog, Jewgal.
has seven grandchildren, all
of whom live in Cape Town.
Her memoir Unedited was
published in 2012.SACHS, ALBIE SACKSTEIN, HOWARD SCHIMMEL, GAIL
‘Oliver Tambo’s ‘The knock on Book reviews:
Dream’ the door: The How to do it
story of the and why we
Albie Sachs is an Detainees’ all should;
activist and Parents Support Making a
former judge on Committee’ creative space
the Constitutional Court of South in a practical life
Africa. Beginning as an advocate, Howard Sackstein is chair of the
defending people charged under SA Jewish Report and the Jewish By day, Gail Schimmel is the CEO
the laws of apartheid, he was Achiever Awards. A lawyer by of the Advertising Standards
arrested and placed in solitary training and entrepreneur by Authority and a qualified
confinement for months. Sachs profession, Howard is the attorney. By night she is a
went into exile in England. In self-proclaimed ‘King’ of social mother of two children. She’s not
1988, he lost an arm and sight in media, explosive political activist really sure when she found the
one eye when a bomb was and official photographer to life time to write a children’s book,
placed in his car in Mozambique. itself. He has visited 75 counties, three novels and a textbook, but
Returning from exile, he served has an LLB from Wits, a Masters if you could explain it to her,
as a member of the from Brandeis University and she’ll be very grateful.
Constitutional Committee and studied Conflict Resolution at
the National Executive of the Her latest novel is The Park and
Harvard. He was executive she has another book coming
ANC. He is the author of The Jail director of the Independent
Diary of Albie Sachs, and We, the out in early 2019.
Electoral Commission, and led
People: Insights of an Activist the only ANC delegation to ever
Judge, amongst others. His latest visit Israel.
book is Oliver Tambo’s Dream.
SCHONSTEIN, PATRICIA SCOTT LEVIN, SHARLENE SEGAL, LAUREN
Sources of Writing as Cancer…
inspiration; therapy Divorce…
Sourcing poems Survive and
within everyday Sharlene Scott thrive;
life; Tasking Levin was ‘The knock on
fictitious adopted at four the door: The
characters with unpacking days old through an unqualified story of the Detainees’
Jewish history doctor’s ‘baby yard’. Her foster Parents Support Committee’
parents were a wealthy,
detached couple and her Lauren Segal has written several
Patricia Schonstein is a critically
upbringing was littered with books, produced drama and
acclaimed novelist, poet and
deception and lies. Levin’s life factual television series, and
author of children’s books.
was filled with torment and since 2002, specialised in
Her works have been translated
abuse. She married an abusive developing and curating a
into seven languages and
man, and has faced loss number of heritage sites,
endorsed by the Nobel Laureates
repeatedly, none more memorial projects and
JM Coetzee and Archbishop
devastating than the death of permanent and temporary
Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
her third child. This last loss, she exhibitions in South Africa and
She is the curator of the Africa!
credits for removing ‘the shroud’ Africa. In 2017, she published a
anthologies and the Poetry in
and being the catalyst for her memoir on her experiences as
McGregor anthologies.
rise to courage and a cancer patient, Cancer: A Love
She is co-editor of the poetry determination.
quarterly, Stanzas and holds an Story and co-authored The Knock
MA in Creative Writing from the
Stranger in the Guest House: on the Door: The Story of the
University of Cape Town.
from Survivor to Thriver, is Detainee Parents Support
her memoir. Committee (2018).SEGERMAN, STEPHEN SEREBRO, HAROLD SHAIN, MILTON
Searching for ‘The Canopy’: Writing the
Sugarman A story of history of
warriors for anti-semitism
Stephen ‘Sugar’ justice facing in South Africa
Segerman is a the ticking
Cape Town-based time bomb Milton Shain is
music writer and co-owner of the professor emeritus of Historical
iconic record store, Mabu Vinyl. Dr Harold Serebro specialised Studies at the University of Cape
He is the co-author, together in gastroenterology before Town and the former director of
with Craig Bartholomew Strydom, becoming an executive at the the Kaplan Centre for Jewish
of Sugar Man: The Life, Death Altron Group where he spent Studies. He has written and
and Resurrection of Sixto 20 years. He has researched edited over a dozen books,
Rodriguez, which tells the story Nazi foreign policy and has including The Roots of
of Rodriguez and their search lectured widely on the Holocaust Antisemitism in South Africa
to find him, as told in in South Africa and (University Press of Virginia,
Malik Bendjelloul’s 2013 internationally. In 1983 he was 1994) and A Perfect Storm.
Oscar-winning documentary, invited by the Polish Minister Antisemitism in South Africa
Searching For Sugar Man. of Justice as a delegate to the 1930–1948 (Jonathan Ball
Polish Main Commission on Nazi Publishers, 2015) won the Recht
War Crimes in Warsaw. Malan Prize for English and
Afrikaans non-fiction in 2016.
He has also spoken on the Arab/
Israeli conflict and the Iranian In 2014 he was elected a Fellow
threat of nuclear genocide. of the Royal Society of
South Africa.
SHAKINOVSKY, TERRY SHENKER, TOBY SIDLEY, STEVEN ‘BOYKEY’
‘The knock on ‘The Executive Telling stories:
the door: The Update: The Fiction, music
story of the latest business and
Detainees’ ideas distilled astrophysics;
Parents Support into one Journalists as
Committee’ practical guide’ agents of
political change
Terry Shakinovsky is a South After writing magazine articles
African journalist, with extensive and PR material in the corporate Award-winning and multi-
international experience. She world for several years, Toby shortlisted novelist Steven
has lived and worked in Zambia Shenker developed a fascination ‘Boykey’ Sidley has meandered
and the UK, where she worked for recording intriguing tales through careers as an animator,
for the BBC and ABC News. She from yesteryear. Thus was born chief technology officer for a
holds a postgraduate degree in her memoir writing business – Fortune 500 company, jazz
History. She is the co-author of a ‘Tell Your Story’. She has musician, software developer,
recent book on the Detainees’ ghost-written thought-provoking, video game designer, private
Parents Support Committee inspirational life stories shared equity investor and technology
(DPSC) in South Africa in the by a range of successful Jewish entrepreneur. He currently lives
1980s, The Knock on the Door. clients – which (among others) in Johannesburg with his wife
She is currently the publications include a holocaust refugee, and two children. He has
coordinator at the Mapungubwe property magnates, automotive published four novels, his latest
Institute for Strategic Reflection and industrial moguls, and one being Free Association, and a
(MISTRA) in Johannesburg. of SA’s top businessmen and play (with his wife Kate Sidley)
much lauded philanthropists. and is published internationally.SIDLEY, KATE SILBER, GUS SILBERHAFT, RABBI
‘Knucklebone’ ‘Get South MOSHE
Africa growing’; The methods
Kate Sidley is a Funny you of the travelling
writer, author, should mention Rabbi: Then
reviewer and it! From Pip and now
columnist whose Freedman to
work appears in various Pieter Dirk-Uys to Deep Fried Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft began
newspapers and magazines, Man: an exploration of the his career in 1988 as a Jewish
online, and on radio. She reviews Jewish thread in South chaplain in the SA Defence Force.
books, interviews authors and African humour In 1997, he became spiritual
writes about book-related
leader for the African Jewish
subjects for the Sunday Times.
Gus Silber is a journalist, author, Congress, a body responsible for
Kate has written three books – scriptwriter, speechwriter and Jewish communities around
a humorous foodie-related media trainer. He is the author of Africa. When a community ceases
one called The Agony Chef; several books, covering a wide to function, it is Rabbi
a children’s book called diversity of themes and subjects, Silberhaft’s job to preserve its
What is It? as part of the Book from works of satire It Takes Two legacy by removing foundation
Dash project; and 100 Mandela to Toyi-Toyi to mobile technology stones from synagogues and
Moments – as well as a play, Mobinomics to social re-erecting them in the local
which she wrote with her entrepreneurship in South Africa cemetery. He oversees the
husband, Steven ‘Boykey’ Sidley. The Disruptors. He lives in restoration and maintenance of
Johannesburg and also on over 20 000 Jewish graves in over
Twitter and Instagram, where 220 cemeteries.
you will find him @gussilber.
STUART-CLARK, LUCY SZCZUREK, KARINA TODRES, PHILIP
Children’s ‘Outsiders’: SAFIM presents:
programme Five women ‘THE BIG
writers who PICTURE’:
Lucy Stuart-Clark changed An art-o-
is a Cape the world biography;
Town-based ‘Rhapsody in
artist, illustrator and teacher, Karina Szczurek is a Polish-born schmaltz: Yiddish food and
with a BFA specialising in writer and literary critic. She why we can’t stop eating it’
printmaking from Rhodes studied in Austria and Wales,
University (2009) and a MPhil VA and moved to South Africa in Philip Todres is publisher of
specialising in illustration from 2005. She holds a PhD in English special-interest maps for Cape
Stellenbosch University (2012). and American Studies from the Town including The Map to Jewish
Lucy has illustrated two Bumble University of Salzburg. She Cape Town and this year’s 30th
Books titles, Table Mountain’s authored Truer than Fiction: edition Arts & Crafts Map. The
Holiday (2013) and My Great Nadine Gordimer Writing interactive mapmyway.co.za
Expedition (2017). Post-Apartheid South Africa and reflects a move into the digital
was the editor of Touch: Stories space. Philip reviews books for
of Contact by South African Fine Music Radio’s Book Choice
Writers. She is a regular reviewer and does interviews for Cape
for the Sunday Independent and Diary. He is co-director of the
the online art magazine Itch. musical documentary Leah, Teddy
Karina’s latest book The Fifth & the Mandolin – a tribute to the
Mrs Brink is her memoir of her passionate commitment of those
life before, during and after involved in the Annual Yiddish
her marriage to André Brink. Song Festival (2001–2010).You can also read
