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Confused? 25 Aug 2013 | 09:06 pm
Wondering why no new content is being posted on MyShtetl? We’re taking a break to make it better. Feel free to browse the 40,000+ items w've posted over 4 years and wait to be blown away by our new te...
All today's top reads 7 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
MyShtetl publisher Ant Katz' complete weekly newsletter incudes additional information on latest user-posts, top stories and lots more. Click on “Register Today” at the top left of this page to get it...
Venue change for Arens 7 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
Israeli academic, former US ambassador & MK for 25 years served 5 terms as minister. Prof Arens’ ongoing business career has also been exemplary. The 88-year-old will be in SA for a short visit next w...
What the ambassador actually said 7 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
Furious SA-expats in Israel get full text of new SA ambassador’s interview “which raised the ire (to say the least!) of many ex-pats in the community,” says our RoRo. Read the full J-POST interview… ...
Karabus set to sue 7 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
Prof Cyril Karabus, pictured before & near the end of his harrowing 7-month ordeal in the UAE, is set to sue both the hospital operator & the airline he claims were responsible for his wrongful arrest...
SA Jewry awe inspiring 7 Aug 2013 | 04:59 pm
MyShtetl publisher Ant Katz BLOGS about how, after meeting and writing about SA Jewish community movers & shakers over the past weeks, he was left awe-inspired by them – both those from the past & tho...
Jack Bloom in Premier race 7 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
DA Gauteng caucus leader Jack Bloom, arguably the most senior remaining Jewish SA politician, will know this Friday if he will be the DA Premier candidate in the 2014 election. The party has a good ch...
Our Sara: The first & last Rabba? 7 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
In 2010 US Orthodox Rabbi Weiss faced a backlash after ordaining ex-SA woman, Sara Hurwitz (pic), with the title Rabba. He promised not to do it again – but he’s in trouble again for ‘ordaining’ 3 mor...
From publisher Ant Katz' desk 7 Aug 2013 | 12:27 pm
בס''ד I’m in awe of SA Jewry Over the past few weeks I have come face-to-face with many of the most successful among SA Jewry – both from the past & those forging the future. The first- & second-...
