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The Cape Family History Research Forum, a Cape Flats genealogy NPO will be hosting another CFRF Archives Workshop on Slaves Office records (oceanic slaves from cross the Indian Ocean World) for beginners/ novice family historians interested in their slave roots due to an overwhelming requests for a similar practical hands-on training workshop in how to research slave records at the Western Cape Archives repository on Sat, 5 May 2012 at R100, 00 per person, which includes a Tour of the Western Cape Archives at 72 Roeland Street, Cape Town. The CFRF Archives research workshop will be led by Ebrahim Rhoda, the CFRF Principal Archival Research Advisor from 9h00 to 13h00.Limited seating ( 20 persons maximum). For bookings, please contact the CFRF convenor, Shamiel Gamildien at 083290 6005. This CFRF workshop is part of its community outreach programme in support of the National Archives Awareness Week 2012 campaign, “Voyage to the Cape” theme ! Date: 5 May 2012, Saturday Should you wish to make a reservation you need to make a R100 deposit to the bank account of the CFRF, the bank details are given below. Name of account: Cape Family Research Forum You may forward any queries to me at the contact details below. Please note that only 20 spaces available and no seats will be reserved if a payment has not been received at least one week before the event. thanks for your interest and co-operation
Shalom, the Beloved Country is a 48-minute TV documentary on the work being done by Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, South Africa’s Country Communities Rabbi, in Platteland communities and further afield. The title plays on the multiple meanings of Shalom, as a greeting, a welcome, and a farewell, as well as on the resonance with Alan Paton’s famous book on our beloved country.
The documentary explores the challenges faced by Jews in small country communities, and captures Rabbi Moshe’s warm and strong relationships with communities that once boasted thriving Jewish populations. We see many different aspects of Rabbi Moshe’s work, from conducting evening services to “schmoozing” with his congregants, to visiting old abandoned synagogues, to looking after cemeteries, to providing help for Jews who have fallen on hard times. We also see the Rabbi interacting with members of other faiths and communities, as part of his everyday work and mission as “the Rabbi with the biggest flock in the country.” Post message on the Jewish Forums The documentary is scripted and directed by Gus and Amanda Silber, and was first screened on Issues of Faith on SABC2 on Sunday, November 13, 2011. It is absolutely worthwhile watching. By Saul Issroff published in the South African Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group
The documentary is available on YouTube as follows:
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