“Mazeltov” is the perfect title for the tenth Annual Leah Todres Yiddish Song Festival to be held once again at the Baxter Theatre next month. This joyful celebration in the universal language of song is worth travelling to the Cape for.

Once again the Israeli Embassy and Ster-Kinekor’s Cinema Nouveau present the Israeli Film Festival. This feast of free, subtitled movies is running in Joburg and will travel to Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban over the next few weeks.

The Emmy Award-winning documentary "A Yiddish World Remembered," narrated by Academy Award nominee Elliot Gould and directed by Andrew Goldberg will be screened in Joburg next week.

A blogger wrote to the publisher last week: “The Kollel booksale was so fun. I was like a kid in a candystore but wish I had an unlimited budget. I spent a lot there today!” She posted a comment to a review of sale books: “I got some really great books at ridiculously low prices.”
Read what’s up for kids.

Reg Park was a former Mr Universe, a Hollywood actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s inspiration, an actor & a man who advised Bruce Fordyce & Gary Player. He was in the coaching squad for the 1995 Springboks.
A powerful movie has now been released about this icon, who many in the Joburg Jewish community knew so well.

Of the 762 individual Nobel Prize-winners between 1901 & 2005, 21 percent are Jewish. David Mordant will talk on some of their common characteristics, illustrating these with anecdotes, at his public book launch at Beyachad this weekend.

Chabad-Chassidic devotee to talk on “rapidly accelerating spiritual evolution of humanity in our time,” and “explore some profound insights from the Chassidic luminaries,” at RCHCC this Thursday. If you understood that… read on!

The Victory Theatre (in the heart of the Shtetl) has a fantastic line-up of talent on their stage during April and May.
The best-of-the-best of SA nostalgia is there for everyone to enjoy.

Rock lovers and die-hard fans thrilled to the sounds of Pink Floyd which premiered at the Victory Theatre in the heart of the Shtetl last night. 30-plus songs from 40-years of Floyd, all seen through the eyes of one of the founders.

The Edinburgh Telegraph called it: "The most exciting Jewish storytelling in the world!" Saul Reichen has taken the stories of Sholom Aleichem, and dramatised them into short, provocative sketches.

The Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre (RCHCC) will be having a two-week exhibition of works by Caron Arenstein, Lesley Jasven and Miriam Perkel.

Torah Academy Girls High is putting on an amazing dance, song and drama spectacular at the Victory next Monday & Tuesday. This is an evening not to be missed by the ladies!