Following a series of launch events around South Africa in the second half of 2011, Jewish Memories of Mandela  was launched in London on 11 May 2012, at an event co-hosted by the Jewish Leadership Council and the SAJBD. Find speeches, photos and videos from the UK launch here

Jointly published by the SAJBD the Umoja Foundation, the book chronicles for the first time the varied roles of individual Jewish men and women in the life and career of Nelson Mandela, and the remarkable extent to which Jewish South Africans participated in the anti-apartheid struggle, and the nation building, reconstruction and reconciliation after apartheid's demise.

Read full reviews and articles on Jewish Memories of Mandela  To order for R400 (excluding postage and packaging), email Shirley Beagle beagle@beyachad.co.za or call +27116452583. Hurry - stocks are limited!

 The SAJBD hosts "Jewish Board Talk", a one-hour radio program on 101.9 ChaiFM from 20:00-21:00 every Tuesday evening. The show includes guest interviews, discussion of current issues and allows the public to call in and participate. It is hosted  by SAJBD Senior Researcher and Diplomatic Liaison, Steven Gruzd. It repeats every Sunday from 11:00-12:00. Hear podcasts and see photos. 

On Tuesday 22 May, Steve plans to chat to Claudia Braude about the Irma Stern painting that's gone to Qatar. Ilan Ossendrywer talks about his ongoing research on Ethiopian Jewry.   Helen Leiberman from Cape Town reflects on her development work through Ikamva Labantu. Finally, live from Paris, Richard Pasquier, president of CRIF (France’s major Jewish federation), discusses the election of Francois Holllande and issues affecting French and European Jewry. 

101.9 ChaiFM is available on the FM frequency in Gauteng, and via live streaming. Podcasts of previous shows are here. So nu, please tune in, listen in and join in!

This issue includes articles by Ute Ben Yosef and Natalie Knight that discuss the life and work of Herman Wald, a post-war sculptor perhaps best known for his design of the Martyr’s Monument in Johannesburg’s West Park Jewish Cemetery. Gwynne Schrire's essay delves into how local Jewish artists have inverted the Crucifixion motif as an instrument of political and/or social protest. Dan Brotman reflects on Jewish Cape Town. We remember two stalwarts of the journal who have recently passed away - Harold Rudolph and Annette Dubowsky. Book reviews discuss recent works on the Ochberg Orphans, the memoir of Jewish Anti-apartheid veteran Norman Levy and post-apartheid South Africa in the new century by R W Johnson. Download the full edition of Jewish Affairs Pesach 2012 here

Jewish Affairs, South Africa's leading Jewish intellectual journal, features a wide variety of articles on Jewish religion, history and culture. It has been published under the auspices of the Board since 1941. To subscribe or take out a gift subscription, please contact Goldie Goldsmith             +27116452523       goldie@beyachad.co.za or david@beyachad.co.za

2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplmat whose brave and selfless actions saved the lives of thousands of mainly Hungarian Jews in the latter stages of the Shoah. He is honoured as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" at Yad VaShem. As part of this year's Yom Hashoah commemorations, the SAJBD hosted  Mr John Dobai, a Hungarian Jew saved with his parents by Wallenberg's interventions.Read more 

Poingnant and moving events to mark Yom Hashoah were held in Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, East London, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and and Pretoria.

John Dobai hosted by Hungarian Ambassador to SA, 17 April 2012

Article by Jeremy Gordin on Wallenberg and Dobai in the Citizen, 18 April 2012

Article by Diane Wolfson on Wallenberg and Dobai in the SA Jewish Report, 19 April 2012

Article in Die Beeld on Yom Hashoah, 19 April 2012 (Afrikaans)

Article by the SABC on Yom Hashoah, 19 April 2012