Price R50,00 incl. VAT Registered at the GPO as a Newspaper ?????????????? J E W I S H F F A I R S A F F A I R S J E W I S H A FFAI RS JEWI S H A Rosh Hashanah 2012 Rosh Hashanah 2012 Australia Botswana Canada Hong Kong India Ireland Mauritius Namibia South Africa Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom & Channel Islands United States Investec Limited and its subsidiaries, including Investec Bank Limited - 1969/004763/06, registered credit providers and authorised financial service providers. Cape Town 021 416 1000 Durban 031 575 4000 Johannesburg 011 286 7000 Pretoria 012 427 8300 Wealth & Investment Asset Management Specialist Banking To a fruitful New Year Shana tova umetukah 70528 Jewish Affairs 1 2012/07/25 12:46 PM EDITORIAL BOARD MISSION In publishing JEWISH AFFAIRS, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies aims to produce a cultural forum which caters for a wide variety of interests in munity. The journal will be a vehicle for the publication of articles of significant thought and opinion on contemporary Jewish issues, and will aim to encourage constructive debate, in the form of reasoned and researched essays, on all matters of Jewish and general interest. JEWISH AFFAIRS aims also to publish essays of scholarly research on all subjects of Jewish interest, with special emphasis on aspects of South African Jewish life and thought. Scholarly research papers that make an original contribution to their chosen field of enquiry will be submitted to the normal processes of academic refereeing before being accepted for publication. JEWISH AFFAIRS will promote Jewish cultural and creative achievement in South Africa, and consider Jewish traditions and heritage within the modern context. It aims to provide future researchers with a window on munity’s reaction to societal challenges. In this way the journal hopes critically to explore, and honestly to confront, problems facing the munity both in South Africa and abroad, by examining national and int