Shifra Says: Jewish Care Cape introducing Herzlia Ambassadors extraordinaire

Last year Jewish Care Cape invited Herzlia Learners to be our Spokespeople/Ambassadors on behalf of JCC Welfare Organisations to deliver reports at the 2011 AGM. This was an idea put forward as a way to have new and exciting input at last year’s AGM. And to encourage the youth to be more involved in Jewish […]

Shifra Says

Welcome to our Jewish Care Cape 2012 new website look and feel! Our webmaster and designer is inspiring us to upload and present fresh, new and exciting material and we are delighted to have him on board. The catch words for 2012 directing and guiding us in these unpredictable times are, frugality, sustainability, co-existence and […]

Change is a door that can only be opened from the inside

As the umbrella body for the seven Jewish welfare organisations, JCC held a Planning Meeting at the end of 2011 to try and assess the needs of the community in the short, medium and long term. These are some of the issues that were raised. DEMOGRAPHICS The numbers of the Western Cape Jewish Community appear […]

Giving Wisely

Giving wisely, the concept of giving to those less fortunate or the activity of ‘giving’ for giving’s sake! I have always been of the belief and practise that if you give open heartedly without wanting anything in return inevitably the Universe will ultimately bless you with the things you need. In other words giving altruistically […]