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KING DAVID SCHOOLS SLEEP-OUT
Inspired by the 702 Sun International CEO Sleep-Out,
King David Schools hosted a King David Sleep-Out Under
the Stars on Thursday 18 June, the aim of which was to
collect blankets for Girls and Boys Town. Grade 7 students,
teachers and principals at King David Linksfield and
Victory Park Primary Schools, as well as Rabbi Craig Kacev,
director of the South African Board of Jewish Education,
experienced a freezing Johannesburg winter’s night by
sleeping outside, and braving the elements.
GREAT PARK YOUTH SHARE THE WARMTH WITH
AFRIKA TIKKUN
Great Park barmitzvah and batmitzvah boys and girls were joined by
a large group of grade 7 King David Linksfield students to share the
cheer, warmth and privilege of giving. Hundreds of blankets and coats
were given to the Uthandu Nursery School children and will be further
distributed to hundreds more who are in the care of Afrika Tikkun’s
Cradle to Career programmes.
CAP’S MANDELA DAY INITIATIVE
RABBI’S CONFRONT ABUSE
The South African Rabbinical Association (SARA) in
conjunction with Koleinu SA ran a two-hour briefing on the
issue of sexual abuse. To inform the rabbis on this matter,
Koleinu SA brought out Dayan Rabbi Avrohom Union of the
Beth Din of Los Angeles, California, who has had extensive
experience in dealing with such matters. After highlighting
the extent of the problem as well as the lifelong harm such
issues cause, Rabbi Union provided guidelines as to the
halachic duties and responsibilities of those who become
aware of such instances.
CAP’s Mandela Day Initiative called on the Joburg community to make
67 000 sandwiches, and was a huge success. The Norwood Park on Grant
Ave was filled with young and old, from 7am to 2pm on the Friday before
Mandela Day. Forty-thousand sandwiches were counted; however, boxes
filled with ready-made sandwiches kept arriving long after the counting!
CAP distributed the sandwiches to soup kitchens, homeless shelters,
orphanages and other charities across Johannesburg.
CAP employees came to the Norwood park in full force to make
sandwiches for Mandela Day
PICTURED: Newly appointed chairman of the SA Rabbinical
Association, Rabbi Gidon Fox (r), with Dayan Rabbi Avrohom
Union of the USA, at the Rabbinical Seminar on Abuse.
Shelly Kahn and Alice Friedman from Yad Aharon & Michael joining in
to make sandwiches for Mandela Day JL
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