Remembering
OUR TEACHERS
“Morah Rebecca, as she is fondly known, is not just a principal; she is your friend, confidante and cheerleader. Morah inspires each and and every girl that walks through the gates of
her school, not just with the love for Torah and learning but,
more importantly, for the love of one’s self and to do the best
and achieve the best that you can. She inspires each girl to go
out there and reach for the stars.”
HAYLEY SEVITZ:
I remember... my teacher from Hebrew Academy
in Cape Town.
“My middle school teacher is the reason I became one myself.
She had this ability to relate to each of us on an individual
scale and would even put up with the teenage antics we
would of course come up with to get out of class.”
really the only teacher who did. She always gave me positive input
and I even remember her taking me out of class to speak privately
to me and tell me that I was capable of achieving and doing well.
She really cared about me.”
ROBERT SUSSMAN:
I remember... Dr John Paynter from the University
of Dallas
“He somehow always saw a greater potential in me than I recognised in myself – and, even more amazingly, knew just how to draw
it out of me and actualise it. He never accepted anything but my
best work. Perhaps more than anything, I remember how he stood
up for me, the only Jew at a private non-Jewish university, at great
personal cost when other professors treated me unfairly on account
of my religion.” JL
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“I was told at my previous school that I’d never be more than a C
student in English. Mrs Cohen wouldn’t give up on me and
made me write and rewrite and rewrite again until finally in
matric I got 94% for my final matric result. I went on to study
English literature at Wits, thanks to a teacher who saw my potential and believed in what she saw and never gave up on me.”
ROS MINTZ:
I remember... Francis Sive from Yeshiva College
“The late Francis Sive of Yeshiva College had a huge impact
on my late daughter’s life. Lisa Cohen nee Mintz was a very
shy girl until she got to grade 8 when Mrs Sive insisted she
do public speaking. She saw huge potential in her that nobody else did. From then on she became a very eloquent
speaker and a very confident person who went on to study
journalism and had no problems approaching people for interviews, etc.”
ANONYMOUS:
I remember... Mrs Bacher from Torah Academy
Girls High School
“She always believed in me – and, at that time in my life, she was
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ANDY HAEFNER:
I remember... Mrs Cohen from Damelin College
Paying tribute to
those who helped us
get to get where we
are I BY ILAN PRESKOVSKY
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LEAH SILBERHAFT:
I remember... Rebecca Sarchi from Torah
Academy Girls High School
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