News from Africa

After a long time in the planning and formative stages, the first-ever all Jewish Scout Group in Gauteng was formally launched on Sunday September 14 with the investiture of 15 Cubs, 6 Scouts and 2 Scouters (adult leaders) at their meeting venue at Froggy Pond, Sandringham. The Group decided on usin... Read more

Magen Scouts is an out-of-school educational youth movement aimed at the Jewish Community in South Africa and is affilliated to the South African Scout Association - South African Headquarters. The Magen Scouts meets every Sunday at Froggy Pond from 15:15 - 17:15 - Club Street Extension Daniel Gl... Read more

South African Jewry can well be proud of the Jewish Maritime League in Cape Town. The only organization of its kind in the Diasporah. It has contributed greatly to the maritime progress of Israel and to development sailing in Cape Town. It came into being in 1938 and until recently it operate... Read more