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    NEW JOB Monday joins 4 new Jobs posted Sunday & 5 new approved recruiters - so watch for more to come. ORT JET also has some exciting news coming on their job-seeker seminars.

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    Solly to lead ‘Young SA Jewish Executives Mission to the Baltics.’ Visit Latvia & Lithuania, explore our heritage in ghettos & shtetls, witness the miracle of Jewish renewal & network with businessmen, political leaders & academics.

  • "Young Jewish Executives Mission to the Baltics"

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    CEO Ivan Saltzman’s spat with woman over Disc-Chem’s selling Israeli products leads to boycott calls from BDS. We’ll sell products from Israel & Muslim countries, says Ivan. Story goes global as users support Ivan.

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    The WIZO ladies are having a Collectable Market & Shtetlers can visit to see if they can find a bargain – or enjoy the Mitzvah of donating something to be sold. Better still – you can even do both and enjoy it twice as much!

Community Orgs News

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    Videos from TV series viewed over 13,000 in a week & emails flow in from SA & the world daily. A heartwarming story of recognition for 18 years of dedicated service to those who would otherwise have had no spiritual support.

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    MyShtetl's Ant Katz had breakfast with new Board chair Mary Kluk this week. “Nothing could have prepared me,” he writes, for the promise of a whole new style of leadership. “More of the same it will never be,” he says.
    READ: SA JEWRY IN SAFE HANDS

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    Jewish media hell broke loose after minutes of an acrimonious meeting between the Krengels & Ambassador were leaked by Embassy staff. It took CT & Dbn leadership to facilitate a window-dressing handshake but the parties remain at loggerheads.

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    UPDATED: The rumour-mill is buzzing about major changes supposedly in the offing at the Jewish Report. Editor Geoff Sifrin has posted a message on the newspaper’s website this evening and they have published a paper this week (pic).

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    Dan Brotman, an American who works at the Cape Board, writes “Becoming More Emotionally Invested in SA” – his insights into helping “secure our future here as Jews.” The simplicity of his words could only have come from someone born out of the SA box.

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    Among the 46 "Heads of State" in Bloemfontein today to celebrate the ANC’s centennial is Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. MyShtetl has enquired from the Israeli Embassy whether PM Netanyahu also received an invite.

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    3500 Reads, dozens of angry comments: This MyShtetl EXCLUSIVE! showed how R40-odd-mil of SA taxpayer money went to PA & how it was spent. Major Jewish orgs weren’t aware of this but ignored requests for comment!

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    Ex-NDPP slamed new SIU-head last weekend. And we drew parallels to our situation with communal leaders!
    LATEST - HEATH RESIGNS AFTER DEMANDS THAT HE PROVE HIS ALLEGATIONS!

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    Israeli Ambassador Dov Segev-Steinberg (pic) spoke as guest of honour at a COP-17 Gala Dinner this week. Israel’s historic environmental & tech contribution, he said, “has never been for her use alone.” Israel has always been prepared to share these skills.

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    “Even electric traffic is still traffic,” writes JNF-SA’s Benji Shulman from COP-17 today. Benji explains that tech issues, Shabbat, COP’s official rest on Sunday& other factors are now aside & Benji's blogs will be posted daily.