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THE SA JEWISH BOARD OF DEPUTIES

MOURNING MADIBA
BY WENDY KAHN

GRIEF AND CELEBRATION
AT THE SAME TIME, AS
WE REMEMBERED THE
MAN WHO MADE SA

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During the week, I was invited to provide a prayer at
a women’s memorial event at the Orlando Stadium, in
Soweto. It was an extraordinary experience to join women
from Gauteng who came together in prayer and song.
son Mandela at his offices in Houghton, and
at the risk of using hyperbolic terms, it was
truly a life highlight. In the photograph taken
while he signed my book, I am literally beaming, filled with inspiration that wo