As explained in previous communications, I have appointed Professor Efraim Kramer to draft extra health and safety protocols for our shuls, which have been checked and endorsed by Professor Schoub and Dr Friedland. Minyanim will only resume under strict medical protocol, which must at least conform with government regulations, such as proper screening, and limiting numbers to 50 people. The bottom line is that all our shuls should be reopened in time for Yom Tov, should current positive trends continue. And in KwaZulu-Natal, where the number of infections has not yet fully plateaued, minyanim will likely return only much closer to Yom Tov. The Eastern Cape is in the same position as the Western Cape. In Gauteng, providing the downward trajectory continues, we are aiming for Rosh Chodesh Elul, 20 August, to be able to restart minyanim, at first outdoors with fewer than 15 people, slowly expanding until the week before Rosh Hashanah, from 12 September, to be up to the legal maximum of 50 people. This means that, in the Western Cape, where the peak of infections arrived earlier, we are now in a position to resume minyanim as soon as shuls are ready. The process of reopening has been determined regionally based on the different stages of recovery in different provinces. But we will need to be careful and cautious, and be very strict about implementing all the necessary protocols as explained below. It means that they have decreased to the extent that, with the implementation and maintenance of strict health and safety protocols, our medical team has advised us that it would be considered responsible to resume minyanim as per the timetable and conditions below. Now, thank G-d, under the guidance of our medical experts, Professor Barry Schoub and Dr Richard Friedland, as was presented today at our community webinar, we are able to begin a phased reopening of our shuls. This does not mean the risks and dangers of doing so have abated. We have been guided by the analysis and understanding of expert medical advice, as the halacha requires us to do. Throughout this crisis, our approach has been, as the halacha requires, that we prioritise protecting people from a potentially life-threatening disease. Thank G-d, throughout the country, the infection rate is starting to decline. And for the past few months, we’ve been bereft without them. It’s the place we go to find faith and strength, community and partnership, vision and inspiration. It’s the place we go to connect with each other. It’s the place we go to connect with Hashem. Our shuls are so important to us – spiritually, emotionally, socially, they offer us so much. One of the most difficult aspects of the pandemic is that we haven’t been able to go to shul. If you have information that affects the Cape Town Jewish Community that you would like to share here, please email 10 AUGUST: Plan for getting back to shul from Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein As information comes in from our communal organisations about COVID-19 and the status of our facilities, we are adding it below. Will be necessary if sending colour chips of the colours discussed during the meeting to your home following the video chat colour consultation.Welcome to the Cape Jewish Chronicle’s COVID-19 Information Hub. Please allow for 5 days from today's date to book an appointment. Select what platform you would like to use for your virtual colour consultation * We may ask for additional photos to help us understand your space! Yes No Not Sure Do you have any dominant colours existing in the space?ĭescribe as best you can below. Single colour for whole room A colour for the room as well as an accent colour Just an accent colour Multiple colours for several rooms Are you painting the trim and doors as well? * Grays Whites Neutrals Beiges Bolds Are you looking for a single colour in your room(s) or to add accent colours? * Do you have a colour palette preference? *
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