They were born in Vilna and Kovna, Hamburg and Frankfurt, Greenside and Sea Point.

In South Africa, they built a Jewish world, imbued their children with Jewish pride, and cared for their elderly and their handicapped.

That world is now shrinking. While the young are emigrating to other countries, the old age homes and homes for the handicapped are struggling to survive: buses have been hijacked, elevators don't work, windows cannot be replaced.

Announcing The Chai South Africa Jewish Relief Fund, the first worldwide emergency aid effort for South Africa's elderly and handicapped in residential homes.

4950 Murphy Canyon Road, San Diego, CA, 92123

Email: chaisa@jcfsandiego.org