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“At Sinai we received the Torah, and 3 000 years later at Sinai Indaba, we launch a new Torah project,” commented Rabbi Dr Pinchas Zekry of...
So many individuals & orgs are knitting and donating squares & blankets says SAJR general manager Karen Knowles (pic)
African superstars Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour performed with Johnny Clegg (pictured) at the 20th edition of the World Sacred Music Festival in Fez, Morocco, on 16...
“Belgium’s Jews are afraid. The Jews of Marseille are afraid,” writes Bernard-Henri Lévy, pictured.
Around 100 of R. Berland’s followers evicted from their digs on weekend & as many as 100 men, women, children & babies slept in a park...
“Sometimes filming a show in Israel is worth a thousand publicity tours” -Bennett on NBC series filming in Israeli capital
The Israeli government has approved a joint initiative with world Jewry. An initial sum of NIS 570 million is to be invested in joint initiatives to...
In partnership with the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day project, the SA Jewish Report approached Jewish businesses, individuals and schools to knit or crochet blankets...
They arrived in drips and drabs. A few in the morning and the rest at 23:30 at night, having experienced the worst of South African roads....
Thank you for relating the event about the power failure at Our Parents Home in your paper.
A reflection on the Torah as the Jews’ GPS, was a theme touched upon by several speakers at this year’s Sinai Indaba. Among the 11, primarily...
Jews throughout the world have joined with the people of Israel in praying for the safe return of three teenage boys from Gush Etzion’s Mekor Chaim...
I write to address Michael Rootshtain’s response to my op-ed of May 15, in which I claimed that the imperatives of Israeli security, democracy and moral...
On behalf of the residents committee of Our Parents Home, I wish to respond to your article in last week’s paper in which your reporter Robyn...
An interesting question may be put to the “Ask the Rabbis and Rebbetzens” column.
Mary Kluk’s Above Board column of May 30, on anti-Semitism refers. Her thought-provoking article makes the reader aware that we have choices. Very true, but what...
WIZO Forum hosted Naomi Dinur, a graduate from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, a translator in Hebrew and English and an active member of...
Looking not a day older than 80, Betty Goott turned 100 years old on June 16. She was born in Johannesburg in 1914 to parents Lily...
Rabbi Zeff Leff and Rabbi Yosef Bitton presented two facets of Torah wisdom at the Sinai Indaba, respectively from the point of view of the spiritually...
If anybody understands the importance of change in life, it’s the big-hearted learners at Eden Preparatory School in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg. These learners, from grade 0 to...
Stability and growth were the themes of the 82nd annual general meeting of the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) in Johannesburg. Chairman Di Levine says this...
At the national SAUPJ (South African Union for Progressive Judaism) conference held in Cape Town from June 6 - 8, the subject of “Unity in Diversity”...
The Palestinian terrorists who kidnapped the three young Israeli boys last week were “no less than barbaric”, Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein told the audience of 4...
With the Soccer World Cup well underway, the sporting world’s attention is focused on Brazil and a month-long feast of skill, colour, flair and hopefully exciting...
Answers to questons about Jewish matters by SAJR's eminent panel of rabbis and rebbetzens.
The Occupy Wall Street movement of September 2011, made popular reference to “The one per cent” as the multitudes cried out “we are the 99 per...
Professor Heather Zar, head of UCT’s department of paediatrics and child health at Red Cross Memorial Children’s Hospital, has been locally and internationally acknowledged. She has...
Sounds of Celebration, held in August last year at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, was a unique musical event presented by Sydenham Shul and Education Africa, a...
The SA Jewish Report and SAJR Online offer an “Ask the Rabbi/Rebbetzen” service for our readers and users - and this landing page is designed to...
The Rabbis of the Yeshiva College Campus were shocked to get the news on Erev Shabbat that “3 precious Israeli children have been kidnapped by terrorists....
Thank you Rabbi Silberhaft for this especially kind deed which has left such an impression upon me
Work & study visas, marrying foreigners & importing specialised Rabbonim? Ant Katz (pic).manages to get answers from Home Affairs
How new visa regs affect SA Jewry & Israelis
The (true) latest news on the situation - and some real bloopers from mainstream media
Without a solid foundation of strength of character, religion can be misleading.
What does it mean to be Jewish? How do we identify as Zionists in a world where we are vulnerable to attacks?
LAURENCE SEEFF puts forward an impressive argument against Habonim Dror SA’s proposals
Once again Bev Goldman impresses with her choice of the best Zionism reads of the week
Opinion and Analysis Week ending 4 June 2014 1. A Palestinian alliance that undermines peace with Israel Armstrong Williams, The Washington Times, 1 June 2014...
Rolene Marks: “Once again Israelis feel the icy grip of worry and fear on our hearts as we are all too familiar with this scenario. It...
