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SA Jewry decided enough is enough and held a protest outside the Sea Point Woolworths store where the pig’s head was placed in a halaal section...
On one hand Cosas says they are not clowns. But while they suspend a member who placed the original pig's head, they announce they’ll be placing...
Every day brings both inspiration and challenges. The task of any Jewish communal leader is to combine celebrating and building upon the good with confronting anything...
Is there a place for decency in politics, or does anything go when you’re pushing a political point? asks editor Geoff Sifrin in his weekly editorial...
Yeoville Park, 1986, by Gideon Mendel (A vintage archival silver bromide print, printed in 1988; 20 x 30cm). PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY GALLERY MOMO
The extent of media coverage of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has surpassed even the swine influenza scare of 2009. Much of it has...
Police were called in by an array of shopping centre managements, security companies and members of the public who felt unsafe or intimidated and, in at...
Rolene Marks flitted into SA this week - and is with us until after Shabbos - to sign up members for the new Zionist Spring. Read...
Article by MRN's Jassat Monday would appear to be part of a much larger strategy aimed at pushing the ANC government to follow the ANC party...
One of SAJR.CO.ZA readers’ favourite writers, Bev searches the World Wide Web weekly to find our users the top reads of the week. As the doyenne...
One of SAJR.CO.ZA readers’ favourite writers, Bev searches the World Wide Web weekly to find our users the top reads of the week.
Barry Shaw on his conversation with Reverend Meshoe. Barry is a regular contributor to the SA Jewish Report website and an an accomplished author.
The SAJBD yesterday lodged a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission against Cosas and their Western Cape Provincial Chairman Siphakamise Ngxowa for their anti-Semitic demonstration...
The Lancet, one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals, and its owner both stand to lose much of their lustre if a serious controversy is...
In honour of the 20th yahrtzeit of Shlomo Carlebach, the Sandringham Gardens Shul will hold a special Carlebach Friday night service on 31 October. “Come and...
The Shabbos Project took place in 461 cities in 64 countries and 9 languages around the world last weekend. And, while nobody expected anything but success,...
Cosas members put pigs heads in Woolies kosher and halaal sections today. The action was quickly and roundly condemned by the Board. BDS disclaims it (although...
Find links to everything there is to know about this unique and incredible initiative of worldwide Jewry which saw over 5 000 women make challah under...
Yeshiva College Boys in Johannesburg posted this Shabbos Project video of ‘Dror Yikra’ (cover of Maccabeats’ adaptation of 'When I'm gone'). It has already garnered over...
In his latest “Delving Deeper” piece, Rabbi Bloch discusses the power and impact of The Shabbos Project
Rolene's latest blog: “When it comes to Israel it looks like we’ve disappeared down the rabbit hole of insanity...” she says.
It is a Mad Hatter’s tea party, a bizarre world
Howard Feldman (pic) posted his latest blog this afternoon & it’s already the top read today. By far. Read it & you, too, will be hooked!
President Reuven Rivlin discovers & returns rare book borrowed by former President Shazar! The nearly 200-year-old book has been returned to the National Library of Israel....
The Women’s International Zionist Organisation has already started #SpreadingLight as this Brazilian participant, pictured, can attest to. Read about the impact WIZO SA has had on...
When the Post Office has been on strike for three months and nobody notices, it might be time to do away with it altogether.
South African Jewish Voices for a Just Peace (JVJP) hosted an event with Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu this week Thursday in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, to commemorate...
I wish to address this letter both to US President Barack Obama and William Hague, British Conservative politician and currently Leader of the House of Commons.
The Jewish community owns an impressive portfolio of assets and investments, worth probably hundreds of millions of rands. Has there ever been an audit (of these...
The community is full of questions over the launch of SA affiliate which has led to a spate of inquiries to both SAJR & organisers about...
Bilateral trade between Jan & Aug hits record R44,2 bil. £1,6-bil in Israeli exports to UK (up 38%) & £957 mil in UK exports to Israel....
Bev’s Goldman’s picks of the best Zionism reads from around the world are often downloaded by more observant users of this website who rave about them...
Bev’s Opinion & Analysis picks for the week ending 22 October 2014
Cosatu (Congress of SA Trade Unions) and its health sector affiliates Nehawu (National Education Health and Allied Workers Union), Denosa (Democratic Nursing Association of SA) and...
The event of the great deluge that convulsed the world in the story of Noah is replete with powerful messages that are core to life. It...
Seeing the jacarandas in bloom in my recent visit to Pretoria, reminded me of my own student days, when the appearance of those purple blossoms served...
When BDS places a huge billboard “advert” along the busy highway between Johannesburg and Pretoria presenting an inaccurate or simplistic view of the complicated Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...
Recognising the need to foster a stronger culture of entrepreneurship in South Africa, Investec and the South Africa-Israel Forum (SAIF) partnered to take a first-ever delegation...
Gabriella Rosen is an exceptional young girl. She used the money that would have been used for her batmitzvah celebration to instead revamp and upgrade Our...
Rabbi Moshe Sher zt”l passed away three days prior to Rosh Hashanah, after a long illness.
