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I would like to begin my column this week by congratulating the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) on an outstanding conference this past weekend and in...
The debate (in Jewish Report’s letters page) between Rabbi Pesach Fishman and Martin Frack over the morality and Divine directive of the extermination of the Canaanites,...
As human beings we have an inherent need to belong: to one another, to our friends and families, to our culture and to our country. Feeling...
So says Professor Ronnie Friedman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel’s largest university) who was a guest and speaker at the Fed’s national elective conference...
Read who’s out, who’s in, and where they are placed after the SAZF’s four yearly national elective conference on Sunday.
See who were the big prize-winners, a car from the Fed and a half-page ad from Jewish Report which were won at yesterday’s Israel Expo at...
WIN 10 TICKETS WORTH a whopping R1,000! One lucky reader will win ten R100 tickets and be able to invite friends & family to SydShul &...
It looks like a safe win is on the cards for Bibi according to election pundit, communal worker and Cape Town attorney Aubrey Katzeff. He is...
On what basis did Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu claim to speak for the entire Jewish people in his controversial speech to the US Congress this week...
Benjamin Netanyahu presents the case for Israel’s concern of a nuclear capable Iran to the American congress. Is it coincidence that it happens in the same...
By ironic coincidence, this year’s annual hate fest known as “Israel Apartheid Week” takes place at a time when Jews around the world are celebrating Purim,...
It is always an advantage to have a winning start when one moves into a new job and that is exactly what South African Davis Cup...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
Last week I attended the Chev’s annual Zayin Adar dinner, always a heart-warming function. As usual the guests were made up of rabbonim, community leaders, donors,...
"I am frequently asked the question, how many Jews live in South Africa. I have also been told with a surprising certainty by a non-Jew that...
In last week’s SAJR Martin Frack raised a host of issues which I will attempt to respond to in this limited space.
With respect to Martin Frack regarding his reply to Rabbi Pesach Fishman (Jewish Report, February 27), I believe he should think through more carefully the whole...
About three years ago Jewish Report ran a story on a woman who was promoting Holocaust memorial beaded bracelets to raise funds for charity. The bracelets...
The question (in last week’s paper) regarding the extraordinary number of Bnei Yisrael that left Egypt after only 210 years of living there and after having...
Overseas visitors often comment on the warmth of South Africans, both black and white. The spirit of ubuntu (goodwill) uplifts this great land.
The Israel Centre has brought representatives of six Masa-related higher learning institutions in Israel to South Africa to meet and talk on their institutions to SA...
This story will be posted shortly, we are catching up with the reports from around the country but the unteste shura is that Palestinian peace activist...
Former Rabbi Barry Marcus who recently received an MBE, made an impact on South African Jewry when he led Johannesburg's Waverley Shul in the 1980s. Now...
“The SAJBD and CSO continue to work very closely with South African government security services, which are committed to doing everything that needs to be done...
History will tell if Israeli PM’s speech to US Congress last night was well-founded or risked damaging Israel-US relations. Jewish Report Online publishes the full transcript...
BDS calls “Israel Apartheid Week” whilst Jewish students dub it “Israel Awareness Week” – whatever you want to call it - IAW 2015 looks to be...
The Israeli Embassy in South Africa is holding a mock election campaign and wants as many South African citizens as possible to take part in it....
UKZF, SAPI & DEISI to hold live Webinar with Rev Dr Kenneth Meshoe (pictured) on “Debunking claims of ‘Israeli Apartheid’," at 8pm Tuesday 3 March. Register...
For all its focus on Iran, AIPAC can’t seem to get away from the controversy surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s impending speech to Congress which...
A leak of hundreds of secret intelligence papers from agencies all over the world, offering a glimpse into the murky world of espionage. But it was...
Kuwaiti paper claims unnamed Israeli minister with good ties with the US administration 'revealed the attack plan to John Kerry.'
Fall-out continues from the leaks of Top Secret spy cables from SA – this time setting out clearly that SA spooks see Mossad as a "difficult...
