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Our weekly Torah portion is “Re’eh” - “Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse. The blessing: If ye shall hearken unto...
I shop at Norwood Mall. Recently I was informed by a non-Jewish man (and not an anti-Semite) that he has been having to contend with being...
The words of the song in Fiddler on the Roof, “Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match” may refer to a different time and place. But the...
Last Thursday evening, at the Durban Jewish Centre, the Council for KwaZulu-Natal Jewry held its 84th AGM. As always, it was a pleasure for me to...
I’ve just returned from a few days in the scenic city of Cape Town where I met a number of remarkable people and achieved some important...
"I came to the WIZO shelter afraid for my life. But now, I feel like I was born anew. WIZO protected me and my daughters and...
Mixed programmes in Dance Umbrella always hold that frisson of possibility and that lucky packet threat that is about how the works on the programme relate...
Rabbi Berland - who escaped extradition from Holland to Israel last month by disappearing as stealthily as he had from SA last year - has been...
At least four of the 200 outstanding young South Africans selected for the Mail & Guardian’s (M&G) prestigious list published last Friday were Jewish. Not too...
A film of the behind-the-scenes peek at the acclaimed Israeli-SA dance collaboration is in the works after the stunning success of the world premiere of this...
Ahead of what may be the toughest diplomatic battle of his career, a final bid to kill the Iran nuclear deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Another highly successful Limmud conference took place over the weekend at the Indaba Hotel and Conference Centre in Fourways, Johannesburg. This was the 10th Limmud South...
This week, the Cape Council welcomed on board its new executive director, Daniel Levitt, while Chaya Singer joined the staff of the National Board. I likewise...
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if sport was left to sportsmen and politics to politicians? Two recent incidents proved that if politics was left out of sports,...
Orthodox women must make a call, writes Geoff Sifrin. Mention the word “feminism” and many people think of militant women in the 1950s burning their bras...
Was Cecil the Lion that different from Cecil John Rhodes? Was Cecil’s status as king of the Hwange National Park attained in a manner all too...
Jewish education in the United Kingdom has been a contentious issue for thousands of parents comprising the Jewish community of approximately 300 000. The question of...
The Internet and newspaper classified sections are chock-a-block with advertisements urging people to adopt pets - especially dogs and cats - but there are also horses,...
In bygone days, it was never considered out of the ordinary when schoolboys were given “six of the best” or girls were rapped over the knuckles...
In just over two weeks, the Jewish Report will celebrate along with the rest of this community, the 2015 Absa Jewish Achiever Awards, which honours all...
Four participants in the recent “Young South African Leaders” visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, shared their experiences and insights with Gauteng Jewish leaders and...
Congress has until mid- to late September to consider whether to reject the nuclear restrictions for the sanctions rollback deal reached by Iran and six major...
A weekly summary of briefs on some of the top issues in the Jewish media worldwide brought to you by Jewish Report staff writers. The SAJR...
Advocating for Israel, as anyone engaged in that thankless task knows, is being rendered all but impossible in an environment where the thinking on the issue...
Revolutionary new Israeli 3D printing is set to revolutionise barista art. Forget hearts & leaves: Ripples’ newly unveiled system uses technology to print everything from detailed...
