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After the Shabbos raid by Interpol and the SA Police Service (SAPS) and the subsequent branding of Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein as a “din rodef” by...
These words, purportedly uttered by Rabbi Yitzchak Chakak last week, have such connotations that JR set out to find out more about the little-known rabbinic concept...
It was all a mistake, says spokesman for the Shuvu Banim Breslov sect at their yeshiva which is a stone’s throw from the Kotel in Jerusalem....
Followers say it was Divine intervention, police say he was tipped off. One way or another, as reported extensively by the Sunday Times & Ha’aretz today,...
THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED: This week report that suspected Israeli mob boss Shai Musli, who appeared in court on January 18 and released on bail...
What’s the news this week? We are attempting to post the newsletter content on the website to add value for readers who do not get our...
It all started with a remark posted on Facebook by white Durban real estate agent Penny Sparrow who compared the behaviour of black people on a...
Never again means never, ever again. Am Yisrael Chai. "Whole communities, brilliant scientists, educators, artists, musicians and potential future finders of cures to disease and contributors...
Today is International Holocaust Memorial day. On this solemn day, we mark the tragedy of all human tragedies, the Holocaust.
Sandringham Gardens residents were treated to a fabulous afternoon of song and nostalgia when well-known performers, Emmanuel Castis and Lorraine Gaylard entertained them last week Thursday....
Match fixing in tennis has been put under the spotlight again with the BBC making claims of massive corruption in the sport. The ATP Tour was...
This year the Goodman Gallery celebrates its 50th anniversary - five decades of shaping contemporary art and working with artists who challenge unequal power structures and...
According to world-renowned Jewish historian and anti-Semitism scholar Professor Dina Porat, immigration, particularly from Muslim countries, rather than the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, is the main engine behind...
The words “white privilege” have become the ultimate slur in the ugly racial mudslinging of recent months. Just for a change, it’s worth looking at what...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF Young girl invents system to produce oxygen in space TEL AVIV – A 13-year-old Israeli girl has invented a system for...
Question: Why do Jews always answer questions with a question? Answer: Why not?
Starting next week, we will have the privilege of hosting Avi Mayer, international spokesman for the Jewish Agency and world-renowned social media expert, for a week-long...
Daniel Shapiro, the US ambassador to Israel, has been vocally critical towards Israel and said that "too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked"....
Timeous’ is a word that inevitably comes to mind regarding Milton Shain’s A Perfect Storm: Antisemitism in South Africa 1930-1948. At a time when an acrimonious...
Daniella Moffson, niece of Rabbi Shmuel Moffson and Discovery’s Adrian Gore, has died after a tragedy in Central America.
Jews are again being targeted for being Jews, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of International Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.
A new study has shown that over half the population of South Africa is overweight and obese and it has recommended a 20 per cent tax...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
I’m a Roman Catholic Christian living in Yeoville. I look forward every week to my copy of the SA Jewish Report which I receive from a...
President Jacob Zuma discourages travel to Israel for ANC members and representatives, because he is absolutely petrified that, should they experience the Israeli culture and economy,...
Everything in the world is interconnected. Cause and effect are everywhere and we can often see the ripple effect of even the smallest decisions we make...
Your recent issue carried an article and a subsequent letter posing the question whether a Reform rabbi should be addressed as rabbi.
It’s hard to believe but twins Elliot (left) and Jeffrey Wolf, who turned 80 on January 21, have contributed as many years between them to the...
Few plays with strong Jewish themes reach the South African stage and that’s why it’s a revelation when an acutely crafted, bitingly funny diatribe such as...
Zionist fighter of note Leon Reich, pictured, and his wife Juliette were bade farewell last night by the SAZF, LikudSA and Betar. MORE PICTURES INSIDE. as...
This week Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that suspected Israeli mob boss Shai Musli, who was scheduled to appear in court on January 18 and didn’t,...
Those Batei Din that have ruled, say it is not halachic to smoke (it used to be but now that we now it ruins out bodies...
The global challenge of fighting anti-Semitism in 2016 lacks a global strategy, writes Ben Cohen, senior editor of TheTower.org & The Tower Magazine, in his widely...
More than one hundred thousand people were deported from the Westerbork transit camp in Holland during WWII. 102,000 of them did not return. The camp was...
January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Today the name is ubiquitous, but, in 1946 few beyond those who had survived to tell...
Ol’ Blue Eyes’ body, a packet of smokes, his favourite lighter, a bottle of whisky and phone coins, all lay in a Jewish funeral home for...
A major culinary revolution has taken place in the past three decades and a new documentary by a young, inspiring Israeli-born American chef, Michael Solomonov is...
The Cleveland Cavaliers fired their Israeli-American head coach David Blatt, pictured, who led the team to the NBA Finals last season midway through this one.
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former three-term mayor of New York City, is considering an independent run for the US presidency. He told friends and associates that...
Only in America… The first such event was held by the Mayor of Beverly Hills in 1958. Now, pet barmies and batties have become big business...
