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The Freedom Charter, adopted in June 1955 in Kliptown, states: “We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:...
There is a cute joke that people who are familiar with Yiddish love to tell: 'What do you get when you cross a hen with a...
Stories and pictures from excited youngsters at Eden (with Matzah Man, pictured), King David Linksfield and King David Victory Park.
It is well known in Jewish law that one should not make or eat food that rises. This, however, certainly does not apply to prices, whether...
Jared Kushner has many claims to fame. He’s married to Ivanka Trump, daughter of the Republican presidential front-runner, Donald Trump. Jared is the scion of a...
Another Purim has just passed. As is usual, young Jewish boys and girls brought their masks and costumes and entertained us "oldies" at Sandringham Gardens with...
Occasionally a name pops up on a gold leader board and one gets asked whether that player is Jewish or not. We saw that at the...
The battle since December to protect this country’s political values, symbolised by Zuptagate and Nkandla, echoes another struggle for the country’s soul in art, music, literature...
Abe Segal died in Cape Town on the night of April 4, with his devoted friend, Deborah Curtis Setchell, at his bedside. Abe and I met...
Merlynn Edelstein of Jews for a Free Palestine quotes people who have been refuted time and time again, yet like a broken record, she continues to...
The ORT SA National Executive Committee, CEO and staff would like to congratulate ORT SA President Dr Brian Joffe on his recent honorary doctorate. This is...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
As a regular reader of the Jewish Report I am disappointed to see scandalous articles being printed and online which really don't bode well with what...
Teaching legend and director of the King David Schools’ Foundation, Elliot Wolf, recently celebrated his 80th birthday and alumni in London attended a birthday celebration, paying...
Among the hundreds of books coming out in April, here are a few enticing titles for a good Pesach read. There are some thrillers, some literary...
MARGOT COHEN
Zuma “lost the moral legitimacy to govern this country,” Chief Rabbi (pictured Friday) tells media conference after NRLC & SACC - whom, he says, speak for...
The kashrut division of the Johannesburg Beth Din has issued a kosher alert regarding “Mediterranean Delicacies Kosher for Passover salmon pate” which has been incorrectly labelled.
Catch up with old friends and family – download the SA Jewish Association of Canada (SAJAC) Pesach publication – what a great read this is for...
One of the all-time favourite and funniest Jewish YouTube videos must be Aish’s 2011 Pesach offering. It’s short, sharp and has had millions of views, See...
Zuma “lost the moral legitimacy to govern this country,” Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein (pictured Friday) tells media conference after NRLC and SACC - whom, he says,...
“Wanted Israeli fugitive nabbed,” reads the subject line of an official notice just released by the Hawks’ senior spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi. And Rabbi Eliezer Berland’s...
The kashrut division of the Johannesburg Beth Din has issued a Kosher Alert regarding the purchase of Pesachdik chickens from Pick n Pay. The Beth Din...
The elite priority crime division of the SA Police, The Hawks, have confirmed that they arrested the 78-year-old Rabbi Eliezer Berland in Sunninghill in northern Johannesburg...
UPDATED - RABBI IN HOSPITAL? HAWKS' STATEMENT IMMINENT! Unsubstantiated reports poured in on Thursday that the elusive Rabbi Eliezer Berland was arrested by police. At this...
Israel was expecting to be hit by a massive cyber offensive today. But unlike other attacks (APTs, criminal campaigns, etc.) to hit the nation, this one...
The heart-breaking story of 67-year-old Sheila and her 73-year-old husband (names withheld) were involved in a collision back in 1994. Both were seriously injured, although she...
Jonathan Kaplan, former 2010 Achiever Award Winner for Arts, Science Culture and Sports, and world record holder for refereeing the most number of rugby test matches,...
This past Sunday, Sinai-X drew a capacity crowd to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg for an interactive and fully immersive learning experience. The event also...
A wonderful and entertaining fundraiser arranged by the Pivotal branch of the Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society recently, with floral stylist Jill Manson, was held at the...
It may have started with the Sinai Indaba, but how does one replicate, package, universalise and roll-out such a South African concept to the world? Arise...
The scandal around the flight of father and son attorneys Ronald and Darren Bobroff escalates on a daily basis. New claimants come forward all the time...
The Cape Council of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies Papers were served papers today that they are being sued in the Equality Court for “discrimination...
Brian Joffe, who graduated from Wits University as a chartered accountant in 1971, received his honorary doctorate degree from Wits University Chancellor, Justice Dikgang Moseneke, at...
Segal was one of the most talented and charismatic tennis players ever to emerge from South Africa. With doubles partner Gordon Forbes, they formed a virtually...
President Jacob Zuma faces the unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court where a full bench of 11 judges found he had failed to uphold his constitutional...
There is no such thing as a Jewish genie, but if one were to rub a kosher lePesach wine becher at this time of the year...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF Air France stewardesses refuse headscarf edict on Iran flights JERUSALEM – France is compelling female members of its cabin crew to...
Daniella Jaff-Klein is not just a wife and mother of three, but a community activist and maverick - in the good sense of the word -...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
