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The ratepayers of Johannesburg have donated a six-metre-tall, R6 million statue of the late President Nelson Mandela to the Palestinian people. All the while, the city’s...
Unless something drastic happens at the proposed Cape Town community colloquium next month to try to resolve the differences between two Cape Town Orthodox Jews joined...
There’s a certain bravado and lack of inhibition that comes from the anonymity of the Internet. A year ago it emboldened former Wits SRC President Mcebo...
In response to recent coverage on Ronald and Darren Bobroff, the personal injury lawyers under investigation for overcharging clients, the in the Jewish Report offered the...
A Cape Town woman has been living in a married wilderness for five years because her former husband is refusing to give her a get. But...
When Eugene De Kock - the apartheid assassin who tortured and murdered numerous activists, was sentenced to two life sentences plus 212 years for it, and...
Some mornings I purposely get to work very early so that I can watch the massive Sandringham Gardens campus come to life.
Why is our tax money going to the New Age and Independent Newspapers? This is the question we should be asking, said veteran journalist Ray Joseph...
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis calls himself “very fortunate” to have grown up in South Africa and to have been part of the English Orthodox model where...
Somebody had better put a mezuzah on the Lincoln Bedroom. Whoever ends up winning the US presidential election in November, one thing seems certain: For the...
Since the beginning of 2016, a number of events, including a symphony concert and public lectures, have been held in Cape Town as part of a...
Watch out Trevor Noah, you may have some serious competition from Michael Bagraim, spokesman on labour for the Democratic Alliance in Parliament.
How did I get to be in the situation of being one of three complainants against my own Jewish community? Ninety per cent of South African...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
Daniel Friedman is a young Jewish comedian and musician whose unique satirical take on South Africa, conveyed mostly through the medium of original music, has brought...
Singer songwriter Laurie Levine has again been nominated for a SAMA (South African Music Award), South Africa’s equivalent of the Grammy Awards in the category of...
The roots of a true story - turned to fiction - earned Johannesburg mother and grandmother Jill Nudelman the coveted Olive Schreiner Prize for prose last...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF ‘Facebook, Google part of problem in Israel’s war on terror’ NEW YORK – The Israeli government will pass legislation against social...
Thirteen dancers between the ages of 12 and 17 from the Bowring Levin School of Dance in Johannesburg, have qualified to dance at the prestigious American...
South Africa has been involved in Maccabiahs since the first event was quickly arranged in 1932. Over the years there are people in South Africa who...
He hits a forehand with the ferocity of a senior player. At 13, Dylan Salton is a rising star and has now moved up the rankings...
And if you say, “what shall we eat?” (Leviticus 25,2) A disciple once approached the famous Kotzker Rebbe (Menachem Mendel Morgensztern, 1787-1859) and shared with him...
On Tuesday May 17, WIZO Women Inspired held a very successful evening with Clem Sunter, well-known scenario planner and futurologist.
Many South African Jews whose parents and grandparents came to this country from Lithuania have been frustrated in their efforts to take advantage of the Lithuanian...
Dear John, Last week Friday morning you received a call from a woman named Fahima who referred to a local South African celebrity who was visiting...
The soul is in this world for a purpose, comparable to a prince being in a dumpster for the sole purpose of finding valuable diamonds.
The conclusion reached by Geoff Sifrin in his recent Taking Issue column, “What allows you to dictate to me as a Jew?”, is pivotal when discussing...
I read Julia Margolis’ reply to Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, regarding women singers (at Jewish communal events).
Users please note that the South African Jewish Report is in the process of upgrading your favourite Jewish information and news website. Feel free to look...
Anyone who thought Israeli President and First Lady Reuven and Nechama Rivlin are purely ceremonial Heads of State, should think again. The president occupies one of...
The Equality Court action being brought against the Cape Board of Deputies by two Cape Orthodox Jews and subsequently joined by an interfaith Progressive-affiliated group, SACRED,...
It is the season once again where Jewish communal life will be dominated by the festivities around the modern-day festivals, commemorations and remembrances over the next...
Last week Thursday, after a fraught and sometimes bizarre hearing, “Rabbi-on-the run” Eliezer Berland, wanted for sex crimes in Israel, was denied bail in the Randburg...
As South Africa celebrated Freedom Day last week Wednesday, April 27, youth leaders from across Johannesburg’s townships and suburbs, some from the most privileged and some...
The South African Jewish Report has received surprisingly little criticism for some of the more controversial stories we have recently chosen to cover. These include the...
It is a startling statistic and indictment of the ANC government which has ruled for two decades, that the new generation of black Africans aged 25...
In response to Shaun Zagnoev’s letter in Jewish Report of April 22, ''SAJR... misleads with headline”, I find that I must agree with him.
Hatred, anti-Semitism and racism have become a daily part of life in the Johannesburg suburb of Savoy.
The two groups JVJP (Jewish Voices for a Just Peace) and JVFP (Jews for a Free Palestine) seem to have a host of issues around the...
