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Dianne Fine writes that "The Cape Jewish Board of Deputies is planning a community colloquium (for June 20) to discuss the matter of women singing at...
Two eight-year-olds from the King David Linksfield decided they wanted to raise money for the SPCA. Using their own initiative, they arranged a wonderful prize...
The SA Zionist Federation and SA Jewish Board of Deputies have called this morning for “all South Africans to condemn in the strongest possible terms" the...
The community was shocked at the news of the passing of popular baker and restaurateur Yonatan Helper this week as a result of a stroke. Masses...
Over 500 delegates from 5 SADC countries and a host of SA government departments that either use water tech from Israel, or are considering it, lauded...
The Regulatory Board of Brit Mila in South Africa, which was inaugurated in March this year, has made huge strides in creating a governance structure. As...
Jonathan Kaplan, the renowned former rugby referee, who just became a father last week using a surrogate egg and a surrogate mother, held a bris for...
Many people regularly ask how they can make a positive difference in the lives of animals. Well, Stella Meldau’s Woodrock Animal Rescue shelter on 8,5 hectares...
"Regina Adema ID I49344, daughter of Martin Adema and Jikke Justina Blom, was born in Bolsward on December 19, 1902, the Netherlands. Regina is deceased."
Nicky Newfield and Corinne Ossendryver launched a Jewish educational app, Shabbat Interactive, from Johannesburg four years ago. Its success led to the establishment of Jewish Interactive...
Last week Friday the French government hosted a three-hour meeting of senior representatives for almost 30 countries and organisations in Paris to try to kick-start peace...
Everyone who runs a business or organisation knows that nothing much can get done without motivated and loyal staff. My background in industrial psychology and a...
On May 7, I lost my brother Stanley, who after the death of our parents, became my mentor, praising me in achievement, encouraging me in adversity.
Shavuot has several names, each highlighting a different aspect of a festival that marks a key occasion in Jewish existence. Strangely, it has been relegated for...
Over 500 guests were transported back 49 years at Vodaworld in Midrand on Sunday night to the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem that returned the Old...
Iconic life president and founder of Pick n Pay 49 years ago, Raymond Ackerman was awarded an honorary doctorate from Rutgers University in the United States...
I’m a cheese and dairy fanatic. So for obvious reasons my favourite holiday is Shavuot. This is when spring has sprung and my family makes a...
A young man returned from visiting his father in hospital. His father was tragically losing his long battle with cancer. The renowned Rabbi Shimon Schwab asked...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
The Torah was given by G‑d to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai more than 3 300 years ago. Every year on the holiday of Shavuot...
On Sunday May 29, SACRED (South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity) in collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, Bet David Progressive Synagogue...
Kol Isha - interpreted as the voice of a woman singing solo in public - has become a divisive issue within the Jewish community, culminating in...
This year, to commemorate Mandela Day, the Union of Jewish Women’s branches across the country - in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and...
Vic Boston joined an elite group of runners when he became a fully-fledged Comrades Marathon Quadruple Green Number member after this year’s race in Durban on...
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) is raising the threat level from three to four, following the US, British and Australian alerts of possible terror attacks targeting...
The law-making process in South Africa allows for civil society to comment and give input into proposed new legislation, including an annual review of the Constitution....
Last Saturday night a capacity crowd at the Pine Street Shul Hall in Johannesburg celebrated Yom Yerushalayim in style.
In South Africa’s political environment dominated by politicians’ blusters and corruption and student mobs and trade unions burning schools and artworks, spots of gentleness are precious...
Some time ago a letter of mine was published in Jewish Report critical of Lithuanian passports and citizenship obtained by Jews, whatever the benefits.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a focus of conflict between Jews and Muslims. Yet in a perfect world, a place as holy as this would...
Last week Friday, I read on a website an article about the Shabbos Project of Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein.
I refer to Ant Katz’s article in last week’s Jewish Report, titled “Mandela Ramallah statue’s costs leaves many unanswered questions”. The article refers to the fact...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF Israeli gig for SA rave band Die Antwoord RISHON LEZION – South African rave band Die Antwoord is the latest to...
Muhammad Ali started off as a boxer. But, by the time he died on June 3 at the age of 74, he had become so much...
US reader sent this howler to us to share with fellow users just prior to Pesach. Silly us, we nearly let this gem slip through the...
Ties between the South African government and Palestine have been strengthened following a meeting by President Jacob Zuma and his counterpart‚ Mahmoud Abbas. This, according to...
It has been a busy week for Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who was in South Africa on Wednesday to meet with President Jacob Zuma.
A page (see story) was illegally inserted into copies of the South African Jewish Report newspapers at the Norwood Pick n Pay Hypermarket on Thursday. SAJR...
Speculation on the imminent extradition to Israel of Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the fugitive Shuvu Banim Breslov sect leader, has reached fever pitch when followers posted on...
Johannesburg’s gift to Ramallah is under scrutiny of the Public Protector. Advocate Anton Alberts, a Member of Parliament for the Vryheidsfront (Freedom Front) Plus (VF) party,...
