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South Africa’s local elections were something of a watershed in its recent democratic history. In a political system that had become “single-party-dominated”, the governing ANC now...
There was an appropriately celebratory mood at the SAJBD Gauteng Council conference, held at the Sandton Shul hall on Monday evening. The theme of the conference...
One hundred and seventy five years of Jewish life in South Africa, from the first-ever prayer service in Cape Town in 1841 through to the vibrant,...
I was recently privileged to hear a talk by Rachelle Fraenkel, Israeli mother of Naftali, the boy who was murdered by Hamas together with his two...
Quinoa and I have not always been friends. For the uninitiated, quinoa is a plant of the goosefoot family found in the Andes, where it was...
Every year on August 9 we celebrate Women’s Day in South Africa, a public holiday that pays homage to the women of our nation - who...
Being held up at gunpoint with her young son and daughter has left radio personality and life coach BENITA LEVIN asking how many thousands of other...
Want to understand love? Look to army veterans and rats. The parsha for this week - Nachamu Va’etchanan - tells us to love G-d. How can...
This past Sunday world Jewry commemorated Tisha B’Av - the saddest day on our calendar. But this weekend is known as “Shabbos Nachamu - the Shabbos...
Justice Sharise Weiner, who made the shortlist of 14 candidates to succeed Thuli Madonsela as public protector - at the time of writing the incumbent had...
Last Thursday a delegation of Jewish women headed by the SAJBD travelled to Boipatong township near Vanderbijlpark to meet with survivors of the massacre that took...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF City of David bolster Jewish claim to Jerusalem JERUSALEM – Tisha B’Av is a day deeply rooted in Jewish history and...
It is exceptionally rare to find a shul discussing a drosha on the Ten Lost Tribes. In fact, the last to mention them that I know...
It takes courage to denounce the organisation which has been your ideological home for most of your life. Two Jewish anti-apartheid struggle heroes who are long-standing...
As a result of extraordinary levels of anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party, Jewish voters are turning away from Labour.
I address this letter as the honorary consul of El Salvador, a position I was appointed to after the passing of my predecessor, Mendel Kaplan.
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
The top social event on the annual South African Jewish calendar is without doubt the Absa Jewish Achiever and Jewish Report awards gala banquet - and...
Self-declared ISIS-affiliated “Terror Twins” Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie, 23, who were arrested by the Hawks on 9 July accused of crimes under the Terrorism Act, including...
Steve Linde, pictured, the recently retired SA-born editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, was in Johannesburg last week where JR board chairman Howard Sackstein hosted an off-the-record...
Two of the speakers at this year’s Limmud Jewish learning event taking place later this month are Struggle veteran Denis Goldberg and Tony Hamburger. Hamburger and...
Dr Nir Boms, of the Dayan Centre for Middle East Studies, conducts research on the Syrian Opposition, and is involved with a number of Israeli-Syrian humanitarian...
The Hawks allege that self-declared ISIS-affiliated Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie, 23, are “Terror Twins who planned to blow up US and Jewish installations in SA. They...
Israel and Lesotho last week pledged to improve their already close ties. This morning President Reuven Rivlin held a working meeting with President Faure Gnassingbé, of...
At 74 Streisand remains unstoppable - she has a forthcoming album of duets & is working on a memoir (release: 2017). She opens up to NYT...
Our Shabbat is called Shabbat Hazon, “the vision”, based on the opening words of the Haftorah, which also serves as the opening of the Book of...
History books may record it as “The Battle of Bagel Holes” - an epic tussle between kosher & other bakers laying claim to have invented this...
Philippa Sklaar, writer, motivational speaker and a fierce proponent for women's rights, is in South Africa to launch her second book, “The Affair”. She left South...
Two members of the Jewish community, Johannesburg theatre producer Bernard Jay and dancer and actress Nurit Graff, are involved in the new disco musical Saturday Night...
In many cases the reactions of parents watching their children play sport is more fascinating than the actions of the players themselves.
A brand-new Arcadia Children’s Home is being built from the ground up on the corner of Long and George Avenues in Johannesburg.
Women’s Day this year marked exactly 60 years since one of the iconic events of the anti-apartheid struggle, the march to the Union Buildings by 20...
Michelle Blumenau Alge, a founder of Go Getters, a support group for chained women (agunot) who have not received a get (Jewish divorce) from their recalcitrant...
Final preparations are underway for the Board's Gauteng Council conference taking place on Monday evening at the Sandton Shul hall. While attention will also be paid...
Two radically different responses have been seen recently in South Africa from citizens determined to denounce politicians abusing their power or filling their pockets with taxpayers’...
“Three-year-old political party seeks mature and experienced mate for a long term mutually beneficial “friendship.”
Shane Baker, an Episcopalian and an ardent proponent of Yiddish theatre, language and culture in New York, will be performing in a tribute to mark the...
Babka is having a major moment, and why not? There’s lots to love about the loaves of twisted dough, generously interspersed with a filling that usually...
Israel’s new Deputy Ambassador to South Africa, Ayellet Black, may be a tough career woman in a predominantly male world, but make no mistake, there is...
Ice hockey is not a very well-known sport in this country, but that doesn’t reflect the hub of activity that is coming out of the sport...
