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Ahead of their departure for Israel to attend a Student Leadership Development Programme, the new 2017 SA Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) national leadership were invited...
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last Sunday announced that Israel will purchase 17 additional F-35 state-of the-art fighter jets from the US. Israel’s diplomatic-security...
Forty years after his reporting exposed one of the worst war criminals in Dutch history, Hans Knoop is still celebrated in his native Netherlands as a...
I share Geoffrey Freeman’s “disgust” and “anger” at the “Anti-Semitic graffiti at Wits”. He says: “Action needs to be taken” in the form of protest marches,...
Last week, the Gauteng Council took a decision that future Yom Hashoah ceremonies in Johannesburg will essentially take the same format as that agreed to in...
STEVEN KRAWITZ Jewish Interest City of Secrets by Stewart O’Nan (Allen and Unwin) is a moral thriller set in the build up to Israel’s independence in...
JERUSALEM - Author Dan Sofer’s debut novel, “A Love and Beyond”, has won the 2016 Best Book Award (for the category Religious Fiction).
Will Jewish and white nerves be calmed and urgent immigration papers for Australia and Canada be withdrawn now that EFF leader Julius Malema has clarified that...
SAJR In the story in last week’s Jewish Report on the Johannesburg Art Gallery exhibition, the caption to the photograph is wrong. The work is that...
Ron J Hutter has written a provocative, entertaining and thoughtful novel that explores the problem of anti-Semitism in a very original way. In “The Trombone Man:...
Many of the first recognised Jewish sportsmen were boxers. They generally lived in tough neighbourhoods and many had to learn how to take care of themselves....
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, whose death was announced late last Friday, had a complicated history with Jews.
Koshary, an Egyptian specialty, is one of the best vegetarian dishes I have ever tasted. It's a street food, sold everywhere you look, including carts and...
This is one of my favourite recipes to make and to share with others. Every time I make it people ask for the recipe and simply...
We were recently treated to a modern-day equivalent of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in parliament when President Jacob Zuma appeared for a question and answer...
The South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity (Sacred) is pleased to see that the 11-year-old ban on women singing at communal events hosted by...
I noticed with surprise (and pleasure) a short article in the latest issue of Jewish Report about a document from the Inquisition in Mexico on display...
The Torah introduces us to our forefather Jacob as a “yoshaiv ohalim” - one who sits in tents. What on earth is a tents-sitter? And why...
More than 50 senior Jewish community professionals, including SAJBD National Director Wendy Kahn, attended the third annual meeting of the World Jewish Congress National Community Directors’...
President Jacob Zuma has been widely criticised by large sections of the public, the parliamentary opposition, trade union federation Cosatu and even factions within the ANC....
SUZANNE BELLING Legal battle lost to move husband’s remains to Israel LONDON – A widow’s long campaign to have her husband’s remains exhumed and reburied in...
The South African Jewish community has produced exceptional leaders who have gone on to become captains of industry on the local and international circuit, occupying the...
Multi-talented Howard Feldman has an intrinsic feel for South Africa. Columnist, blogger, businessman, presenter on ChaiFM’s “Morning Mayhem” and former chairman of the board of SA...
The transformation of Camilla Crawford from a shy and reticent schoolgirl at King David High School Linksfield to a successful actress, writer, director and producer, is...
The Johannesburg-based Lewandowski Chorale has been invited to participate in the sixth Louis Lewandowski Festival in Berlin from December 15-18. “Thirty two of our choristers will...
The Union of Jewish Women gave tangible substance to Mitzvah Day this year by performing mitzvot in six cities in South Africa.
The South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town is currently showcasing local Jewish artistic talent with its second annual instalment of a group exhibition called The...
For Parshat Noach, the children of Linksfield Shul donated fluffy animal toys to fill Noah's ark. Afterwards the animal toys were donated as charity to children...
The year 2016 has been a productive year for the Orange Grove LINK literacy project. A total of 70 kids learn with volunteers twice a week...
JENNY MILLER The children of Sydenham Pre-School paid tribute to their caregivers last week. They delighted their audience with their singing and dancing and a special...
Some of the past and present teachers and staff at Yiddish Folk Pre-Primary School who attended the moving farewell tribute ceremony to Yiddish Folk. Back: Alana...
At a briefing for the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) last week Friday, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) told...
The threat by some Orthodox and other South African Jews and interfaith groups to take the SA Jewish Board of Deputies’ Gauteng Council to the Equality...
Some 5 600 emissaries (shluchim) from Chabad-Lubavitch from all over the world gathered at the Pier 8 warehouse in Brooklyn, New York this week for the...
The upset victory by Donald Trump in the 2016 elections stunned a Jewish activist and leadership class that is at times as divided as the electorate...
As the wildfires that raged across this country for nearly a week were subdued on Sunday, Israelis surveyed the devastation in search of answers. Improving weather...
“How do we deal with the lies and, erm…. BS that BDS spread?” Blogger Rolene Marks poses the question and gives the answers – and answers...
BDS – What you need to know (concise toolkit) Dear Reader What is BDS (Boycott, Divestment and sanctions)? What are the accusations that they level at Israel...
The Jewish Agency for Israel today issued a “Special Update to the Board of Governors: Israel on Fire” which they have shared with JR Online.
This has to be one of the funniest stand-up pieces ever – and it was done in aid of Stand with Us! Even the Chief Rabbi...
