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It hasn’t even been two months since our family touched down in Tel Aviv and with increasing regularity I find myself saying: “It’s such a small...
The man who gave a cinematic face to the Oscar-winning movie, "Tsotsi", has once again been honoured for his work on another local production, "Happiness is...
Pam Green - who has turned compassion and caring into an occupation - was this week awarded the 2017 Woman of the Year/Woman in Community award...
Johannesburg conceptual artist Kim Lieberman unveiled a new set of works, entitled Human Intersection, in the Maboneng precinct.
Amber Kaganson, at seven-and-a-half, says she has always wanted to be on the stage and now she is is Roo in Winnie the Pooh.
South African Jewish youth, who choose to spend between four and 10 months attending one of the hundreds of projects in Israel, are now eligible for...
Amidst heated confrontations between Israel’s supporters and adversaries during Israel Apartheid Week on the Wits campus last week, there were also small clusters of students engaged...
We have just celebrated Purim, one of the most popular and joyful holidays on the Jewish calendar.
Trump administration rhetoric about Israeli-Palestinian peace is typical of a president who would make everything great: President Donald Trump is going to bring about a “historic”...
I nearly did a double take when I saw the article “SA-born Joel Pollak touted as next US ambassador to SA, in the February 24 edition...
"Thousands of South African Jews are claiming German passports". The headline in last week's edition of the Jewish Report will send strong feelings of revulsion through...
It is disastrous for Israel that the military put (soldier) Elor Azaria on trial in a court of law. The case should have been tried in...
As a hostage to the conflict being waged by conservatives on either side, I wish to once again place on record my objections to the war...
At the time of writing my last column, “Israel Apartheid Week” had just started. I reported then that already there had been some acts of harassment...
At the end of the very busy Purim day a message went out to the community saying: 3 608 generous donors; 2967 Jews in need reached.
If you were wondering what kind of Purim celebration the 20-somethings were having, you just had to peak in at The Arch@Tin Factory in Kramerville in...
A couple weeks ago, Adam Atkins (33), based in New York, didn't know Israel had a baseball team. But since the squad started winning games last...
In the name of raising funds for Hatzolah, 45 cyclists went on a week-long luxury cycle tour of the Garden Route.
SEE THE VIDEO - A BDS supporter does the (Nazi-style) goosestep with finger under his nose like a Hitler moustache - In another shocking incident on...
A nasty prank was behind a fake "Beware Of Jews" road sign that appeared outside a north London shul on Tuesday and was removed by authorities...
Israel’s highest-ever ranked tennis player, former world No 11 Shahar Peer, officially announced her retirement last week. The 29-year-old retires as the most successful Israeli woman...
OWN CORRESPONDENT Professor Michael Rudolph of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Dentistry has a passion for promoting healthier living through the food we eat....
JENNY MILLER Sydenham Hebrew Pre-Primary School celebrated Rosh Chodesh Adar with lots of singing and “creepy crawly” crowns that were made by each child to add...
OWN CORRESPONDENT Children from King David Pre-Primary Victory Park School celebrated the start of Rosh Chodesh Adar by wearing crazy hats to school. With Purim just...
The TV lounge at Sandringham Gardens was transformed, from just an ordinary room into one with décor fitting for a queen. Blanche Gittleson occupied the “throne”...
The Mama Ca Reading Project, steered by ORT SA, aims “to give children of all walks of life access to books and to provide training to...
Play: From Koe'siestes to Kneidlach Performer: Chantal Stanfield Director: Megan Furniss Venue: Auto & General Theatre on the Square, Sandton Until: March 18
The Sinai Indaba conference last weekend has been lauded as a great success, as in previous years. Anybody who attended would have been struck by the...
Everyone must see the address by the new American Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.
A regrettable incident occurred recently at King David Victory Park when the theatre director made ugly comments in anger to some high school learners.
On hearing the name Elliot Wolf, thousands of South African Jews - particularly King David Linksfield alumni - almost dof their caps with respect to this...
With costumes, spiels and lots of drinking, Purim is one of Judaism’s most raucous holidays. You might know about beautiful Esther thwarting evil Haman’s plans, the...
Purim is traditionally considered a story of Jewish triumph, celebrating the narrow averting of a nation’s genocide. Yet, the Scroll of Esther opens not with Jewish...
With Purim this week, we marvel anew at the story of Queen Esther and Mordechai and the miraculous manner in which Hashem’s behind-the-scenes intervention brings salvation...
Those who accept at face value claims that “Israel Apartheid Week” aims at promoting justice, human rights and democracy, need only witness how this annual propaganda...
Over the past months Jewish community centres across the United States, Argentina and the United Kingdom have received bomb threats, with evacuations taking place late last...
In the United States, Jewish cemeteries have been the target of horrific vandalism across the country, but this is no longer the case in South Africa,...
Sinai Indaba saw some 5 000 people gather in Johannesburg to hear some of the Jewish world’s most celebrated thinkers and speakers share multi-faceted insights on...
An American Jewish mother came up with the idea to build a Star Wars-inspired Lego shul - including the Legovitcher Rebbe and chassidim. She is trying...
Gabriel Zollmann is the South African Union of Jewish Students national chairman. A fourth-year medical student, he was head boy at King David Victory Park during...
