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While South African Jews are convinced that our kosher chicken is so much more expensive than non-kosher birds in other Diaspora communities, the opposite is actually...
Ever wondered what the medical emblem of the snake wrapped around a stick means? No doubt you're familiar with it - it's used around the world...
This couple - whose engagement was announced on Sunday - may have many shared interests – one of them being a deep love of Israel and...
South Africa’s Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane this week denied punting notorious Holocaust denier Stephen Goodson’s book on the history of banking, in which he blames Jews...
The South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ) and the South African Association of Progressive Rabbis (SAAPR) have “condemned the decision by the Government of Israel...
Forty years ago, Jewish Johannesburg was a very different place. The community was largely “Traditional” in observance, which meant that they drove to an Orthodox shul...
Netanyahu says he didn’t betray anyone by effectively cancelling a historic agreement to provide a non-Orthodox space at the Kotel, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, and caving...
This week the media in Israel has been filled with every angle on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reneged on, or suspended his agreement to create...
There is a joke that asks why didn’t Moses go right to the oil fields instead of left to the olive groves. The answer is that...
With this week being the yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, we pay our respects by running this personal tribute to him by RABBI LORD JONATHAN SACKS,...
From the outside the Chabad community - described by many as the world’s most successful and influential Jewish movement - may seem unusual and shrouded in...
Fifty-fever, marking the anniversary since the 1967 war, has swept the Israelis both left and right. The latter is dreaming up even more creative ways to...
The institutions of the South African state have been captured in a “silent coup” by a corrupt, powerful elite. As a result, a “shadow state” has...
The Talmud states that 10 measures of beauty came down to the world and nine of them were given to Jerusalem and one to the rest...
When Alvino and Johnny Salgado bought a house opposite their Freshfellas business in the heart of Glenhazel in Johannesburg, they had no idea the brouhaha it...
It wasn’t long ago, he was just a piglet, but now Bradley Nowikow has grown into Mr Rat. This may sound confusing, but Bradley is an...
While Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s aggressive demeanour and politically suspect agenda offends many, care must be taken not to automatically dismiss everything she says because of...
Few if any groups in history have been the targets of as many conspiracy theories as the Jewish people. With the spread of literacy and the...
The July holidays are here, bringing with it the big question: What can we do with the kids over this break? Here are some fun ideas.
When you live with the stresses and pressures of Johannesburg life, getting away is such a wonderful nice-to-have. And if you can afford to do it,...
Great Park youth involved in the bar- and batmitzvah programme, together with learners from King David, distributed over 1 000 blankets and jackets to children cared...
Musical maestro Bryan Schimmel unravelled his rollercoaster life journey to the WIZO Women Inspired last week.
Many examples in history and in recent times, show Jews acting publicly in a manner presenting them with a certain face, which is very different to...
The learners at King David Linksfield Junior Primary are getting better and better at chess.
King David Pre-Primary School Linksfield recently hosted a Book Week which enthralled the learners and reinforced the importance of reading books from an early age.
King David Victory Park Primary hosted a special matinee performance last Sunday of “Providence”, the school’s annual major production, for residents of Selwyn Segal, Sandringham Gardens...
Sydenham Hebrew Pre-Primary School last week held its own South Africa Day at the school and celebrated in the true spirit of ubuntu.
The 20th Maccabiah begins in Israel on July 4 and already the cricket event has been mired in controversy. A decision by the Maccabi Games Organising...
Nominations for Absa Jewish Achiever Award close on Friday. So, if you haven’t send your nominations now. From then on, it is the count-down time to...
When the Islamic State claimed credit for an attack on Israeli soil for the first time last week Friday and vowed to strike again, the response...
When we look at the biblical account of Korach's rebellion against Moses and at the numerous commentaries which describe Korach's personality and actions, it paints quite...
A Sandton mother whose baby boy’s brit milah went horribly wrong three years ago, says she is “comforted” in knowing that a website governing the practice...
You’re madly in love; planning to get married and start a family, the last thing on your mind is to check whether you are both carriers...
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have made a major breakthrough in discovering a micro-gene that protects the brain from developing epilepsy
I’ll never forget my first challah bake. Hundreds of immaculately dressed women crammed into a hall, all armed with giant plastic bowls and latex gloves. Soon...
I have a colleague who lives in Gaza. We’ve worked together for 12 years, but never met. He’s 32 years old and because of his age,...
We live in a country where - right now - the leadership doesn’t appear to be accountable for their wrongdoing and for the damage they do...
It may not look like it, but they are modern day heroes - these wounded souls whose innocence was devoured by an alleged paedophile billionaire.
Stanley Matthews is known for being past Premier Soccer League CEO and currently CEO of top football club SuperSport United, but few would expect him to...
Anti-apartheid and human rights lawyer, Lord Joel Joffe, passed away peacefully last Sunday after a short illness, at his home in Liddington, UK. The South African-born...
