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Stevie B, one of South Africa’s radio financial gurus, is on the move and has taken up a new position at the revamped LM Radio.
On May 19, the editor wrote an editorial entitled "Do your research before making a stand". She rightfully pointed out that the ANC and other prominent...
I write in honour of a remarkable group of Orthodox Jewish women who assist divorced women whose former husbands refuse to free them from the grip...
Our thanks to Jewish Report for devoting two thirds of a page to our rabbi and his big mouth. He is inclined to shoot from the...
It is with a great deal of sadness that I write this letter to you. I am so enraged that I have to put pen to...
I have read with dismay the utterances of Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked at the opening of the ANC Policy Conference at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, last week.
We support Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked
I refer to Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked’s opening prayer at the ANC’s policy conference.
When Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked accepted the invitation to offer a prayer at the start of the recent ANC conference, he must have surely understood that all...
Besides the strident and ear-piercing outcry against the new Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s recommendation to Parliament for a Constitutional amendment to change the mandate of the...
Port Elizabeth volunteers of the Union of Jewish Women put their all into helping those who lost their homes and belongings in the all-consuming carnage of...
While it seems incredible that in a racially charged society like ours, someone would purposely stoke black-white tensions, for enough money some people will do anything.
Largely buried in the flood of media reports generated by last week’s ANC policy conference, was a recommendation by the party’s International Relations Commission that the...
Doctor, sportsman, administrator, author and a now a television interviewer - Ali Bacher is one of those people who has done it all.
Gia Lipschitz, a grade 3 learner at Bellavista School, was awarded full Junior Colours for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) by the Central Gauteng Gymnastic Association, for...
When Jews were panicking whether to stay or leave South Africa before the end of apartheid, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, predicted...
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There was heated debate over the possible downgrading or closure of the South African embassy in Israel at the ANC Policy Conference at Nasrec this week....
The story of Bilam presents a glaring question to us about Hashem’s attitude towards us and the decisions we make.
When Progressive Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked stood up to say a prayer at the opening of the ANC Policy Conference at Nasrec last Friday, he took a...
Eight years ago, Bongani Masuku, Cosatu’s International Relations Secretary, threatened to subject some of South African Jews to “perpetual suffering” - among other hateful utterances -...
What do you think of when you think of Italy? Maybe you picture beautiful works of art set against rolling Tuscan hills? Maybe a steaming plate...
When news of the forensic officers going on strike was reported, most Jewish people paid little attention, believing it didn’t affect them. However, when your religion...
When a Jewish person tells a Jewish joke to another Jewish person, it is invariably thought to be hilarious and can be enjoyed for the inside...
In the last week, the north-eastern part of Israel has come that little bit closer to the war in Syria. Cross-border missile fire and mortar bombs...
In the past weeks, expectations and fears over the direction of the ANC appeared in headlines around the world. The ANC Policy Conference at Nasrec in...
Professor Raymond Suttner risked life and limb in opposing the apartheid regime as a member of the ANC and SA Communist Party. Now, he gives his...
Haredi Orthodox Jews agree with their non-Orthodox brethren on one thing: The future of the Jewish people is at stake in the debate raging over who...
Ritalin is one of the most controversial - and hidden - medications used in private schools. Some will insist that it is over-prescribed, others say that...
David Goldblatt is an iconic South African photographer who has shone a light (or, rather a camera) on South Africans in all their glory. For decades...
Every journalist is a frustrated author and dreams of writing a great novel, says South African-born writer living in Israel, Joel Gordin, whose book “Love Song...
When Mikaila Sher introduced a water project at her school, she displayed a key characteristic required of Diller Teen Fellows - the ability to have a...
Driving through the built-up areas of upmarket Johannesburg must be invigorating for Anthony Orelowitz, considering just how many of the new and innovative buildings he passes,...
David Grossman, one of Israel’s most celebrated writers, won the International Man Booker prize for his latest novel, A Horse Walks Into A Bar. On June...
Three prominent members of the Cape Jewish community, Michael Bagraim, Alvin Kushner and David Janks, braved the winter weather and embarked on a motorbike tour from...
Denzil Levy - the doyen of the Port Elizabeth community - celebrated his 100th birthday last Wednesday. His already wonderful milestone birthday was improved when a...
A famous example of a journalist bravely speaking truth to power, regardless of personal consequences, comes from Jewish history in 1898, when French writer Emile Zola...
As has been more fully reported on elsewhere in this issue, the Equality Court last week upheld a ruling by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)...
Last week’s Jewish Report contained three articles denouncing the anti-Jewish action by the Public Protector. The paper unfortunately contained an anti-Jewish letter by Lionel Marcus, which...
