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Please note that on page 3 of our printed edition this week, there is no relation between the article and the Torah Talks advert. It is...
When Dr Beverley Jacobson’s eldest daughter was born on Yom Kippur 22 years ago, she had no inkling that this life-changing event would lead to her...
This year’s Rabbinical Conference had around 75 rabbis and 15 rebbetzins focusing purely on how to ensure South Africa’s shuls remain at the centre of Jewish...
The South African Constitution is premised on the three foundational values of freedom, dignity and equality. Much of our discourse is centred on the latter values....
Dr Max Price, vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT), told the Jewish Report there was a long way to go before a decision would...
A well-known Johannesburg doctor has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct and has been suspended for a year for sexually abusing female patients over a number...
When young Golden Lions rugby player Hacjivah Dayimani asked for a new yarmulke for his birthday last year, he was blown away when he received tzitzit...
Europe’s migrant crisis is far from over. The United Nations is warning that only 10 per cent of those currently on the move from Africa, Asia...
The new Israeli Ambassador to South Africa Lior Keinan, says he is “just a shy guy”, which I totally believe, because he clearly doesn’t find it...
We have been threatened and cajoled and told that we are bad Jews today as we put this bumper Rosh Hashanah edition to bed. What kind...
South African Jews were justifiably outraged at a recent Holocaust-related tweet (and subsequent comment) from Andile Mngxitama, the leader of Black First Land First (BLF).
Collagist extraordinaire, talented painter and printmaker, dedicated teacher of adults and relentlessly prolific maker of quintessential Jewish art, Naama Nothmann has passed away after a long...
Africa is increasingly attractive to external powers. China, France, Iran, Turkey, the UK, even South Korea, have, to varying degrees, vied for soft power, markets and...
When I finally sit down to watch a performance of King Kong this week, 58 years after this African jazz opera came into my life, it...
Every year we find what we hope to be a different or unusual cover for our Rosh Hashanah and Pesach bumper editions. This year the SA...
Fear and trembling make a triumphant return to the Jewish calendar with the month of Elul and the initiation of the holiday countdown that leads to...
In response to our article last week on the Herzlia pupils who were faced with anti-Israel posters at a school where they were doing outreach work,...
Three months back Roy Lotkin became the fastest South African swimmer over the age of 50 over 3km in the country.
Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri wasn’t referring specifically to South Africa when he wrote: “To poison a country, poison its stories… A people are as...
This being my last column before Rosh Hashanah, I would like to use this opportunity to wish you all a ktiva ve chatima tova. For all...
In most years the parshiyot of Nitzavim and Vayelech are read together and in most years, this double portion falls out just before Rosh Hashanah.
So much has happened in the year since last Rosh Hashanah. Many members of our community have celebrated wonderful simchas. And yet, at the same time,...
Epitomising what it means to be wandering Jews, intrepid traveller Karen Kallman, her husband Evan and their five children, have travelled around the world meeting Jewish...
As a child, I learned about the G-d who measures our deeds over this time of year, carefully placing our merits on one side of the...
What follows will most certainly test the boundaries of incredulity. Indeed, during the episode I am about to recount, there were times when I myself could...
In the build-up to the Yamim Noraim over the years, some members of the community have felt embarrassed, annoyed, or quite despairing, when encountering the often...
Rosh Hashanah is more than just a holiday. It is Judgement Day. That’s why the traditional greeting at this time is not Happy Holiday, or even...
As the High Holidays tides approach and soon over-wash with their poignant waters of joy, awe, solemnity and introspection, it’s tempting to imagine that this season...
Every Thursday night my parents would entertain their more or less adult grandchildren for dinner. The menu was always the same. Fried soles and chips. Salad...
The months of September and October have always been a busy time for me. And if I don’t plan, my life spirals into a dense fog...
Last year babka was big, this year bagels are making a comeback. Here’s what to look out for in 5778 in the Jewish world and beyond.
It’s a New Year, and you may feel the need to start afresh, make a list of “New Year’s Resolutions” or simply promise yourself to do...
“Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.” Of course, our sages were right that true wealth means being happy with what you have. But...
Rosh Hashanah naturally leads Jews to highlight the ideas of introspection, justice, life and death, looking back on the past and the need to improve oneself....
If you survey the average person in the month of Elul, I really think the High Holy Days are equally welcomed and dreaded.
One of (EFF leader) Julius Malema’s G-d given talents, is an ability to capture our guts. When he began the chant, “Pay back the money!” it...
Have you ever wondered why Jews place such a strong emphasis on food? And have you thought about why the chaggim and Shabbat are based around...
Make resolutions. Drink. Watch fireworks. Drink some more. Break said resolutions. This basically sums up a typical New Year celebration in the Western world. While there’s...
I was unsurprisingly late for shul. And because I was rushing I got caught behind two senior female members of the congregation who were in front...
