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Do we need security and comfort to do well in life? Do we achieve more when we are relaxed and comfortable, or when we are challenged...
As the Zimbabweans celebrate the resignation of Mugabe, we here in South Africa are looking forward to the upcoming ANC elective conference. We are desperately hoping...
The future of Syria is anyone’s guess, but increasingly the odds are that Israel’s northern neighbour will evolve into either a Russian- or Iranian-controlled country. That...
South Africans - whose family may have been among the Vilnius University students or academics who were kicked out in 1941 because they were Jewish -...
The proposed downgrade of the South African embassy in Israel - a motion before the ANC national conference next month - met solid opposition on constitutional,...
The ANC’s proposal to downgrade the South African Embassy in Israel - raised in July and to be debated again at the party’s December conference -...
After decades of oppression, resistance and stalled attempts to break the apartheid status quo (justifiably defined as a crime against humanity), South Africans finally negotiated an...
With the opening of new remedial facilities catering for Jewish children with barriers to learning, the question begs: is this in response to a growing need...
A group of Jewish parents in the heart of Johannesburg’s north-eastern suburbs, are considering schooling options because of the high price of private Jewish day school...
Advocate Michael Donen SC was honoured in Parliament this month when the House congratulated him on the “remarkable effort he put into representing freedom fighters for...
“Please don’t make me out to be a hero,” says Rolene Miller as we begin this interview. This epitomises the low-profile woman who has for 25...
Kathy Kaler's mother had a dream in 2005 that her daughter was talking on radio.
“The more aware we are and the more educated we are, the better equipped we’ll be to get rid of the abuse that’s happening,” Tova Goldstein,...
A few months before we made aliya, I received a phone call from one of the fabulous organisers at our school in Johannesburg. Effervescent and full...
In recent years, we have seen regular attempts by BDS sympathisers within the ruling party to push for South Africa to break its ties with Israel....
Anyone who has attended a 40-year high school reunion, knows the uncomfortable feeling when you meet classmates from several decades ago, who immigrated to other countries...
Being Jewish and belonging to a youth moment does not mean sharing ideals, views and political affinities - especially if you grew up in either Israel...
As we come to the end of the Parliamentary year next week, I want to take a small space of your letters column to praise the...
Beit Emanuel is a gem of a congregation: it gives expression to the deepest and most profound Jewish and South African values of respect for the...
Space prevents us from expressing enough words of appreciation for the wonderful leadership of Michael Sieff, as he sadly leaves the Chev.
There was great excitement when Yeshiva College opened its brand-new playschool facilities for 2 - 3 year olds recently.
Torah Academy Nursery School launched a “Kindness Campaign” on World Kindness Day (November 13) to bring positive energy into the community.
The grade R children of Sydenham Hebrew Pre-Primary School, had a Hebrew party with Morah Ita last Thursday. Each child chose and drew an object and...
It is not often a school is visited by a NASA astronaut, but King David Victory Park Primary got lucky when Dr Don Thomas came to...
We, the undersigned 45 individuals, value the open and welcoming atmosphere of our Beit Emanuel Synagogue, and the personal warmth and generosity of Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked.
The 17th annual Allen Joss Auto Jaffa Golf Day was held at Wingate Park Country Club on October 28 and was filled with lots of fun...
The Shuvu network of schools in Israel was founded 27 years ago by the rosh yeshiva of Torah V'Daas in New York, Hagaon Harav Avrohom Yaakov...
The Union of Jewish Women Johannesburg, together with volunteers, took Mitzvah Day to heart and and made a difference within the wider South African community.
The Johannesburg South African Union of Progressive Jews (SAUPJ) - which includes members of Bet David, Temple Israel Hillbrow and Beit Emanuel - chose to thoroughly...
This year, Bnei Akiva has seen successes like never before, with soaring numbers in all our programmes and continuous connections with all our members through a...
There is great excitement in Israel that next year’s Giro d’Italia cycle race will begin in Israel. Cyclists will travel through the Negev Desert, follow the...
Multi-award-winning international rapper Drake is not only Jewish, but he has a close South African connection.
If you happen to be in the Johannesburg suburbs on the weekend and you hear someone shout, “There goes the Vintage Man”, don’t look for an...
SA Union of Jewish Students Western Cape Chairman Jesse Soicher, described the atmosphere at the University of Cape Town (UCT) as “eerie” ahead of exams, which...
Marriage is a sacred union of husband and wife. It is called “kidushin”. The word kadosh means holy and also separated and cut off. When a...
Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan insists that this week’s resignation of Michael Sachs, who headed up Treasury’s Budget Office, must be understood in the context of...
“We are anxious as we don’t know who is in control,” says president of the Harare Hebrew Congregation, Arnold Joffe, on Wednesday as a military takeover...
It was hailed as “platz-worthy” by the kosher kids at the Beth Din. Woolworths took the community by surprise when it conducted a survey on social...
The presence of the SA leader of BDS at Beit Emanuel Synagogue - the largest Progressive congregation in South Africa – has driven a wedge of...
When a man by the name of Michael Sachs resigned from the Treasury this week, it was hard not to do a double take. That was...
