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Israelis and Jews are warned to be extra cautious when visiting more than 34 countries over the Pesach holiday – including countries on the African continent....
As an international rugby referee, the world was Jonathan Kaplan’s oyster as he flitted from place to place. Then he exchanged his whistle for nappies and...
Israeli doctors performed surgeries to fix severe spinal deformities as part of a week-long medical mission to Ethiopia.
There is a hive of activity at the Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) to address the crisis that erupted in the Jewish community in the wake...
British Labour lawmakers participated in a protest rally on Monday, criticising leader Jeremy Corbyn for failing to deal with alleged anti-Semitism in his party. The Labour...
The day after this country celebrated Human Rights Day last week, senior South African diplomat Ambassador Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko stood up at the United Nations Human Rights...
When ANC Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) Sharon Davids stood up in a State of the Province debate some weeks ago and said Premier Helen...
For the past few weeks, Jews have been busy with all their Pesach shopping. I’ve noticed the price tags on the assorted Pesach goods, of local...
For most of us, Pesach is a time for family, time to slow down, clean up and be attuned to our Judaism and to what makes...
During this time of year, I am reminded of Pesach 2011, when I was in Cairo covering the Arab Spring. After three decades in power, Egyptian...
What is the key to the strength of our South African Jewish community? In life it is impossible to focus on everything. We need clarity of...
There is something about being an emissary for Israel that reinforces my profound love for the country.And the distance from family that my work demands makes...
As Jews, we have an entrenched understanding of what it means to be strangers in a foreign land. This hits home specially over Pesach, as we...
“I am a Jew; I am an Israeli and I feel an obligation to struggle on for what is happening in my society.”This is the plea...
“He who saves a single life, saves the world entire.” This Talmudic maxim is etched on glass panels in English, French and Kinyarwanda at the Kigali...
When a small group of Holocaust survivors and visiting Israeli soldiers came face to face in Johannesburg last week, there were tears of shared pain and...
Professor Heather Zar was recently named a 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Laureate for Africa and the Arab States, in acknowledgement of her wide-ranging contributions to...
During the Pesach Seder, when the time comes to read about the four sons, few want to read the role of the simple one, the wicked...
The moments of the Seder when we read and repeat the 10 plagues, removing a drop of wine from our cups for each one, is not...
One of the big media stories of last year was the Me Too movement, which began as an online campaign – #MeToo – initiated by women...
I feel a strong affinity with Pesach. Being a woman, I am immensely proud of the famous Midrash which tells of the women in Egypt who,...
At our Pesach Seders this week, I will be reminded of one of the most beloved educators of the Jewish world who passed away last month....
Gathering for the Seders every year is a freedom that most of us take for granted, but for those Jews who lived in harsh conditions and...
Paul Tough, an acclaimed US author, explained the negative effects of stress on children and the importance of personality traits such as grit and perseverance, to...
Three local culinary experts share their Pesach tips on being organised and relaxed by the time the Seder arrives. They also share their favourite Pesach recipe.
King David Schools’ pupils came together with SOS for the Aged (SoSA) to bake more than 1 000 hamantaschen for Purim recently. They packed these tasty...
On Sunday, March 25 about 500 kids came to help the Chev’s superhero, Matza Man, pack Pesach parcels for distribution to people in need.
If you walk up the aisles of your local Pick n Pay or Woolies this week, it’s hard to miss the boxes of matza in different...
Yeshiva College’s YES Centre officially opened its doors on March 13. YES stands for “Yeshiva extension and support” and the centre will serve as an educational...
Make-believe plane tickets from Egypt to Israel; a mystery evening to solve who hid the Afikomen; and an epic rap song by a gefilte fish and...
We keep hearing about tolerance: “Be accepting of other people, of differences,” we are told. And: “Diverse cultures need to find ways of coexisting on a...
In the mid-1980s, ORT South Africa and financial services company Liberty created the first computer centres at King David Linksfield and King David Victory Park schools....
How is this bread different from all other breads? It contains almost twice as many calories
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) hosted an appreciation ceremony on March 15 to honour domestic workers from across Johannesburg. One hundred women were treated to...
“To be or not to be?” This is the age-old question debated in the Talmud, alluded to in Ecclesiastes and ruminated over by everyone from Sophocles...
Sharing books that enable Jewish children and parents to explore their identity and values through storytelling is at the core of a unique new nationwide reading...
Pesach is one of the highlights of the Jewish calendar. One of the main features of this festival is the Seder and its practices.
The Durban Jewish community held their Freedom Seder on March 15 with representatives from the Jewish, Bahai, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Muslim communities
It’s a while yet until Pesach and already I’m hyperventilating. You’d think that in moving to a different country, the politics of family, extended family, nogshleppers...
“What would Cyril have said?” is what comes to mind for many people among South African Jewry, following last week’s ball-tampering scandal caused by Australia’s cricket...
