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In reference to your article about overspending on bar and bat mitzvahs (February 16 issue), there is a related issue that needs to be addressed –...
I refer to your March 2 issue, in particular the features dealing with anti-Semitism and the demise of Stan & Pete Caterers.
The discovery of a batch of unkosher chickens in Stan & Pete’s kitchen last Wednesday has resulted in an urgent overhaul of the current kashrut systems...
Fifty years ago, Bob Hope’s films were wildly popular, but the comedian was never nominated for an Academy Award.
The pair arrested for kidnapping British-South African couple Rodney and Rachel Saunders had advised other terrorists on making bombs, including possibly the Thulsie twins, arrested in...
“I’m a third-generation farmer, and the expropriation of land has been an issue for many years,” says Steven Trope, a cattle farmer and trader in Grootvlei...
Thousands of northern suburbs property owners, from Kew to Glenhazel to Sandton, have expressed concern over the new property valuations by the City of Johannesburg.
When you picked up our newspaper last week and looked for our Purim spiel, you probably stopped at the story about Stan & Pete having lost...
The once sleepy, largely secular city, Beit Shemesh, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, has become the premier battleground between ultra-Orthodox, secular and modern Orthodox Jews. At...
Israel has been severely criticised for its new policy on illegal immigrants and their deportation. In fact, the anti-Israel lobby in South Africa has latched onto...
What happens when a developer wants to create a major new establishment close to the heart of Jewish Johannesburg, but it may mean building on top...
In the Western Cape, strict water restrictions are in place, with water for agriculture severely tempered down. In the Eastern Cape, farmers are facing ruin because...
As the first Women’s Megillah Reading at Greenside Shul got under way last Thursday afternoon, there was a real sense of accomplishment among the participants. It...
Knesset member and Palestinian activist Ayman Odeh’s opening words were an acknowledgment of the presence of three men with yarmulkahs in the audience.
David Joffe-Hunter is challenging gender stereotypes because he can’t see why boys have to do and wear certain things, while there’s another set of rules for...
Despite the challenges it faced in the run-up to Miracle Drive 28, which took place on Tuesday, Chabad House delivered a night of entertainment with an...
I am convinced that I have caught Listeriosis. I have suffered from flu-like symptoms for days now and I can almost detect a very uncomfortable and...
When Lynette Langman shared her 40-year-old secret in 2008 - being forced to hide her teenage pregnancy and give her child up for adoption 40 years...
We read in the parsha of Pekudei, with reference to the completion of the Tabernacle, that “Moshe (Moses) saw all the work and behold they had...
“When you laugh at yourself, who can laugh at you?” says Professor Arie Sover, founder of the Israeli Society for Humor.
When former finance minister Malusi Gigaba was recently caught playing Candy Crush in Parliament and quipped that he needed to attend “Candy Crush rehab”, he may...
Jews have an uncanny knack of laughing at themselves. Peter Fine takes this to another level with his memes. He may be a labour dispute consultant...
A solitary drummer, clad in traditional Zulu regalia, set the tone for the Sounds of Celebration V concert last week.
In your February 16 issue, you reported that Rabbi Asher Deren blessed then president-elect Cyril Ramaphosa. And, in last week’s issue, you published an opinion piece...
I refer to your front-page article on 23 February, in which you report that Minister Naledi Pandor has announced that the government wants to downgrade our...
What makes a leader? Morality, humility, wisdom?
In the early weeks of each academic year, Jewish university students are confronted with the annual travesty known as Israel Apartheid Week (IAW). The event, which...
Shalom Chaverot, February was an exciting month for all South Africans with the election of President Cyril Ramaphosa. We wish him and his Cabinet successful and...
Last Tuesday morning, the Grade 10 girls at Hirsch Lyons High School got all dressed up in Purim hats and, donning big smiles, arrived at the...
White activists who sacrificed their privileged position under apartheid to fight for a democratic, non-racial South Africa need to be remembered and honoured, said Zev Krengel,...
“When you establish a connection with someone else, you automatically establish a connection with yourself – meeting with others helps you understand yourself and who you...
In a spectacular kick-off to its 70th anniversary celebrations, 531 scholarships were awarded by Telfed, the SA Zionist Federation (Israel), on Sunday.
Self-exiled sports journalist Graeme Joffe insists he will be vindicated as the Zulman Commission of Inquiry into the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) digs...
The head of England’s governing body of soccer has apologised for conflating the Star of David and the Nazi swastika.
As we put our newspaper to bed on Wednesday evening, Jewish people around the world are revelling in and enjoying Purim. They are letting their proverbial...
In a shock move on Erev Purim, the Beth Din of Johannesburg revoked Stan & Pete Caterers’ Beth Din kosher certification with immediate effect after a...
Sharon Davids, the ANC’s MPL in the Western Cape, made outrageous anti-Semitic remarks in an attempt to besmirch the DA during a debate on Friday in...
Members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) hounded DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach for at least four years, with one of them even accusing her of being...
The newly appointed Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Lindiwe Sisulu, undertook to convey a message which would help to ensure that the “Embassy of Israel...
Experts have warned this week that South Africa has become a solid breeding ground for terrorists, following a spate of recent terror-related arrests – and this,...
