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It’s been a long journey for Max Wolpe. His father, Joe, and grandfather, Max, were renowned art dealers, and this may have ignited his passion for...
“No wonder Hitler and the Nazis killed your ancestors – because they did not want your gay blood running around Europe.” This horrific email message was...
“We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.” So says Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry,...
This week, President Cyril Ramaphosa will honour a man who is at the forefront of polarising South African Jewry and making the community feel unwelcome.
When community leader Eric Marx stepped down as treasurer of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) six months ago, his position was never filled, and...
Actress Natalie Portman’s statement explaining why she declined to attend an award ceremony in Israel in her honour was a pointed rebuke, and of a particular...
Natalie Portman is not an anti-Semite. She is probably not even anti-Israel. To label her such is stupid. Nearly as stupid as her vague and embarrassing...
In an age of pervasive cyber threats comes the need to keep one step ahead. Constantly developing digital security solutions is essential. Israel is at the...
“What a revolting person she is! And here I was so impressed by her beauty and acting ability, I thought she was a good person. She...
US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, are expected in Israel for the moving and opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem...
Israel has been brimming over with happiness in celebrating 70 years of existence. Thousands have flocked to staged, lavish events and political leaders have given rousing,...
The year 1993 was a dramatic one in the memorialisation of the Holocaust.
His mother is Jewish, his father is Muslim. He’s the grandson and namesake of a famous Hollywood actor. His maternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors. He was...
David Akinin could be described as a wandering Jew. Born in Venezuela, he moved to America and finally settled in Namibia, where he builds affordable housing,...
Three South African rabbis talk about their personal journeys – the highs, the lows, the joys and challenges
Due to a fault in their stars, two Israeli girls became soulmates when they met for the first time as cancer patients sharing the same ward.
It was a family’s love of Jewish food that inspired the birth of Feigels delicatessen 50 years ago. It is now the oldest and most traditional...
Isabella Savva, an eight-year-old King David Linksfield pupil, is a finalist in the Miss South Africa Schools pageant.
Never underestimate the power of a woman. This is the thinking behind the Mauerberger Foundation Fund’s (MFF) sponsoring of scholarships for Bedouin women at Ben-Gurion University...
Can you imagine a daughter-in-law who never once calls to wish Good Shabbos? Or a rabbi who started a new learning programme in the shul without...
When visiting Israel and driving along a street with an interesting name, it is hard not to wonder who the street was named after and what...
Israeli ambassador Lior Keinan was excited to mark Israel’s 70th birthday with his first Yom Ha’atzmaut in South Africa, he said at the embassy’s annual celebration.
The Jewish community in Klerksdorp, North West, held a special evening of remembrance and celebration last week, in observance of Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut.
As the clock struck 2 o’clock, the gates to Cape Town’s iconic amusement park, Ratanga Junction, opened for Israel’s 70th Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations. Children rushed through...
The Jewish community in Pretoria celebrated Israel’s 70th birthday in style with a delicious Israeli supper at the Pretoria Hebrew Congregation centre. Wonderful entertainment was also...
“A house divided against itself cannot stand,” former US president Abraham Lincoln once said (paraphrasing a verse from the Christian scriptures). While he was relating this...
What is it about words sung that have the power to inflame? Traditionally, the Yom Hashoah ceremony is built around song. Songs sung by women, by...
Tomer Melnik, a Grade 12 student at Crawford College Sandton, has been selected to represent South Africa at the 50th International Chemistry Olympiad, to be held...
King David Linksfield pre-Primary and Primary Schools held a joint ceremony to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut. It was especially significant as King David Schools and Israel celebrate...
King David School Victory Park celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut last week with entertainment galore. The student representative council, along with a few pupils from Grades 1 to...
Pupils at Rosabelle Klein Nursery School in Waverley had a wonderful time celebrating Israel’s 70th birthday with a party.
Celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut is an annual highlight at Sydenham Pre-school as they honour and appreciate their heritage. The school was a sea of blue and white...
“Thank you for protecting Israel. I am very grateful that we have you in our army and you have protected Israel for 70 years. And Moshiach...
I refer to a letter in the April 20 edition of SA Jewish Report (“Israel government crossing the line”) from Save Israel – Stop the Occupation...
I was disconcerted by the arguments put forward in Rabbi Greg Alexander’s article, “Who represents South African Jewry?” in your April 20 edition.
I am somewhat amazed, disappointed and taken aback by your front-page story of April 13 (“‘Life goes on’ for Jeff Shull”).
When Shaun Levitan decided to teach his six-year-old twin boys how to play chess, he had no idea that they were natural chess champions.
Deliberate misinformation powered by social media has shown itself to be the most effective weapon of war and a powerful tool in the dissemination of what...
The Western Cape ANC, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and the National Coalition For Palestine (NC4P) are to march against what they call Israel’s “increased violence”...
The death of Judge Ramon Leon, father of former DA leader Tony Leon, has led to a storm of misinformation about his legacy – after it...
