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When I witness the malevolent campaign by the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement (BDS) and the ruling party and its affiliates: the South African Communist Party,...
Having just read the letter by Ben Robert Horowitz, I am not sure if Mr Horowitz is completely naïve, or living on some other planet.
Lawyers are preparing criminal and civil charges following one of the darkest weeks of anti-Semitism in South Africa. There have been a slew of vile incidents...
During the multitude of anti-Israel protests that took place across the country last month, one figure stood up front and gave protestors the political credibility they...
Beverly Zetler’s birthday was to be a day of celebration with her family last Saturday, but it turned into a living nightmare. Her husband Jeffrey was...
In support of World Refugee Day last week, Cosatu posted a photograph of supposed Palestinian refugees on Twitter. Tweeple were quick to catch the labour federation...
Democratic Alliance Councillor Dr Mpho Phalatse is to be reinstated in her position as member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development. This follows...
The head of South Africa’s Kosher Department is on a mission to turn the devastating Stan & Pete “treif chicken” scandal into a G-d-send.
Law firm Bowman Gilfillan’s forensic investigation into catering company Stan & Pete’s conduct – expected to be finalised by now – will be completed only by...
I remember the special times I went strawberry picking at Mooiberge farm in Stellenbosch. First, my in-laws took us, and we ate almost as many strawberries...
Instead of speaking at a conference on media freedom in the Ukraine this week, I and a Russian journalist were summarily kicked out of the country...
The Department of Justice has produced a revised draft of the much-maligned Hate Speech Bill.
There are more than 10 million stateless people in the world today. They are not necessarily refugees, nor are they migrants, and they may be living...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” So said the late United States civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, in...
Among the hundreds of British subjects on the Queens Honours List this June was Ben Helfgott, a holocaust survivor, an Olympic weightlifter, holocaust educator par excellence,...
A little-known portrait by Flemish Master Peter Paul Rubens was put up for auction in Johannesburg last week by Stephan Welz and Co. Auctioneers.
“Stop xenophobia. Stop crime. Stop raping. Stop taking drugs.” This statement is from Zama Khumalo, 15, of Joubert Park, one of 45 youths aged 15 to...
Let’s face it, directing primary school kids in a play is a mammoth task, but King David Victory Park Primary School’s production of Oliver was astonishingly...
Howard Sackstein has visited 75 countries around the world, and readily offers advice to all travellers in need. In this satirical piece, he offers travel advice...
There were different parts to internationally acclaimed veteran photographer, David Goldblatt, who passed away this week. So said Rabbi Mendel Rabinowitz, at Goldblatt’s funeral, in a...
What do you give the Rabbi who has everything? That was the dilemma faced by the Hazdan family on the eve of Rabbi Dovid Hazdan’s 60th...
“Rohan was in unbearable pain. He was screaming. It was 02:00 or 03:00, and I was running around Red Cross Children’s Hospital trying to get someone...
Did you know that as many as 60 000 American Jews have settled at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - the territories occupied by Israel...
When more than 11 million television viewers watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, commentators remarked that the mixed marriage was a first for...
With Prince William’s historic visit to Israel this week, all eyes have been trained on the Jewish capital. It may have taken 70 years, but the...
Maccabi South Africa’s first ever Fun Run hit the ground running on 17 June, with 425 participants, a similar number to Maccabi Great Britain’s first Fun...
Zach Taitz, Ariel Diner, and Gabriel Leeb, all 12 years old, represented South Africa at the Volkswagen Junior Masters Tournament in mid-June as part of the...
OWN CORRESPONDENT Every child at Sandton Sinai Nursery School had the opportunity to score a goal when they arrived at school in the morning of 14...
OWN CORRESPONDENT Children at Sydenham Preschool celebrated their heritage by dressing in the colours of the South African flag, singing, dancing, and enjoying pap and gravy....
Ten students from Andre’s Taekwondo Academy in Norwood have been selected to represent the South African National Team at the ATA (American Taekwondo Association) World Expo...
A few years ago, my son Zac was elected chairperson of SAUJS (the South African Union of Jewish Students) at Wits University. He had just returned...
As reported elsewhere in this week's issue, there were a spate of widely publicised anti-Semitic incidents in South Africa last week.
The pre grades of Torah Academy Nursery School recently turned a lesson in the solar system into a space night experience.
What would compel you to attend the funeral of someone you had never met? In the past ten days, two great men of the arts have...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to attend the World Cup final in Moscow next...
Soccer fans displaying Israeli flags at World Cup matches in Russia have been subjected to threats, harassment, and violence.
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, was welcomed to the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Tuesday by a former South African, Sheldon Ritz, who is...
One of the main challenges of living in the technologically advanced society of the 21st century is the pace at which we live our lives. Not...
The Rosettenville Shul is just a shell of what it used to be. Once a thriving shul and community, this beautiful 88-year-old shul now sits empty,...
“People said they hoped I [would] get raped; others sent me my address, saying ‘we know where you live and you better not sleep at night’.”...
