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I jot down these thoughts, with mixed emotions, returning from an enriching South African Rabbinical Conference in our Holy Land.
“There are things that are put in your path in life, and you just pick up the ball and you run with it – this was...
Dr Orly Stern moves from one conflict zone to the other, attempting to fulfil her life’s passion of achieving equality for women. However, she has to...
Jewish traditions of social justice activism are new in historical terms – not older than 150 years.
Despite the number of kosher restaurants in South Africa, kosher food often gets a bad rap. Words like oily, bland, second-rate, unappealing, unoriginal and expensive are...
Sacha Baron Cohen is back, and he is taking aim at a strain of pro-Israel thought that has both delighted and unsettled many American Jews: the...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg described how grateful she was for her Jewish heritage during a screening of a new documentary film about her life...
More than three quarters of a century after holding its inaugural lunch-and-lecture meeting, the Zionist Luncheon Club (ZLC) of the United Zionist Association (UZA) is coming...
About 40 South African rabbis have just returned from their annual Rabbinical Conference in Israel, where they focused on cutting-edge training in leadership, geopolitical affairs and...
Early in its existence, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) recognised the need to add a public relations component to its day-to-day functioning. As the...
From here at the bottom of Africa, with South Africa’s racist history still dominating its people’s lives, Israel’s nation-state bill – currently working its way through...
I have always been a bit of a talker. Which is why one of my earliest memories of shul is of being forced to remain silent...
A group of knitters at Golden Acres in Sandringham, known as the “Knit Wits for Madiba”, handed over their 45 handmade blankets to the 67 Blankets...
Bet David Progressive Shul community in Sandton celebrated Mandela Day by hosting children from the Alexandra Orphanage and Look and Love. These are two privately-funded projects...
When the Sacks family descended on Klerksdorp last Shabbat, they reinvigorated the shul and the community… albeit briefly.
Pretoria schoolboy Joshua Sylvain de Miranda won first the prize and gold medal in chemistry at the Oğuzhan Özkaya Education-Karademir Science Energy Engineering Fair (OKSE2F) in...
More than 100 people gathered at Temple Israel Shul in Green Point, Cape Town on Sunday 15 July for the shul’s annual Mandela Day activities. The...
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) Johannesburg ran a cupcake drive to commemorate Mandela Day. They collected more than 3 000 cupcakes, baked with much enthusiasm...
WIZO South Africa and Wheelchairs of Hope donated a paediatric wheelchair to El Roi Baby Home, which provides a home to babies and toddlers awaiting adoption.
I read in the Financial Times (30 June) that the Israeli government intends moving hundreds of Bedouins to make way for a new settlement of some...
In June, two young women – model and media personality Shashi Naidoo and the DA’s health MMC, Dr Mpho Phalatse – were reduced to tears by...
Jarred Gronemann has only been in his new job for a couple of weeks, but already he has set about mapping the way ahead for Maccabi...
Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona warmly greeted Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Russia on Saturday, and told him: “In my heart I’m Palestinian.”
A series of bomb threats across Durban over the past week has left its population – including a small and ageing Jewish community – living in...
When Steve and Irene House arrived at the home of Rabbi Adam Saffer, the questions which had plagued them for almost a decade could finally be...
Israel has been ranked third in the world in terms of innovation, and is the eighth most powerful country on the continent. This, according to two...
According to ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte, radio station 702 is “owned by people who have historically hated the ANC”. For this reason, she did not...
Jews living in Zimbabwe describe an atmosphere of “being between a rock and a hard place” regarding the upcoming elections on 30 July. They fear that...
When the attorneys representing suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers on 2 July, one of their key...
The prospects of a swift return of South Africa’s ambassador to Israel look bleak. Last week, at her first newly instituted monthly press briefing, Minister of...
Pro-Israel Christian communities are tired of keeping a low profile in the fight for Israel and have called for a mass rally in support of the...
When I was incensed that an Iranian teenager, Maedeh Hojabri, was arrested for putting videos of herself dancing on social media, people looked at me quizzically....
Russia, this week, is the most popular place on earth. The semi-final England-Croatia game of the FIFA World Cup coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting...
I was very fortunate to have received permanent residency in South Africa in 2013, under the category of “exceptional skills”. I was 26 years old at...
People around the world are joining the social media campaign to support the young Iranian gymnast, Maedeh Hojabri, who was arrested for posting videos on Instagram...
In this week’s Parsha, Matot, Hashem commands the Jewish people to avenge the spiritual destruction that was wreaked on the Jewish men with the Midyan idolatrous...
Nia dancing has ordinary women from all walks of life doing the unthinkable: Enthusing about an “exercise regimen”.
Few South Africans are aware of former president Nelson Mandela’s visit to Israel after he retired as the first democratically elected president in 1999. It is...
Last year, Aaron Greenblatt founded Aaron’s Rock Your Socks, a charity that collects socks for the needy, and was the youngest ever nominee at the SA...
With more hats than the Queen Mother, Pamela Solarsh made for a quirky choice for secretary to the mayor of Johannesburg. Never one to miss a...
