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What does it mean to be a journalist? How do you cover news fairly and accurately? Can you do so without bias or in a way...
There were many odd and terrible moments that emerged from the Jacob Zuma rape trial, but one in particular has always struck me as quintessentially, ludicrously...
“That moment when you hear the diagnosis is like being trapped – there’s no going back,” says Julian Katz, recalling the moment he was told his...
There are many lovely explanations for why we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, but one of the most powerful is given by Moses Maimonides. For...
Hey, does anybody here still make new year’s resolutions? Or are we all over that phase? Maybe you do still make resolutions, and yours goes something...
People over-estimate themselves.
Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the month of Tishrei, is the day on which we beseech Hashem to grant us our needs for the year...
“… two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown And...
How did a Rustenburg pharmacist become the manufacturer of shofarim that have found their way to every corner of the globe? For Marinda du Preez, it...
In just a few days, many of us will be standing in shul, listening as the chazan intones the familiar yet soul-stirring incantation of the prayer,...
A record 774 people gathered at the Sandton Convention Centre on Sunday night to recognise the achievements of 430 individuals nominated for nine different awards in...
It was a surprise double celebration for long-time collaborators Sol Kerzner and Hazel Feldman, when they discovered that they were both winners of Absa Jewish Achiever...
The joint winners of the Bunnahabhain Humanitarian Award, the Helen Suzman Foundation and Freedom under Law, prove that when it comes to defending democracy, sometimes all...
“No country with our size economy has produced more globally competitive companies than South Africa, and if you take the top 100 companies, they have been...
Chevrah Kadisha Chairperson Colin Datnow received his Absa Jewish Achiever Award for service exactly 130 years after the idea for the Chev was born.
Steven Koseff’s naming as the Absa Business Icon Award winner caused little surprise, but on receiving the award, there was a standing ovation for a man...
Judge David Unterhalter, the winner of the Professional Excellence Award at the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards on Sunday, believes that a robust legal system is one...
Jason Xenopoulos, the winner of the Creative Counsel Entrepreneur Award, told the Absa Jewish Achiever audience, “As individuals, we are all responsible for society at large....
Ask Ben Kingsley about why he was keen to portray Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new film Operation Finale, and he describes a traumatic childhood...
Professor Bonita Meyersfeld, a human rights lawyer and the recipient of the Europcar Jewish Women in Leadership Award, used the accolade to call for social change...
The business community needs to drive transformation in South Africa, Absa Business Award winner Mike Abel insisted on receiving his award at the Jewish Achiever Awards...
During the blowing of the shofar, we declare Hayom harat olam! (This is the birthday of the world!) Wait, we all know that Rosh Hashanah is...
What is the nature of Jewish faith? And are we rationally entitled to believe in G-d?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to address the dangerous issue of Holocaust distortion during his recent visit to Lithuania. To best understand the severity of this,...
By the time you read this, the end will be upon us. The time has finally come. We all knew that the day would arrive, much...
Alan Lurie is the “zaida of the hood” in Hillbrow, having lived there for almost 30 years. He intends staying for as long as he can.
The South African Jewish community has made strides, but it is still a long way from being a community that is safe from abuse.
From ancient to modern history, being Jewish has far too frequently become a matter of life and death. Throughout the crusades, pogroms, the Holocaust, and contemporary...
You don’t have to be a feminist to know just how incredibly effective women can be. Alone, they are capable of much more than merely multitasking...
There’s something about a giant bun filled with mounds of cinnamon that makes me feel happy. I just want to eat more and more. And why...
I have a burning question. Why do we not stand up and loudly and proudly tell all of South Africa what sort of a role we...
It is unfortunate that both the op-ed by Professors Bilchitz and Davis (“In shunning speakers, community mimics worst behaviour of BDS” – SA Jewish Report 30...
For Judge Dennis Davis and Professor David Bilchitz, the withdrawal of the invitation to allow the three advocates of Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) to address Limmud...
To be fair, it is important for readers who wish to make an informed decision on this subject to google the three speakers that were disinvited...
It is too horrific - even more than 70 years later - to imagine an entire Jewish community of 2 500 innocents being killed by the...
The Jewish festive season, commencing this Sunday evening with Rosh Hashanah and ending three weeks later with Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, is almost upon us. From the...
WIZO would like to wish a hearty mazaltov to all the achievers at the ABSA Jewish Achiever Awards who have contributed so greatly to the development...
To my much beloved South African community, This letter is for you, as much as it is about me.
In spite of all the filth in world politics today, at this time of the year, it is not only appropriate but necessary to see some...
Isaac Jankelowitz celebrated his 100th birthday on 2 September surrounded by family and friends. Always a wonderful storyteller, he recounted his life for those celebrating with...
