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As I was heading home on Tuesday, I heard on ChaiFM that 460 rockets had been fired from Gaza into Israel since late Sunday. That is...
Late on Tuesday, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect. While at the time of writing the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) had still not...
“The president is not directly responsible for acts of domestic terrorism, but he should be more careful with his language.” That’s the way the Economist headlined...
As Herzlia Middle School’s prestigious prize-giving evening came to a close, two Grade 9 boys stepped forward from the rest of their grade on the stage...
The founder and Chief Executive of Discovery, Adrian Gore, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards last week.
Taking the knee - or kneeling in protest during the singing of a national anthem - achieved international prominence earlier this month in the United States...
Though Makgabo Mhaule, the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, admitted that the South African government would downgrade the South African embassy in Israel, she...
The T-shirt of Waze founder and Israeli start-up king Uri Levine displays his business philosophy: “Fall in love with the problem, not the solution.”
“I was born 50 year ago, but until I was 29 and was sent by the [diplomatic] office of Germany to Ukraine, I had never consciously...
Moshe Silberhaft was just 14 when he set out for Messina, South Africa’s northernmost town, just before the high holidays of 1984. He did not suspect...
Colin Coleman, who has headed up Goldman Sachs Southern Africa for the past 18 years, doesn’t believe there is a magic bullet to fix South Africa’s...
Whether you’re Israeli or South African, you know that hummus is, by definition, a savoury dish prepared using chickpeas, spices, and olive oil.
When Aliza Bloch was elected mayor of Beit Shemesh last month, it ended a decade of haredi orthodox control over this small bedroom community of just...
Rabbi Natan Alexander stresses that his business, Better2gether, which sells sex tools online, exists for the greater good of helping couples improve their marriage.
Many South Africans are opting to making aliya, but not many do so at the age of 95. Ivor Kotzen, however, is packing up his worldly...
It is almost six months since the passing of Phillip Roth, America's foremost Jewish novelist. In the deeply sad aftermath of the massacre of Jews in...
Modern-day society has sprouted all types of gurus. We have experts on childcare and healthy eating, education, and entertainment. Self-help books top best seller lists every...
The death of 11 fellow Jews, gunned down in Pittsburgh by an anti-Semitic neo-Nazi, is a stark reminder that hatred and bigotry are often fuelled by...
Seventy-five years after the Holocaust, there are certain aspects and defining features that we need to relinquish slowly. Letting go is never easy, but given that...
In light of United States President Donald Trump’s reputation for lewd remarks about women, it is fitting that a bare-breasted woman chased his motorcade on the...
Last week’s issue reported an especially upsetting anti-Semitic incident in the form of a voice note sent to a young community member by a Treverton College...
It became easy, in recent years, to dismiss him as the wisecracking grandpa of the American comic book, a past-his-prime gimmick who cameoed alongside Earth’s angstiest...
“Having babies over 40 is almost the norm now,” says Dr Peter Koll, a gynaecologist and obstetrician at Mediclinic Sandton. “For the past few years, I’ve...
Ariellah Rosenberg, the Chief Executive of Jewish educational NGO ORT South Africa, recently welcomed home 13 exhilarated teenagers from a week-long trip to the World Youth...
There was a competitive air at the Jewish Unity Soccer event at Gemmel Park in Linksfield, Johannesburg, last Sunday. More than 80 players from Johannesburg and...
Sigd, a celebration of the Ethiopian Jewish community known as “Beta Israel”, is held annually on 29 Cheshvan (7 November). The festival celebrates the renewal of...
Teaching assistants at Torah Academy Nursery School recently graduated from a five-week training course in child development.
Dr Ali Bacher, former South African cricket captain and administrator, was one of the five recipients of the 2018 Steve Tshwete Lifetime Achievement Awards at the...
A Grade 12 pupil at King David Victory Park in Johannesburg received a horrific anti-Semitic voice note on WhatsApp this week from a Treverton College pupil....
If you thought the first half of Donald Trump’s first term as president was volatile, think about the next two years: his hated opponents, the Democrats,...
The Houghton Golf Club has stepped up security in the wake of cancelling a Muslim charity golf day last week that was believed to have been...
By now, it has become a familiar pattern: after an event that polarises the country, United States President Donald Trump knows who to pin the blame...
Modern anti-Semitism, or the “Israelisation” of anti-Semitism, is a curious alliance between the “hard, regressive” left and political Islam. Karen Milner, Associate Professor of Psychology at...
Israel must prioritise diaspora Jews’ needs second to its own security. This, says Akiva Tor, the head of Israel’s Bureau of World Jewish Affairs and World...
“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer in spite of my 30 years of research...
When I received the sinister anti-Semitic voice note that had been sent by a KwaZulu-Natal private school boy to a Jewish girl in Johannesburg, my blood...
On Monday, a second phase of American sanctions went into effect targeting critical sectors of Iran’s economy, including its oil exports, shipping sector, and financial institutions.
A local gangster movie that delves into family relationships and moral ambiguity in the Muslim community is already sparking international attention. So, too, is Sara Blecher,...
There are four young Israelis living in Pretoria who have caused quite a stir – not least of all because they are housed at the National...
United States President Donald Trump is using fake news to stoke fear regarding migrants and “the other”, with dangerous consequences for the spread of anti-Semitism and...
