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(JTA) Canadian authorities, acting on a request from the United States, arrested a major Chinese tech mogul in Vancouver between flights on 1 December.
(JTA) It was during her successful campaign for Mexico City mayor that Claudia Sheinbaum made a reference to her Jewish heritage. Speaking before a group of...
(JTA) Weeks after they emigrated from Russia and moved to Germany, the Nedlin family sought to join the local Jewish community.
(JTA) Jerusalem is a city of endless titles and designations: City of Gold. Zion. The Holy Sanctuary. City of Peace.
(JTA) The last time that a stranger directed an anti-Semitic insult at me, I was carrying supplies for my son’s birthday party.
(JTA) Jaime Guttenberg and Meadow Pollack shared many similarities. Both were brown-haired and bright-eyed girls, beloved by friends and family. Both were passionate about their hobbies.
(JTA) Just like any other Santa Claus, Santa Rick will spend much of the next couple of weeks sitting children on his knee, asking whether they’ve...
(JTA) In the span of just a couple of days, Chaim Raice went from never having been on a bobsled to being a contender to represent...
It has been a harrowing week of torment for the South African-born parents of the latest terror-attack victim in Israel, who this week described events as...
European nations must increase their efforts to ensure security for the continent’s Jews in the face of widespread anti-Semitism, the Council of the European Union said...
Thirty-nine tombstones were knocked down, damaged, and broken in the Wellington Jewish cemetery last weekend, the Cape Jewish Board of Deputies has confirmed.
“I’m holding on as best I can, and living my life as fully as I can,” says iconic South African performer Johnny Clegg, who has been...
Flames and smoke billowing from the roof, seven Sifrei Torah scrolls burned in the inferno, and a crumbling, burnt-out synagogue. These are some of the images...
What was most unnerving about the Palestinian Solidarity Alliance’s (PSA’s) sunset march against Israeli “occupation” in Johannesburg on Saturday was the sheer gentility of all involved.
Technology and security are two defining issues that make Jewish youth camps different to the camps of 10 years ago.
“Even when it’s scary, we don’t want to leave our kibbutz. It’s our home,” say Chen Belkin and Rotem Goldman, two Israeli teenagers who live close...
When the world seems like a dark place, there are always pockets of light and love.
In the Middle East, everyone declares victory regardless of the results. So, it’s no surprise that the recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution against Hamas...
South Africa woke up last week to yet another delegation of Hamas in the country. South Africa under the African National Congress (ANC) has always been...
As the curtain comes down on 2018, what might 2019 bring for South Africa, Israel, and beyond?
This year opened on a euphoric note after the election of Cyril Ramaphosa to President of the African National Congress. It raised hopes of a turnaround...
The development of a halachic prenuptial contract intended to put an end to the problem of “gett” refusal and the resultant status of agunot – chained...
The South African Board of Jewish Education (SABJE) has cut funding for Jewish Studies classes at non-denominational remedial schools, citing the costs of funding its new...
Operational for about 30 years, the King David Linksfield School Hostel became a home away from home. Largely accommodating children from South Africa’s farming communities, the...
A shiny bald pate. A mess of curls untouched by a hairbrush. A finely-cropped carpet of bristles to which a kippah miraculously clings.
In a few days’ time, Jewish youth from across South Africa will set off for various campsites on the coast, eager to escape the confines of...
On a quiet afternoon on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem in 1972, Romanian-born holocaust survivor Lyonell Fliss stood alone on the roof of a water tower he...
Jews are prominent in the fight for social justice, and this is no less so in the area of woman abuse. Perhaps that is because one...
Your guide to eating kosher over the holidays.
Jews have always been deeply involved in improving the lives of fellow South Africans, but until recently, there hasn’t been a network to bring all of...
“We tried not to ask why this happened, but we believe it was Hashem’s way of bringing the community together, and showing his miracles,” says Aviva...
“And Yehudah approached him [Yosef] ...”
Wearing a yarmulke, Geoffrey Modise Menachem Ramokgadi draws stares from most people he encounters, whether in his adopted country of Swaziland, his home town of Rustenburg,...
FutureLife: A Protea is not an Artichoke is not a book about horticulture. It’s not a book about breakfast cereal. In some sense, it’s not even...
Like a city in the shadow of an oncoming storm, a novel can be dark, brooding, and forbidding. In spite of being set in the Jerusalem...
This being the final Above Board column for the year, I will, as has become tradition, take the opportunity of reviewing the work of the South...
Chanukah is so last week. Which makes it a lot less topical than I would like. That means that if I choose to use my column...
HIV/AIDS doesn’t make the headlines these days as it once did. It has largely slipped under the radar because medically, the disease is now managed successfully.
KosherWorld hosted its annual community Chanukah Party on Thursday, 6 December.
It is not every day that Johannesburg sees a Guinness World Record attempt – and this one was extra sweet.
