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After the rabbi’s sermon, the choir is the most frequently critiqued and commented on feature of the shul service.
Inspired by religion or individual preference, the “frum”, “tznius” or modest fashion industry is growing internationally, and South African entrepreneurs are joining the catwalk.
Moving to London at the age of 15 to join the Royal Ballet School, the late prima ballerina assoluta, Phyllis Spira, was always destined for greatness....
Two elections coming up will provoke serious arguments about values around South African Jewish dinner tables.
South Africans do not need to be told that they are not happy. The only question is just how miserable they are. Luckily there is a...
At the start of the new millennium, there was a widespread belief in global Jewish circles that anti-Semitism was a diminishing problem, and that it was...
(JTA) During Black History Month in the United States, we recognise the historical importance of President Abraham Lincoln as the foremost figure in the battle to...
More than 90% of the Jews in Lithuania were murdered and buried in forests during the Holocaust. Throughout the country there are memorials - some imposing,...
The famous Latin saying, In vino veritas (In wine there is truth), takes on even more significance when considered in relation to a recently-launched book, The...
Sol visits his old friend, Abe, who has recently acquired a new dog.
Following the World ORT/Scholas Occurentes Youth Summit in Argentina in November 2018, the 13 teenage participants from schools across Joburg are seeking to pass on their...
Last week was Rosh Chodesh Adar.
The annual exhibition soccer match between Yeshiva College’s first team and the Selwyn Segal Eagles at Yeshiva College last week has been described as “the most...
Thank you for your informative and great journalism.
I applaud the editor for her recent editorial, “How Jewish is Jewish enough”, (SA Jewish Report, vol 23, 1 February).
In the article in the SA Jewish Report, vol 23, 1 February, which reported on the article in Daily Maverick by Oscar van Heerden titled “We...
Though early Israeli society was largely egalitarian in nature, that didn’t really apply to women and female authors. So said Dr Tamara Levine when she spoke...
(JTA) After the New England Patriots beat the favoured Kansas City Chiefs to reach their third straight Super Bowl – their amazing ninth in less than...
The Israeli government claimed in a report released last weekend that the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement is tied to terrorist organisations like Hamas.
Israeli academics are angry at a reconciliatory statement put out by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and Stellenbosch University regarding the academics’ non-attendance...
Two seemingly unrelated incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti have been discovered within close proximity of two Gauteng synagogues in the past week.
Israel’s biggest drinks company could soon control Clover, one of South Africa’s largest dairy and juice businesses.
“He is exceptionally smart. He has always been a forward thinker. He always showed me the other side of the coin, and taught me how to...
Port Elizabeth-born Grant Gochin is suing the Lithuanian government to take down a plaque outside a library in the capital city, Vilnius. The memorial honours Lithuanian...
“If we implement the expropriation without compensation [draft] law, it will destroy the economy, imperil jobs, and lead us to rack and ruin,” says Johannesburg advocate...
Howard Sackstein writes a State of the Nation address that he believes President Cyril Ramaphosa should have given this week.
There’s a popular weekly satirical show in Israel called Eretz Nehederet. In a recent episode, an actor playing Benny Gantz, the former Chief of Staff of...
To be brave and stand up against something you believe is wrong is tough. Going against the grain is never easy. Trying to get people who...
A team of scientists at a biotech company in Israel have claimed that they will have the elusive cure for cancer within a year, but scientists...
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) celebrated the contribution of Jewish women in business by launching the Jewish Women’s Business Network (JWBN) at the LSE’s headquarters in...
The future of the African Jewish Congress (AJC) and its Chief Executive, Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, no longer hangs in the balance.
(JTA) The young attorney seems unsure of herself. As a law professor, she is unaccustomed to appearing in court, so she hesitates at first, unable to...
(JTA) RBG, about the life and impact of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature.
Last year, 2018, was an important year, because of the many historic milestones that were commemorated. The end of World War I, the 80th anniversary of...
South Africa’s Parliamentary Jewish caucus hosted Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn – a former front bencher in Britain’s Labour Party – as its guest of honour this week.
How do we express our Jewish identity in South Africa? Are most of us religious or not? Just how many of us are there in the...
Sunday, 3 February, was a day of intense emotion for the Beit Midrash Morasha and the Cape Town Jewish community. We began the day by burying...
“For those who have experience of Auschwitz, nothing can attain the same degree of reality as Auschwitz.” So said Professor Mario Barenghi during a recent lecture...
Around the Shabbos table, I get asked the same question every week, “What is Section 12J?” It’s not an easy conversation to have, as most shtetl...
In December 2018, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) was involved in a public spat with Stellenbosch University after several Israeli academics, as well...
