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Will he capitulate, or find a way to an agreement, or won’t he? When is he going to announce who he will choose for his cabinet?...
Anti-Israel lobbyists are demanding that the City of Johannesburg speed up the controversial name change of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive.
Fifteen years ago, Ilana Friedman was the victim of an armed hijacking in Johannesburg. But, instead of it making her leave South Africa, the experience motivated...
An independent investigation into allegations of sexual harassment levelled at the head of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions South Africa (BDS-SA) Muhammed Desai may have cleared him of...
There are mixed feelings about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of Naledi Pandor as minister of international relations and cooperation late on Wednesday night. Some believe she...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost an election he had already won. For the first time in the country’s history, a party (in this case Netanyahu’s...
Once upon a time, there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood. Or Lexi. Or Esther. She kissed her mother, who stood at the garden...
Gabriella Trapido urged moms on Joburg Jewish Mommies to change their Facebook cover photograph to one that said, “What if I told you that there would...
Most people don’t know that even in the city itself, most people don’t celebrate Yom Yerushalayim (Sunday 2 June) today, says Ittay Flesher, an educator and...
(JTA) It’s dangerous to identify publicly as Jewish in Germany, including wearing a kippah, says Germany’s commissioner on anti-Semitism.
(JTA) Theresa May, who announced her resignation on Friday as prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), will be remembered as one of her country’s shortest-serving...
The new director of the Jewish Agency and Israel Centre in South Africa lived in a caravan with her family in the Negev for nine years....
A device that shatters kidney stones with shock waves. A completely paperless record system for hospitals. A wound dressing infused with copper ions to speed up...
When you make aliyah, your behaviour will determine the service you receive. People want to help you, but if you shout and misbehave, it will have...
While South Africa could win the Rugby World Cup, it probably won’t, was the prediction recently made by former Springbok player Joel Stransky.
History will always be relevant because the past has lessons and a warning for us, says acclaimed British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Rodger Hart sees vivid colour in nature, and finds myriad possibilities where mere mortals would lumber through jungles of doubt. This is possibly because he is...
This week, we bade farewell to one of our most valued colleagues. Shirley Beagle joined the staff of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD)...
As Jews, we are governed by the strict laws of lashon hara (evil tongue), but are also given clear instructions about when we are not only...
Blank spaces in a newspaper can speak as loudly as words. In 1985, South African anti-apartheid newspaper, the Weekly Mail, was bombarded one day by the...
Howard Feldman’s column “How long can you go without your cell phone?” (SA Jewish Report 17 May 2019) touched a nerve. I applaud him for taking...
The Jewish Board of Deputies did what it was elected to do by opposing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s decision to act on the African National Congress’s (ANC’s)...
(JTA) UK Labour probed The United Kingdom’s foremost government watchdog on racism has officially launched an investigation into Labour’s anti-Semitism problem.
The book of Leviticus, which we have just finished reading, reviews a sequence of ordinances and sacred rituals. Toward its end, we are presented with two...
Herzlia High School came third out of 27 schools in the Minquiz Competition at Stellenbosch University on 16 May. Minquiz is recognised as South Africa’s premier...
King David High School Victory Park’s (KDVP’s) 1st rugby team last week won the Pirates Rugby B League Championships, making history for the school. It is...
Lag B’Omer was celebrated Sydenham-style last week with a bonfire, fun-fire facts, and fire themed science experiments.
Yeshiva College Grade 11 pupil Matan Kaplan successfully reached the international finals of the Chidon HaTanach World Bible Quiz Competition. Held at the Jerusalem Theatre on...
Jacob Morris and friends enjoy a massive bonfire lit by Greenside Shul on Lag Ba’Omer – one of the most loved events on the shul’s calendar.
Supporting the poor and homeless is important throughout the year, but never more so than in winter.
The list of world-class Israeli footballers is not a long one. Eyal Berkovic? Probably not. Yossi Benayoun? Likewise. Ronny Rosenthal? Much loved, but hardly Johan Cruyff...
As unemployment soars, there is a desperate need for jobs and the Jewish community is at the forefront of trying to create employment, particularly for the...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) this week came out strongly in defence of its right to express critical views of the country’s political...
The German Parliament (Bundestag) ruled last Friday that the anti-Israel Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement (BDS) is anti-Semitic. It was the first country in the European Union...
The protracted hate-speech row against Bongani Masuku of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is headed to the Constitutional Court on 27 August this...
“I am motivated to join other religious leaders who speak out against religious violence and lead their congregations to join them in doing so,” said Rabbi...
“Israel’s democratic character is under threat,” says Mickey Gitzin, the national director of the New Israel Fund, which raises money for groups that work to improve...
“Your father saved my father,” said Rabbi Yossy Goldman of Johannesburg as he embraced Nobuki Sugihara at a long-awaited gathering in America last week.
While the reaction to our story on the minister of international relations and cooperation, Lindiwe Sisulu, on last week’s front page might seem like the obvious...
Israel is recovering from Euromania. The theme “Dare to Dream” permeated last week’s festivities. As one of the show’s announcers remarked, “Israel is a country of...
