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The Unites States is set to impose sanctions on countries importing oil from Iran from 2 May, phased in over 60 days. South Africa does not...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein said a prayer on behalf of the Jewish community at the swearing in of South Africa’s president and newly elected members...
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...
There is something surprising about Benoni, it keeps on spewing out remarkable South Africans. First came Hollywood actress Charlize Theron, then came Morris Kahn, the Israeli...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz has sold millions of copies, been translated into 43 languages, and is soon to be turned into a miniseries. However, it was...
When Adam Thal, a Joburg-based filmmaker, was growing up, his parents gave him everything he needed. It was only at the age of 39 that he...
Jews around the world sang and danced by the light of crackling bonfires on Wednesday evening. From Great Park in Johannesburg to Gan Sacher in Jerusalem,...
“Flamenco is a flame of light that ignites the body, mind and soul.” There’s something tantalising about the way South African choreographer and dancer Rosana Maya...
The quintessential story that embodies the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” is the biblical Book of Jobe. This story is brought to...
As Jews, some kind of conflict is our natural way of being, says Dr Amalia Rosenblum, a visiting Israeli author, columnist, filmmaker, and psychologist.
If you think back to the people who had a significant impact on your formative years, chances are that at least one of them will be...
Not for the first time, it became clear to me how much Hollywood creates expectations that will seldom be met. It was around 12:00 on Wednesday,...
Last week, after a lengthy process of testing and piloting, the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research at the University of Cape Town (UCT) launched...
There is so much hatred in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after 70 years, it is impossible to conceive of children not absorbing it. Whatever one’s view is...
In the SA Jewish Report’s front-page article (17 May 2019) headlined “Sisulu is SA Jewry’s threat in government”, it is suggested that Sisulu is engaged in...
Is Zev Krengel, the national vice-president of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), naïve or living in Lotus Land? (“Sisulu is SA Jewry’s threat...
(JTA) Haredi mother wins race A haredi Orthodox mother of five from Jerusalem has won a half-marathon in Latvia.
The parsha of the week, Behar, tells us that we shouldn’t work the land of Israel in the seventh year (Shemitah) or harvest its produce. The...
Every year, two weeks before Pesach, 16 Israeli Diller communities travel to their respective diaspora partner communities, where they are hosted by local teens for 10...
King David High School Linksfield pupils Anna Kayla Joffe and Carly Rachelson have been awarded the World ORT Gina and Joseph Harmatz Award for Social Responsibility...
Students at King David Victory Park High School recently participated in workshops to deal with the emotional fallout of the digital age.
Grade R students at Mino Lopato Nursery School proudly graduated to wearing their Grade R T-shirts recently. The T-shirt is a big part of becoming the...
King David Rosabelle Klein Nursery School is counting down the days of the Omer.
Shaarei Torah held a mock poll at the school recently to teach students how to run an election and how to vote. The class divided into...
Former American boxing promoter Joel Berman hosted a charity benefit in Brooklyn, New York, last month to raise funds for two South African non-profit organisations: Operation...
President Cyril Ramaphosa was guest of honour at the launch of the Nedbank YES (Youth Employment Services) campaign on 2 May in Sandton, in which ORT...
Lynne Gottschalk and Anthula Markovitz are starting to prepare in earnest for their trip to Hungary in late August. Such preparation means a trip to Bantry...
Lilian Kallmann was awarded volunteer of the year at the Johannesburg Union of Jewish Women’s (UJW’s) 87th annual general meeting on 7 May. Kallmann works in...
Psychologist and couples therapist, Connie Valkin, spoke recently to the Women’s International Zionist Organisation’s (WIZO’s) Women Inspired branch about the intricacies of marriage.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is “the single biggest enemy” in government to South African Jewry. So says the national vice-president of the South...
(JTA) Madonna defies boycott demands Pop icon Madonna says she will not cancel her Eurovision appearance due to calls for a boycott, and she will always...
On Election Day, while millions of South Africans went to the polls in the hope of a better South Africa, one man met his death in...
(JTA) Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London for the National Demonstration for Palestine on 12 May.
“There are now four Jewish MPs, and you can be sure that we will be a voice for the whole community,” says Glynnis Breytenbach, who will...
Morris Kahn, the chairman of SpaceIL and the funder of the spacecraft Beresheet, announced his support for a second attempt to take Israel to the moon.
“It was completely surreal and magical. It took my breath away. Every heartbreak and hard relationship happened for this moment,” says Gina Myers, who Lee Thompson...
It’s a relief to catch our breath after a hectic few weeks. We completed the elections, both in Israel and South Africa, had Pesach, Yom Hazikaron,...
Statesmanship is a delicate craft. Some leaders prefer a subtle approach. American president Donald Trump is not one of them. He believes in grand displays of...
Before the elections, I said that I would love to see a heat map showing where major party personalities were campaigning in 2019 compared to 2014.
Musician and entertainer Jonathan Birin was astonished when the crowd he was playing for wore tzitzit (tassels) and yarmulkes, and knew all the words to the...
