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Minister of international relations and cooperation, Naledi Pandor, last week said that the government would be ready to re-engage in discourse with Israel when Israel took...
“One of the greatest soundtracks of our lives has just ended,” wrote Arthur Goldstuck on Facebook on Tuesday night, just hours after legendary musician Johnny Clegg...
Israel is stronger than Hamas on the ground. But in the digital sphere, the Gaza militant organisation is fast developing cyber capabilities that if the Israel...
Mandela Day is a special day in many of our lives when we reflect on the values Nelson Mandela stood for. But, it also allows us...
The United States billionaire, financier, and friend of presidents, Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on 6 July for sex trafficking minors. Epstein is accused of paying girls...
Getting divorced is traumatic, but for men, it can be particularly destructive. All too often, men lose contact with their children following a divorce. They also...
The recent comparison of intermarriage in the United States to a “second Holocaust” has been commended and condemned by world Jewry.
(JTA) If you’re going to physically block an entrance to an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) detention centre, the handbook says, don’t be nice about it.
Waxing, threading, and facials are words which for years have been associated with women only – until now.
Mandela Day comes around once a year, getting people rallying to do good. These Jewish organisations – among many others – don’t wait for Mandela Day...
I woke up this morning to find that my family had left me. It was 05:20, and it was clear that they had exited in a...
South Africa’s legal system has shown its effectiveness through the dignity and thoroughness of the commission of inquiry into state capture. This should be noted by...
South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) National Director Wendy Kahn and Parliamentary Liaison Officer Chaya Singer last week attended several budget speeches in Parliament, including...
Linksfield Ridge looms large over King David School and areas that were traditionally Jewish. So, many of us are familiar with it and the roads leading...
(JTA) It’s Emmy season again, and Jews in the TV industry have plenty of reason to celebrate.
Acclaimed American concert pianist Mona Golabek learned to play the piano, but her mother Lisa Jura gave her far more than an education in music. Through...
Fliers declare Holocaust ‘fake news’ Two anti-Semitic fliers that deny the Holocaust were posted at Massachusetts synagogue Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead this week, with reports of...
The Talmud (B’rachot 12b) records that certain sages raised the idea of including an extra section in the Sh’ma, above and beyond the three we read...
The Tour de France, one of the most-watched sporting events with an average TV viewership of 2.6 billion, currently has cycling fans fastened to their sofas.
There isn’t much that Cheryl Katz, the new president of Klerksdorp Rotary Club, can’t do. Inducted to the presidency last weekend, Katz is the first Jewish...
While I differ from you on some matters, I support your exposure of Jewish crooks. Such exposure is not lashon harah (gossip). Keep up the good...
In the wake of the recent tragic suicide of a young Jewish teenager at a time when he was questioning his sexuality, there has been a...
Our rabbinate has recently been harshly criticised, both on the pages of this newspaper and in the privacy of many homes. Its stance on Limmud seems...
For three or four heady weeks in 2017, James Small became an honorary Jew. Maccabi rugby had under-achieved in the three Maccabiah prior to that, and...
Did you know that when you order the newest gadget from Takealot.com, your child’s birthday present from Loot.co.za, or the latest bestsellers from Exclusive Books online,...
Former African National Congress MP, Andrew Feinstein, has come out guns blazing in reaction to criticism of his Jewish identity in response to his support for...
Nicci Raz, national executive director of the South African Zionist Federation, and Danny Adeno Abebe, shaliach of the World Zionist Organisation and Habonim, celebrate the donation...
Ari Brest captivated audiences whenever he stood up to perform as a singer, musician, or actor. He undoubtedly had star quality – that X factor.
When Jack and Emma Yurich were preparing for their Barmitzvah and Batmitzvah in the United States, they weren’t thinking about the oodles of boodle they might...
A Johannesburg man told his father-in-law this week that he was ashamed to be a Jew because the SA Jewish Report “named and shamed a Jew...
“The state of Israel is facing the total dissolution of its democracy,” says former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. “This is a strategic threat no less...
I have spent more than 25 years of my life teaching and engaging with teenagers. My sole agenda is to ensure the social and emotional well-being...
The recent tragic death of Adam Seef is a wake-up call for the Jewish community in South Africa to examine its attitudes to LGBT+ (lesbian, gay,...
LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) teens at various schools within the community say more needs be done to make them feel included, while the schools...
People around the world last Shabbos commemorated the 25th yahrzeit of my saintly teacher and mentor, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of righteous memory....
Taking office so shortly after the end of the Holocaust, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, played a key role as guardian to a generation...
(JTA) Supermodel Naomi Campbell, in a tribute to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, wrote on social media: “An inspirational leader, scholar, and teacher. The...
A few years ago, then Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks described Limmud as “the jewel in the crown of Anglo-Jewry”. While American research organisation, the...
(JTA) In a country where Nazis killed 98% of its Jewish minority, the survival of five members from the Abravanel family was regarded as something akin...
There is the perception that the number of vacant homes in the predominantly Jewish suburb of Glenhazel is on the rise, and that it is due...
