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Prominent human-rights organisations this week argued in the Constitutional Court that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) had made a mistake in overturning the judgement that...
Johannesburg anaesthetist Karon “Kiki” Marx conquered her childhood dream of swimming the English Channel last weekend, becoming the first South African Jewish woman to do so.
(JTA) Since early June, protesters in Hong Kong have been gathering multiple times a week to fight what they see as Chinese attempts to encroach on...
(JTA) Of the many Jews unsettled by United States President Donald Trump’s claim that voting for Democrats would demonstrate “disloyalty” to Israel and to other Jews,...
Israel and South Africa might not always see eye to eye, but over the past two years, the two countries have worked closely on a case...
The name Kiki Marx is on so many lips this week. I can’t tell you how many times last Saturday I was told that this woman...
Israel’s military is again on high alert. It’s limiting civilian traffic near the country’s border with Lebanon, and has deployed an Iron Dome missile defence battery...
The unanimous decision last week by a full bench of the North Gauteng High Court to set aside the report of the Seriti Commission into corruption...
The Book of Esther is filled with examples of women standing up to men, and holding their own in the face of absolute power. This has...
Jerusalem is a focal point of Judaism, Jewish life, Torah, and Israel, but how did it come to have such stature? “Because it’s the place where...
The words “Jew” and “prison” rarely sit together in our community, but the reality is that Jews do land up behind bars.
Next month, a group of elderly Israelis, mostly olim (immigrants) from South Africa, will gather at a graveside on Kibbutz Tzora, as they have for the...
The boys of Herber House refused to have their football confiscated without a fight. They grabbed makeshift drums and chanted slogans as they marched to protest...
Promising young director and Naledi Awards judge Obett Motaung is defined by a passion for stories. Now he isn’t just telling stories about South Africa, but...
Israel is a thriving, modern, and successful country, but it has an unhealthy “appendage” holding it back from achieving its true potential: the occupation of the...
Most of the small Jewish population still left in Iran plans to stay, seeing it as a home in which they have all the resources to...
Many know the heroic work of Isaac Ochberg who brought 200 Jewish orphans from Eastern Europe to safety to South Africa in 1921. Yet, during the...
From the Sinai tablets to cyberspace scrolls, Google alumni and science writers are the shape-shifters behind the revolutionary digital development of Torah texts.
This week, Hayley Elin can heave a sigh of relief. Ever since her husband, David, passed away at HospiceWits in June 2015, she has been on...
I had a teacher at King David Linksfield who said he loved giving us tests because “it separates the wheat from the chaff”. This came to...
If you left home to attend boarding school in a foreign country, what would you be most concerned about? Language barriers, cultural differences, and homesickness probably...
The four heads of King David Pre-Primary Schools were given an opportunity by the South African Board of Jewish Education to spend a week at Harvard...
King David Pre-Primary Linksfield pupils Yuri Anuchin, Peyton Utian, and Ricky Liebowitz had great fun learning about being chefs while baking chocolate-chip biscuits.
King David High School Victory Park’s week-long arts and culture festival left an epic memento – a colourful graffiti wall painted by the students.
An item of jewellery depicting the traditional charity box for raising funds for Israel, the Blue Box, was declared the winner of the Blue Box for...
King David students Elan Kolman and Rivka Berelowitz were recently chosen to travel to Sofia, Bulgaria, for the World ORT Digital Skills Academy. With 27 participants...
Twenty one children in the Valley of a Thousand Hills were given brightly coloured, child-sized wheelchairs on 20 August. This is part of an initiative of...
The WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organisation) Forum on 15 August dealt with the challenges of being part of the sandwich generation.
Teljoy Chief Executive Rami Sassen and Discovery’s CEO Adrian Gore are firm believers of giving back to the community and volunteering their time to help others....
Israel helps Brazil fight Amazon fires Israel will help Brazil in battling fires raging in the Amazon rain forest.
As the Hebrew month of Elul approaches, thoughts of the upcoming high holidays fill my head and a mixture of emotions fills my heart. Elul is...
The brouhaha surrounding the on-again, off-again visit of United States congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar has generated diverse opinion on both sides of the political...
What do South African Jews think about criticism of Israel? Traditionally, they have been highly sensitive to criticism. Has this changed? Attitudes have softened, but, it...
It wasn’t my idea, although admittedly it resonated strongly with me. I heard it on BBC radio when a listener called in to suggest that dolphins...
Once used as a prison for political activists among them Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, today it serves as an important vehicle for safeguarding the fundamental...
While he was sitting in the holding area before an event at the recent 18th FINA (International Swimming Federation) World Masters’ Aquatic Championships in Gwangju, South...
When Jordan Pieters pulled a “zap sign” at the South African Jewish Museum (SAJM) in Cape Town, and shared her sentiments about Jews on Instagram, she...
Celebrated academic and social-justice activist Tessa Hochfeld was killed in a freak accident at the weekend while riding a bike with her youngest child and husband...
Jewish communal leadership has described its recent meeting with International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor as “professional and engaging”.
Following the SA Jewish Report’s recent exposé of the “tomb raider” in Cape Town using old gravestones on new graves, community members are asking for answers...
