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While the connection of Jews to Israel is frequently in the news, the changing nature of Jewish and Israeli links to Arab countries is a story...
(JTA) On 1 September, the picturesque region of Wallonia became the second in Belgium to ban killing animals without stunning them, rendering both kosher and most...
As a voluntary social worker at Yad Aharon, I’m making a personal appeal to the Jewish public to assist us in raising funds to cover the...
Thank you for your article about Herber House. I was a resident there from January 1947 to December 1953.
We Jews have known times of terrible discrimination. Fortunately, we enjoy comfort and a high standard of living in South Africa, even with the challenges to...
Choirs are fast becoming passé in shuls the world over. Apparently, fewer congregants look forward to seeing choristers ascend the bimah to sing tunes composed in...
Xenophobic violence against foreign nationals remains a serious problem in South Africa. Over the past decade, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), with the...
This past Sunday was the Yeshiva College campus open day. With 3.5 of our five children (thankfully) already through the school system, we are no longer...
The looting of shops belonging to foreign nationals by crowds in Johannesburg this week will be among the impressions that visitors to the city take home...
Dorothy Spitz, who recently celebrated her 103rd birthday at Jaffa (Jewish Accommodation for Fellow Aged) in Pretoria, is an accomplished musician and music teacher.
When Samuel (Shmuel) Moch came to South Africa at a young age from Lithuania, he couldn’t read or write. In spite of this, he became a...
Chabad opens first centre in Rwanda Chabad has opened its first centre in Rwanda, which becomes the African nation’s first synagogue served by a permanent rabbi.
Consider this body-mind paradigm shift. What if we viewed the body as a mini kingdom, with the head as the supreme judge and king, the heart...
Grade 6 pupils at King David Senior Primary Linksfield have taken to learning block-based programming “with absolute delight”, says Ariellah Rosenberg, the chief executive of ORT...
King David Primary School Sandton has set up a Friday Room to give children more time to play and interact. Launched in the foundation phase –...
As befits a former rugby referee of high standing, Jonathan Kaplan has no difficulties in making a split-second decision. When it comes to picking his favourites...
There have been some legendary South African Jewish sportsmen over time. But, these days, besides footballer Dean Furman, no one has been able to emulate the...
The children of Torah Academy Nursery School have adopted recycling in honour of Hugo Paluch, a Yeshiva College student who died after a goal post at...
Parents, children, teachers, and staff of King David Rosabelle Klein Nursery School Waverley celebrated Spring Day on 1 September with energy and high spirits at the...
Grade R children at King David Pre-Primary Victory Park learn important lessons by reading Dr Seuss.
