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As global efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (now called Covid-19) continue, Israel is devising strategies to bring the disease under control.
South African-born businessman Jack Slier is sitting on shpilkes (in agitation) in his Johannesburg cluster home with his eyes glued to any news of the coronavirus...
“Mommy, do I look fat?” is a dreaded question that many parents are ill-equipped to answer. This week, feeding coach Eliana Cline presented a talk that...
Mahatma Gandhi’s closest supporters in South Africa were Jews and, if he hadn’t come to this country, he possibly wouldn’t have become the great legend that...
Steve Collins is unequivocal that we are in an environmental crisis. He should know, being an expert in rural development, land reform, and sustainable resources. Collins...
A Jewish teenager saved his own life during the Holocaust by pretending to be a Nazi. This is the story of Solomon “Sally” Perel, now 94,...
24 December 1943 “Oh to write! ... To be able to write, to make pen move on paper! I need to write.
Former struggle photographer Eric Miller has seen and recorded a lot in his career, but he has never been moved to make a film – until...
I attended last week’s State of the Nation (SONA) address in Parliament together with the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ (SAJBD’s) parliamentary liaison, Chaya Singer....
The “FW de Klerk conversation” says a lot more about us than it does about him. It speaks to our attraction to the most basic of...
Many white South Africans probably can’t imagine that they might have been perpetrators of a crime against humanity. It sounds like such a gigantic, malevolent, bloody...
Young King David Victory Park alumnus Micaela Jade Tucker’s star is rising fast while still a hard-working drama student.
Former POW, Gilad Shalit, gets engaged Gilad Shalit, 33, the Israeli soldier who was held prisoner by terrorist group Hamas in Gaza for five years, is...
“We’re going to the theatre,” my parents told me, and an hour later, we entered a giant, dark place, with rows of empty wooden seats, and...
In the 14 February 2020 edition of the SA Jewish Report, Darren Bergman expressed his concern that the “SAJBD had politicised the situation to create a...
There is much ado about climate change, what with a greenhorn girl lecturing us. What’s next, babies in prams giving the weather forecast?
A small party of family and friends was held at Our Parents Home in Gardens, Johannesburg, on 11 February for Ada Plett, who turned 104.
Ward councillor Zama Shezi was awarded a Jewish National Fund (JNF) tree certificate at a service at Temple Israel on 15 February for his achievement in...
Retired Ghanaian architect Kwasi Agyare-Dwomoh enthralled the audience of the adult education division of the Union of Jewish Women recently with a presentation on “Ghana –...
A giant photograph of the King David Senior Primary School Linksfield marimba band will soon be exhibited as part of the “Hamsa on Us” photo exhibition...
Torah Academy Nursery School entertained new pupils with popcorn and a puppet show at its orientation day for new pupils and parents last week
Yeshiva College Primary school students shone with pride at the schools’ Inter-House Gala on 14 February
Two talented young Israeli rugby players, Yotan Shulman and Omer Levinson, arrived in the Western Cape in January for a five-month spell under coach Frankie Horne...
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted that Donald Trump’s much-awaited peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reminded him of the “Bantustans” (so-called...
Jewish communal leaders including Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein and South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) National Director Wendy Kahn, as well as Reeva Forman,...
While load shedding may deprive us of electricity on a day-to-day basis, the damage it’s doing to the water infrastructure may be irreparable.
Jewish high school students participated in a mass recital of tehillim (psalms) at campuses across South Africa on 7 February.
“The most painful and terrifying experience was being in isolation when the news came through of Dr Neil Aggett’s death by so-called suicide. I find it...
Only a hundred or fewer people turned out for a well-publicised picket against United States President Donald Trump and Israel outside Parliament in Cape Town on...
Julius Malema went on a bizarre rant against wealthy and leading South Africans including former Investec Chief Executive Stephen Koseff at an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)...
Isn’t it amazing how we have become used to loadshedding. I don’t hear people complaining nearly as much as they did less than a month ago....
There’ve been a few scares but so far, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Israel. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking no chances,...
Sometimes a new expression sheds fresh light on ancient ideas. One example is the phrase “confirmation bias,” which was coined only 60 years ago. It means...
It’s been almost two years since the Stan & Pete Kosher Catering scandal broke, and questions are being asked about the steps taken to upgrade our...
The national South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) may have closed its country communities department at the end of last year, but its Western Cape...
The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies hosted an interfaith concert at Temple Israel Green Point last Wednesday in honour of United Nations World Interfaith...
More than 50 people from across the religious spectrum came together to celebrate the mediating power of music and prayer at the Together for Peace interfaith...
Ricky Tollman started his screen career as a baby in a Sanlam commercial shown at South African movie houses more than 30 years ago. Now, an...
Moroccans today aren’t comfortable with signs of collaboration with the pro-German Vichy regime against the country’s Jewish community during World War II.
Rami Sherman played a critical role in one of Israel’s most iconic missions, Operation Thunderbolt in Entebbe, but until recently, few knew about it. He kept...
