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Maybe there is a small silver lining around the Covid-19 cloud.
A lot has been said about the workplace during this pandemic. Much of it is impractical and when advising employers, most of the advice is applicable...
Just before noon on 20 February 2015, my wife Jean and I were at a coffee shop. I was taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi. I’m...
Erica Brown and Nicolas Samet live in the “red zone” of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. They say the most frightening aspect is the “feeling of isolation, the...
What do bombs, biscuits, and business-savvy have in common? They’re all synonymous with a small tobacco factory that rapidly grew to become the largest catering company...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s priority must be to go into battle with the public sector and win, Jonny Steinberg told a Cape South African Jewish Board of...
South African Jewish communal organisations have cancelled all scheduled events and restricted others over the next four weeks as a result of the spread of Covid-19.
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in South Africa, respected Johannesburg pulmonologists Drs Anton Meyberg and Carron Zinman have called on the community...
There’s no school, we can’t see our friends, mom and dad are worried, and it’s all because of something called coronavirus. At the very least, most...
With social distancing, self-quarantining, and isolation becoming the new normal, the prospect of life under lockdown has many worried. As we fight to “flatten the curve”...
In Sesotho, Maboneng means “place of light”. This is the name of the rejuvenated, gentrified, and trendy district in Johannesburg’s city centre. Along with neighbouring Jeppestown,...
With the COVID-19 virus having the greatest impact on the elderly, infirm, or medically vulnerable, the SA Jewish Report sent questions to Saul Tomson, chief executive...
For people who connected before the dawn of social media, losing touch generally meant saying goodbye forever. Yet decades later, they can reconnect to forge meaningful...
When South African Jews leave the community and move overseas, they often feel a deep sense of loss. Organisations like the South African Jewish American Community...
The unprecedented events of the past few weeks have turned the world as we know it upside down. To get through these difficult and stressful times,...
Whereas I’m no coronavirus expert, I have been a hypochondriac for some years. I’m also a radio talk-show host, author, and social commentator, which perhaps qualifies...
How long does it take a global catastrophe to turn into humour? In the case of coronavirus, not long. The online world is replete with hilarious...
Usually during this time of the year, my wife and I are deeply engaged in getting ready for our annual Pesach retreat. We refer to it...
South Africa played host to the Hebrew Order of David (HOD) International’s 44th biennial conference at the HOD Centre in Orchards, Johannesburg, last weekend.
Around 50 women, all in fancy dress for Purim, participated in the women’s megillah reading at Greenside Shul on Tuesday 10 March.
Aerin Cohen (Grade 11) has been elected incoming mayor of the Johannesburg junior council and Paris Obel (Grade 11) chairperson of the arts and culture committee.
Torah Academy Nursery School teacher Morah Chana Rivka Lewin has created a new outdoor learning space for pupils under a tree.
Parents, grandparents, and siblings were in awe of the amazing projects created by Grade 7 students at King David Primary School Victory Park for the My...
King David regretfully informs you of our business-lounge closure. Although the comfort of our precious scholars has always been important, we feel their health is paramount....
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Give the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) a Bell’s! With reference to last week’s article, “Chinese touched by Jewish hand of friendship”, (SA Jewish...
When I first heard about the visit of a delegation from the South African Jewish Board of Deputies to China Mall, I was apprehensive about its...
Harry Shapiro, a much-loved Joburg cricket coach, sees a silver lining in the dark cloud that is the COVID-19 pandemic. With schools throughout the country closing...
“It’s harrowing being married to a police officer in a lawless society where the police are outgunned.”
Fees Must Fall student activist and self-declared Hitler admirer, Mcebo Dlamini, was this week found guilty of public violence.
“Your gesture brought back our faith in humanity,” the chairperson of the Chinese Association, Erwin Pon, said this week following the support and solidarity shown by...
South Africa’s top universities are among the best in the world, but unless society stands up and addresses the issues confronting these institutions, we could risk...
From Thursday, 12 March, anyone arriving in Israel will have to place themselves under quarantine for 14 days after they enter the country thanks to the...
South-African born Juan van Niekerk has been fighting for his life for two weeks at Haifa’s Rambam Hospital. He’s still in intensive care, but the latest...
What’s it like to be in quarantine in Israel or China, or to have your campus shut down because a student has coronavirus? South African Jews...
I believe we are all feeling stressed and traumatised. We live in a country where there is a high rate of crime, our economy is battling,...
A friend contacted me this week to ask if reports that Israel was isolating itself from the rest of the world because of the coronavirus were...
Winston Churchill said, “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except...
“To go or not to go” is the question on the minds of anyone planning to travel this year. As the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreads around the...
“DL Link will bounce back and create something special because every day it deals with the unknown, it’s what it does,” said Niki Seberini, presenter of...
