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The much-loved Feigels deli of Glenhazel, Johannesburg, officially closed its doors this week, bringing a 28-year journey to an end. While other Feigels branches continue to...
After three inconclusive elections and an acting government for 18 months, most Israelis are relieved that the country has finally inaugurated its 35th government. It has...
When Associated Media Publishing (AMP), formerly Associated Magazines, announced its closure three weeks ago, it sent shockwaves around the country and the globe. The home of...
When South Africa went into lockdown on 27 March, like many South Africans, the Limmud leadership from around the country met on Zoom to discuss how...
On 8 May, three-year-old Raphi Blatt was allowed to go home after undergoing neurosurgery for skull and brain injuries after a freak accident on 19 April.
We have all seen recent pictures of brides and grooms marking their special day around the world, but there is something eerily absent in these celebrations:...
Unlike most other holidays, Shavuot doesn’t have many ceremonial rituals. Paramount to the traditional celebration in better times was convening in shul to hear the ten...
It feels strange to be approaching Shavuot having had very little meaningful contact with people outside my immediate family since before Pesach.
I recently read an article in the Guardian asking, “Are female leaders more successful at managing the coronavirus crisis?” (25 April 2020). The writer looked at...
All our Jewish holidays enumerated in the Torah have a dual foundation: a historical foundation and an agricultural one. This should not surprise us. We often...
With Shavuot just around the corner, these two specially-created Sharon Glass recipes are sure to be winners with your family. Indulge in a little bit of...
CHEESE BLINTZES WITH ORANGE CONFIT (or without it’s just as delicious)
Revelations bring revolutions. And the greatest revelation in history brought about what is arguably the most far-reaching of all social revolutions. The revelation at Sinai –...
The core mandate of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) is to safeguard the rights and promote the welfare of South African Jewry, but...
I have always liked the naughty kids. It might be that I was never one of the good or conventional ones, but they somehow seem more...
At 23:47 on a Thursday night I logged onto Zoom. My best friend of 15 years, who I had just hung up with on a FaceTime...
Sandra and Toby Behr celebrated their Diamond 60th wedding anniversary on 15 May.
Many elderly and indigent in our community rely on the Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society’s (JWBS’s) clothing depot for their needs, particularly in winter, but with closure...
Ella Barnett from King David Primary School Linksfield and Rachel Meltzer from Torah Academy Girls High School were selected as winners of the My Family Story...
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an extension of the national lockdown, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) realised it had to come up with...
The portion of Bechukotai contains the warnings of the tragedies that may befall the Jewish people if they stray from the ways of the Torah. The...
“There were days when the doctors didn’t think she would make it. They would come in some mornings and ask if my mother was still alive....
“Getting the diagnosis that I was positive for COVID-19 was an indescribable shock,” says Highlands House resident David Myers (77). “It’s a feeling that will stay...
A highly respected professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is at the centre of a raging international war of words over anti-Semitism and freedom...
“My father-in-law was due to go on aliyah before the lockdown, and is now stuck in Joburg with only a chair in his house as he...
When our community looks back on the time of COVID-19, it will remember being entertained, informed, and educated by SA Jewish Report-hosted webinars, or as they...
As our understanding of coronavirus develops, it has become clear that asymptomatic carriers could be the biggest threat to containing the virus, most notably in senior...
“I usually feel grateful for the dozens of dependents I’m able to ‘parent’ in life. Today, I’m wondering whether I should have just stuck to a...
Sitting in the spacious grounds and picturesque gardens of Jaffa, the Jewish retirement home in Pretoria, it’s hard to imagine the 75 residents doing anything more...
COVID-19 has irrevocably altered the face of education as we know it. Schools and universities will have to find ways to navigate a blended approach to...
South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) is disappointed with the SA Jewish Report’s ill-informed and biased report on the South African BDS Coalition, titled,...
“Tzedakah defines who we are as Jews,” says advertising extraordinaire Mike Abel. His agency, M&C Saatchi Abel’s, Street Store initiative was recently selected as a finalist...
“Sometimes it takes just one of something to make a difference for just one person. The following quote by Mother Teresa carries weight for us: ‘If...
She’s tiny, and oh so cute, but Rebecca Symanowitz, aged nine, has managed to raise more than R25 000 in just four days to feed hungry...
Rabbi Andre Ungar was the first rabbi in South Africa to provoke the public wrath of senior National Party politicians, and the only rabbi to be...
The United Nations believes that coronavirus is the worst global crisis since World War II, its staggering toll on life and disruption of normality sure to...
Holocaust survivors had universal life lessons in endurance, bravery, and hope. In spite of the circumstances that ripped their lives apart, countless individuals strove to strengthen...
Once, most of us were all able to snigger (with no small feeling of relief), “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” But now, how...
Did you know that Joburg Jews have more financial challenges than Capetonian Jews, but they are also much more likely to employ domestic staff than their...
In the book of Leviticus (chapter 23), all of the Biblical festivals appear. Each festival has its own date, sacrifices, and a distinctive ritual. Rosh Hashanah...
