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When multi award-winning South African author Jonny Steinberg set out to write a story about a man wrongly accused of a heinous crime, he believed he...
The prestigious Jerusalem Unity Prize was this month awarded to Hakhel, the world’s largest Jewish intentional community incubator project, which has ties to South Africa.
Two centuries ago, Polish noblemen would do anything to avoid giving business to a Jew. Ivan the poretz was willing to make an exception. He needed...
When societies are under stress, there is heightened risk of racist conspiracy theories and scapegoating. This is particularly true in societies where historically speaking, the population...
It has become my routine each Shabbat morning during level 3 lockdown to go for a walk with my family.
In the midst of the current economic crisis, many Jewish families would have succumbed to pangs of hunger had it not been for the uninterrupted food...
The phenomenon of COVID-19 minyanim gives rise to, at least, the following material considerations: the well-known principle that all Jews are responsible for each other; and...
I write this letter unafraid to reveal my identity.
Having been a photojournalist in the Middle East who has covered many conflicts, I find that the COVID-19 pandemic has given conflict photograph a new, surreal...
Most people will have noticed that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa (and Gauteng) has been rising fast. Unfortunately this goes hand...
Private minyanim are taking place in the homes of South African Jews in spite of Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein’s decision not to open shuls yet...
Solly Krok was named after his grandfather who died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918/1919. Now, just over a century later, Krok is living through...
Joggers in Glenhazel were greeted by the sight of a zebra grazing the grass when they set out for a morning run on Tuesday and Wednesday...
“I was in a deep, dark place, and couldn’t see a way out of the despair,” says a Johannesburg mother who was shunned and bullied online...
Even though we find ourselves in the midst of the Hebrew month of Sivan, our parsha this week, Behalotcha, takes us back to an auspicious date...
Just as the Highlands House Home for the Jewish Aged is beginning to contain its coronavirus outbreak, a second Jewish care facility in Cape Town has...
The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) this week condemned a Facebook post by the university’s Palestine Solidarity...
As we head towards 16 June on Tuesday, I find it uncanny that protests against racism and police brutality are taking place internationally. They are protesting...
As I write this, America is burning as the police move to crush the protest against their brutal action. George Floyd is now a hashtag that’s...
“My South African and Jewish background, including anti-apartheid activism, has profoundly shaped my understanding and support of #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) and many similar ideas, practices, and groups,”...
Youth Day is a chance to reflect on what it means to be a young person in South Africa. What is my position and responsibility as...
June 16 is a reminder of how privileged I am. I didn’t have to fight for the right to an education. I don’t feel targeted because...
Holidays and commemorations are always a time of reflection. Reflection of change, reflection of the past, and reflection of the future. As I write this piece...
The Torah tells us that preservation of human life takes preference over everything, and confirms that one may break Shabbat to save a life. If something...
Youth Day is a junction on the calendar. Unlike the usual hustle and bustle of daily life, 16 June is a day meant for slowing down...
In South Africa, Youth Day commemorates the Soweto uprising: a protest that screamed for change, and was for the greater good. We all recall the iconic...
When Youth Day comes around, we have an obligation to look for an opportunity to create change.
When Nelson Mandela started his journey in politics, he began with the youth. Mandela along with Anton Lembede, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo established the African...
When Glynne Wolman started The Angel Network in 2015, she never imagined that it would one day play a vital role in helping others during a...
For Marilyn Bassin, giving is a way of life. A physiotherapist by training, she has worked with indigent children for nearly 30 years.
“I wonder what Madiba is thinking about what is happening to all his children this year,” was the thought foremost on Helen Fraser’s mind when she...
“We are slowly but surely entering into a new world order, one which will challenge us in many ways and give us many opportunities,” says Rabbi...
COVID-19 has taken a toll on many interpersonal relationships, and while some are flourishing, others are falling apart.
If an old-aged home is hit with COVID-19, the expectation is that most residents won’t recover and the virus will spread like wildfire. But Highlands House...
ORT South Africa is urging the public to donate devices no longer being used to help bridge the digital divide for students.
“I want to pay tribute to the thoughtful and visionary leaders with whom I have been fortunate to work these past four years,” said Marlene Bethlehem,...
As lockdown eases and people around the country tentatively start going back to “normal” – at least as far as circumstances allow – we understand that...
One of my least favourite biblical stories takes place about a year after the children of Israel fled Egypt. During that time, they are said to...
On the crisp Tuesday morning of 2 June 2020, I walk through the gates of Yeshiva College for the first time in more than three months.
The Israeli Embassy in South Africa has lent its hand to Afrika Tikkun, an agency of the Solidarity Fund, so it can up its support for...
