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The Cohen family in Johannesburg has been inundated with media calls from around the world intrigued by United States (US) President-elect Joe Biden’s South African-born and...
As the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) clashed with the public outside Brackenfell High School in the Western Cape on 9 November, Western Cape Democratic Alliance (DA)...
A Christian minister has put his livelihood on the line by quitting the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) over its Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) policy...
Lana Marks, the United States (US) ambassador to South Africa and a close friend of US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, may soon...
Professor Karen Milner, the Gauteng chairperson of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), was shocked when she opened a threatening email at the end...
“The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.” This is one...
As Jewish communities, prime ministers, presidents, princes, rabbis, and followers of many faiths grieve the loss of the past Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations...
I feel the loss of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt’l in a deeply personal way. I have lost a friend and a mentor, who guided and...
Veteran Palestinian negotiator and politician, Saeb Erekat, died on Tuesday at the age of 65, weeks after testing positive for COVID-19. I first met Erekat about...
Exactly one century ago the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, Dr Joseph Hertz, arrived in South Africa on the first...
The board of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) put its money where its mouth is this week with new measures relating to kashrut. They include...
By the time Nelson Mandela became president in 1994, I had been living outside of South Africa for 16 years but recall the overwhelming sense of...
The breathtaking views of Linksfield Ridge in Johannesburg might never have become accessible were it not for Dr Hermann Kallenbach, a renowned architect and close friend...
“My mother and I sat in the living room and I looked for the last time at our huge grandfather clock. As it struck, we heard...
Most Lithuanians know very little about the country’s Jewish life prior to the Holocaust. While some remain uninterested or antagonistic about this Jewish heritage, there are...
I had heard that “when one child writes matric, we all write matric”. As a first-time matric parent of twins, I feared the worst. On reflection,...
The Firemans Arms pub in Cape Town has existed for 156 years, and is filled with memorabilia from times gone by. But when Jewish customer Antony...
My mother would have been 80 years old this week. Had she lived. It would have been a formidable occasion, which she most likely would have...
It’s the latest trend, the game changer athlete’s choice, the planet saver’s contribution, and the plant-based burgers’ income. The real question is what science says about...
Kelita Hoffman is a busy corporate lawyer and the mother of a three-year-old with physical challenges. She’s also the founder of Challah2Share, which bakes and delivers...
Students from King David Primary School Sandton achieved remarkable results in the recent Wits Mathematics Challenge. King David Sandton came eighth in Gauteng in the Middle...
Matric boys at King David High School Victory Park have built innovative games and apps in their spare time that aid memory, pattern recognition, strategy, organisation...
Last Friday, encouraging progress was made in the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ (SAJBD’s) ongoing fight against online antisemitism when the Randburg Magistrate Court issued...
The reaction of Naledi Pandor, the South African minister of international relations and cooperation (DIRCO), to the recent developments in the Gulf, Sudan, and Israel was...
2020 was to be the year that my baby was in matric. We had been through matric three years before with my older daughter, so we...
Don’t people love saying, “Be true to yourself”, “Don’t forget who you are”, or “You don’t want to see the real me?” Some people erroneously believe...
The United States presidential election has gained the attention of many across the globe and has occupied a lot of time and space on various media...
This year, the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards celebrate the hope within each of us, as we honour those who have inspired us, enlightened us, and given...
South Africa may be physically far from the recent terrorist attacks that took place in France and Austria, but we still have to be extra vigilant....
The South African government continues to refuse to support Israel and its newly transformed ties with three Arab countries in three months, without resolution of the...
In sentencing Matome Letsoalo, a South African magistrate has sent a clear message that antisemitic statements won’t be tolerated. In the Randburg Magistrates Court on 30...
“COVID-19 has knocked me right off my feet. I’ve lost my job and my income along with it. R100 has become a lot for me, and...
The story that led to Jeremy Corbyn being suspended from the British Labour Party for antisemitism started back in 2004. It began with a campaign that...
Fear, tension, concern, and excitement are the emotions South African Jewish expats living in the United States were feeling as their adopted home went to the...
Our focus this week has been on the nail-biting United States election and terrorism in Europe – two events totally out of our environment and control...
Some of South Africa’s most captivating Judaica is found in people’s homes. From kiddush cups rescued from rubbish heaps to pre-Holocaust pieces found in pawn shops,...
People are beginning to adapt to the “new normal”, but the psychological effects of lockdown on children may be felt for years to come. However, experts...
The year 2020 has been challenging. It has stretched us almost to breaking point. Lives and livelihoods have been lost. The coronavirus crisis has placed enormous...
