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Preparing for Shabbos can be frantic. There’s cooking, cleaning, and shopping to be done. There are urns to fill, and warming trays to set. There are...
This Shabbat, the Shabbos Project is being held in more than 1 600 cities and 106 countries around the world. This year, it’s arriving in a...
So many in our community have lost their jobs since the onset of lockdown. We have invited people in this position to send in their details...
On the face of it, the South African Council of Churches (SACC’s) sharing a billboard with Africa4Palestine at a cost that probably runs into six digits...
In response to Sachs and Fisher’s “The case for Trump in 2020”, (SA Jewish Report, 30 October), let me say I’m neither ill-informed, malicious, nor a...
This will be printed after the United States election. Apologies for my condescending tone. I must comment on “The Case for Trump in 2020”. The article...
Film director Jenna Cato Bass and producer David Horler first met when they were growing up in Cape Town and were in the same year at...
Spending much of my time with elderly people as I do comes with the perk of learning invaluable life lessons from those with decades of experience....
Irwin Manoim, best known for being one of the joint editors of the original Weekly Mail, has authored a book on progressive Jewry in South Africa...
King David Primary School Linksfield’s virtual newsroom was abuzz with activity recently. There were Grade 7 editors-in-chief strategising with team members, and design and layout specialists...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD’s) case against Matome Letsoalo finally concluded last Friday with the Randburg Magistrates Court sentencing him to three years...
Sunday in Johannesburg was noteworthy for a number of reasons: the Jacarandas put on a display that was truly remarkable, a massive storm hit Gauteng, and...
Yeshiva College students Batsheva Levy and Menachem Altman have been selected as the school’s Johannesburg Junior Council representatives for 2021. They join 70 students across the...
Lockdown has had numerous negative repercussions, but it has also led to some new beginnings. For a group of Sephardi women who grew up together, it...
The imminent American election is top of mind for many of us – and rightly so. The results of any American election have far-reaching consequences in...
When legendary film director Spike Lee told Talia Smith that her film had scooped gold at the prestigious 2020 Student Academy Awards, her heart dropped to...
So many in our communiy have lost their jobs since the onset of lockdown. We have invited people in thi poition to send in their details...
Can you imagine what this community would be like if we were all tolerant of each other and, instead of thinking the worst, had positive thoughts?...
For the first time in the country’s communal history, the leadership of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) has laid bare its financials and governance vulnerabilities...
This year’s Shabbos Project will be a little more bountiful thanks to social entrepreneur Zvika Arran, who has created a Flowers for Shabbat project together with...
It’s not often that one individual becomes iconic across a range of spheres, but David Bloomberg was one such person. A pioneer of the arts, a...
The first criminal conviction in an antisemitism case in South Africa may have an impact on how the courts will rule in pending cases where Jews...
A billboard hangs over the highway on the way to OR Tambo International Airport loudly proclaiming: “Churches Against Israeli Annexation of Palestinian Land.” It displays the...
Yeshiva College Primary School has appointed Lara Gavin as its new vice-principal. Gavin will assume the role with immediate effect. The school wishes her much success...
The Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) has appointed an ombudsman to tackle complaints and issues raised following the recent public outcry over kosher food prices and...
How out of step is the South African African National Congress (ANC) government firstly with its African Union comrades, where more and more African states are...
Now Sudan has joined the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in reconciling its differences with Israel. The Abraham Accord is growing, and promises even greater things...
Last Friday, more than two years after posting series of tweets threatening and maligning the Jewish community, Matome Letsoalo was found guilty of crimen injuria in...
I’m not sure if you’re aware of an amazing feature on the website Reddit. It’s called “TIL” shortened for “today I learned”. It has amazing mostly...
Liron Krawitz, in Grade 10 at King David High School Victory Park, shared first place in the last round of the Bible Quiz on Monday, 19...
‘’Islamophobia, a worldwide phenomenon, has become increasingly menacing in parts of Europe and the US.’’ So writes Iqbal Jassat in The Star, 13 October 2020, and...
I was most interested to read Howard Feldman’s insightful thoughts after the passing of his father in last week’s SA Jewish Report (23 October 2020), titled...
It’s the season of the Jewish Achiever Awards, but Jews also came out winners in this year’s Nobel Prize. This isn’t surprising. Jews comprise a mere...
I read with interest the article by respected Professor Milton Shain titled “Anti-Zionist left has more in common with far right than it thinks”, (SA Jewish...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already a part of our world, and as it grows, it will have a profound impact on ethics, religion, and humanity. So...
Falling in love with Jerusalem was the last thing Sarah Tuttle-Singer could have imagined. However, the love story that would unfold between this American-born writer and...
As United Herzlia Schools celebrated its 80th anniversary with an online musical extravaganza on 25 October, Barry Lipchin was thousands of kilometres away, sleeping, in Auckland,...
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a Jew who doesn’t appreciate good food must be in want of reason. Be it perogen or pastrami, kugel or...
“I don’t think there will be any kind of civil war if [United States President Donald] Trump loses,” said foreign correspondent, author, and broadcaster John Matisonn...
The Holocaust wasn’t an exclusively European tragedy. Beyond the camps of Eastern Europe, Nazi Germany intended to oppress, deport, and murder all Jews across the Mediterranean...
