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The Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has defended its decision to include an academic who supported the academic boycott...
Africa4Palestine, formerly Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) South Africa, has called on the international BDS movement office in Ramallah, the Boycott National Committee (BNC), to add video...
Democratic Alliance member of the National Assembly, Darren Bergman, represented South Africa as a Parliamentarian For Peace (P4P) at the World Normandy Peace Forum last week....
It’s not often that a business book can be described as a “riveting read”, but Mike Abel has achieved this and more with his first book,...
As the initiator and organiser of the conference “Jews in South Africa: New Directions in Research”, I was surprised that neither David Kaplan nor the South...
Earlier this week, a delegation from the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) Gauteng Council, headed by Chairperson Professor Karen Milner, met Johannesburg Executive Mayor...
If you haven’t been following what’s going on in Brooklyn, here’s a quick summary. It’s a mess. A real mess. And it’s supposedly about COVID 19...
“See the beauty, not the difference.” This is the message Dee Moore offers in contemplating a society in which concepts of gender have become increasingly open-ended....
I always feel very emotional saying farewell to the sukkah at the end of the festival. For a week, we have been sheltered in G-d’s embrace,...
While our Lithuanian background forms the very basis of South African Jewish identity, a leading historian of South African Jewry, Gideon Shimoni, says the actual numbers...
The passing last week of our much loved Rabbi Avraham Tanzer, z”tl marked the end of an era in the history of our community. It was...
The matric dance is arguably the most exciting part of the matric year – second to finishing it, of course. It’s all about getting dressed up,...
Children in paediatric wards at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital were overjoyed to receive packs containing reading books, colouring books, workbooks, and crayons recently. What with their...
Holocaust museums have to find ways to ensure that they remain accessible in this rapidly-changing world to stay relevant. Because the Holocaust ended 75 years ago,...
Lorraine Rosmarin, a past president of WIZO SA and honorary life vice-chairperson of WIZO Johannesburg, died on Yom Kippur, 27 September. However, her illustrious titles don’t...
“Our primary function should be to focus on getting businesses online and familiar with the digital world,” said Professor Barry Dwolatzky, the director of the Joburg...
For those who believe in the terrible finality of death, once someone has left physical life behind, it’s dead and buried and the proverbial nail in...
Going to shul over Sukkot felt somewhat like gaining access to the business-class lounge. Aspiring entrants wait nervously in line for their documentation to be carefully...
Owner of 4aKid, Ally Cohen, is in the baby business. But this did little to prepare her for one of her staff going into premature labour...
When Yehuda Lazarus heard that a 13-year-old girl had been raped at knife point in Hammanskraal last month, he didn’t hesitate for a moment. He set...
As America heads towards a historic presidential election in just under a month’s time, American Jewish expats and dual citizens in South Africa feel strongly about...
Will Israel’s normalisation of relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain and warming ties with African states counter extremist Muslim ideology in the Middle...
If you haven’t yet seen the hit documentary My Octopus Teacher currently streaming on Netflix, you might be living under a rock, much like the subject...
Renowned Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff has called on South African Jewry to help him identify a woman who may be responsible for unspeakable acts of cruelty...
A diabetic man enters my office, and instead of unveiling his quarterly collection of diabetes questions in order to receive reassurance, today he has only one...
Strong co-operation between the University of the Free State (UFS) and University of Haifa in Israel is to be marked next week with their first international...
COVID-19 has taken a major toll on the emotional well-being of our community. While some have developed a number of coping mechanisms, many continue to battle...
