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Even before matric Rage was declared a “super-spreader” event, the country was bracing itself for a second wave of COVID-19 infection. Now, as numbers continue to...
A matric pupil lies in high care at a Johannesburg Netcare hospital. Her peers are being admitted to hospital or are locked down, battling respiratory symptoms,...
Virology experts in South Africa have allayed fear of COVID-19 vaccines, saying they are a “triumph of science”, and are likely to be game changers. However,...
It’s that time of the year when we gaze into crystal balls to see what 2021 has in store for us. The United Nations (UN) has...
Time magazine dubbed 2020 the worst year ever. On its latest cover, it features “2020” with a large red “X” through it, marking the end of...
Israelis are flocking to Dubai in droves following normalisation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and in spite of security warnings against visiting the region. One...
“If Auschwitz as a place stands as a symbol for the Holocaust, then Mengele as a perpetrator has come to serve a similar role for the...
Many of us are familiar with the iconic black and white photograph of a chanukiah on a windowsill with an ominous Swastika banner flying above the...
Light has always been used as a metaphor for revelation. In Kabbalah, the Jewish mystics referred to the highest expression of divinity as “infinite light”. And,...
Shoot me down if you want. Call me what you will. Throw as many vrot tomatoes as you want at me … I think COVID-19 was...
One of the most memorable Chanukah holidays of my life was spent in the Old City of Jerusalem. Walking through the narrow lanes and alleyways of...
When Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon headed into space in 2003, he took with him a miniature Torah scroll which had survived the Holocaust. Tragically, both Ramon...
If there’s one word that captures the challenge of business in 2020, it’s “pivot”. But what does it really mean to find that your entire market,...
Ideas matter. Great leaders are driven and express big ideas. Technical bureaucrats may put policies in motion, but the leaders who made a difference throughout history...
For most of us, next year can’t come soon enough! Here’s a look at what’s in the pipeline for Israel and the broader region. Coronavirus The...
Legendary South African entertainment personality Dawn Lindberg had all but written the script for her death just weeks before she died from COVID-19 in Plettenberg Bay...
I could write a standard obituary tribute to Rabbi Ben Isaacson. I could praise his Torah knowledge, his love for the biblical prophets, his passion for...
In the past few weeks, so many of us let our guard down in terms of COVID-19, myself included. I was a bit more relaxed about...
Last Tuesday, I took a call from my good friend, Ronnie, whose equity portfolio I manage. It was the first day of December, and the media...
Enraged by the Rage outbreak, and ambivalent about upcoming “simple” travel plans, patients have increasingly contacted me this week, enquiring as to the safety of going...
“I’m not supposed to be alive today,” says Dror Zicherman, aged 35. A personal trainer and gym owner, he seems like any other young Israeli. But...
The story of Jewish history is unique among all civilisations. No nation has been confronted with adversity as it has and survived. Yet the Jewish people...
The night before 25 November was agonising. It was filled with messages from friends, all detailing the amazing things we’d be doing instead of studying because...
This year, many of us are staying home or looking for activities for our children that will be COVID-19-safe. While we can’t list all the activities...
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth, a double chin and stick-out teeth,...
Three people committed suicide in the Johannesburg Jewish community in November, and four others since January, leaving families and friends questioning how to spot the signs...
The outgoing manhig (leader) of South African Habonim Dror, Errol Anstey, took his departure from the youth movement after 20 years of service in an online...
Although the Greeks were the villains in the Chanukah story, and because I can’t write another potato latke or doughnut recipe, I’ve chosen to go Greek...
Last year Chanukah time, we lit candles and shared dinner with friends as we strummed guitars into the night, mask free, carefree, and oblivious that these...
At the beginning of 2020, no-one could have predicted the unprecedented set of challenges that South African Jewry would shortly be confronted with, both to the...
I was 20 years old when I met one of the greatest rabbis of recent times – Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. A genius with an almost...
Chanukah in South Africa is weird, let’s face it. It’s a festival of lights in the middle of summer! It’s a time to eat greasy latkes...
There’s a joke in the Jewish community that we don’t have happy holidays. I mean, it always goes along the lines of, “They tried to kill...
It’s official: not even a pandemic can stop the South African Jewish community from paying tribute to the heroes in its midst. Against a background of...
The deputy minister of the department of international relations and cooperation, Alvin Botes, this week accused Israel of “exploiting” the COVID-19 pandemic by escalating and accelerating...
Back in September 2019, the Beth Din found Rabbi Chanoch Galperin innocent of an allegation by the East London Chevrah Kadisha (ELCK) that he had forged...
Legal legend Sir Sydney Kentridge has left an indelible mark on the judicial systems of South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK). At 98 years old,...
If you want to know the secret to entrepreneurial success, just ask Liran Assness. A seasoned entrepreneur and chief executive who employs thousands, he knows the...
When legal stalwart Professor Michael Katz begins a sentence with the words “with respect”, those who know him understand that respect is the last thing on...
“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” The words of the late Leonard Cohen never fail to invigorate Wendy Fisher. An avid...
