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Early in the morning of 28 May 2021, Lisa Kowalsky warned the Johannesburg Jewish Mommies Facebook group that there weren’t enough COVID-19 beds in Gauteng. Her...
Anti-Israel incidents continued to occur around South Africa in spite of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with many turning antisemitic and targeting individuals and businesses....
Israel’s new president-elect, Isaac Herzog, is a great friend of South African Jewry and has been determined to mend ties between the South African and Israeli...
When Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, I remember some people being so flummoxed that they said anyone could now run for the...
“I heard the boom, and then the pressure came, and that was it. I was out,” is how former Kaizer Chiefs striker, Ibezito Ogbonna, remembers the...
What’s true and what’s not? This is getting really confusing. I feel the need to check everything I read or hear because there seems to be...
An associate professor of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Family Medicine used a university WhatsApp group with his interns to propagate the following anti-Israel view....
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein stood up to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s anti-Israel statement in the media, and on 28 May, asked for Muslim leadership to join...
Pretoria teacher Sudesh Mooloo’s family member says he fears for his safety and that of his family after he expressed support for Israel and took a...
Rashomon, the Japanese movie by Akira Kurosawa, relates the story of a murder whereby four different characters give their version of what happened. Three of them...
Zionism, the term that has been bandied around by the anti-Israel lobby, isn’t a uniform approach to Israel. It has many forms resulting in differences even...
It has been a lonely experience for many Jewish scholars at secular private or government schools following the recent conflict in the Middle East. For some...
“Adult male-on-male abuse is a worrying issue as more incidents involving innocent teenagers and young adult victims are brought to our attention,” said Rebbetzin Wendy Hendler...
Proud ex-King Davidian and corporate lawyer, Amy Eliason, has joined a new tribe, taking her place among the castaways of the latest season of Survivor South...
Sleep should come naturally, yet our inability to get enough of it is an obsession of the modern age. “Sleep is a smiley faced curve of...
Like most 16-year-olds, Mila Smith has a busy schedule, fitting in hobbies with schoolwork. But unlike most other teens her age, this Herzlia High School Grade...
Students at King David Ariel and King David Primary School Victory Park (KDPSVP) were on Friday, 28 May, introduced to an interactive learning programme to do...
Yeshiva College has appointed its new student leaders for 2021/2022, and the school wishes them mazeltov and every success for the year ahead. The girls: Liat...
Do you want to preserve your eyesight? Mishna Berura (24,7) quotes an ancient custom that will prevent blindness. Passing the tzitzit over our eyes when reciting...
I’m not a “Good Jew”. I know this because my name doesn’t appear on the ever-increasing list of “Good Jews” published in various forms. The list...
As expected, the Gaza conflict resulted in a sharp upsurge in antisemitic attacks the world over. The focus of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies...
Whether momentary, temporary, or permanent, antisemitism is mental illness. When it translates into violent acts against Jews and worse, their murder, it’s an inexcusable crime, an...
Anton, I read your recent article on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and the media relating thereto. Although it’s obviously erudite and well thought out, I...
Dear Ronnie Kasrils I’ve read your post in the Sunday Times. It’s with much pain that I’m called to draft a response. In the name of...
Perry Feldman, a greatly admired Parys farmer, businessman, and Jewish communal leader was taken from us this week, another casualty of the coronavirus epidemic. Feldman embodied...
