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Holtz quits as Team Israel’s baseball manager Eric Holtz, the manager of Israel’s national baseball team over the past four years, has stepped down from his...
I’ll just come out and say it. There should be a pause on all aliyah applications for six months. Like a cooling off period. Because whereas...
Whatever a post-COVID-19 world will look like, the changes the pandemic has imposed on how society operates are likely to become a permanent part of how...
The modern Olympic Games have been cancelled only three times since their introduction in 1896. The Games of Berlin in 1916, 1940 in Helsinki (originally awarded...
This week, Prof Gili Regev of Sheba Medical Centre in Israel, published groundbreaking research in The New England Journal of Medicine about how long your Covid...
When you think about future scenarios for South Africa, only one name comes to mind – Clem Sunter, the former CEO of Anglo American Gold and...
Over the past 18 months, hundreds of South African olim and their family members have been unable to see each other thanks to Israel’s draconian travel...
Mandela Day, celebrated on 18 July each year, is designated as a day of giving to others and building bridges between communities, but one anti-Israel group...
Not many people know first-hand that Jewish anti-apartheid activist Albie Sachs “made the worst butter and jam sandwiches on brown bread”. It’s these personal memories that...
“Relief and elation” describes the emotions of Professor Karen Milner, the Gauteng chairperson of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) on obtaining a final...
“They threw us into a cage that was three or four steps across. It was completely dark,” says Rudy Rochman. He is one of three filmmakers...
In mid-June, when COVID-19 cases began climbing to unprecedented levels in our community, I was privileged to be asked to become a Hatzolah COVID-19 Wellness caller....
The Olympics isn’t just the site of the greatest sporting prowess in the world, it’s also a source of national nachas. This Women’s Day, 9 August,...
Sports and exercise-medicine expert Professor Wayne Derman has worked with elite athletes for his whole career, so when he was appointed chief medical officer to the...
July will go down in history as one of the bleakest months ever experienced by the Johannesburg Jewish community, which recorded 113 deaths in one month....
In a world first, Israel has begun administering third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Israelis 60 years and over. Those eligible are receiving phone calls...
A Hollywood star of the 1930s and 1940s who came from an Austrian Jewish background, Hedy Lamarr was most famous for her dazzling beauty, six marriages,...
There is something truly awful about being the only couple at a restaurant. Whereas after years of travel, I don’t have a problem dining alone, I...
As Gauteng Council Chairperson Professor Karen Milner put it, it’s not every day that one gets to fight an out-and-out Nazi and beat him. Last week,...
“You shall observe the festival of Sukkot seven days after you have gathered in your grain and your wine; and you shall rejoice in your festival,...
In last week’s SA Jewish Report (29 July 2021), our chief rabbi urged us to get vaccinated. It’s well known that according to the Talmud, saving...
Grade 6 students at Yeshiva College Girls High School helped The Angel Network, Africa Tikkun, and Warm the World serve soup and bread to the needy...
United Herzlia Schools’ Board of Governors has awarded honorary life membership to Natalie Barnett for her services to the school. Barnett has served the school for...
Bnoth Zion WIZO’s (Women’s International Zionist Organisation’s) Cape Town’s outreach arm made an impact in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, recently, with its first ever beginners organic gardening...
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who helped us in so many ways, selflessly reaching out to a family known to some...
He told his eight-year-old-self that he was so sorry for the horrors he would endure as the victim of sexual abuse for the decade that would...
Although there have been many world-class Jewish Olympic athletes, it’s safe to say that there haven’t been many with strong Jewish South African connections. Track and...
The South African government recently acted surprised that Israel had rejoined the African Union (AU) as an observer. History tells us that it shouldn’t have. Connections...
