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Sukkot is the time of year when people of faith join together in song to celebrate the inspiration of Jerusalem and the shared destiny of all...
Fun for the entire family as we discuss all things pet and the emotional bond between us and our little fury and scaly friends. Meet: •...
Expert in mass gathering medicine, Professor Efraim Kramer, told the SA Jewish Report this week that “Rage is nothing short of teenage Russian Roulette that may...
Two Johannesburg Jewish gender-abuse activists are at the centre of a battle to try stop an alleged rapist from preying on more young women travellers in...
September 11 2001 was 20 years ago and seemingly a million miles away, but for some South African Jews who were eye witness to the events,...
The overarching emotion that signified the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was fear. I remember a palpable fear that permeated the community before the first case...
Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg has opened a new Jewish section at the top of the cemetery – called section E – in which only “flat tombstones...
This week a year ago, Ebrahim Dahood Nonoo switched on his television set and like the rest of the world, heard the surprise announcement that Bahrain,...
Why, oh, why are these doctors making such a big deal about our matriculants going on Rage at the end of the year? I mean, so...
Telfed, the South African Zionist Federation in Israel, has resorted to a fundraiser as its resources come under strain because of the volume of people making...
Janice Masur is keeping alive the memory of one of many Jewish communities that disappeared in the past century – the Jews of Uganda. The history...
The South African Jewish community’s response to the pandemic has been singled out as unique, efficient, and robust in an academic paper that tracks how the...
“The situation we are in cannot be the end state of the world; there has to be a better condition for everyone, including artists.” So said...
Some are adorned with the delicate lace, glistening pearls, and relief cameos of a baroque boudoir; others uphold a gallery of watercolour Peter Rabbits in petite....
Cape Town Jewish community elder Professor Paul Sulcas, who passed away on Friday, 10 September 2021, has been likened to Moshe Rabeinu and called “a giant...
Former South African cricket captain and veteran administrator Ali Bacher has been criticised for defending Proteas coach Mark Boucher, who has been accused of racial discrimination...
I hate honey. I might be a blasphemer of note for even thinking such a thing, but “living my truth” means being honest. And honestly, I...
After several weeks of uncertainty, it has been confirmed that this year’s municipal elections will be going ahead on the slightly later date of 1 November....
Although basketball seldom grabs the headlines in South Africa, SA Jewish Report readers have probably heard of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Lebron James. Another basketballer...
As the Torah observant manager of a busy food establishment and as a member of the Jewish community, I wish to give thanks and recognition to...
Tali Feinberg’s excellent piece in the SA Jewish Report (2 September) titled Africa4Palestine Compares Israel to Nazi Germany, offers sufficient expert academic opinion to totally discredit...
“As an eagle that stirs up its nest, hovering over its young” Rashi, one of our greatest commentators, explains that Hashem is compared to an eagle...
In a true story of high finance, murder, and one man’s fight for justice, Bill Browder will explain how the Magnitsky Act, named after his lawyer...
Join us for a magical evening of Rosh Hashanah meaning and music as we unite the Jewish people around the world on the eve of the...
There was much excitement when the United Nations selected Durban for its first ever World Conference Against Racism – and then, it all went wrong. The...
We’ve all heard that COVID-19 doesn’t generally affect young people. So when Capetonian Ryan Lipman tested positive in late July, he thought his age was in...
A sombre press statement issued by The Liliesleaf Trust announced its closure at midnight on Wednesday, 1 September, following years of financial difficulty and a lack...
Judge Siraj Desai has called for the dismissal of the complaint laid against him by the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) of being an anti-Israel “politicised...
Local Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) group Africa4Palestine has taken its hatred for Israel to a new low, comparing the Jewish state to the Nazis. In a...
This week’s fundraising campaign for Community Security Organisation Medical in Cape Town and Hatzolah in Johannesburg beautifully replaces our obsession with daily infection statistics, hospital occupancies,...
About 200 years ago, the Torah giant, the Tiferet Yisrael (Rabbi Israel Lifshitz – 1782 to 1860) exhorted his followers to be vaccinated against smallpox. The...
Where did this year go? I guess the saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun” isn’t always true. This hasn’t been an easy year by any...
Israel made the surprise announcement on Monday, 30 August, that from 3 September, Israelis who are a week after their third dose of COVID-19 vaccine won’t...
With Rosh Hashanah upon us, communal organisations are hard-pressed to make sure that every community member is looked after, but the number of people needing help...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein is calling on the South African Jewish community to go back to shul as COVID-19 protocols are in place, and shuls...
Much as we’d hoped that the year 5781 would see the end of it, the pandemic is still here. Many who normally worked from an office...
The rapid assumption of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan as the United States (US) withdrew its forces will have ramifications far beyond Central Asia, not...
Between 1945 and 1948, up to 300 000 Holocaust survivors and Jewish partisans were rescued across war-ravaged Europe in preparation to enter British-occupied eretz Yisrael before...
In the chaos before the hard lockdown in March 2020, people scrambled to get groceries, stock up on alcohol, or buy cigarettes. But some used those...
The economic impact of COVID-19 on the Cape Town Jewish community has been devastating, but it would have been a lot worse without the help of...
