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(JTA) Much like the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, there are plenty of Jewish athletes to support in the Paralympics currently being held in the city,...
South Africa isn’t the only country to suffer state capture at the hands of powerful, ruthless politicians and businessmen. Russia, too, has been captured by Vladimir...
Much has been written and explored about the lives of Haredi Jewish women, from Netflix shows to academic theses. But what about women who aren’t Haredi...
I recently argued with a good friend. She always tries to be strictly objective in her assessment of her children. I objected. I feel strongly that...
COVID-19 has drastically accelerated change in the way the world works – from a social, work, health, and travel point of view. Politics, economics, and social...
On the eve of a new year, we find ourselves once again in a time of confusion and uncertainty and are reminded of the remarkable insight...
One of the quintessential customs at Rosh Hashanah is to eat apples dipped in honey for a sweet, well-rounded new year. How did what my high...
“Enoughness.” Thanks to Brené Brown and others, we have a term for feeling inadequate. If only I could do more, achieve more, have this or be...
I have long battled with Unetane Tokef (the power of the sanctity of the day). It may be one of the highlights of the Rosh Hashanah...
Nothing quite heralds the arrival of Rosh Hashanah like the sweet, hopeful scent of jasmine. This year, however, not all the sweetness of jasmine, apples, and...
There’s always an element of hope that comes with new beginnings, and I’m additionally hopeful that this Rosh Hashanah won’t just herald incremental change for South...
My gap year has been filled with firsts – my first free Shabbos, my first bus ride alone, my first class. Soon I will experience another...
Rosh Hashanah shakes us out of our complacency, forcing us to make changes. This has also been the case during the COVID-19 pandemic, say psychologists, who...
During the past December holiday season, I happened upon a stationery shop and saw on one of its shelves a gratitude journal. Its cover was bright...
As we approach Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the start of the Jewish year, here are 10 short ideas which might help you focus your davening...
I have always been fascinated by the ability to change. On the one hand, change is the most mundane, even trite, topic to discuss on the...
This past year has been tough for all of us. The thought of another potentially tough year is daunting. How easy it is to become paralysed...
When they get going, there’s no stopping the sensational green and gold. They instil fear and trepidation into the hearts of their opposition. Blink, and you...
A time for beginnings and endings, Rosh Hashanah will be especially poignant for families who face recent or looming emigration. “Out of all the yomtavim, Rosh...
I pick up the paintbrush, dip it in a deep blue hue, and gently sweep it across the canvas. Sweeping and wisping, this way and that....
As the Hebrew year 5781 concludes, here’s a look back at the major events that shaped Israel, South Africa, and beyond in the past 12 months....
In mid-July, Israel’s minister of religious affairs proposed a bill that would reform the country’s kashrut industry. Although this most directly affects Israeli businesses and consumers,...
As we move into the new Jewish year, the SA Jewish Report asked our Grades 4 to 7 youngsters how the changes to Rosh Hashanah and...
I genuinely have no idea how the year 5781 has been. I know that I’m still here, and that’s good. I know that my father isn’t,...
I had a great deal of difficulty deciding which recipes to select this year. On the one hand, I was tempted to go the traditional route...
(JTA) Yom Kippur is arguably one of the most important days in the Jewish calendar. It’s the Day of Atonement, a day for reflecting and repenting,...
Rosh Hashanah is our time for gathering together with family to reflect on the past year and plan for the next. None of us is without...
The Jewish festival season commences this coming Monday evening with the ushering in of the New Year. Rosh Hashanah – unlike its secular counterpart, which tends...
It’s worth pondering how unpaid African National Congress (ANC) employees feel about the organisation allocating resources to massive billboards decrying Israel. ANC policy aside, it must...
As the deadline for the evacuation of those desperate to flee the Taliban take-over of Afghanistan approaches, ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)...
ORT South Africa hosted a ceremony on 12 August for 10 entrepreneurs who it assisted to obtained SETA qualifications to help them start their own businesses....
When Ian Furman and his son, Justin, participate in the World Powerlifting Championships in Sweden at the end of September, they will become one of the...
