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A few minutes before undergoing life altering surgery, two men laid eyes on each other for the very first time and burst into tears of hope...
In a major step for kashrut in South Africa, a Pick n Pay product with a Montreal Kosher (MK Kosher) hechsher was added to the retailer’s...
It’s not often you find art that focuses on goodness and kindness, but leave it to Chabad House and Rabbi David Masinter to paint a different...
Amidst the virulent reaction from the South African government and media to Miss South Africa choosing to compete in Miss Universe in Israel, one cartoon took...
Apparently we have a major crisis in South Africa – or so it would seem. A 24-year-old beauty queen – who recently became Miss South Africa...
The last apartheid leader, FW de Klerk, died peacefully at his home, aged 85, in the luxury suburb of Fresnaye, Cape Town, on 11 November 2021....
The chaos, vandalism, and destruction that reigned at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 2015 to 2017 may feel like a distant memory to some,...
On Sunday, the government announced that it had withdrawn its support for Miss South Africa to compete in the Miss Universe competition. The competition is due...
Discovery Global Chief Executive Adrian Gore believes his company’s role in the rollout of the vaccine illustrates how well public-private partnerships can work in South Africa....
Few principals can say they have been immersed in every part of the school they run, but then Lorraine Srage is certainly not just any principal....
Marilyn Bassin has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of indigent children, so she didn’t mind spending the past six months repairing stinking, rat-eaten wheelchairs...
The COVID-19 pandemic coughed up some unusual situations. For 24-year-old Kelly Odes, it was serving in the Israeli army in her pyjamas. Granted it was only...
Passing on knowledge of the Torah through the generations has always been one of the roles of a rabbi. In the fourth industrial revolution, however, social...
The photograph shows two carefree teenage girls ice-skating on the frozen canals of Amsterdam. The one escaped the Nazis and went to America before coming to...
I feel sorry for Julius Malema. This is why. A few moments after the death of FW de Klerk, Julius Malema tweeted an article that contained...
At the time of writing, we are hopeful that Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, will represent our country at the Miss Universe pageant in Eilat in...
The shocking incident of Dinah’s abduction by Shechem and his father, Chamor, is one of the themes of this week’s parsha. They thought they could take...
Mazaltov to the new Yeshiva College Grade 6 house captains. Zion Captains: Dalya Lewis and Amichai Altman; vice-captains: Layla Jacks and Yonatan Bricker. Judah captains: Dalya...
Torah Academy last week welcomed former Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo “Shudu” Musida, to the school to share her newly-released children’s story, Shudu Finds her Magic. “Miss...
Samuel Blou and Daniella Reubenson, Grade 9 students at King David High School Victory Park, received bronze medals in the South African Maths Olympiad earlier this...
Arnold Garber, partner at KosherWorld, recently visited the Jerusalem offices of The Jerusalem Report magazine. He presented to Steve Linde, the editor in chief, the “KosherWorld...
The Chevrah Kadisha and Beth Din on 12 November consecrated the rest of the new burial section at Westpark Jewish Cemetery in Johannesburg. Situated on the...
The Jewish National Fund of South Africa (JNF-SA) pays tribute to the important role played by former President FW de Klerk in ending apartheid and paving...
This year, the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards celebrate the hope within each of us, as we honour those who have inspired us, enlightened us, and given...
Miss SA, Lalela Mswane, is headed for the Miss Universe pageant in Israel in spite of incessant harassment by anti-Israel activists on social media intent on...
In what could be a game changer for kashrut in South Africa, MK Kosher, a global kosher certifier, is expanding its operations in the country. “In...
South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut, who was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize last week, told the SA Jewish Report that he has a complicated...
A shocking video has emerged of the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK), Tzipi Hotovely, being evacuated from an event at the London School of...
Levels of hatred against Jews in South Africa were taken to a new height in recent weeks when the Media Review Network (MRN) started calling South...
There’s magic in celebrating the success of others, and therefore there’s real magic in the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards. These days, it’s not so much about...
I have just returned from an educational tour of Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) where I studied the parallels of genocides and persecution. As Jews, we’re familiar with...
Foreigners are being urged to leave Ethiopia immediately while commercial flights are still operating. Israel, Britain, and the United States have advised against all travel to...
“Whenever there are children, there’s a spark of life that makes theatre a riveting adventure,” children’s theatre doyenne Joyce Levinsohn told the SA Jewish Report in...
The recent election results offer hope of a new kind of unity in diversity, one in which South Africans work together in broad alliances to promote...
Few individuals have saved as many lives as this year’s Absa Jewish Achiever Humanitarian Award winner Glynne Wolman, founder of The Angel Network. “The Angel Network...
Internationally distinguished but refreshingly humble, Professor Lucille Blumberg, epidemiologist and former deputy director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, has devoted her life to the...
Cara Saven, the founder and chief executive of Cara Saven Wall Design, isn’t just fulfilling her company promise of “transforming spaces around the globe, one wall...
They’re best known as the co-founders of renowned retail pharmacy chain Dis-Chem, but for married couple Lynette and Ivan Saltzman, true success lies in the ability...
This year’s joint winners of the Community Service Award epitomise the strong foundation on which South African Jewish life is built. Rabbi Yossy and Rebbetzin Rochel...
“The economy looks more resilient than we thought,” said Jeff Gable, Absa’s chief economist and head of research, one of the keynote speakers at the Absa...
