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Probably the most successful musical export South Africa has ever seen, Manfred Mann has long been out of the spotlight. Yet, at 81, he remains a...
Vegtech Netafim founder Barney Isralls says it was the combination of his two passions – agriculture and Zionism – that led to the success of his...
Andrew Canter, this year’s Absa Business Leadership Award – From COVID to Hope winner, isn’t scared to risk raising issues that should be raised and dealing...
Eric Ellerine is a leader, a mensch, a man for all occasions, and an all-around quintessential businessman with a happy disposition, a video about him at...
Spur Steak Ranches is so much part of the South African landscape, it’s difficult to imagine life without it. So many South Africans have celebrated special...
“These are people’s memories, this is for somebody’s photo album, we have to make it happen.” This is what Delores Fouché, much-loved Johannesburg caterer, tells her...
In Vayeitzei, we once again experience Yaakov’s wonderful dream of the ladder reaching up to heaven, on which angels ascend and descend whilst Hashem promises protection...
Young Jews need incentives to stay, succession planning, a stronger connection to South Africa, and acknowledgment of different identities if the community is to stem the...
I didn’t realise until way too late that Chanukah is very early this year. It falls in November, which isn’t just early, but also enormously confusing...
Earlier this week, we were alerted to an incident involving several highly offensive posts belittling the Holocaust on a matric WhatsApp group. Unfortunately, the relative anonymity...
The CSO Johannesburg team held a fundraising event at the Soweto Country Club on 3 November, giving golfers in our community a rare opportunity to play...
Starting by upskilling teachers, teaching pupils and then coming second – 1% away from declaring victory – in an international coding and robotics competition is a...
Famous artist’s model and patron, Pamela Amelia Frampton, has enjoyed a lifetime of tennis, dancing, speaking French, painting, playing piano, art galleries, lectures, shopping, eateries, and...
The Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) recently enhanced the life of five-year-old Bontle Tshabalala by donating a customised wheelchair from Israel, which will help her to...
Peter Pan, was alive and well, performing this King David Primary School Victory Park musical production to five ‘sold out’ audiences. The school was grateful it...
Although 96-year-old cellist, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, says what she saw as a little girl on the Berlin streets on the morning after Kristallnacht is “indescribable”, the memories...
The extraordinary personalities who won the 2021 Absa Jewish Achiever Awards tonight have brought hope to us all. Glynne Wolman of The Angel Network kept hundreds...
Johannesburg Jewry and former King Davidians around the world this week mourned the sudden passing of legendary educator and much-loved former Jewish school headmaster, Elliot Wolf....
A Johannesburg father was rescued and safely returned to his anguished family after going missing for several hours in Pretoria following a string of bizarre events...
Israel’s observer status at the African Union (AU) was strengthened in recent days when Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi visited Israel at...
An Israeli company has been given the green light to begin clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccination pill in South Africa, which could be a game-changer...
Local elections are about the nitty-gritty of daily life: fixing potholes, water, and electricity, maintaining infrastructure, and service delivery. But a number of political parties, individuals,...
The Johannesburg Jewish community was shaken when four armed suspects entered a parking lot next to Jewish primary and pre-primary school Sandton Sinai on 18 October...
Low turnout was the biggest feature of South Africa’s fifth local government elections since the country’s democratic transition. Some blamed COVID-19, the weather, the inefficiency of...
Running a tribute on the front page of the SA Jewish Report isn’t something I’ve done before, especially when the person in question died of natural...
From the moment COVID-19 started spreading across the world, extremist groups wasted no time in encouraging their supporters who tested positive for the virus to spread...
Newly elected Democratic Alliance (DA) ward counsellor Daniel Schay feels “absolutely privileged” to be voted into ward 72. And in Sea Point, the DA’s Nicola Jowell...
The running of South Africa’s municipal election on 1 November has come in for some criticism, but voting stations in wards 72, 73, and 74 in...
The Zimbabwe Jewish community is tiny, but it’s still functioning. So an announcement last week that Jewish retirement home Savyon Lodge in Bulawayo is closing down...
For as long as artist Hayley Gecelter can remember, she always wanted to be a mother, but the seemingly impossible road to get there wasn’t something...
Internationally renowned virologist and COVID-19 advisor, Professor Barry Schoub, has used a prestigious award to question whether science can play a greater values-driven social role. Schoub,...
Tali Nates, the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, gives her all to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, and educate...
David Dison has brought out a second crime novel based in Johannesburg titled The Good Nigerian. The SA Jewish Report catches up with him to find...
Acclaimed author and South African emigrant to Australia, Joanne Fedler, has brought out another book, Unbecoming. The SA Jewish Report catches up with her in South...
Harry Lipschitz grew up knowing he was named after his heroic uncle, Tzvi (Harry) Lipschitz, who fell fighting in Israel’s War of Independence. But he was...
We all feel connected to Anne Frank in some way, but now an even closer connection has been made to her in Cape Town. A letter...
The future of Cape Town Jewry “continues to look remarkable”, Howard Sackstein said following a panel discussion on the issue at the Cape South African Jewish...
You may recoil at the thought of eating pork. However, you might consider indulging in Impossible Pork. It looks like pork, tastes like pork, but isn’t...
On Sunday afternoon, I was reminded what it is that I love about the South African Jewish community. It so happened that I was in a...
Along with several of my colleagues at the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), I had the pleasure of being part of the observer team...
