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For South African oleh Howard Sundy, moving to Israel was motivated by a feeling of coming home. But this week, that sense of security was rattled...
Two years ago, this would have been unimaginable. On 27 and 28 March, the foreign ministers of six states – Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, the United...
Hate crime, hate speech, and bias-motivated violence in South Africa have grown in recent years, Alana Baranov of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD)...
(JTA) Israeli physicians and Jewish groups are assisting thousands of non-Jews across Ukraine deal with the effects of the Russian invasion into that country. Near Lviv...
(JTA) During Veronika Maidanova’s first two days attending school in Israel, the eight-year-old felt completely lost. “Everyone spoke Hebrew and I didn’t understand anything,” she recalled,...
In just eight days, 11 people living in Israel have been brutally murdered in three separate terrorist attacks. If you consider that 13 Israelis were killed...
Former Muslim beauty queen turned global interfaith activist, Sarah Idan, has left South African shores after a whirlwind trip as an ambassador for peace during the...
When Debbie Werner didn’t hear from her 25-year-old son, Doron, on the Shabbat morning of Saturday, 19 March, she knew something was wrong. He had left...
The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra concluded its Summer Symphony Season 2022 last week at the Linder Auditorium at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). The season combined...
“My family watched the Zoom with your rabbi in Ukraine, and my daughter got her whole class at Herzlia to write letters to the kids there....
Cape Town artist Claudia Gurwitz was motivated by the unprecedented hard lockdown in South Africa two years ago to take a “deep dive” into exploring nature...
Johannesburg Jewish life is multifaceted and diverse, but there’s always room to grow, especially when it comes to including women. This is why a group of...
My grandfather, Mannie Gien, was a forward-thinking pharmacist who 50 years ago, started Springbok Pharmacy in Alberton, which is the largest independent pharmacy in the southern...
How did a Jewish South African come to be honoured by the Emperor of Japan? Though Rescue South Africa (Rescue SA) Chief Executive Ian Scher prefers...
He may be the son of South Africa’s favourite “white Zulu”, but Jesse Clegg is a musician and a showman in his own right. The singer...
Long in the pipeline, the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill took a further step towards promulgation this week with public hearings...
Will Smith did what every self-respecting husband would do. Oscars host Chris Rock made a joke at the expense of Will’s wife. Which wouldn’t have been...
Students and staff at the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Walter Sisulu Environmental Centre in Mamelodi played host to two special guests last week: the Israeli Ambassador...
Social activist and former Miss Universe, Sarah Abdali Idan, shared her extraordinary life story of triumph over oppression with pupils at Yeshiva College High School recently....
Torah Academy welcomed Matza Man this week, part of the school’s partnership with the Chevrah Kadisha. Over the next few weeks, the school will prepare for...
The King David Schools’ Foundation hosted the Valkin family on Friday, 18 March, for the official opening of the new King David Victory Park (KDVP) tuckshop,...
King David Victory Park hosted Lwando Xaso, a lawyer, writer, speaker, promoter of constitutionalism, and an aspiring historian at assembly on Human Rights Day on 21...
From having a braai to spotting wildlife on a game drive, Tel Aviv Heat’s players enjoyed South Africa during the team’s five-match tour in the country....
When riders readied themselves at the starting line ahead of the first stage of the eight-day Absa Cape Epic on 20 March, they knew they would...
Johannesburg-born swimmer Jarrod Berman is proud to be the third documented swimmer to complete a Robben Island triple. On 3 March this year, it took him...
Antisemitism experts say it’s a sad day for South Africa after Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, spouted anti-Jewish tropes that could have come from...
South African oleh Gideon Kaufmann was at work on the afternoon of 22 March 2022 when sirens broke the peace of his hometown, Be’er Sheva. “When...
Former Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, an Arab Muslim global peace activist, has challenged the Israel-bashing grandson of Nelson Mandela to a conversation on the conflict in...
When the African Union (AU) admitted Israel as an observer in 2021, a number of African countries were furious, with South Africa leading the charge. And...
She’s a single mother of two young children with a brother in Ukraine and colleagues who have lost their homes to Russian bombings. A woman she...
Can I say that if I had a surname with the status of Mandela, I hope I would use it for good? I would like to...
A lone, chained student from the University of Pretoria (Tuks) stood with her mouth taped shut and fake blood smeared on her face in front of...
This week, South African Jewry joined Jews around the world to mourn the passing of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, of blessed memory, the leading Torah sage of...
The return to campus in 2022 for most students meant the resumption of the annual occurence that we hoped had been forgotten – Israel Apartheid Week...
A rabbi was walking down the road and couldn’t help noticing how one of his prominent congregants entered a non-kosher restaurant. He couldn’t believe it! So,...
They say that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but one Jewish family in Cape Town is enduring its worst nightmare for the second time....
There’s a Jewish “joke” in Belarus that the Jews cried when Ukraine was born. They understood it would lead to bloodshed. Not only has that prophecy...
The son of parents who survived the Holocaust, South African-born Solly Kaplinski is now helping Jews in Ukraine survive the war. Kaplinski, who grew up in...
Musical maestro Bryan Schimmel, a King David Linksfield alumnus, is about to launch his new one-man musical show in Johannesburg, More Than A Handful. The SA...
“I get to wake up every morning, model, make people laugh, shoot hilarious content, play with my baby, smooch my husband – what a life I’m...
