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COVID-19 uncertainty and resultant financial concerns are just two of the reasons for a slight decline in pregnancies over the past two years. Yet, as our...
Yehudah Amir Kahalani keeps kosher, is shomrei Shabbos, and goes to shul. His community has a mikveh, practices brit milah, and teaches their children Jewish history....
Saul Singer studied Accounting Science at the University of Johannesburg, and is in his final year of articles. It sounds like a common path for a...
After a series of failed relationships and disastrous dates, it’s easy to lose faith in the idea of ever finding “the one”. Yet, say those in...
When Darren Zidel came across pickleball while scrolling through Instagram about 18 months ago, he never thought he would become the president of Pickleball South Africa...
“Either you love chess, or you don’t play it.” So says Clive Wolpe, who has been a lover of the game for most of his life. ...
With a genetic Holocaust memory and living in a country where xenophobia rears its head all too regularly, veteran theatre practitioner Gina Shmukler wrote and directed...
I am astonished how the ANC, our incumbent ruling party, which I know includes many smart, educated people, cannot understand the connection between Jews, Judaism and...
These aren’t exactly the best of times … And even if they aren’t the worst of times either, having Europe toy with a third World War,...
“The distinctive characteristic of Jewish ethics is the social concern for all.” This simple yet deeply meaningful statement appears on a sign planted in a vegetable...
Though NFTs have been around since 2014, last year was when this novel technology broke through conventions, disrupting the world of collecting. Over the past 12...
“I’ll never forget the toxic fumes from the UPL [United Phosphorous Limited] factory fire engulfing our home; staying awake listening to gunfire and chanting; our emergency...
Leaders from around the world have spoken out against appropriation of the term “apartheid” from its historical South African context with the goal of defaming and...
Getting caught up in their worst nightmare, South African-born Candice Crane was so relieved that she survived the bloodshed and loss of the Fourth of July...
Hundreds of local Jews, rabbis and communal organisation sang and danced down Oaklands Road in Orchards, Johannesburg last Sunday, 10 July, after completing the South African...
JTA – Joe Biden’s trip to Israel this week, his first as United States president, might look on paper like a quick stopover: just two days’...
JTA – For many Britons, Boris Johnson’s tenure as prime minister will have been defined by scandals such as the one that forced him to resign...
JTA – In hard-hitting language, the Biden administration is set to accuse the Russian government of antisemitism and of exploiting Jewish suffering through its claims that...
A year ago, it was unthinkable that Jewish youth would be able to travel to Israel freely to enjoy the myriad summer programmes that are usually...
Sometimes in life, we’re confronted by things which completely shift our perspective of what it means to be Jewish. Falling into the comfort of “knowing” what...
How would Madiba feel, this Mandela Day? And more importantly, what would he suggest we do? I wanted to write something joyous and optimistic this year, celebrating...
When I arrived in South Africa mid-June after a five year hiatus, to spend a month helping my sister sort-and-clear the rest of my deceased mother’s possessions...
Sibongile – Bongi to her friends – is worried about me. Yesterday, she gave me a stern talking to, and in what was clearly an act...
There’s a strange myth about Jewish youth battling to get into the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and not being very welcome there, but it’s exactly...
Few communal organisations are such sticklers for democratic elections as the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape SAJBD or Cape Board), which is once...
Western Cape Stormers’ loose forward Hacjivah Dayimani is in Israel, captaining the South African rugby team in the Maccabi Games 2022. On the back of winning...
Before the Ukraine war, Lola Landa’s restaurant in Lviv, called Jerusalem, was grabbing attention for its delicious take on Ashkenazi cuisine. Most South African Jews would...
“Tel Aviv! It’s a balagan!” the taxi driver snorts as we inch snail-like into the city from the airport. It’s baking, and Tel Aviv’s most popular...
Lorri Strauss and Sharon Spiegel are talented actresses and singers, but more importantly, they’re Jewish mommies. The SA Jewish Report has a heart-to-heart chat about their...
Those of us who were able to meet the late great President Nelson Mandela will remember their “Madiba moment” forever. The SA Jewish Report asked community...
Sunday 17 July Union of Jewish Women – Bring a loaf of bread to Norwood Mall, and help put the spreads on to give to those...
We live with certain realities, many not wonderful. How we see them is about our own perspective and attitude. The frustration of living with loadshedding three...
“That’s some new kitchen Sandra just had done. State of the art!” “Hey, did you see that brand-new car Mark just bought? Every gadget in the...
This week marks the anniversary of the devastating outbreak of violence and looting that gripped large parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last year. The impact of...
“Shay and I [are] hiding in an empty store. Can someone tell me when this over. I don’t know what to do. Please post only if...
As South Africa is plunged into darkness thanks to Eskom’s extensive loadshedding, one project in the middle of the desert may light the way. Guy Lieberman’s...
Bruce Wolov was more fearful of the ‘sharks’ in business than he was of sharks in the ocean, friends say. That was until this prominent Johannesburg...
The African National Congress has challenged Western Cape Premier Alan Winde for allowing a Jewish charity event to be streamed from his official residence in spite...
While South Africans are worrying about where their next inverter is coming from, well-heeled Americans are considering the benefits of bladder botox. I kid you not....
Law abiding Johannesburg accountant Dani Smith is grateful and relieved not to have been arrested and charged for stealing a car last weekend. The honest father...
