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JTA – A Dutch committee charged with assessing and acting on claims about artwork stolen from Jews before and during the Holocaust has determined that a...
JTA – On Monday, 26 September, after finishing Rosh Hashanah services, the congregants of Bat Yam Temple of the Islands headed to the beach to perform...
JTA – Soon after he rose to power 22 years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin cracked down on the open antisemitism that nearly all of his...
The untold story of a journey from the Dolls House and King David High School to becoming the most successful weed and hash smuggler in American...
The South African Jewish community has often brought foreign rabbis to live and work in the country, adding diversity, expertise, and passion to the rabbinate. In...
“I would like you not to ask Sudesh Mooloo to come and play on our premises. Currently, he cannot be allowed to play because Sudesh has...
Jewish South African parliamentarians last week challenged executives from social media platforms about what they were doing to combat online antisemitism during an Inter-Parliamentary Task Force...
Without doubt, the biggest talking point in South Africa right now is the national energy crisis. Over the past few days, Eskom has implemented Stage 6...
Two years after The Abraham Accords were inked on the White House South Lawn on 15 September 2020, have they heralded the “warm peace” touted at...
With the winter break well and truly behind us, many community members are reminiscing about their first post-COVID-19 opportunity to get back to the game reserve....
Social media is often blamed for the spread of decidedly unsocial sentiments and beliefs and all the ills that flow from that. There’s a great deal...
Though the Johannesburg Jewish community faces the perennial question of whether it’s time to “pack for Perth”, the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape...
With the death of Britain’s beloved Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96, the longest serving monarch in the United Kingdom’s history, her eldest son,...
It’s going to take a while to get COVID-19 out of our systems. And although I would happily forget many aspects of the pandemic, there are...
“Without radical change, our future looks bleak. But there’s a new force in the world that’s shaping our future.” This force is Generation Z, people born...
Nestled in a quiet, tree lined suburb of Fairvale in the heart of Jewish Johannesburg is a small, nondescript suburban children’s home, slightly run down yet...
What’s the state of our community? Where are we headed? What does our future hold? In a certain way, these are unhelpful questions to ask because...
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown with the sounding of the shofar, the ram’s horn. It culminates 10 days later at the end...
I lived in New York for many years. During this time, I never once toured the Statue of Liberty, went up the Empire State Building, or...
Perhaps one of the most important messages inherent in the teshuva (repentance) process that reaches its heights during the period of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur...
There’s a story told of a young man who was gung-ho and enthusiastic. As soon as he graduated from college, he set out to change the...
There’s a key difference between the shofar and other ritual objects. The mishna in Sukkot and elsewhere clearly states that a stolen object cannot be used...
I’m in a Rosh Hashanah state of mind and there’s a song that’s been playing in my head: “I am unwritten/can’t read my mind/I’m undefined” sings...
As the new year begins, I have just finished the shloshim period for my mom, aleha shalom (peace upon her). It doesn’t matter how many times...
I recall one Shabbos, walking back from the Lions Shul in Doornfontein to Orchards, when I experienced one of many unusual encounters over thousands of walks...
In a few days, we’ll all gather in our synagogues for the yearly prayers and rituals we usually call the “high holidays”. For some of us,...
For most people, Yom Kippur is an energy sapping experience on a spiritual and physical level. For Hatzolah Medical Rescue workers who save lives while fasting,...
A man secretly fasting in an Arab country; a national-team cricketer breaking his fast during a team meeting; and a woman refused entry into a shul...
We live in a constitutional democracy that prizes freedom of religion, but South Africa’s labour law doesn’t regulate leave for religious holidays. Where does this leave...
Ever been confronted by antisemitism, and instead of arguing logically, simply kept quiet out of shock or for fear of responding inadequately? As the piercing sounds...
Your precious children may be the apple of your eye, but by doing everything for them, you’re effectively disempowering them. This so-called “helicopter parenting” is the...
Few people, especially the “fashionistas” amongst us, need an excuse to go shopping. Yet, on Rosh Hashanah, the tradition of dressing up in new clothes moves...
JTA – Shonna Levin is an Orthodox Jew, but she didn’t spend last Yom Kippur in a synagogue. The Brooklyn activist planned to set up camp...
We’re used to the famous saying about lemons and making lemonade. But what do we do when we are handed something sweeter and rounder? Something that...
Across the Jewish world shul committees are anxious. With Rosh Hashanah a few days away, there’s minimal time to complete the shul seating lists. And little...
Oat stuffed baked apples I love having fruit for dessert, and these baked apples are perfect. Serve them on their own or with a vanilla ice...
Secrets of the sushi stack Salmon sushi stack (Feeds 12) Although they’re still yummy, sushi platters are starting to look a bit tired. Roll on the...
Back in 1996, Deborah Lipstadt was a respected but relatively little-known academic and author noted for her work in the field of modern Jewish history and...
Ben Freeman is a young author, internationally renowned educator, and diversity, equity and inclusion specialist focusing on Jewish identity, combatting Jew-hatred, and raising awareness of the...
American attorney and expert on the cultural boycott against Israel, Lana Melman, has brought out a new book, Artists Under Fire: The BDS War against Celebrities,...
