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There’s a global shortage of injectable Schedule 4 diabetes medication because people without a serious weight problem are using it to drop those pesky kilos, leaving...
JTA – This year’s slate of Jewish Grammy nominees offers a little something for everyone. The nominees for the 2023 Grammy Awards, announced on 15 November,...
This year’s Theodor Herzl Awards Gala was a night of celebrating the astonishing lives of a true statesman and leader, former Israeli President Reuven “Ruvi” Rivlin,...
The Nazis “tried to destroy and erase the Jewish nation. Even more than that, they tried to destroy the memory of the Jewish nation”, said Israeli...
Veteran South African football administrator Raymond Hack is excited about going to what he says will be an outstanding 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, starting...
Having someone like international antisemitism expert Professor Deborah Lipstadt in our midst is eye-opening. Not only do we have access to the wealth of her expertise,...
“He sent them away from Yitzchak, his son, while he was still alive, to the land of the east.” (Chapter 25;6) The building block of Kabbalah...
Following the previous Sunday’s Affiliates meeting, the second leg of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD’s) Gauteng Council conference for the community at large...
With one in four matric students at high-income schools vaping, medical specialists are calling for the use of e-cigarettes to be banned, especially among teenagers, due...
Experts report an increasing number of COVID-19 patients, but while infectious, the virus is presenting fairly mild and manageable symptoms. Though doctors expect infections to increase...
Chess South Africa’s excitement at being invited at the last minute to play at the 2022 World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem was all too soon...
The United States (US) treasury department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is keeping a close watch on certain individuals in “ISIS’s [Islamic State’s] network” in South...
It’s been 18 months since Johannesburg Jewish pensioner Bernard “Bernie” Katz (83) was alleged to have been defrauded and murdered with rat poison in a private...
The government has finally agreed to scrap the much-hated electronic tolling of Gauteng’s freeways (e-tolls) by 31 December 2022. After more than a decade of legal...
Couch to 5K is one of the world’s most popular fitness apps. Very simply, it’s an exercise plan for beginners that motivates them to start running...
As the dust settles after Israel’s fifth general election in four years, voters have returned a resounding mandate to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Bibi” –...
“Profound, humbling, and disturbing” was the description of Anglican priest Reverend Canon Peter Houston of the xenophobia dialogue Finding the Voices held at the Durban Holocaust...
It’s a lie, we’ve been told – the oft repeated notion that the loss of one of our senses heightens and refines the other. Remove my...
Former Judge of the Constitutional Court Albie Sachs was the person behind the idea of starting the Constitution of South Africa with the words of Nkosi...
“The camp experience is part and parcel of growing up as part of South African Jewry. The growth, development, and inspiration that happens on machaneh is...
A memorial park was inaugurated in Israel on Monday, 7 November, to commemorate the many South African Jews involved in the struggle against apartheid, as well...
At the age of 100, Sir Sydney Kentridge KCMG KC has spent a lifetime in service of the law and has witnessed seminal events of the...
Excitement is at fever pitch with just one week to go for the most unique Jewish event yet – the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards 2022. This...
This weekend, we’ll experience our tenth Shabbos Project since it was introduced in 2013. And, though it has become an annual event for South Africans, it’s...
Recent changes to the financial emigration process are causing unforeseen headaches for ex-South Africans receiving inheritances from South Africa. Many South Africans who moved abroad didn’t...
Bringing a wave of old-school glamour to Hyde Park Corner’s NuMetro Cinema complex, the Miracle Drive Dinner with a Difference paid tribute to sponsors who allow...
The Survivor, which debuted at South African cinemas last Friday, 4 November, portrays the barbarism and inhumanity of the Nazis towards Jews during the Holocaust. It’s...
Comedian Nik Rabinowitz has recently been in the news for evading terrorist threats, but he’s better known for being a phenomenal comedian and is currently performing...
Twelve-year-old King David Sandton Primary School student Caleb Levitan is the first chess player in South Africa to achieve the title of Candidate Master by recording...
For what seemed like an endless stretch of time during the COVID-19 pandemic, we were unable to get involved in community events of any kind. It...
It was a meeting of opposites. Holy angels visited our patriarch, Avraham, at the beginning of this week’s parsha of Vayera. These celestial beings were eager...
In 2023, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) will mark 120 years of serving the Jewish community, a milestone we look forward to celebrating...
Popular comedian Nik Rabinowitz was “shaken and unnerved” when he woke up last Thursday, 27 October, and saw his name splashed on the warning that his...
“Democracy is at stake,” says South African oleh Jonathan Schwartz, regarding the Israeli legislative elections that took place on 1 November to elect Israel’s 25th Knesset....
Speculation surrounds the death of a 40-year old Israeli Arab man, Abdel Fattah Nassar, shot dead in Cape Town at about 01:30 on Sunday, 30 October....
Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is using the Jewish community to play the victim in what appears to be a point scoring game in the African National...
Israel’s polls closed hours ago, and it will take a day or two to get the final results, but every vote counts – even more so...
Erin Dodo has just faced the most intense period of her life, battling it out for one of 15 spots in the University of Cape Town’s...
Adversity leads to innovation, says iconic biomedical engineer Dr Adam Pantanowitz, a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). “Frugality can be seen as a...
Many people might remember growing up with the joy of a pen pal. They may have even become life-long friends. In today’s digital age, letters have...
