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JTA – Bill Harris, a veteran Los Angeles photojournalist, didn’t think much of it when one morning in 2012, he woke up and found a tiny...
JTA – After a “traditional, religious” Jewish childhood in Brooklyn where he attended yeshiva, Barry Rosen fell in love with Iran. Rosen was 22 when he...
JTA – On a snowy day in 2003, Lélia Picabia received a postcard at her Paris home. Mysteriously, it contained only the first names of four...
JTA – It would be difficult to debate what Steven Spielberg’s “most Jewish” film has been after a career with highlights such as Schindler’s List and...
JTA – Patagonia, Argentina’s famously beautiful southern region, has been a haven for Israeli backpackers, vacationers from Buenos Aires and, in the 20th century, Nazi war...
JTA – Stralsund, Germany, a charming medieval city nestled into the country’s Baltic coast, appears an unlikely setting for a reunion of an extended family torn...
JTA – The city of Erfurt in central Germany is home to an impeccably restored medieval synagogue made possible because local Jews had been expelled long...
JTA – Naftuli Moster, the founder and former executive director of Yaffed, the advocacy group focused on improving secular education in haredi orthodox Jewish schools, is...
JTA – At one point in John Boyne’s new novel All The Broken Places, a 91-year-old German woman recalls, for the first time, her encounter with...
It was the dream of two King David Victory Park brothers. And, on Monday night, Greg and Shaun Borowsky, brought their dream, Mandela the Musical, to...
In accepting an award from the so-called “state of Palestine”, South Africa’s minister of international relations and cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, paid minimal lip service to...
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is demanding the United Nations (UN) “starts isolating Israel” and that the world must “boycott everything that has to do with...
Community members and thousands of people globally are praying around the clock and performing mitzvot for a mother of 13 children who is fighting for her...
Israeli historian Yuval Harari may be one of the greatest thinkers of his generation. While cloistered away in month-long, silent Vipassana meditation retreats, Harari has conjured...
The year 2023 is fast approaching, and it’s time to consider what the new year will bring. Just a week ago, Cyril Ramaphosa looked a virtual...
I have my grandfather’s copy of the Pentateuch and Haftorah, edited by Rabbi JH Hertz, passed down to my father and now to me. My copy...
It has been more than 3 000 days since Avera Mengistu, an Israeli citizen and member of the Ashkelon Ethiopian community, climbed over the border fence...
Kanye West is a Jew-hater. Although he’s a black man, he openly supports white-supremacy and Nazism. On the one hand, West has suffered consequences because of...
The image of the Durban mayor taking a swim in the ocean to prove that it’s safe to do so was a particularly horrible one. Although...
South African-born Professor Harry Ben Zion Brand was awarded the prestigious Bonei Zion Prize in the field of Culture, Art, and Sport in Israel for his...
A new COVID-19 variant could cause worse illness than the current predominant Omicron strain, especially in immunosuppressed individuals, according to a new study done by Professor...
When Jews first arrive in a new place and hope to establish a congregation, the first thing they do is to get land for a cemetery....
Over the past few days, as I reflected on the significance of the 15th yahrtzeit, marked this week, of my mentor, teacher, and rosh yeshiva, Rabbi...
There’s nothing like the dose of excitement that children add to Jewish holidays. This is particularly true of Chanukah, where children often ignite – or reignite...
TikTok Potatoes It’s hard to believe that 2022 has tik-tokked away already, and here I am, writing Chanukah recipes. At least this year, COVID-19 is behind...
All will agree that the number-one conversation topic at social gatherings through 2022 was which is the best always-on solution. We fiercely debated the advantages of...
Since Capetonians Steve Liptz and Warren Fialkov started working tirelessly to professionalise the 36ONE Openwater Swim Series in Cape Town earlier this year, the number of...
The new Israeli government will strengthen the role of religious authorities in daily Israeli life, including over conversion, kashrut, marriage, and divorce, and have an impact...
When I signed my children up for camp this year, I was excited for them. But I had no idea what was in store for me...
Most families fly to the Cape. But our family has always hit the road. What was originally motivated by budget has become a joy, so much...
When Melissa Ackerman merged her passions for painting and sport, she never dreamed that the famous subjects of her portraits – Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi and...
South African-born Rabbi Ralph Genende recently launched his book, Living in an Upside Down World, which is a combination of columns he has written. We speak...
There’s a playful version of a cheeky quip that says, “I like big books, and I cannot lie.” In the book world, November/December is “book silly...
Looking for a good movie or series to while away the hours this holiday season? Here are 10 of the best. Slow Horses (Apple TV+) Gary...
The gift of enabling children from Soweto to create crafts at a former dump site in Freedom Park is not lost on Moshe Singer, a multidisciplinary...
Eighteen-year-old full-time boxer Joshua Feldman has proven to award-winning boxing trainer Colin Nathan that Jews aren’t “too soft” to succeed in boxing. “This is a rarity...
Johannesburg Visit the Joburg Zoo (day or night) During the day, go see the more than 320 different animal species that the world-famous Joburg Zoo has...
Peter Lindenberg, former South African barefoot water skier, powerboat driver, and car racer, describes himself as a “born risk taker”. “I was abnormal,” he says. “I...
It’s that time of year – a time of miracles! I don’t know about you, but there’s something magical about December. It’s the month when we...
Which is the greater test of faith, affluence or poverty? Is it harder to be a good Jew when you’re successful or when you’re struggling? Surely,...
