click to dowload our latest edition
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Former South African number-one tennis player Ilana Kloss says it was a dream come true to win Junior Wimbledon in 1972 as a teenager, and now,...
JTA – The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama about his Jewish upbringing, had an expected strong haul of Oscar nominations, picking up seven nods on Tuesday,...
JTA – For Jewish sports fans, 2022 was a year of very high highs and particularly low lows. Autumn was dominated by an antisemitism scandal involving...
As an adult, have you ever been asked how many distinctions you got for matric and what your marks were? I certainly haven’t, not since I...
In this week’s parshah, Bo, we read of the plague of darkness, the ninth plague to strike the ancient Egyptians. The rich description in the Torah...
Global antisemitism has been trending steadily upwards since the turn of the century, with most diaspora countries noting a major increase in activity on virtually a...
Torah Academy launched Jewish children’s organisation Tzivos Hashem in the primary school on 18 January. Started by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1980, Tzivos Hashem is an...
After 40 years at the helm of Chabad Nursery School, Principal Rebetzin Raisy Hecht is handing over the reins to the much-loved and experienced teacher, Michelle...
I moved to Redhill in the middle of Grade 9, feeling as if I had a pretty good grasp on the world. Three and a half...
Elchonon always stood out for his kindness, empathy, tolerance, and looking for the best in others. At high school, he wanted a diverse, accepting environment in...
How Lithuania celebrated the mass murderer of its Jewish Citizens by honoring their Nazi murderers. While searching for justice for the murder of his family, Grant...
Nothing could have prepared a Johannesburg mother for the moment when she walked into her teenage son’s room at daybreak to find his body after he...
Mental-health practitioners and experts in the field have put their heads together as concern about rising teenage depression and anxiety are heightened in the wake of...
Losing ten hours of electricity a day, businesses on their knees, service delivery affected, and people fleeing the country are some of the ramifications of South...
A grotesque image of a skeletal woman wearing a banner saying, “Miss Auschwitz 1943” looks like something out of a Neo-Nazi handbook, but it was shared...
Great Park Synagogue Rabbi Dovid Hazdan put reaching the Roof of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, on his bucket list many years ago. But it took finding a...
And now for something completely different. Monty Python couldn’t have scripted a week in the life of a South African any better. If the unrelenting heat...
Fatah (the political party behind the Palestinian Authority) leaders embraced South African President Cyril Ramaphosa when they attended the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) 55th national elective...
Just when we hoped COVID-19 was behind us, another new virulent variant has raised its head. This time, it’s the aggressively transmissible Kraken variant of Omicron,...
Israel doesn’t have a Constitution. Israel’s democratic values are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, which clearly states, “The state of Israel will be open for...
Load shedding has thrust South Africans into unwanted darkness for up to 10 hours a day, making it the “new normal” much like the horrific COVID-19...
Edith Henderson (née Phillips) grew up in the southern suburbs of Cape Town never knowing that her great-grandparents were Jewish. Now living in London, she has...
The last remaining Holocaust survivor in KwaZulu-Natal, anti-apartheid activist Carmela Heilbron, passed away in the early hours of 13 January in Durban. Heilbron, her mother and...
Now what? It’s a question many parent asks when their children fly the nest. Empty nesters often have to navigate loss, loneliness, and relationship transitions before...
Armed with the belief that keeping kosher need not limit one’s travels, a small but flourishing safari industry is dedicated to offering kosher dining to tourists...
South African-born Ricky Lee Gordon may have started painting murals at Habonim machaneh in Onrus many years ago, but in December 2022, at the invitation of...
JTA – Heirs of a German-Jewish banker are suing a Japanese insurance company for the return of one of Vincent van Gogh’s famed Sunflowers or at...
There are just 12 known Holocaust survivors still alive in Johannesburg, a handful in Cape Town, and none left in Durban. Almost all were children during...
Former musical director Benny Michel, who will turn 100 this year, is a legend in his own lifetime. Although he’s now battling health issues, his name...
Award-winning Israeli actress Neta Riskin repeatedly turned down the chance to take on the role of Giti in Shtisel because she was no fan of the...
A significant number of people have suffered injuries while playing padel, but experts say it’s not because the game is more dangerous than other sports, but...
In this week’s Parsha, we read the four expressions of redemption. The third expression is G-d’s promise, “And I will redeem you.” The Hebrew word used...
As part of our ongoing efforts to assist the victims of the Boksburg explosion, last week, South African Jewish Board of Deputies National Director Wendy Kahn,...
We’re certainly living in interesting times, but for some, it could be a curse. What I find fascinating, other than just trying to make sense of...
Twenty-six-year-old Dr Kyle Winik was just 100m away from the gas tanker that exploded in Boksburg on the morning of 24 December, killing at least 37...
What started as a seaside picnic ended in tragedy for a Johannesburg family, when, on 14 December 2022, father of five Dovi Hochstadter (39) rushed into...
When we post back-to-school photos of our kids in their uniforms or tag them at particular locations, we may unknowingly compromise their safety. But though there’s...
When Errol Mirvis was born in Johannesburg in September 1956, no one expected that he would one day become the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) Chief Rabbi Sir...
It seemed fitting that it was on the Day of Reconciliation, 16 December 2022, that I attended the 55th African National Congress (ANC) National Conference at...
The domestic and international atmosphere of crisis that has accompanied Israel’s incoming government lacks context and historical perspective. This is particularly true regarding the highly charged...
