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The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has joined an international call to stop the Israeli government from changing the more than 70-year-old Law of...
The Israeli government is fuming and frustrated after a senior Israeli official was forcibly removed from the opening of the annual African Union (AU) summit in...
The hotly contested and controversial South African Rugby Union (SARU) decision to disinvite an Israeli rugby team from an upcoming tournament is escalating as the Israel...
Benjy Jassinowsky loves spending time in the Kruger National Park and even has a home there. But this month was the first time he has ever...
An independent judiciary played an important role, along with the public protector and the media, in preventing the collapse of South African constitutional democracy into a...
“What are you doing this Saturday night?” For many Israelis, the answer is simple and obvious. It’s a long time since so many thousands upon thousands...
JTA – In a rare comment on internal Israeli politics, the umbrella organisation for local Jewish federations is urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to drop one...
But how do you pay tribute to a giant of a man whose heart and mind spoke volumes, even though he was often quiet and reticent?...
“Being unseen, unrecognised, invisible to others, is really the most existential form of disrespect,” said German author Carolin Emcke. Emcke was quoted by Dr Mirjam Zadoff,...
“I’m sorry to have to tell you this,” I said solemnly. “I have something difficult to tell you, and I need you to listen.” My children...
From the outside, the protests at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in mid-February appeared to be needless disruption and the campus-wide shutdown added to questions...
The life of Sana Nelina, who grew up in the Jewish community of Odesa, was forever changed on 24 February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, unleashing...
Exactly a year ago, on 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Well, it reinvaded. It had been conducting military operations in eastern Ukraine unabated since 2014....
When you chat to Joburg teenager Daniel Rock, 19, you would never guess that he has been to hell and back. A few times. He’s funny,...
With so many “black swan” events having occurred in the past few years, most commentators are staying away from predictions this year. Instead, they offer a...
Soweto based entrepreneur Thando Makhubu is known for starting an ice cream business three years ago on just R700 in social-grant payments. Now, the enterprising businessman...
It’s not uncommon to find adult children in their 20s, 30s, and in some cases older, still living with their parents. Whether it’s through financial necessity,...
In COVID-19 lockdown, while many were baking banana bread, sorting out their sock drawers, or playing Candy Crush, British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore wrote a history...
Johannesburg resonated to the sounds of classical music as some of the giants of the genre gathered at the Linder Auditorium to celebrate Opera’s Greatest Hits....
There’s a frightening split among Israelis right now that’s deepening and growing. Former allies are becoming enemies. While one group of people are celebrating as the...
Well-known Israeli cantor Shai Abramson held the community enthralled with an evening of music at the Yeshiva Mizrachi Shul in Glenhazel on 13 February. The Shai...
Our capacity to carry the presence of G-d within us should be the foundation of self-esteem. This liberating idea is the cornerstone of self-worth and confidence....
As reported on the front page of this issue, earlier this week, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies briefed the Jewish community on the Board’s...
Faced with life-altering, apocalyptic scenes of death, dying, and despair, a small but strong ZAKA South Africa rescue mission returned home this week from earthquake-ravaged Turkey....
JTA – Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who became a pro-Israel favourite during her two years as the Trump administration’s ambassador to the United...
A man who allegedly traumatised the community and dozens of Johannesburg residents for years by robbing and even going so far as allegedly forcing his victims...
Angry individuals and organisations locally and abroad are demanding answers from the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and other stakeholders over its decision to disinvite an...
Though aliya numbers from South Africa were lower in 2022 than the previous year, about 1% of the South African Jewish community is making aliya annually....
Last week’s presidential State of the Nation Address (SONA) was once again held in the Cape Town City Hall after Christmas Mafe Guy Fawkes-ed our democracy...
The case of Gerhard Ackerman, who faces 740 charges ranging from rape, attempted murder, distribution of child pornography, and human trafficking of minor children for sexual...
South African-born Peter Michaelson (57) was an acclaimed master swimmer and got much joy from swimming in the ocean. However, it was in the water off...
When armed intruders entered his home on 28 January 2013, father, husband, businessman, and Community Security Organisation (CSO) stalwart Shaun Lipshitz did what he did best...
The conversation will often begin with the sentence, “You know who we have to invite back…?” And invariably, I won’t. I won’t know who she’s thinking...
The death of Kayli Levitan’s cat, Pi, spurred her to campaign to make sure that nobody else’s pet would be poisoned by plants sold by major...
Sasha Minsky lives a thousand miles away, yet he has made it his mission to change lives in the township of Alexandra, Johannesburg. This 11th grader...
From WhatsApp and FaceTime to Zoom, Teams, and Slack, digital communication has, in some cases, become our main form of interaction – a process accelerated by...
JTA – When disability activist Lily Brasch was asked if she would walk the runway as a model for New York Fashion Week, she didn’t know...
When Chanti Martin (23) noticed tingling in her fingers in 2021, she didn’t think much of it. But this symptom would send her into a confusing,...
The frustration of trying to get something sorted out at the department of home affairs embodies the stress that South Africans live with. Actor Lawrence Joffe...
JTA – An Israeli parliamentary committee voted to advance parts of the government’s proposed judicial reform on Monday, 13 February, as tens of thousands of Israelis...
