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Israeli doctors have saved the lives of two little Swazi boys who had congenital heart defects, ensuring that these boys would forever share a bond with...
Shaka Zulu was a formidable figure, but this didn’t deter Jewish explorer and traveller Nathaniel Isaacs from getting to know him and even fighting alongside him...
Twenty-seven nations are demanding that the United Nations (UN) Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and Israel stop its...
JTA- Two Georgia synagogues were targeted by nearly identical antisemitic protests over the weekend, both allegedly organised by a neo-Nazi group that has gained notoriety in...
Is it the sunshine, blue skies, and warm waters of the Mediterranean? Could it be the delicious food and top-class restaurants, United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
The West Bank settlement of Eli is reeling in shock following last week’s terrorist attack, which claimed the lives of four Israeli civilians. Eli resident, Noa...
Most of the weekly parashot (Torah portions) we read lately, including this Shabbat, are full of the people of Israel complaining on their desert journey. They...
“A week is a long time in politics” said British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. It’s a long time in war too. Just a few days ago,...
There has been a tendency in the West to categorise Palestinian terror assaults on Israel as “intifadas”. The nomenclature derives from the 1987 violence that raged...
“The image that Palestinians portray in the English media is very different from the messages they send to their own people in Arabic,” Itamar Marcus said....
Independent political and economic analyst Dr Frans Cronje has warned South Africans “not to wish for the ANC’s [African National Congress’s] demise [in the next election]...
He meant it as a compliment when in an email to the whole company, he thanked Bethanie and two others for their incredible work. Not done...
When King David pupil Noa Nerwich wrote a poem about a maroon handkerchief given by a father to his daughter before they were torn apart by...
Growing up in Johannesburg, Ivan Kadey could sense the injustices of apartheid, even as a child. So it made sense that as a student in the...
Johannesburg executive producer and the founder and chief executive of The Star Film Company, Adam Thal, is still in shock after a documentary he co-produced, Rise:...
Prominent South African businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist Harry Frederick Oppenheimer – or “HFO” as he was known in the corporate empire of Anglo American and De...
You’d be forgiven for feeling a certain degree of scepticism when it comes to the reduced loadshedding we’ve been enjoying of late. Experts weighed in on...
The Absa Jewish Achiever Awards is unique in celebrating the successful in a community, paying tribute to the extraordinary and remarkable among South African Jewry. “Many...
Synagogues have particular importance for chazzan and photographer Ivor Lichterman. Lichterman followed in the footsteps of his father, chazzan Jakub Lichterman. Having started his cantorial career...
It sometimes seems as if everybody I meet either belongs to Pine Street Shul, once belonged to Pine Street Shul, or has a close family member...
When 10-year-old King David Linksfield Grade 4 pupil Caiden Distiller steps onto stage in Dr Seussical Jr at the People’s Theatre, he may initially be a...
A colleague pointed out last week that after many successive publications with stories dominated by Israel, we had a recent period in which we didn’t publish...
One of the most famous topics of the double parsha of Chukat and Balak is the Para Aduma, the red cow that, when used correctly, has...
As the name indicates, the Conference for Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference, as it’s generally known) was established to facilitate the process of restitution and...
Will it be a cold, dark winter, or will Eskom keep the lights on? Why have we suddenly had two weeks of barely any loadshedding? On...
Two visiting Hatzolah paramedics, who met each other for the first time on board a flight from Newark to Johannesburg on 20 June, ended up saving...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein “implored” President Cyril Ramaphosa before his visit to Russia last weekend to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to release Jewish American...
A Cape Town landlord who told his Jewish tenant that “Hitler should have roasted you mother-f**kers” has apologised to his victim, and agreed to a tour...
Many people have stood up to presidential hopeful Mehmet Vefa Dag’s radical homophobia, but few have called out his rabid antisemitism. However, one young Jewish woman...
The African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), apparently desperate to deflect attention from their support of Russia and gain votes, have chosen to...
The leaders of seven African countries last weekend undertook an unlikely and gaffe-plagued peace mission to Ukraine and Russia, where the battle on the ground remains...
Few dare to perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the Resurrection. One would almost have to be insane to try. This magnum opus by the Austro...
In the early 1980s, the Lubavitch movement in South Africa was given a blessing by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the Rebbe) to build a new school...
We dream of walking the streets of Europe. We dream of studying at one of the many schools or universities in America. We dream of living...
The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill passed by the National Assembly last week has caused alarm among healthcare providers, medical aids, and political analysts, who say...
Winter in Johannesburg has made me realise that the difference between a breeze and a draft is about 30 years. Whereas I could never understand my...
Our theme at this year’s Absa Jewish Achiever Awards ceremony on 21 October 2023 is “We are more than!” And as South African Jewry, we really...
In his last public engagement in South Africa, Lithuanian Ambassador Dainius Junevičius focused on the devastating and irreversible destruction of Lithuanian Jewry during the Holocaust, especially...
A clock that has Hebrew letters instead of numbers and which used to hang in the Springs Shul continues to have an impact 90 years after...
The story of Shaka Zulu has been told many times, but never in the way that it will now appear on South African screens. The series...
