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The University of Cape Town (UCT) has for the third time this year allowed flags of internationally-designated terrorist groups to be draped on its campus and...
Every September, speeches by heads of state at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s general debate are meant to take less than 15 minutes. Although often...
A chance meeting at Orange Grove School in Johannesburg inspired Gary Meyers, a South African architect now living in Australia, to raise enough money for a...
As taps ran dry at several Gauteng public hospitals, doctors and healthcare workers, many of them Jewish, have had to dig deep to push through the...
Israel’s ruling coalition’s plans to reform or overhaul the judiciary – depending on which side of the argument you stand – has been one of the...
We all know that South Africans face challenges. Yet, South African Jewry remains extraordinarily vibrant and resilient. It’s often viewed with admiration and a tinge of...
Columbia University has recently been rocked by allegations of a cover up of sexual abuse by one of its obstetrician/gynaecologists. After a long and arduous process,...
A year after finishing matric, South African Barry Feldman found himself on Israel’s frontline, defending the Jewish state from Syrian forces, which were part of an...
When Shaun Karps (or Karpelowsky), who was deeply allergic to bees, was stung three times in July 2019, he fell into a state of unresponsive consciousness...
In 2023, South Africans are among many worldwide considering their emigration options. Gallup International’s 2022 study posed a hypothetical question, “If you were given all the...
I’m envious of people who know who they have offended. And who can make a phone call, have coffee, or even send a WhatsApp to apologise...
Veteran South African journalist Benjamin Pogrund, who now lives in Israel, initially never wanted his own life story to be part of the narrative of the...
Matric dance season is supposed to be a time when students and their parents celebrate their school careers, but for some, it’s filled with dread. The...
Every Saturday morning after the prayers for the sick, for Israel, and South Africa, the congregation of Temple Israel in Hillbrow listens to septuagenarian Berea resident...
Nikki Munitz has always known that her sometimes-harrowing story is one worth telling. Yet, with the recent release of her memoir, Fraud: How Prison Set Me...
Anyone driving or walking along the Southern Cape Peninsula may do a double take when they notice that the St James Retirement Hotel now proudly flies...
Actress, teacher, writer, singer, dancer, and chorographer Talia Kodesh has performed in many acclaimed musicals, but she’s now about to launch her first “musical dramedy”, which...
Breaking the Yom Kippur fast is a big deal in South Africa. The SA Jewish Report asked Lauren Boolkin and Romi Rabinowitz to give us recipes...
Father-son karate combo Malcolm and Shane Dorfman have trained thousands of karatekas for a combined total of 70 years at their respective Dorfman Karate dojos in...
Finding Rosetta, a new one-woman play by Paul Slabolepszy, paints a picture of a midlife crisis turned self-discovery journey with an alien twist. The play, directed...
The Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 16b) tells us that there are three books opened on Rosh Hashanah: “Those who are completely righteous are immediately signed and sealed...
As we count down to Yom Kippur this weekend, I cannot help wondering why the University of Cape Town (UCT) doesn’t just apologise to the South...
The first week of the Jewish new year – 5784 on the Jewish calendar – has been an exceptionally busy one for the Board, with high-level...
Jewish academic Dr Alexander O’Riordan described the South African Jewish community as a producer of “settler terrorists” that go to Israel to commit violence. He also...
JTA- Jews and Jewish sites appear to have largely been spared following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco late on 8 September, killing at least 2...
Former South African businessman turned wildlife philanthropist and conservationist, Larry Green, was recently honoured to be able to name a baby gorilla in Rwanda’s annual Kwita...
Patriotic Alliance (PA) Deputy President Kenny Kunene, as member of the mayoral committee (MMC) of the City of Johannesburg for roads and transport, has refused outright...
The terrible fire in Albert Street has re-focused our attention on the Joburg central business district (CBD), the city centre. The city centre enjoyed a revival...
The doomsday scenario that Jewish communities worldwide are hearing and feeling about religion and state in Israel ignores one thing: the realities on the ground. I...
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 95, will be remembered for many things. His role, specifically during the traumatic...
“Our father was multidimensional: a family man, a strong entrepreneur, and a statesman. They don’t make them like that anymore,” Suzanne Ackerman told the SA Jewish...
Last month, the Lithuanian ambassador to South Africa, Dainius Junevičius, packed up his official residence, boarded a plane back to Vilnius, and retired from public life,...
From WhatsApp groups to social media platforms, there is no respite from bullying in our increasingly interconnected world. Yet what’s bullying doing to our children, and...
“Excuse me,” she said a little aggressively. “Are you guys going to be long?” I was confused, as although it’s not an unreasonable question – even...
Can you imagine our South African Jewish community having everything it needs? A community where all parents can afford school fees? Where everyone has access to...
Social media is great. It allows us to connect. To share. To access the world. It also allows us to exclude. To hurt. To mimic foreign...
The volume of Google searches for the word “diet” increases exponentially on – yes, you’ve guessed correctly – 1 January. During the first two weeks of...
I still remember Mr Seligman, my old English teacher back in high school in Brooklyn, standing at the head of the class, acting out the scene...
The morning was clear, the sun had just peeped over the horizon, and I found myself sitting on the sand, watching the waves as they gently...
Jewish tradition has a unique way of associating our chagim with smells, tastes, and sounds. Is there anything that tugs on our hearts in the same...
