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United States antisemitism envoy and ambassador Deborah Lipstadt has confirmed that the 12 January decision by Cricket South Africa (CSA) to strip Under-19 (U19) Jewish cricketer...
While there are renewed calls in South Africa to boycott so-called “Zionist-linked products”, former South Africans living in Israel say that a call to boycott South...
South Africans are calling on their countrymen abroad to register to vote in the national elections this year so they can help create meaningful change for...
For more than two decades, Trevor Norwitz chaired the board of the University of Cape Town Fund (UCT Fund), the American alumni and fundraising arm of...
The Citizen recently ran a headline asking whether South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party was being funded by Iran, and whether such funding might...
Since becoming life rabbi emeritus of Sydenham Shul in 2021, my wife Rochel and I have been travelling extensively. I’ve been invited to speak in more...
In the discourse about the future of South Africa’s Jewish community, there’s a pressing need for dialogue that goes beyond the binary choice of staying or...
Lorraine Srage – principal, King David Linksfield Academic excellence is a journey marked by dedication, perseverance, and a thirst for knowledge. It goes beyond merely earning...
It has become commonplace, especially at this time of year in “results season”, to hear the following declaration and many others like it: “When I was...
Is matric a beginning or an end? Or a middle? It’s all of the above, and most of all, a set of opportunities for immense self-development...
As a lifetime sufferer of FOMO (fear of missing out), I received the invitation with some excitement. Who, after all, wouldn’t want to attend a Tu...
It’s vital to dispel the misconception that learning challenges hinder academic success. In reality, with the use of effective strategies and support systems, students can excel...
Students facing learning, visual, or hearing challenges once felt ill-equipped to meet university requirements, but this is no longer the case because of the disability services...
King David High School Linksfield matriculant Ricci Waksman got eight distinctions and made it onto the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) outstanding achievements list by placing within...
“A defining moment of my high school experience was the first day of Grade 8, walking into the hall to put on our blazers for the...
Hirsch Lyons matriculant Sara Fine almost spent more of her matric year ensuring that less-fortunate scholars achieved academic success than she did her own. Fine was...
After a series of misdiagnoses of chronic pain, King David Victory Park matriculant Yocheved Saksenberg was diagnosed in Grade 10 with fibromyalgia, a nerve condition which...
Amit Frankel overcame a battle with mental health in his latter years at King David High School Linksfield to be admitted to studying psychology at the...
King David High School Linksfield matriculant Rachel Miller refused to let her hearing impairment be an obstacle to achieving goals that even she sometimes saw as...
“Hardly anyone can say that they weren’t impacted by missing the first month of matric, and were able to slot right back,” Brocha Lewis, a Cape...
Michaela Saayman went into her matric year at King David High School Linksfield with an overwhelming sense of stress and anxiety. “I had no idea what...
When Ayala Cohen, a top academic student at Hirsch Lyons and a dedicated ballet dancer, tore a ligament in her foot in mid-April of matric in...
Samuel Hertz says being on the leadership teams at Redhill High School helped him to get involved in the community and facilitate things that he wanted...
I’ve just finished examining another set of matric Hebrew papers and wow, the results get better every year! Maybe because for both students and teachers, Hebrew...
Saul Fox, a Yeshiva College matriculant, fondly remembers his introduction to high school life – his Grade 6 camp – when they were joined by the...
As students embark on their high school journey, we envision them moving up in the grades in a seemingly straightforward path from Grade 8 to Grade...
When Redhill matriculant Joshua Brooking chose to take the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme route to matriculation, he did it because he wanted to challenge...
As a Jewish student in South Africa, my university experience has been largely positive, filled with enriching moments and a sense of community. The academic year...
Crawford College (Sandton) matriculant Dina Tchelet was serious about academics, but that didn’t stop her from focusing on playing for Maccabi and interprovincial tennis, as well...
There’s much we can be thankful for in the transformation to a democratic South Africa, but key aspects of our country are still impacted by the...
For many students, university is the first time that they have a true sense of independence. But for some, this freedom is a culture shock, especially...
When Josh Kahn, a Reddam House Bedfordview 2023 matriculant, was ranked tenth academically at the end of his first term of Grade 8, he told himself...
High school sweethearts may not always stay together, but when they do, having a shared history can add a different dimension to their relationship. Three couples...
When the late Mike Krost and his best friend, Harry Sack, embarked on a six-month European trip together almost 70 years ago, the idea that their...
To understand the security situation and strategic issues on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, one must understand three preliminary issues that frame this potential conflict: The...
During 1944 and 1945, when Russian, American, and British soldiers began liberating Nazi death and concentration camps, the sheer horror they encountered left them in shock....
It’s a pernicious myth that Jews went “like sheep to the slaughter” in the Holocaust. This is the central message of a new documentary film, titled...
I stumbled upon the map of Africa while walking to shul one morning a couple of weeks ago. I was in the United States visiting my...
Recent events have exposed a disconcerting pattern in the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) international stance, evolving from celebrating terrorism, to aligning with terrorists and, most disturbingly,...
Ruth Rabinowitz is described as a testament to the power of dedication and hard work. As an academic, a doctor, and then a politician, and ultimately...
