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There’s something entertaining about asking your first-time dinner guests to pronounce “kneidlach” especially when they’ve never heard of it or partaken of the traditional fare. Skye...
The SAFTA (South African Film and Television Awards) award for best online content 2023 was given to director Christopher Grant Harvey for his short film titled...
South Africa made history on 11 and 12 January when it took Israel to the United Nations’ International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of waging...
Johannesburg septuagenarian Irene Sundelson surprised herself by playing bridge for 48 hours across six days to win two South African Women’s Bridge Association Championships in October...
JTA – Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip in two separate incidents on Monday, 22 January, marking the deadliest day for Israel since...
Growing up in South Africa and Australia, “Swaziland (now Eswatini) was often mentioned in passing among family. It was a holiday spot for my parents that...
As the people were busying themselves gathering the spoils of the Egyptian cavalry who had drowned in the Sea of Reeds and washed ashore, Moses, we’re...
Last Wednesday and Thursday night, all the issues in the world were set aside for 2023 matriculants and their parents, as they waited for that SMS...
In times of stress for our community, there’s an additional need for people to be kept informed about what’s happening and in particular, what Jewish leadership...
Students should never be denied the opportunity to fulfil their career dreams because they’re disadvantaged by financial limitations. The Chev’s Jewish Students Education Fund (JSEF) has assisted many thousands...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has demanded that the International Cricket Council (ICC) launch an immediate investigation into Cricket South Africa (CSA) about...
Lieutenant Yaron Chitiz, 23, had the best weekend of his life when he surprised his mother, girlfriend, and friends on the Shabbos before he was shot...
The world is waiting for 17 international judges to give an interim ruling on a critical court case. On 11 and 12 January, Israel faced off...
The safe streets of Ra’anana near Tel Aviv were rocked by multiple terrorist attacks earlier this week which have shaken a close-knit community still reeling from...
I sit here staring at my suitcase, contemplating whether it’s time to leave the only home I’ve ever known. I imagine my ancestors, in the frigid...
Freed South African-born hostage Aviva Siegel wakes every day tormented by thoughts of her husband of 40 years who is still incarcerated in Gaza. The past...
Unsurprisingly, Israel has come in for a hammering at the strategic level of its war against Hamas. Previous articles alluded to the inevitability of a negative...
“A tale … full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (William Shakespeare) Even before South Africa’s lawyers took the podium at The Hague to argue that...
“Death has ascended our windows and entered our homes. It has taken children from our roads and youth from our streets.” (Jeremiah, chapter 9) Last week,...
Back in 2004, I recall watching an interview with a young woman at a protest against the war the United States and its allies were waging...
My mind is made up. From today onwards, I’ll be boycotting cricket. All cricket. Even “one hand bounce” played on a Saturday afternoon in the garden....
The appearance of two chief rabbis – of South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK) – to honour Muizenberg Shul’s centenary celebrations this month was a...
In 2016, I published a book about my grandfather, Jules Browde, a legendary advocate who made his name fighting for human rights in the courtrooms of...
Mark Finkelstein, a lawyer much admired for his teaching of self-defence and voluntary efforts in the Jewish community, died of cancer on 27 December in Johannesburg....
Though antisemitism in South Africa has undoubtedly intensified since 7 October, its extent is lower than that recorded in many countries around the world. The number...
Former Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion said, “If you don’t believe in miracles, you’re not a realist.” He was referring to repeated miracles such as the...
“When an amazing cyclist such as Chris Froome, the Kenyan-born four-time winner of the Tour de France, supports an event, you just have to come on...
Jewish youth from around the country and a smattering of those from abroad who chose to go to Habonim Dror or Bnei Akiva camp in December...
JTA – For Jews who weren’t directly ensnared in the violence and terror of 7 October, the days that followed were characterised by rapidly changing numbers....
JTA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected claims that his comments invoking Amalek, an enemy people of the ancient Israelites, suggested genocidal intent in Israel’s...
Do you know that the Jews left Egypt in haste? Don’t you remember? That’s why we eat matzah on Pesach. “They baked the dough that they...
David Teeger has just matriculated and yet this young man, no more than 19 years old, has become a symbol of what’s happening to South African...
The ongoing scandal over David Teeger being summarily removed as captain of the South African Under-19 cricket side has been the Board’s primary focus as the...
10 January 2024 President Ramaphosa Republic of South Africa PresidentRSA@presidency.gov.za President Ramaphosa – clarification of meeting 13 December 2023 Dear President Ramaphosa We met with...
South Africa’s sudden pivot towards using the global judicial architecture is as surprising as it’s contradictory and disingenuous. Just last year, President Cyril Ramaphosa was preparing...
Dear SA Jewish community World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said in his statement ahead of the International Court of Justice hearings this week, “Following these...
Israel doesn’t exist because of the Holocaust, but the Holocaust wouldn’t have happened had Israel existed. Her existence ensures Jews, both in Israel and in the...
As 2023 drew to a close, South Africa pulled the trigger on its latest anti-Israel initiative, weaponising the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague...
One of my favourite children’s books is The Topsy Turvies. It’s the absurd story of Mr and Mrs Topsy-Turvy and their children, Fern and Vern, who...
The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL) has accused South Africa of a blatant attempt to subvert international law with its baseless accusation of...
