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Travel stories so often involve taxi drivers. And this was no different. I must have been around six years old when my parents returned from a...
“When Adar comes in, we increase in joy!” That’s a statement straight out of the Talmud. It has been put to music, and traditionally sung during...
Since ancient times, the Jewish people have witnessed tragic and unnecessary loss of life due to violence and combat. The very first story in the book...
In an address to the House of Lords, the late Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks emphatically said, “Rights depend not only on declarations, but also on...
As members of Habonim, as the youth, as diaspora Jews, as students, as South Africans, what are we doing to protect human rights, and how can...
As many as one in ten people who get COVID-19 in 2024 are likely to get “long COVID”, according to Professor Barry Schoub, the professor emeritus...
Pressure, anxiety, and bullying are some of the challenges kids navigate today and so, helping them to attain a sense of well-being and happiness is more...
The emergence of anxiety and depression in children far earlier than in previous generations and the number of teens and adults taking medication for mental health...
Jews from around the world are choosing to make South Africa home. Hailing from countries including the United Kingdom (UK), France, and the United States, they’re...
South African tertiary students took home more than just tools to combat antisemitism on campus and in their community at the international StandWithUs conference in Los...
What started off as a plan to create an online platform for the Jews of Kimberley has, with the help of South Africans around the world,...
Harriet Gavshon and Nimrod Geva produced White Lies, which is about to launch on M-Net 101. The SA Jewish Report caught up with Gavshon to find...
Group quiz night has become a favourite pastime in our community, and it’s mostly due to international relations expert Larry Benjamin. A Johannesburg quizmaster and compiler...
When Erela Furman and her horse, Fletcher, won the show jumping competition at the 2024 Hollard Equipage Pre-Easter Show at Kyalami Park Club in Johannesburg last...
JTA – In the wake of the Oscars, Hollywood has been treated to a rare spectacle: Jewish communal leaders attacking the Jewish director of an award-winning...
I’ve been on countless protest marches in my life, but there was something about marching alongside other Jewish women that was so empowering, emotive, and heartwarming....
As we come this week to parshat Pekudei, the end of the book of Shemot (Exodus), and prepare to embark on the grand journey into the...
At the time of going to print, I have just returned from New York, where I attended the Anti-Defamation League Conference and spoke on a panel...
Sometimes it feels like we’re living in a pressure cooker waiting to explode. Every day we battle with the stresses of war, antisemitism, societal expectations, addiction,...
As many as 70% percent of South Africans support prosecuting Hamas’s actions against Israel as a war crime, and more than half the population believe the...
A Johannesburg great-grandmother experienced a terrifying ordeal last week, when she was hijacked at gunpoint and taken on a joyride by two men who threatened to...
Recent suicides and attempted suicides in the community have prompted action across the spectrum to promote mental health and offer assistance to those in despair. “Please...
March is Women’s History Month, dedicated to raising issues facing women today. It’s a month that includes International Women’s Day on 8 March, when issues like...
In the United States Congress this week, a resolution was introduced condemning the case of genocide against Israel brought by South Africa at the International Court...
On 7 October 2023, an apocalypse of sexual violence was unleashed by Hamas terrorists on Israeli citizens in the south of Israel. The immediate visceral response...
Several opposition parties have taken on South Africa’s department of international relations and cooperation (Dirco) and its minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, probing its relationships with Hamas,...
The University of Cape Town (UCT) senate will on Friday, 8 March, consider no fewer than three separate motions about the current war in Gaza. It...
It’s not unusual for a newborn to wear his dad’s tallis at his bris, but it is unique when it was one of the only things...
In what’s fast becoming a worldwide trend, more and more Jews are getting tattoos to mark their faith, resilience, and love for Israel following the 7...
“What are you?” was the first question she was asked. University had just started, and as a first-year student, my daughter was trying to figure out...
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” These words, from the song, What the...
He was the friendly face that greeted you, and helped you park when you arrived to meet people for lunch on the kosher strip or to...
It’s not every day you see a rabbi riding a unicycle, but those at Sandringham Gardens in Johannesburg will attest to the fact that Chevrah Kadisha...
When 10-year-old Liam Meyersfeld wanted to find a way to help his favourite animal shelter, nothing was going to get in his way. So he raised...
Don Krausz, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, and the chairperson of the Johannesburg chapter of the South African Holocaust Survivors Association, has been made a pawn of...
JTA – A United Nations (UN) report validated Israeli reports of sexual violence committed by Hamas during its 7 October invasion of Israel and afterward, including...
International Women’s Day on 8 March is a farce! How can we celebrate women while the world hasn’t acknowledged the violent sexual crimes perpetrated against Jewish...
In this week’s Torah portion, we learn about the construction of the Tabernacle in the desert. The Torah commands us to make a dwelling place for...
It took nearly five months and continual pressure from women’s rights advocates, but the United Nations (UN) has finally acknowledged that both during and subsequent to...
International Women’s Day, a global day celebrated annually on Friday, 8 March, focuses on issues such as gender equality, violence, and abuse against women. The theme...
