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President Cyril Ramaphosa has been rapped over the knuckles by members of the United States (US) Congress, who have accused Minister of International Relations and Cooperation...
Jewish South African expat Dr Carly Levetan and her family visit the massive Westfield Bondi Junction mall in Sydney every Saturday for her son’s weekly jujitsu...
Jewish supporters of Songezo Zibi, the leader of Rise Mzansi, feel “betrayed” and “conned” as high-ranking party members have been posting antisemitic and anti-Israel disinformation online...
University of Cape Town (UCT) alumni have the chance to change the trajectory of their alma mater by voting in a crucial ballot for four new...
Steven Crouse and his friends believe that being rescued from the Drakensberg wilderness on 9 April, two raging rivers away from safety, was their own Pesach...
Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, said, “Israel is waging war on eight separate fronts: Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, in cyberspace, and in Judea and...
Where were you when Iran attacked Israel? This will become a question that Jews will ask themselves for years to come. Saturday evening, 13 April, began...
Overtaking the headlines on 8 April, which stated that Israel had pulled all its ground troops out of southern Gaza for “tactical reasons”, was the report...
Members of the Lithuanian government are calling on South Africans holding Lithuanian citizenship to vote in the upcoming election, saying its outcome could determine the future...
The African National Congress (ANC) is likely to get between 46% and 52% of the vote, with the Democratic Alliance (DA) remaining the official opposition although...
I dedicate this column to the South African and global left. This is their time of need. I acknowledge that all too often, I get so...
The weaponisation of rape and sexual violence at times of war and conflict is sadly nothing new. Yet the denialism, silence, and victim-blaming that has accompanied...
“In South Africa, one in three children is a victim of sexual abuse,” says a renowned child abuse activist who cannot be named for her security....
Christian delegates, among them pastors, evangelists, ministry, worship, and church leaders from all denominations around South Africa, recently gathered in a display of solidarity at the...
I recently met a delegation from the World Union of Jewish Students. These university students had come to South Africa from countries around the world on...
If not for that one short paragraph, the seder night could be so relaxed and so much fun. After all, it’s about celebrating our victory over...
Life is supposed to make sense. And for me, it generally does. Even the impossible question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” is often...
The Pesach story delves deep into the idea of being a refugee, the meaning of freedom, and the imperative of welcoming the stranger, so it’s meaningful...
A rabbi was asked by one of his students why G-d created atheists. The rabbi responded, “G-d created atheists to teach us the most important lesson...
“Three hundred years ago, there came to the New World a boat, and its name was the Mayflower. The Mayflower’s landing on Plymouth Rock was one...
The focus of the seder night is telling the story of the exodus from Egypt and the miracles done by G-d for us, His children. This...
We’re just a few days away from one of the highlights in the Jewish calendar: the seder nights, which, as a principal and teacher, I find...
The SA Jewish Report asked Jewish pupils to capture what freedom looks like for them in the light of Pesach, what happened in Israel on 7...
Jews have always been fond of answering one question with another. In fact, Golda Meir was once asked by a journalist, “Why do Jews always answer...
The headlines are screaming, the news is overbearing, and a general sense of despondency hovers over us. This world has turned upside down, mostly because of...
The great book of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar, imagines that when Jewish people tell the story of yetziat Mitzrayim (exodus from Egypt) at the Passover seder,...
As Pesach approaches, our minds and hearts are flooded with a range of conflicting emotions. The date 7 October was the darkest day in modern Jewish...
The magid of the Pesach seder begins with the Arbah Kashiyot, the Four Questions that ask “Mah nishtanah halailah hazeh mikol halailot?” (Why is this night...
The formative event in the foundation of the Jewish people was undoubtably the exodus from Egypt. After hundreds of years as slaves, we were granted freedom....
On 6 October 2023, the relationship between diaspora Jewry and Israel was quite fragile. As I travelled to communities around the world and hosted delegations in...
Jewish law maintains that anyone who reads the Megillah backwards on Purim doesn’t fulfil his or her obligation. A deeper dimension of this halacha is that...
Freedom, love, justice. This three-part Passover message has reverberated through the generations. The exodus story is our master narrative. The Israelites were slaves in Egypt. Moses...
Leaving an additional empty chair at our seder tables, possibly with a photograph of a hostage, is one way of bringing into our homes the plight...
Oven roasted raisin rib with vegetables I often think it unnecessary to use an expensive cut of meat if you’re going to slow cook it for...
I could begin my article with my yearly rhetoric, “I can’t believe I’m back talking about Pesach recipes”, but it feels a bit empty this year....
Sweet and sour marinated salmon with horseradish Serves 10 Ingredients 10 medium slices of salmon or salmon trout or other firm fish with skin on 6...
Watching Just Now Jeffrey, the soon to be launched South African movie, was like a trip down memory lane, watching my youth through the eyes of...
In spite of immense social turmoil over the past few decades, the teenage experience of angst and uncertainty remains largely unchanged. Just Now Jeffrey is a...
From the popular 2003 comedy film starring Jack Black to the 2015 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, or even the 2016 television adaptation, School of Rock is...
I was looking for interesting things to do with my brother, Steven, who hadn’t spent much time in Johannesburg since emigrating with his family 21 years...
