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Three men, two of whom are based in South Africa, were named by the United States (US) treasury this week in association with activities linked to...
South African Ronli Dorfman was sleeping peacefully in a Tel Aviv hotel in the early hours of Friday, 19 July, when she heard an explosion that...
Israeli soldier Regev Reef Amar dreamt of becoming prime minister of Israel one day and always told his friends and family he was prepared to die...
Living just 400m from the Lebanese border, South African olah Adrienne Chonowitz thought she was leaving for only a few days at most when she, her...
In a significant moment for the South African Jewish community, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has laid a complaint against the African National...
Some light is finally beginning to emerge out of the darkness of denial and lies told the world over about the Hamas attack on 7 October....
A calm July winter morning in Buenos Aires turned into a nightmare when a suicide bomber drove a car laden with hundreds of kilograms of explosives...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog accused the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague this week of mixing politics with law, rejecting what he called the...
There I was imbibing the glitz and glamour of the opening of South Africa’s seventh Parliament, which couldn’t have been scripted by Monty Python with greater...
Israel is accused by Palestinians and international entities of starving Gazans despite the humanitarian aid Israel is helping to get into the Gaza Strip since the...
I’m becoming increasingly concerned that Penny might be an antisemite. Or that even if she isn’t an overt Jew hater, she harbours a deep seated and...
As a journalist, I’ve covered a lot since 7 October. I’ve been down to the south, walked the killing fields of Kfar Aza, Nahal Oz, the...
When a Houthi drone launched 2 000km away in Yemen struck a Tel Aviv apartment building last Friday, 19 July, killing one and injuring eight, it...
Preparing for Barmitzvahs and Batmitzvahs is hard work, but much harder if you live in outlying towns or even countries where there are no Jewish communities....
A 33-year-old woman was recently arrested at a mall in Herzliya in Israel after attacking a security guard with an axe. Appearing barefoot, laughing, and covered...
The number 25 in Judaism signifies grace and glory, and it’s fortuitous that this is the SA Jewish Report’s and the Jewish Achiever Awards’ 25th anniversary...
The recently concluded 2024 Touch Rugby World Cup in Nottingham, England, was certainly touched by the presence of Daniel Ackerman, who played for the South Africa...
Nobody loves the ageing process, but stand-up comedian Nik Rabinowitz is making it public in his latest show, Pension Killers. The SA Jewish Report spoke to...
I love sweating the small stuff. It’s great when all our problems aren’t overwhelming and we can make huge issues out of things that aren’t really...
A breach is made in the wall. The enemy begins to pour in through the opening. Scenes of carnage follow. Burning, pillaging, murdering, torturing, and violating....
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies is the democratically elected representative body and civil rights guardian of South African Jewry. As part of this mandate...
In the dark days of apartheid, where people were defined by the colour of their skin, a Jewish film writer and director, Ashley Lazarus, broke apartheid’s...
In one of his first media interviews as South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola appeared to parrot the party line, but his...
Robbie Brozin held the Olympic torch high in France this week as he ran the Olympic Torch Relay in the run-up to the official Olympic Games,...
Brothers Keith and Brett Isaacson, born in Klerksdorp, are real-life modern-day action heroes, reminiscent of characters from the Israeli television series Fauda. On 7 October, amidst...
Andile Mngxitama may be a controversial figure, but in his maiden speech as a uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) Member of Parliament, he spoke straight and true....
Anton Fagan, the WP Schreiner Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town (UCT), who set an exam question in May depicting a fictional terrorist...
This year, arguably more than any other after 1994, our country has chosen to honour the legacy, lessons, and vision of Nelson Mandela. Let’s reflect on...
With President Joe Biden having recently produced what has been described by many commentators as the most disastrous performance in a debate in modern times and...
It has become clear to me over the years that governments from my continent display little respect for the lives of their fellow black people. In...
As former American President Donald Trump, 78, walked away from an attempted assassination on 13 July, the world is asking whether this will make him a...
“We still believe in a two-state solution, although right now, it doesn’t seem practical,” Yair Golan, the newly appointed leader of the Israeli Democrat Party –...
The social media post didn’t go as she would have liked. Because although “get ready with me” reels are all the rage, no-one wants to see...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech this month to the United States Congress poses a complex challenge for Israel. Not just to the Biden administration. Not...
Nelson Mandela made an indelible mark on everyone he met. Among them were many community members. Affectionately referring to Solly Krok as “twinnie”, Nelson Mandela established...
“I remember checking my phone at 11:00 on 7 October to find 54 unread messages from my closest friends and family in Israel,” recalls Michalya Schonwald...
When South African-born Andrew Raphaely launched his lending business, 365 Finance, he would never have dreamed that 12 years later, King Charles would personally award him...
The new Government of National Unity (GNU) is in the best interest of South Africa and its people, says Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament Glynnis...
Being given a skill when life is tough is the biggest gift of all. Graduates of the Union of Jewish Women’s (UJW) Sewing School have a...
Following a year of painstaking conservation work at the Auschwitz Museum Conservation Laboratories, more than 3 000 shoes of Jewish children murdered in Auschwitz have returned...
