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Not for sensitive readers The phone rang, the German accented woman said, “I’ve just landed. I’m having a massage, come collect me in an hour.” “But...
When Rabbi Ryan Goldstein left Johannesburg and moved to Muizenberg in April to take over the Muizenberg Hebrew Congregation, he was staying true to his belief...
Journalist and author Jonathan Ancer is launching his latest book, Bullsh!t – 50 fibs that made South Africa. The SA Jewish Report chatted to him before...
JTA – New York City Police Department (NYPD) recruit Allan Pearlman was running laps in the gym in May during his training to become a police...
JTA – Three Jewish organisations dealing with immigration and community relations said they were alarmed by the Republican Party’s plans to launch mass deportation, saying they...
JTA – The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris starts next week, running from 26 July to 11 August. Dozens of Jewish athletes will be among the...
I heard a wonderful podcast some months ago with Rabbi Ido Fachter, the head of Beit Midrash LeMaaseh (the Practical Beit Midrash), in which he engages...
It’s 11 years since former President Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95. And this Thursday, 18 July, would have been his 106th birthday. Hence...
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina) Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which claimed 85 lives...
Local non-governmental organisation Citizens For Integrity (CFI) has taken Cricket South Africa (CSA) to court over its decision to strip Jewish cricketer David Teeger of his...
The United States (US) is significantly closer to reviewing its important bilateral relationship with South Africa as strained ties between the superpower and Pretoria have prompted...
Terrorist attacks like the 7 October massacre in Israel are committed every few days in Africa against innocent Christians and moderate Muslims, according to the African-Jewish...
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed on Tuesday, 9 July, that the military would urgently embark on drafting the ultra-Orthodox. The decision to bolster the Israel...
The temperature is rising in Israel. Peak summer brings soaring temperatures, uncomfortable humidity, and as has become a regular occurrence on a Saturday night, protests across...
This year, about 90 countries are holding – or have held – an election. That’s almost half the states in the world going to the polls....
Since 7 October, the dominant focus of the international community and global Jewry has been on the unfolding Gaza situation. The events of that day and...
The recent national and provincial elections in May 2024 have irrevocably altered South Africa’s political landscape, ushering in an era of a Government of National Unity....
JTA – In a surprise outcome, French voters rejected a far-right party with antisemitic roots, but elevated a left-wing alliance that has faced antisemitism allegations of...
JTA – A Jewish member of Canada’s Parliament was tapped as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new advisor on the Jewish community and combating antisemitism following a...
Honestly, childbirth isn’t what it used to be. I’m not talking about the 19th century, when the mortality rate was higher than the Zambian gross domestic...
Facebook’s former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, says she was determined to make it clear that “rape isn’t resistance” in her documentary Screams Before Silence. It’s...
JTA – The commander of a small Israeli military drone unit in Gaza was on a routine reconnaissance mission with his team in an apartment in...
Veteran Johannesburg squash player and coach, Lesley Cowan, was honoured with the Ina Ackermann Memorial Award by Squash South Africa on 29 June for enthusiastically promoting...
When Discovery chief executive and founder, Adrian Gore, accepted the Absa Jewish Achiever Business Icon award in 2019, he made it clear that winning an award...
Leaders in Hermanus are praising the community’s revival, saying that its numbers, spirit, and communal involvement are much improved compared to 10 years ago. A constant...
Breindy Klawansky, a Johannesburg-based musician who sings songs she composes in biblical Hebrew, was inducted into the Recording Academy or Grammy’s class of 2024 at the...
From stubble to a full-blown beard, 86% of singles prefer their men to have facial hair, according to a recent Dating.com survey, but keeping it well-groomed...
Three Cape Town Jewish schools: Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School (PJJDS); Sinai Academy; and Cape Town Torah High (CTTH) have come together to create South Africa’s...
“The late Victor Daitz must rank as one of KwaZulu-Natal’s greatest sons and philanthropists,” said Sam Abrahams, the chairperson of the Victor Daitz Foundation, at a...
JTA – Social media giant Meta announced on Tuesday, 9 July, that it would ban derogatory or threatening references to “Zionists” in cases where the term...
The fact that Cricket South Africa is being called to account about how and why it demoted David Teeger is great news. And it’s news we’re...
Believe it or not, there was a time when Moses was afraid. Yes, the greatest leader of all time, the man who vanquished Pharaoh, split the...
This week marks nine months since 7 October. Our hearts remain heavy as we think of the hostages and all the innocent lives lost that day...
This year marks 15 years since the United Nations declared 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day). Since then, millions of people have given...
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is the David of her time, using the power of the law to bring terrorists and antisemites to justice. As founder and president of...
In spite of an alarming global increase in antisemitism, South Africa appears to have settled since the initial stages of the war in Gaza, which resulted...
If the Jewish community and its supporters were hoping for a more Israel-friendly minister of international relations and cooperation than Dr Naledi Pandor, they might be...
He was, of course, late again. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s much awaited Cabinet announcement didn’t start on time, but no-one was surprised. The announcement of the Cabinet...
“It’s not a good time for French Jews,” says a French Jewish businessman who has strong ties to South Africa and lived in Johannesburg many years...
While South Africans remained engrossed in the formation of a Government of National Unity, the Financial Intelligence Centre has just released details of South Africa’s National...
