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Join Howard Sackstein and Dina Diamond as well as culinary wizards celebrating Jewish food across the globe in preparation for the New Year. Sarah Sassoon –...
In what people are calling a miracle, a South African group that planned to hold a ceremony at the “South African Forest” in the north of...
When the editor of media giant News24 dismissed Jewish columnist Howard Feldman, it exposed what appears to be double standards at the widely read South African...
The City of Johannesburg’s proposal to rename Sandton Drive after an infamous Palestinian plane hijacker has sparked a divisive debate that cuts across political lines. Renaming...
International newsrooms lit up when the news broke of thousands of pagers exploding in the hands and pockets of Hezbollah commanders across Lebanon on 17 September....
More than ever, in almost 80 years, our past will define our perspectives on the future as we go into Rosh Hashanah of 2024 (Year 5785):...
The Jewish community may feel alone in South Africa, especially since the start of the war in Gaza. However, South African Christians constantly show up to...
Zionism is largely irrelevant to the current situation in Israel and Gaza, insists Palestinian American activist and blogger Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib. He was speaking at the...
Numerous Middle East experts see South Africa’s involvement in Israel’s affairs – going so far as to accuse the Jewish state of genocide at the International...
Anyone who has decluttered and made those sometimes heartbreaking and difficult choices about material possessions will know how challenging it is in the beginning and how...
The murder of Mahsa Amini two years ago by the Iranian regime for allegedly violating dress codes has become a symbol of the fight for women’s...
Adriaan Basson, News24 editor, is fortunate that my mother is no longer alive. So too is “Hogarth” who crowned me “Mampara of the Week” in the...
When war erupted in Israel nearly a year ago, Johannesburg emergency physician Professor Efraim Kramer knew where he needed to be. He was sure that his...
I have been searching for the right words to capture my feelings after all we have been through since 7 October. And then it came to...
I’m going to struggle to pray these high holy days. I stood in shul a year ago, pleading with G-d for a year of blessings and...
Hey, does anybody still make new year’s resolutions? Maybe you do still make resolutions and yours goes something like mine? “My new year’s resolution this year...
In a year marked by such deep pain, loss, and internal division, the high holy days bring with them the annual opportunity for reflection and reconnecting....
Over the past few years, especially these past 12 months, fear has taken up too much space in our hearts. For many Jews, it’s fear of...
Rosh Hashanah is a day of profound duality, where emotions blend between awe and solemnity, pride and joy. We stand before G-d in judgement, fully aware...
In 1985, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks – not yet a sir or a lord, and not yet a chief rabbi – wrote an article about repentance (teshuvah)....
As we embark on a new year, it’s no exaggeration to say that we are living in historic times. The past 12 months have included a...
I’ve been counting the days. Have you? Since Shemini Atzeret, 7 October, together with millions of Jews around the world, I have been counting. Five days,...
Sometimes, I bring my children to tears. Not joyful ones, either. Recently, one of my children needed a minor surgery. Understandably, he was upset about going...
Rosh Hashanah marks a new chapter in the journey of our lives, not only on a personal level but on a macro level. As we reflect...
Over the high holy days, we do our utmost to ensure that we are inscribed in “The Book of Life.” While it may feel like an...
Honey is “big” over Rosh Hashanah. From being a symbol of a “sweet” new year, to actually being the viscous fluid that you dunk apples in...
Hayom harat olam. (Today the world was created.) Rosh Hashanah is considered the anniversary of creation. But the first of Tishrei isn’t the first day of...
Stirring our souls and reminding us that it’s never too late to change and repent, hearing the shofar during the month of Elul is an important...
My chevruta Miriam sent me a book she thought I would relate to called We Were the Newmans. This fictional novel by Beverley Lester tells the...
One of my favourite places to visit in Israel is Shiloh – the place where the Mishkan stood for more than 400 years. The holiness and...
One would think that considering all the praying we are about to do over Rosh Hashanah and then Shabbat, someone might remember to ask G-d for...
Sharon Lurie Honey glazed beef with caramelised onions and julienne carrots This meat dish is one of those dishes that isn’t just packed with flavour, it’s...
Music is powerful, and the high holy days are filled with majestic tunes to make the liturgy soar. There’s a line from the machzor that we...
At this time of year, the Jewish community around the globe is judged in the hope of being inscribed in the Book of Life, sealed on...
When we hear of people playing the card game Kaluki, we automatically assume they are Jewish. That’s because, like Klaberjass, Kaluki is a game Ashkenazi Jews...
King David High School Victory Park Principal Andrew Baker has “terribly mixed emotions” to be leaving “this very special campus” after nine years. “I feel a...
It’s never easy to grieve for one’s late parents. Israeli-born architect Amos Goldreich, the son of South African struggle hero Arthur Goldreich and Israeli designer Tamar...
Before 7 October, American Israeli rap artist Rami Matan Even-Esh, otherwise known as Kosha Dillz, wrote and sang love songs, but that has all changed. Now,...
“If I had an inkling of what was to come, I would never have let him go that day.” These are the words of Israeli police...
Our country is being torn apart by a terrible struggle over something that doesn’t really exist. A few months ago, one of the American negotiators in...
