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The Torah portion “Arami Oved Avi”, (Deut. 26:5), recited when bringing the first fruits (bikkurim), is significant in Jewish tradition. It’s also the central passage of...
Thousands of pagers that had been handed out to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon over the past few months exploded on Tuesday, 17 September, killing 12 people...
Rabbi Ricky Seeff, general director, King David Schools Maybe it was the COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe it was the intense loadshedding. Maybe it’s a world that’s getting...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) last weekend hosted both its Cape and Gauteng conferences. In an unusual step, we chose to hold the...
On 7 October Aviva Siegel from Randfontein was kidnapped at gunpoint from Kibbutz Kfar Aza and taken hostage by Hamas to Gaza. Her husband Keith is...
Parliamentarians from 25 African countries, with representatives from Europe and the United States, gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week for the first Africa-Israel Parliamentary Summit...
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has confirmed its full support for Hamas, an internationally-designated terrorist organisation. In a statement on 5 September,...
With Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza dragging on relentlessly and no deal to free the hostages captured on 7 October within grasp, a kernel of...
It’s rare to encounter openly antisemitic sentiment in South Africa, but self-styled politician Mehmet Vefa Dag, who has Turkish roots, delves into anti-Jewish tropes on a...
President Cyril Ramaphosa appears optimistic about his government’s prospects of winning the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel. However, this could be misguided. Following...
Rabbi Shalom Hammer and his family were blindsided by the devastating loss of his beloved daughter, Gila, 18, who tragically took her own life in 2019....
“From a military perspective, this war is all about the tunnels. They are used for weapons manufacturing, storage, and they are used to manoeuvre. The golden...
Awards come in all shapes and sizes, but when an award comes from your own community and recognises your contribution to it and South Africa in...
Artists Danit Gordon and Treatwell Mnisi felt drawn to creating an artwork for Yeshiva College to commemorate 7 October, but each for personal reasons. “Being so...
Like Tisha B’Av, 7 October will be a day seared in the memory of Jews. It evokes memory of the Holocaust as the largest calamity to...
Rumours that I sustained an injury while cage fighting might be greatly exaggerated. By me. The truth is worse. Because it could be argued that the...
In a recently released single titled Justice, musician Joey Avinir (26) holds nothing back, expressing frustration at Israel being blamed, shamed, and silenced in its defence...
An Israeli and a Palestinian content creator walk into a room in San Francisco. War doesn’t break out, rather they engage in dialogue on how better...
Last September, I wandered among the hundreds, if not thousands, of graves at the Jewish cemetery in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The country’s third-largest city is located on...
Eastern Europe once had one of the world’s largest Jewish populations, but it now ranks among the smallest. Throughout its history, people from various communities left...
From designing gowns for the upcoming Mrs Universe pageant to teaching sewing to religious schoolgirls, dress designer Talitah Helmand blends her love for fashion and Judaism....
Students who excel in the arts have “their moment to shine” at the King David High Schools annual Culture Fest, said head of culture at King...
Professor Barry Schoub, most recently at the forefront of South Africa’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, was behind the establishment of the National Institute for Communicable...
Well-known South African judo teacher Irving Ginsberg, whose life-long passion had him mentoring countless judokas from all backgrounds, celebrated his 80th birthday on 3 September. Ginsberg,...
Ten-year-old Herzlia student Luke Heinrich became the top South African climber in the Under-11 category in the recent Western Cape climbing competition. He won two bronze...
JTA – In the first debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Harris said Israel’s fight against Hamas was justified but that the war “must end...
JTA – The 2024 Paris Paralympics concluded on Sunday, 8 September, bringing to an end a season full of athletic success for Jewish and Israeli competitors...
JTA – Pro-Israel groups decried a ruling by Meta’s independent oversight body on 4 September that social media posts containing the phrase “from the river to...
When the leadership of a community – especially the spiritual leadership – stands up in support of an internationally recognised terrorist organisation, we cannot ignore it....
As the Jewish people face one of the most trying times in recent memory, the words of Deuteronomy 21:10: “When you go out to war against...
This past week, our community was united in profound grief as we mourned the tragic recovery of six executed hostages. Synagogues across the country lit Yizkor...
On the morning of 1 September, shortly after Israeli soldiers found the bodies of six young Israeli hostages executed by Hamas in Gaza, the president of...
Professor Adam Mendelsohn, the head of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) historical studies department, is taking his university to court to set aside its recently...
JTA – Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s mother looked almost as the world has gotten to know her when she took the podium at her son’s funeral in Jerusalem....
JTA – Israeli President Isaac Herzog apologised for Israel’s failure to free the captives held by Hamas in his comments at the funeral of Hersh Goldberg-Polin,...
People marvel at Israel’s resilience. They think life just goes on for us. They see us going to work, to the beach, and to restaurants. Everything...
Hamas’s cold-blooded execution of six Israeli hostages after 331 days in captivity in Gaza’s underground terror tunnels have underscored the urgency of freeing the remaining 101...
As FIFA contemplates whether or not to ban Israel from participating in international soccer, it’s legal analysis from South African lawyers that the organisation will be...
Chabad House Miracle Drivers ’24 demonstrated the impact that doing one small act of kindness can make in the lives of many. In an entertaining evening...
Though the groups driving BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) activism in South Africa have found common ground in their opposition to Israel, so too have those who...
