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The sight of Jews gathering in song while a large crowd of aggressive anti-Israel activists swore at them, tore down their posters, and threatened them is...
Bleeding profusely from her hands after being viciously attacked by an anti-Israel mob on Friday, 27 September, Cape Town academic and interfaith leader, Dr Azila Reisenberger...
As Israelis and Jewish communities around the world mark the anniversary of the atrocities carried out by Hamas terrorists on 7 October, and while 101 hostages...
On 5 October 2024, a parade of moral degradation took place in the streets of Cape Town. Under the misleading banner of a “March for Palestine”,...
As South African Jewry mourned the first anniversary since the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa changed the historical facts...
One year after the 7 October massacre, the most horrific attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust, South Africa stands on the precipice of moral failure....
The verse “a time to be born and a time to die” in Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), which speaks of there being a time and season for everything,...
Born in Israel and raised in South Africa before returning to live in the Jewish state, clinical psychologist Lihie Gilhar says that in the wake of...
“It’s hard to think that in one devastating day, our lives were changed so dramatically,” says Lotus Lahav (22). Both she and her mother, Irit Lahav...
Chaim Weizmann, who was to become Israel’s first president, was once asked why Jews insisted on settling in Palestine when there were so many other countries...
One of the most annoying statements is, “Well, that’s 30 minutes we’ll never get back”, often said when reflecting on an experience that was a waste...
A year after the 7 October brutal Hamas attack on southern Israel, the conflict has expanded to six other arenas as Islamist militants have been attacking...
A beautiful bougainvillea is in full bloom. Its purple leaves bring a burst of colour. Behind the vibrant bush, a house has been decimated, scorch marks...
Rabbi Leo Dee, the survivor of a devastating terror attack during Pesach 2023, offers a brave solution to the question of how to celebrate Simchat Torah...
It’s uncanny how 7 October 2023 changed the world in much the same manner as 6 October 1973. The parallels and congruencies between these cataclysmic events...
More than 4 000 South Africans have had their Lithuanian citizenship restored to them, and with the benefits of citizenship comes the responsibility to elect strong,...
Not every critic of Israel is a raging antisemite, although let’s face it, many are. The anti-Israel coalition has been cobbled together as a broad partnership...
What started as a violent conflict between Israel and Hamas in the south of Israel on 7 October 2023 has now evolved into a war on...
Soon after 7 October, SA Jewish Report photographer Ilan Ossendryver spent time in Israel, capturing the pain of the massacre and how Israelis kept going. He...
Every Israeli clearly remembers where they were on 7 October 2023. I was at home in Tel Aviv watching television, and saw a conversation between a...
Cape Town Jewry, supported by allies and dignitaries, came out in numbers to attend a multifaceted memorial commemorating the lives lost and shattered on 7 October...
As a people, we’re still haunted by the images of what happened on 7 October, “when the gates of hell opened, and Hamas terrorists unleashed a...
One year after the atrocities on 7 October, Grade 10 and 11 students at King David Linksfield and Victory Park joined forces to create an exhibition...
“No-one could imagine a 7 October. The magnitude of what happened that day was entirely new and unprecedented. We didn’t have the resources. We listened to...
A silent protest by women outside Parliament on 7 October conveyed a tangible sense of feminine strength. The women represented the Women’s Action Campaign South Africa...
Every day is tough for the ex-South African parents of slain Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier Yaron Chitiz, 23, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists in...
“From across South Africa, they arrived with a message. Some chose to raise their voices, others to move their feet, there were those who sang in...
A well-known Johannesburg rebbetzin confided that she harboured a “sort of crush” on British political commentator Douglas Murray, and secretly wished she had invited him for...
City of Johannesburg officials have ordered a Jewish family to remove the yellow ribbons tied around a tree outside their home, a symbol of solidarity with...
Mysterious cards left on gates, in post boxes, and taped to the intercoms of homes of local Jews around 7 October warmed the hearts of recipients,...
I totally understand that the president of South Africa has chosen a side in Israel’s war for its survival. I guess, somehow, that this is his...
Several years ago, I officiated at the funeral of a lady named Neilah. Intrigued by this unusual name, I asked her family for some background. They...
This week marks the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks. To honour this moment, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies organised a commemorative event...