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In presenting the Bertie Lubner Humanitarian Award to Sivan Yaari at the 25th Absa Jewish Achiever Awards on 17 November, Marc Lubner said, “The recipient of...
“Work with people to challenge you, and you can learn from them. If that’s not in place, move on and get another career,” Absa Business Leadership...
“Last night still feels surreal. I’ve been overwhelmed by messages of congratulations from friends, family, clients, and colleagues from around the world. It shows how much...
“Ignore others who say it can’t be done. It usually can be done if you’re determined,” Dion Friedland told the audience on receiving the 2024 Absa...
In accepting his Absa Jewish Achiever Arts, Sport, Science, and Culture Award, Colin Nathan said being there at the beginning of a boxer’s career and guiding...
The Absa Jewish Achiever Awards dinner is always a culinary challenge, and catering for more than 800 is overwhelming but a challenge. I conquer the quantity...
He was the man who brought joy, song, and music to almost every simcha in the Johannesburg Jewish community for many decades, but this week, Benny...
Temple Israel Cape Town hosted human rights activist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Yosef Abramowitz, as one of its guest speakers on Friday night, 15...
If you were running for office, which type of campaign do you think would bring you more votes, a campaign that lays out your bold vision...
Attending the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards is undoubtedly the best medicine any one of us could ask for. How can you feel depressed and downhearted when...
It has been a poignant month for the Jewish community as a number of events have again showcased our vibrancy and importance in the greater South...
SA Jewish Report welcomes you to an evening of inspiration and story telling as we celebrate the heroes of the South African Jewish community and the...
“As Jews, we don’t feel safe in Amsterdam and Europe. We already hide our Jewish symbols, and many of us are thinking about moving somewhere safer...
“Jews have been trying to take over the world for thousands of years. This is why they have been kicked out of 109 countries over 1...
The South African Jewish community stands as a beacon of hope in the face of the international rise of violent antisemitism over the past year, says...
If there is one thing that South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) chairperson Karen Milner says she knows as a Jew and a South African...
Capetonian and King David Linksfield alumnus Elisa Galgut had always felt welcome in the poetry scene in Cape Town as one of the few Jewish poets...
The image of now former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant saluting the fallen, soldiers, hostages, and their families will go down in Israeli history as one of...
Turning 100 is a great innings, but South African-born Adele Samuelson turned 110 on 1 October this year, which is truly remarkable. Samuelson attributes her longevity...
Donald Trump’s resounding shellacking of Kamala Harris at the polls on 5 November took many by surprise, including me. Trump won 312 Electoral College votes to...
Donald Trump’s election victory in the United States (US) this week completes a massive swing away from incumbents in elections around the world so far. In...
The decision by Lithuania’s Social Democrats to form a coalition government with a populist party whose leader is standing trial over antisemitic statements has attracted local...
Clever Hans was never on Twitter (or X). He didn’t have Instagram or Facebook accounts, and amassed no followers on TikTok. The likely reason is that...
Mandy Gruzd, recently named the first official woman principal of King David High School Victory Park (KDVP), always aspired to be the head during her 16-year...
It’s never easy for young Germans to confront their family’s World War II past, but German author Lorenz Völker decided 20 years after his grandfather had...
If it feels like you’re always the loser when it comes to your kids’ gaming and its impact on their behaviour, you’re not alone. But there’s...
Israel continues to be the global hub of the Shabbos Project – or Shabbos Olamit as it’s called there. Ongoing partnerships including those with the ministry...
At a time of great difficulty and uncertainty, this year’s globe-spanning Shabbos Project, dubbed the “Shabbos of unity”, will bring Jews of all backgrounds together in...
With more than four million South Africans said to have diabetes – the highest prevalence in Africa – it’s unsurprising that many in our community are...
December’s typically fast approach is always punctuated by an interest in “who’s going where for the holidays”. Yet even with the dark days of COVID-19 pandemic...
Abraham’s journey introduced two fundamental traditions. For nearly 2 000 years, G-d had seemed remote and withdrawn from humanity. Dwelling in the heavens, He rarely conversed directly...
South African Jewish boxing history will be made on 23 November, when Doron Zinman and Joshua Feldman fight at the same boxing event at the Box...
JTA – President-elect Donald Trump named Mike Huckabee as his ambassador to Israel, picking an evangelical Christian who favours Jewish sovereignty in parts of the West...
When I think of the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, I picture beautiful canals, people cycling around safely, neat rows of tall narrow homes, and...
What a privilege it was to be among the hundreds who came out in support of the event hosted by the Jewish National Fund and The...
On Monday evening, 11 November, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies celebrated its 120th anniversary with a gala dinner attended by more than 300 guests,...
“I just wish the Iron Dome malfunctions,” wrote Cape Town businesswoman Mariam Jakoet-Harris on the social media platform Instagram on 9 December 2023. She is one...
After Israel captured senior Hezbollah naval operative Imad Amhaz in an unprecedented raid in the early hours of 1 November, Lebanese forces published photographs of 10...
Mark Lifman, 57, a notorious figure long embedded in Cape Town’s underworld, has met the same fate he once seemed to defy. Gunned down outside a...
In the Middle East, bluster can be an expression of fear, but it can also reflect the culture of honour and shame present in both political...
