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Cape Town Jewry was exposed to what experts have called “terrorism” for the first time in many years when an improvised explosive device (IED) was thrown...
A contentious R95 million in tax payers’ money spent on a diplomatic trip targeting Israel has drawn widespread condemnation after it was revealed in Parliament’s Special...
The Kiffness (local musician David Scott) was disinvited from speaking at his alma mater, Pridwin Preparatory School (Pridwin) after challenging Gift of the Givers founder Dr...
Self-defence instructor, Anthony Segal shared a poignant message on Facebook two days before he was murdered: “Life happens while you’re busy making plans, but with IDefend...
South African Jews who chose to make their home in Australia often went looking for safety and sanctuary, and many found it in the “the lucky...
Hamas is decimated, reduced to a disparate ragtag insurgency in Gaza; Hezbollah has been neutered; and the myth of Shiite power in Lebanon has been exposed....
Unpredictable Middle East geopolitical imbalances with many new threats and opportunities for Israel will be the focus of history books about 2024. After the traumatic invasion...
Dean Murinik took his parents to Thailand in December 2004, two decades ago this year, to recuperate after his father’s attempted suicide. On their first day...
“Darkness will envelop the world, and a thick cloud the peoples.” (Isaiah 60) Is the prophet not describing, chillingly, the world today? The Malbim, Meir Leibush...
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost What’s more...
Thanks to the insistence of my wife, my feet are ready for a holiday. They are shiny and smooth and prepared for whatever my Birkenstocks throw...
The year 2025 will be big for South Africa. What the government of national unity says and does will be under intense international scrutiny. The country...
The connection between producer and music therapist Su Lubner and celebrated South African musician Loyiso Bala is proof that music has the power to transcend cultural...
Written by Bertha Egnos and her daughter, Gail Lakier, both of whom have since passed away, Ipi Ntombi was an internationally celebrated musical that first opened...
For 14 months, Jews around the world have felt alone. Israel is demonised for fighting a defensive war in the wake of the 7 October attacks,...
Lighting candles is a commandment in Judaism, but it doesn’t necessarily protect a household from fire. So, though we want our Shabbat, Chanukah, and yahrzeit candles...
In a global demographic shift, 60% of individuals aged 55 to 64, and 12% of those 75 and older, remain active in the workforce. This growing...
Trigger warning: piece contains graphic scenes of sexual violence “You wouldn’t come out unscathed, or alive, if you went to Gaza dressed like that.” This comment...
Batya Rivkah Musiker’s parents, Sean and Justine, realised their worst nightmare after her birth on 26 April 2024, when she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare...
Ross van Schoor, the head of aquatics at United Herzlia Schools, who is representing South Africa in the World Aquatics Cup this month, motivates pupils by...
Some South Africans go on holiday to different places every year, but a select few head to their traditional family holiday home that has been in...
As debates about laws for assisted dying intensify globally, Dr Monique Price, a South African general practitioner specialising in geriatrics and palliative care, emphasises that the...
December is a time for sand between the toes, long lunches with family and friends (or blissfully alone), favourite drink to hand, and a glorious book...
As Capetonians and Durbanites start rolling down their shutters and rolling their eyes even more at the thought of our imminent invasion, Joburgers are happily gearing...
Michelle Lissoos and iSchoolAfrica have made such a difference to the lives of disabled South Africans, it was awarded an international Zero Project Award for doing...
“One of the best parts of Chanukah is the sheer amount of doughnuts we get to eat.” “I could eat 10 of these.” “This isn’t a...
As 16 December – South Africa’s unofficial national breakup day – approaches, Johannesburg Jews gear up for their annual coastal migration, trading in the streets of...
Forty Afrika Tikkun delegates visited the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre last week to build awareness of the history and identity of their organisation’s Jewish...
Cape Town Hout Bay and Seal Island Visit the popular Hout Bay harbour, and take a stroll around the market and sandy beach. Hop onto a...
In planning this week’s edition, our last of 2024, we had hoped to have an uplifting, lighthearted publication that would herald the beginning of our December...
“And the impure were defeated by the pure.” Throughout Chanukah, this line rings out through our prayers three times a day. We remember how a small...
As this is the last Above Board for 2024, I thought it correct to use this opportunity for a retrospective on what has been an extremely...
Walking into her home on the Israeli border with Lebanon on 2 December, after 14 months of being a refugee in her own country, South African...
Freed South African-born hostage Aviva Siegel ached at her mother-in-law’s funeral this week, mourning not only the loss of the family matriarch but the prolonged absence...
Struggle stalwart Reverend Frank Chikane has launched a new anti-apartheid movement that will target one country only: Israel. “The movement against apartheid in Israel isn’t against...
Hybrid warfare requires more from the military than the demands of traditional conventional combat. Cyber warfare; irregular warfare; the control of information and disinformation; lawfare; and...
Our community is notorious for keeping quiet about abuse, said speakers at a discussion hosted by the Chevrah Kadisha on 3 December, but keeping it secret...
The United States-brokered ceasefire between the Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel can be summed up by a well-known Latin expression: caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). Hezbollah...
He was a beautiful, brown eyed young boy born into a loving family. He was exceptionally bright with a talent for gymnastics, competing at national and...
Every December, many South African Jewish children and teenagers head for the Cape where they spend the best three weeks of their year on machaneh with...
