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Sunday was Mother’s Day. It’s a day I greatly look forward to even though I’m not fortunate enough to still have my mother around. I’m also...
I was raised by Germans. I went to sleep with the bedtime stories of Struwwelpeter where a girl sets her hair on fire because she fiddles...
Along with the frozen yoghurt and double espresso, I asked for a Coke Zero. I paid, was handed the coffee and “Zero”, and waited for my...
It’s not like anyone should be able to point fingers. This year, with Easter Friday, Ramadan, and Passover all happening on the self-same day, it’s pretty...
Last week, I mentioned that my son was marrying a Yemenite girl and that we had no idea what to expect from the henna party. And...
It’s not easy to let go. But if we have learned anything from planning a wedding in another country, during a pandemic, with a Yemenite future...
Will Smith did what every self-respecting husband would do. Oscars host Chris Rock made a joke at the expense of Will’s wife. Which wouldn’t have been...
I have long held the view that men are stupid. Especially when it comes to relationships. Many a friend, married for years, has been shocked to...
It sounds like the start of a bad joke. Or a dad joke. But it isn’t. It’s a serious question. What do air fryers, fish braais,...
I’m a rebel. Finally. After 53 boring years, I have now become a lawbreaker. And it makes me feel alive. Until it kills me. And then...
We’re drawn to stories, and we’re drawn to heroes. Every compelling book or movie that has a hero follows a similar pattern. The tale often begins...
Some years ago, we were making a guest list for a function. It went rather swimmingly until I innocently mentioned the name of someone whom I...
I’m not a runner. But every morning, I race against the 06:00 news. The beginning of the headlines is my cue to log onto Wordle and...
In my defense, I had recently lost my mother when I was asked by a fellow kaddish sayer to please slow down as he was finding...
If President Cyril Ramaphosa had a Jewish mother, he would probably be a doctor today. Whether it was his profession or not, he would have been...
In our rush to get back to what was considered normal in a pre-COVID-19 world, I’m concerned that we might be “throwing the baby out with...
Some years ago, for no reason that I can clearly remember, there was a spate of “drive-by” shootings. What started as horrific and shocking headline news,...
It’s like man-flu, only with everyone around being even more annoying than they usually are. That’s my experience a few days into a bout with Omicron....
I suspect that Debs has me on speed dial. As her one-phone-call-away COVID-19 reassurance go-to person, I suspect I’m just one in a series of contacts...
This isn’t a column about Daisy. It’s a column about kindness and appreciation. And even though Daisy, our beloved German Shepherd, is central to the story,...
I hadn’t thought of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem Ulysses for some years. And yet, there I was in the middle of a conversation with Avi Kay,...
I feel sorry for Julius Malema. This is why. A few moments after the death of FW de Klerk, Julius Malema tweeted an article that contained...
I didn’t realise until way too late that Chanukah is very early this year. It falls in November, which isn’t just early, but also enormously confusing...
On Sunday afternoon, I was reminded what it is that I love about the South African Jewish community. It so happened that I was in a...
I fully intended to be outraged at an Economic Freedom Fighters tweet that quoted Julius Malema. He was speaking at an election event that was live...
The conversation would go something along these lines. “Mrs Feldman,” they would say, on seeing my late grandmother, “You are looking too wonderful!” A pregnant pause...
There are many reasons why it isn’t easy to be a Jewish male. Expectation of performance begins at eight days, and hardly eases up until we...
It took me a while to comprehend what he was telling me. Because it made no sense to me that anyone would choose to run 100km...
I hate honey. I might be a blasphemer of note for even thinking such a thing, but “living my truth” means being honest. And honestly, I...
I genuinely have no idea how the year 5781 has been. I know that I’m still here, and that’s good. I know that my father isn’t,...
It’s worth pondering how unpaid African National Congress (ANC) employees feel about the organisation allocating resources to massive billboards decrying Israel. ANC policy aside, it must...
There aren’t many positive things to be said about living through a pandemic. The loss, the fear, anxiety, and financial impact cannot be understated, nor the...
The “good book” is quite specific. It tells us that we need to circumcise our sons, teach our children Torah, make sure that they understand what...
I’ll just come out and say it. There should be a pause on all aliyah applications for six months. Like a cooling off period. Because whereas...
There is something truly awful about being the only couple at a restaurant. Whereas after years of travel, I don’t have a problem dining alone, I...
This is an apology to my daughter, Abby, to animal lovers everywhere, and to the late Yorkshire Terrier called Fred. May his memory always be for...
Fred died this morning. Not to speak ill of the dead or anything, it needs to be said that he was a bit of a narcissist....
On Sunday, I had an article that would write itself. Those are my favourites, as the words flow from the heart and the pages are filled...
My parents were married for 55 years, and I’m certain that not one of the 20 075 days that they were together was a day without...
I didn’t check how old Tjaard was turning last Monday, but the day that followed the move to level 4 lockdown was his birthday. It so...
