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It has been a busy time for Tony Leon, the erstwhile leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), but one he takes in his stride. Leon has...
There is a widespread perception in the community that South Africa is lagging way behind in its vaccine rollout, but insiders say there will be enough...
The late Flora Hovsha, 95, didn’t ask for much when she was alive, her family said. But she had a lifelong wish to be buried next...
As South African Jewry gather around the seder table to commemorate the exodus from Egypt this Saturday night, it will also be a poignant reminder of...
A warrant of arrest has been issued for white supremacist and Nazi sympathiser Jan Lamprecht, who allegedly breached an interim protection order issued against him last...
Exactly a year ago, COVID-19 entered our living rooms as news broke of the first case of the dreaded disease striking a member of our community....
Ruth Beinart has a choice phrase that describes the devastating year she has faced since her only child and partner died tragically last year within weeks...
Forensic accountant Ryan Sacks last week blew the cover on alleged corruption and financial irregularities within and without the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa),...
After a mammoth wait for results, matriculants are now speedily preparing to go to university or take time out following what some have called the “worst...
A former head boy of King David Victory Park (KDVP) has pleaded guilty to importing a large quantity of cocaine from South Africa to Australia in...
Embattled former Eskom board member and alleged Gupta family insider, Mark Pamensky, is desperate to prove his innocence, but isn’t having an easy time of it...
It’s not often a young black man and former supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement in South Africa stands up for Israel in the...
When a group of marauding arsonists torched and destroyed a luxurious Mpumalanga game lodge recently, it not only devasted one Johannesburg family but affected the lives...
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is on track to start as soon as next week say community medical experts in spite of the curve ball wrought by...
There has been a focus on frontline healthcare workers and emergency medical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, but what about the community’s loyal and over stretched...
A Johannesburg doctor is battling to come to terms with the tragic passing of his esteemed colleagues who died in a fatal helicopter crash last week....
When the second and more virulent COVID-19 wave came crashing down at the beginning of the holiday season, Hatzolah Medical Rescue went above and beyond the...
While people around the world line up for vaccination against COVID-19, only 53% of South Africans plan to get vaccinated when it becomes available to them....
Six years ago, infamous campus rabble rouser and Fees Must Fall student activist Mcebo Dlamini was a fiery, Israel-bashing antisemite prone to hurtful and divisive words,...
Time magazine dubbed 2020 the worst year ever. On its latest cover, it features “2020” with a large red “X” through it, marking the end of...
Virology experts in South Africa have allayed fear of COVID-19 vaccines, saying they are a “triumph of science”, and are likely to be game changers. However,...
An Umhlanga rabbi will make sure an old man’s memory is kept alive thanks to a pair of tefillin and a tallis found in his room...
The South African Rabbinical Association has strongly condemned two community-made spoof videos which have been circulating on social media that depict Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein...
A spoof video which depicts Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein as Adolf Hitler has been doing the rounds on social media. Though it’s intended to be...
The Cohen family in Johannesburg has been inundated with media calls from around the world intrigued by United States (US) President-elect Joe Biden’s South African-born and...
Lana Marks, the United States (US) ambassador to South Africa and a close friend of US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, may soon...
Professor Karen Milner, the Gauteng chairperson of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), was shocked when she opened a threatening email at the end...
In sentencing Matome Letsoalo, a South African magistrate has sent a clear message that antisemitic statements won’t be tolerated. In the Randburg Magistrates Court on 30...
For the first time in the country’s communal history, the leadership of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) has laid bare its financials and governance vulnerabilities...
The first criminal conviction in an antisemitism case in South Africa may have an impact on how the courts will rule in pending cases where Jews...
The Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) has appointed an ombudsman to tackle complaints and issues raised following the recent public outcry over kosher food prices and...
Online fame is the currency of our youth, say social-media experts who admit that while it can be dangerous and a damaging road to travel, it...
The African National Congress (ANC) has called on the Israeli government to release a suspected Palestinian terrorist who has been on prolonged hunger strike in protest...
Local manufacturers of kosher food say they are looking overseas for alternative kosher certification following the furore caused by the Beth Din’s removal of a company’s...
Democratic Alliance member of the National Assembly, Darren Bergman, represented South Africa as a Parliamentarian For Peace (P4P) at the World Normandy Peace Forum last week....
The Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has defended its decision to include an academic who supported the academic boycott...
Owner of 4aKid, Ally Cohen, is in the baby business. But this did little to prepare her for one of her staff going into premature labour...
Strong co-operation between the University of the Free State (UFS) and University of Haifa in Israel is to be marked next week with their first international...
She lived with pain for years, but this didn’t stop much-loved infant swimming instructor Rikki Kotzen, 31, from dedicating her adult life to saving lives and...
The presence of South African steel tycoon Eric Samson and his wife Sheila will be strongly felt during the first United States presidential debate between Democratic...
