click to dowload our latest edition
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
The smattering of Jewish residents living in troubled Eswatini breathed a sigh of relief this week at the brief calm in the mountain kingdom following days...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) this week welcomed the decision by the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) to launch an inquiry into the SAZF’s complaint about...
The tragic and untimely passing of Kyle Onay, 37, from COVID-19 last week has devastated those who knew and loved him, but his death has inspired...
The co-owner of popular kosher eatery Frangelicas, Elana Godley, made it out of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) in the nick of time on Tuesday afternoon, moments before...
Amid the unfolding trauma of the crippling COVID-19 third wave, an unprecedented spirit of generosity has inspired countless acts of kindness. When Johannesburg mother Ricci Kodesh...
The rapidly-transmissible Delta variant has thrown yet another gigantic curve ball into the COVID-19 mix, but experts this week said vaccines were effective against it. The...
If all the world’s a stage, Daphne Kuhn of Theatre on the Square is now playing the role of a lifetime trying to save her cherished...
When one of his congregants passed away last week, Rabbi Chaim Bar Sella of Rwanda turned to local rabbis in South Africa to help him arrange...
“It’s horrific out there,” said Dr Richard Friedland, the chief executive officer of Netcare, the country’s largest private hospital group, as rising COVID-19 infections continue to...
Communal experts this week issued a stern warning to “catch a wake up” as the community has been hard hit by death, severe illness, and an...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) has predictably come in for some heavy criticism by the anti-Israel lobby for lodging a complaint against retired Judge Siraj...
Hundreds of applications worldwide for Lithuanian citizenship based on ancestry are being rejected by the Lithuanian Migration Department, some pending indefinitely and others being placed on...
Nausheena Mohamed is a Muslim and a Middle East peace activist. She is no stranger to insults and criticism from her own community for her alternative...
The daughter-in-law of United States President Joe Biden was on route to South Africa on Wednesday to attend her beloved mother’s funeral in Johannesburg. Melissa Cohen-Biden,...
It has been a lonely experience for many Jewish scholars at secular private or government schools following the recent conflict in the Middle East. For some...
“Adult male-on-male abuse is a worrying issue as more incidents involving innocent teenagers and young adult victims are brought to our attention,” said Rebbetzin Wendy Hendler...
“They [Israel] have to wake up. Now!” shouted African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Jessie Duarte at an ANC picket at the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on...
Joburg’s multi-faith, multi-cultural Redhill School this week attempted to pick up the pieces after angry pro-Palestinian alumni and students attacked the principal for trying to calm...
As Israel faced a steady bombardment of deadly rockets fired by terrorist groups in Gaza this week, the South African government, politicians, and activists condemned the...
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) has witnessed a marked increase in anti-Israel rhetoric as well as expressions of hate directed at Jews online following violence in...
Members of the community – among others – this week flocked to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital following rumours that the COVID-19 jab was available to...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has called for a face-to-face meeting with the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) to resolve tensions following the recent...
Minister of State Security Ayanda Dlodlo said South Africa was ready to deal with any security threat, and wouldn’t remain neutral in the face of potential...
Brandon Regenbaum, who was shot in the face following a foiled robbery at Melrose Arch on Easter Monday, said this week it was “a miracle” he...
There has been widespread local and international condemnation over a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing Israel of apartheid and persecution. The United States-based HRW published...
Nicholas Wolpe, the founder and chief executive of the Liliesleaf Trust, is a man on a sad, lonely mission. Out of desperation, he has become the...
Following what appears to be one of the first armed robberies at a shul in Johannesburg, Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has described armed robberies targeting...
Jewish healthcare workers this week described incomprehensible scenes of mayhem and camaraderie as smoke from a fire at one of Johannesburg’s biggest public hospitals forced them...
The South African Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Coalition this week tried everything in its power to stop esteemed Gauteng Judge David Unterhalter from being interviewed by...
It has been a week of high drama on the global COVID-19 vaccine stage as niggling concerns about both the Pfizer BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson...
A young couple attempted to flee the scene of a botched armed robbery at Melrose Arch on Easter Monday, only to get caught in a hail...
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...
