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“You Jew! You Jews! Go home Jews, you Jews are stealing again,” was the antisemitic abuse hurled at a Jewish entrepreneur in the corridors of the...
She’s an actress, an author, producer, keynote speaker, and mother who has just added one more role to her resume: special envoy for combating antisemitism and...
When Daniel Frohlich studied aeronautical engineering at Wits (the University of the Witwatersrand), he needed to do an internship as part of his second year. Deciding...
Virulently anti-Israel organisation Africa4Palestine (A4P) has once again got the ruling party to help foot the bill for an anti-Israel billboard on a busy Johannesburg highway....
When 18-year-old Hanna Green delivered the keynote address at cancer-support organisation the DL Link’s fundraising dinner three weeks ago, she held the attention of everyone in...
Jewish cemeteries are usually clearly separated from the wider population, but recently, the Small Jewish Communities Association (SJCA) noticed that 15 local people had been buried...
Four matric prefect pupils raise outstretched right arms in “Heil Hitler” salutes on stage during a karaoke rendition of Erika, possibly the best-known tune that was...
“Sadistic, cruel, genocidal, evil, sick, fascist, and inhumane,” was how the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) described Israel in a press release on Friday, 13 May. The...
It’s been more than two years since the East London Hebrew Congregation (ELHC) fired Rabbi Chanoch Galperin after he was found guilty of 13 counts of...
After 80-plus years as a thriving Jewish old aged home in the heart of Norwood, Our Parents Home (OPH) will be closed down and its residents...
In contrast to the thunderous condemnation after former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng spoke about the Middle East, the silence was deafening this week when retired Judge...
At the end of 2021, Erin Lazarus (23) had the world at her feet – literally. She had just finished her degree, and was due to...
The SA Jewish Report last week (12 May 2022) detailed how Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein commissioned an independent survey in Israel recently to gauge attitudes...
Denis Shaporenko is 36 years old, has cerebral palsy, and has lost 50% of his vision. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, he fled, making aliya...
David Badar was cooking for Shabbat after Yom Ha’atzmaut (on 5 May) when he got a call that there had been a terrorist attack in his...
Labour law expert and member of parliament (MP), Michael Bagraim, says he has noticed a dramatic increase in anti-Israel rhetoric across political parties in parliament. This...
An Amnesty International (AI) report stating that Israel had practiced apartheid since its inception was heavily criticised upon its release in February this year. Now, Jerusalem-based...
It’s always a celebration when someone makes aliya, but the South African Jewish community, the country, and sub-Saharan Africa will miss the irreplaceable presence of Ann...
It’s not often that two Jewish filmmakers win a prize at a prestigious Afrikaans film festival, but this was the case recently for Jordy Sank and...
They’ve seen people drown, and rescued people in gale force winds and on summer days. They’ve thrown themselves into icy oceans, taken ill sailors off ships,...
A serial arsonist has been terrorising Johannesburg’s northern suburbs, and members of the Jewish community fear for their safety. This predator watches his victims before invading...
“We were like brothers,” says South African oleh Nathaniel Landau (25), reeling from the murder of his close friend, Vyacheslav (Daniel) Golev (23), by terrorists while...
Israel Diaspora Affairs Minister Dr Nachman Shai has expressed concern over the rise in antisemitic conspiracy theories in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This...
The anti-Israel lobby in South Africa bends over backwards to say that it’s not antisemitic, but it let the facade slip on four occasions in April...
“Yom Hazikaron is a deeply painful and sacred day. But so often, the Palestinian narrative is erased, which leads to greater despair for both sides,” says...
It’s not every day that a grandmother is featured in an adidas campaign, but then again, it’s not often that a nice Jewish girl from Cape...
Erring on the side of caution, the Strauss Group, one of Israel’s largest food manufacturers, announced on 27 April that it was recalling all Elite chocolate...
“At my home we have power but no water. Luckily we have a small JoJo [rainwater collection] tank, but it’s being used up quickly. Our ward...
It’s been almost six months since South African oleh Eli Kay was gunned down in cold blood by a terrorist. Now, his family and Telfed have...
“Pregnant women tried to kill their own babies. It was better to kill their babies than let the Nazis experiment on them,” says 98-year-old Holocaust survivor...
Thousands of South African Jews attribute their safe journey into this world to the late obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Jules Leeb. When he passed away in...
Ruth Berman was born in Cape Town in 1935, and grew up in Sea Point in a Lithuanian immigrant family. Her mother’s father was the famous...
When South Africans emigrate, many of them shut the door on their former country. But Claire Jankelson and Di Singer, who live in Australia, have not...
When Johannesburg Rabbi Yossi Chaikin heard that there had been a shooting at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday, 12 April, he went...
Johannesburg resident Kim Fine and her family went from enjoying a carefree evening out in the Namal (port) area of Tel Aviv last Thursday evening (7...
The Durban Jewish community is caught up in a Biblical scenario not unlike the plagues in the Pesach story, as flooding plagues their province. Not only...
He was a real all-rounder, full of life, and dedicated to the well-being of others, and his sudden death has left family, friends, and the community...
The seder plate takes centre stage on our Pesach tables, playing a crucial role in bringing the story of the Exodus to life. But did you...
After a six-year behind-the-scenes journey, Telfed (the absorption organisation for South Africans in Israel) has launched a world first – a seven-year medical degree in English...
One year after a University of Cape Town (UCT) political science lecturer claimed “Hitler committed no crime”, he remains firmly in his academic seat. Dr Lwazi...
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