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When the daughter of a South African oleh, Galya Sackstein, went to sleep last Sunday night, 26 March, she was worried. “I didn’t know if I...
The University of Pretoria (UP or Tuks) this week condemned any form of religious and racist intolerance in the light of the antisemitic stand taken on...
Olim form a vital part of Israeli society, yet their voices are often overtaken by the loud, proud voices of those born in Israel. But olim...
They say that behind every great man is a great woman, but over the past 90 years, the Union of Jewish Woman (UJW) has turned this...
A crucial moment in the Pesach story is when the Israelites are so rushed to leave, their bread doesn’t have time to rise. It’s emblematic of...
“If it wasn’t for the community and Hashem, I wouldn’t have made it,” says Johannesburg mother Shira Gutnick (née Zagnoev), who almost died on the operating...
The University of the Cape Town (UCT) has denied responsibility for allowing members of terrorist groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) to address an audience...
Members of the small Jewish community in the Eastern Cape municipal area of Nelson Mandela Bay (which includes Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth), are among thousands who...
South African Jewish Board of Deputies National Director Wendy Kahn has described as “chilling” a demonstration titled “in protest of Zionism’s presence at universities” at the...
Three years ago, the world shut down in an effort to combat an unknown enemy: the newly emerging COVID-19 pandemic. Though this terrifying time has faded...
Community leader Marlene Bethlehem usually spoke to her dear friend, Ann Harris, before Shabbat every week. So, when she didn’t hear from her this past Friday...
Ignoring the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement’s call for artists to boycott the Jewish state, 2023 Grammy Award winner Zakes Bantwini (born Zakhele Madida) played at...
The fact that downgrading of the South African embassy in Israel was even debated in parliament is something that Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Bagraim says...
A little-known Holocaust-era story of rescue, survival, and finding refuge in South Africa will now be remembered in a quiet corner of Africa. On 6 March,...
Shaun Tomson may have been an award-winning surfer, but when his son died suddenly in 2006, he felt like he was drowning. His Jewish identity became...
Denis Hirson had one of the most curious Barmitzvahs any Jewish boy could have had. It was probably one of a kind. However, it was writing...
Elan Ganeles, 26, was en route to a South African family wedding when he was murdered in a terrorist attack near the Dead Sea on Monday,...
A small faction of the South African Students Congress (SASCO) released an unofficial statement this week condemning an agreement between the South African Union of Jewish...
South Africa and Angola may share a close relationship, but they differ sharply in their approach to Israel. Though South Africa sends high-level delegations to the...
It was an ordinary morning on 4 January 2023 when South African olah Sarah Cohen* received an email saying that the high-tech Israeli company she worked...
In 1969, at the age of 21, John Schlapobersky was arrested for opposing apartheid, primarily through poetry. He was tortured, detained, and eventually deported. Interrogated through...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has joined an international call to stop the Israeli government from changing the more than 70-year-old Law of...
Benjy Jassinowsky loves spending time in the Kruger National Park and even has a home there. But this month was the first time he has ever...
From the outside, the protests at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in mid-February appeared to be needless disruption and the campus-wide shutdown added to questions...
The life of Sana Nelina, who grew up in the Jewish community of Odesa, was forever changed on 24 February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, unleashing...
Though aliya numbers from South Africa were lower in 2022 than the previous year, about 1% of the South African Jewish community is making aliya annually....
South African-born Peter Michaelson (57) was an acclaimed master swimmer and got much joy from swimming in the ocean. However, it was in the water off...
Sasha Minsky lives a thousand miles away, yet he has made it his mission to change lives in the township of Alexandra, Johannesburg. This 11th grader...
When Chanti Martin (23) noticed tingling in her fingers in 2021, she didn’t think much of it. But this symptom would send her into a confusing,...
In the space of less than 24 hours on 2 February, there was a sea change in relations between Israel and two predominantly Muslim African states...
In spite of a possible backlash from the anti-Israel lobby, two South African artists have decided to share their genius with Israeli audiences in 2023. Former...
When Steven Feifke’s parents emigrated to the Unites States (US) from South Africa three years before he was born, they took their piano with them. It...
When Susan Clapper (nee Eichmann) was a little girl, she was sent away from her parents, never to see them again. That journey saved her life,...
Just more than 30 years ago, a Jewish couple got married in Cape Town. The bride was Mary Menell and the groom, Jeffrey (Jeff) Zients. Nelson...
The granddaughter of South African olim was stationed at an army base just 5m away from the senseless terror attack in Jerusalem on 27 January, International...
John Levin learnt to sail as a child growing up in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape, and he hasn’t stopped since. This 81-year-old has just...
Fifty-five years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe sent a shaliach to Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), long before emissaries were sent to most other countries. At the time,...
“It was my first demonstration since making aliya in 2021, and the atmosphere was electric,” says Samuel Hyde, who was amongst the 110 000 people that...
A senior South African government official is in “Palestine” on a working visit for the second time in six months, but has totally ignored Israel. In...
Mila Smith may have already established a successful career as a singer and songwriter, but that didn’t stop her from enjoying everything that her matric year...
