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The Embassy of Israel in South Africa has joined Fight Back SA, a non-profit organisation focused on the empowerment of women and children, to provide free...
Zac Abel, the son of Raella Abel and Chris Purcell, and the grandson of Myrna Nel and David Abel, has been selected as the 2021 SACS...
Coming up with an activity for international Mizvah Day on 15 November was a no-brainer for the Gauteng Progressive movement, whose members spent the day cleaning...
Ettie Buch has been an active member of Bnoth Zion (BZ) WIZO (the Women’s International Zionist Association) in Cape Town for 72 years, so it’s fitting...
So many in our community have lost their jobs since the onset of lockdown. We have invited people in this position to send in their details...
Yeshiva College Boys High School has appointed Rabbi Meir Zaiden as menahel at the school. Zaiden is tasked with professionalising the limudei kodesh curriculum, providing clear leadership for limudei...
Not even a pandemic can stop aspirant young writers from pursuing their dreams. Seventeen King David High School Victory Park students from Grades 9-12 entered the...
Grade 7s at King David Sandton ended their primary school year on 12 November by holding a market day that met the needs of COVID-19 safety,...
Sixteen King David Senior Primary School Linksfield students got through to the final round of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Mathematics Competition last month, which...
Shiraz Bodinger, a student at Crawford College Sandton, has been selected as a representative to the Johannesburg Junior Council in 2021. She will serve her term...
Members of the Pretoria Union of Jewish Women (UJW) recently travelled to Hoopstad in the Free State with more than 100 crates full of food, toys,...
Hundreds of people from across the world paid their respects to the late Rabbi Avraham Tanzer, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva College, at a memorial tribute held...
A Chevrah Kadisha fundraiser drew more than a thousand people in the Joburg Jewish community into their cars to relive the days when going to the...
Matric boys at King David High School Victory Park have built innovative games and apps in their spare time that aid memory, pattern recognition, strategy, organisation...
Students from King David Primary School Sandton achieved remarkable results in the recent Wits Mathematics Challenge. King David Sandton came eighth in Gauteng in the Middle...
This Shabbat, the Shabbos Project is being held in more than 1 600 cities and 106 countries around the world. This year, it’s arriving in a...
King David Primary School Linksfield’s virtual newsroom was abuzz with activity recently. There were Grade 7 editors-in-chief strategising with team members, and design and layout specialists...
Yeshiva College students Batsheva Levy and Menachem Altman have been selected as the school’s Johannesburg Junior Council representatives for 2021. They join 70 students across the...
Yeshiva College Primary School has appointed Lara Gavin as its new vice-principal. Gavin will assume the role with immediate effect. The school wishes her much success...
Liron Krawitz, in Grade 10 at King David High School Victory Park, shared first place in the last round of the Bible Quiz on Monday, 19...
The Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO), accompanied by the South African Friends of Israel (SAFI), on 8 October handed over four wheelchairs to the Kutullo Disability...
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) Walter Sisulu Environmental Centre on 3 October donated 1 000 fruit and shade trees to the community of Nellmapius, Mamelodi, a...
Children in paediatric wards at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital were overjoyed to receive packs containing reading books, colouring books, workbooks, and crayons recently. What with their...
“Our primary function should be to focus on getting businesses online and familiar with the digital world,” said Professor Barry Dwolatzky, the director of the Joburg...
Lorraine Rosmarin, a past president of WIZO SA and honorary life vice-chairperson of WIZO Johannesburg, died on Yom Kippur, 27 September. However, her illustrious titles don’t...
Rosh Hashanah has brought new beginnings for all of us and the hope that the special connections and support of family, friends, and community, will continue...
King David High School Victory Park (KDHSVP) pupils have won the Israel Quiz nine times since its inception in 2004, with five runners up over the...
Johannesburg’s youngest progressive shul, Beit Luria, celebrated its first birthday with Rabbi Julia Margolis and the congregation via Zoom on Sunday 6 September. The shul’s cantors,...
Following a year-long search, Dinah Unterslak has been appointed as the permanent principal of the Yeshiva College Primary School. Unterslak is a speech therapist by training...
Yeshiva College held its first virtual assembly at school on Thursday, 20 August. Pupils watched the assembly from class, showing how the school has had to...
King David High School Victory Park (KDVP) last week appointed its student representative council (SRC) for 2020/2021 following a rigorous selection process which involved voting by...
The Emunah Batmitzvah Course has thrived this year in spite of the challenging circumstances. The course, run by Jayde Ronthal and Diasha Gershuni, is part of...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and Zionist youth movements Bnei Akiva, Habonim, Netzer, and Betar are in discussion with medical and security advisors about the...
The Jewish National Fund of South Africa distributed 500 food parcels to the Mamelodi community in Tshwane on 11 August with the assistance of volunteers from...
Yeshiva College last week announced its new student leadership for 2021, with the positions of head boy and head girl going to Akiva Fox and Kayla...
It may be almost impossible to get from Johannesburg to Jerusalem now because of lockdown, but the Jozi2Jerusalem project will enable people across South Africa and...
Herzlia High School elected its student leadership council (SLC) on Friday, 31 July, which will be in place until the elections midway through 2021. At this...
World WIZO (the Women’s International Zionist Organisation) celebrated its official centenary on 11 July 2020. There were greetings and celebratory messages from the 50 WIZO federations...
King David Linksfield has a new student leadership body who are rearing to go for 2020-2021. The high school held online elections on 20 July and...
