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On 18 August 2020, the Lithuanian Supreme Court issued a final ruling denying the review of the merits of a complaint alleging that the Lithuanian government...
In a series of crude antisemitic outbursts across social media, a South African man who is popular on the TikTok social-media platform laughed and joked about...
The Absa Jewish Achiever Awards 2020 is now open for nominations.
A fast-acting neighbour has been hailed as a hero for rescuing a young family whose flat was moments away from being engulfed in smoke and flames.
The South African Board of Jewish Education (SABJE), which governs King David Schools, and Yeshiva College, announced last Friday that it was keeping its schools closed...
For Kevin Greenberg and Stefnie Perlman, a recent “date night” turned into a nightmare when they became victims of harassment and verbal abuse by two policemen...
As the days get longer, and we move slowly towards summer, are we sensing a glimmer of hope or is it still bad, bad, and more...
It wasn’t in the quiet bliss that I had this realisation. I was on my couch for the fifth consecutive week, logged into a virtual conference,...
Did you know that if you hold a Lithuanian passport, you could be eligible for conscription into the Lithuanian army? Whether you live in the Baltic...
One of the scariest aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is whether there will be enough beds and trained staff to accommodate patients across both private and...
Over the past few weeks, when I have phoned patients to tell them that their COVID-19 results are positive, I have been met with disbelief, horror,...
While South Africa begins its part in the human testing phase of a COVID-19 vaccine, our experts don’t expect any such vaccine to be available until...
“To expect to wave a magic wand and the settlements would vanish is totally unrealistic. We saw the national nightmare of uprooting 9 000 people from...
Nelson Mandela was much more than a famous statesman and democratic leader. He was a person who cared about individuals, listened attentively, and believed in the...
I saw a post on Twitter last week that really spoke to me.
Before coronavirus ground the country to a halt, our business, a thriving national mobile bar company, served customers at some of the country’s biggest events.
When future scholars write the history of the administration of Donald Trump, he may end up being called, among many other things, the “conspiracy theorist president”....
Devarim is the parsha associated with Tisha B’Av, the Jewish national day of mourning. This Shabbos, we read the famous Haftarah of Chazon, the vision of...
It started perhaps as it always does – fairly innocently. Sunday was the bris of my great-nephew, and because of COVID-19 rules, we couldn’t be there....
Both the Gauteng and Cape Councils of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) are gearing up for their upcoming biennial conferences, to take place...
The lockdown has had an enormous effect on everyone psychologically and physically. I have been thinking a lot about what Friday nights in shul mean to...
Gila Green’s novel, No Entry, aims to alert readers to the oft overlooked issue of elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade, which is an admirable...
Every day, we are inundated with information about the dreaded coronavirus, our inboxes packed with an excess of literature which many of us struggle to comprehend.
Torah Academy’s Cycalive, is a finalist in Shalom Corps, an international competition to find the best volunteer projects that bring about social change.
In honour of Mandela Day this year, the community rallied together to support CAN Ikageng (Illovo) by preparing “meals in a bag” – a bag of...
Nineteen million South Africans go to bed hungry every day in South Africa, an unimaginable statistic, especially as we move into the heart of winter when...
Yeshiva College matric students Dani Sack and Alexa Price hosted a webinar on gender-based violence on 10 July on behalf of the school.
In a defining moment that could give the “go ahead” for terrorism in South Africa, the case against 12 men accused of perpetrating terrorist activities in...
South Africa’s planned downgrade of its embassy in Israel is still very much in limbo, according to statements made by Naledi Pandor, the minister of international...
On Shabbos two Friday nights ago in the COVID-19 casualty ward of Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, Dr Joel Dave and his wife Dr Nicola...
The Twittersphere exploded on Monday after a flurry of antisemitic tweets was shared on the platform under the hashtag #JewishPrivilege. Since then, hundreds of Jewish users...
More than 60 South African businesses have been given a lifeline and almost 1 000 employees still have their jobs because of loans given by the...
“The doctor told us that my brother was the most serious case in the intensive care unit (ICU),” says Justin Sandler, whose sibling, 36-year-old Glenn Sandler,...
One of the cruellest aspects of COVID-19 is that, because it’s so contagious, its victims mostly land up dying alone and alienated from family and friends.
The South African Beth Din is about to change its law concerning organ transplants, making it possible for people to donate organs in a way that...
11 February 1990. We are sitting in the lounge watching the release of Nelson Mandela from prison on TV after serving 27 years of a life...
Nat (Bregman’s) yartzheit on the 19th of Tammuz and Nelson Mandela’s birthday are a few days apart. My father passed away in July 2011, a sad...
I first met David (aka Nelson Mandela) when my family moved from the Joburg suburb of Parktown to the sprawling farmland of Rivonia. Liliesleaf was the...
It was to my late father, IA (Isie) Maisels QC, that Mandela turned to when he was released from detention in February 1990. Mandela wanted to...
A few days ago, a friend in London reminded me that statues of two South Africans stand in Parliament Square: Nelson Mandela and Jan Christiaan Smuts....
