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Thirty years ago, Jews in the Soviet Union were not allowed to study Hebrew, eat kosher food, talk about Zionism, go to a synagogue or, most...
Thirty years ago saw the largest gathering of Jews in American history. On Decmber 6, 1987, some 250 000 Jews came together on the National Mall...
Last month, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research made an astonishing announcement: the discovery of 170 000 Jewish documents thought to have been destroyed during the...
A few months back, Simi Polonsky was posting photos of herself on Instagram dressed in colourful modest-chic outfits - the kind of fashionable clothing that nonetheless...
The second oldest congregation in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most Jewish-populated city, will dedicate a new synagogue next year, a century after it was opened.
Chris Watson played four standout years of basketball at Niagara University, where he became one of the upstate New York suniversity’s all-time leading scorers. So, when...
HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones” has a myriad Jewish connections off screen, from the cultural identity of the show’s creators to an affinity with Anne...
A Vermont woman thinks so. A Vermont educator whose grandparents perished in Auschwitz, is working to create a humanitarian institute next to the infamous concentration camp,...
For many years, I worked in the most special place I could imagine. It’s a radical beit midrash (house of study) in Jerusalem, Memizrach Shemesh, the...
E B White famously wrote that there are "roughly three New Yorks": the one of the native New Yorker, the one of the commuter, and the...
How do you pronounce Chanukah? Is there a correct spelling for the holiday? Why does Chanukah last eight days?
Statement by the Embassy of Israel in South Africa.
I used to look forward to reading the Jewish Report but not anymore. I am a proud Jew and Zionist. I have stopped watching SABC, BBC,...
This coming weekend has been declared a ‘Weekend of Prayer’ by the South African Friends of Israel to pray for South Africa, Israel and for the...
Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The South African Jewish community – much like world Jewry – is bracing itself for a potential backlash in response to US President Donald Trump recognising...
Jacob was not only a father, he was a forefather, a patriarch, a giant. Yet, the verses point out how he openly showed his affection towards...
Gideon Behar, chief director for Africa in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is calling on “the silent majority of South Africans” which supports Israel, to...
I could quote you a line from the Torah. I could offer some wisdom from the Talmud. Instead, I’ll cull a nifty little piece of dialogue...
As we slow down to let holiday fever set in, it is difficult not to worry about what the ANC elective conference will bring. How will...
If politics is a game of chess and the board is the Middle East, then Russian president Vladimir Putin has undoubtedly checkmated his opponents - none...
Joe Kennedy, father of JFK, famously sold out of the stock market ahead of the great crash of 1929 when he started to get stock tips...
It was 50 years ago this week that Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first successful human heart transplant. But who was his patient? Overshadowed by...
The days of Jewish women not being able to remarry because their husbands refuse to give them a get, may well be numbered because a halachically...
It is that time of year that we close our laptops, switch off our alarms and simply start winding down. It is holiday time!
The highlights, the classics, and off the beaten track - we look at just some of the activities you and your family can enjoy in Cape...
Durban Central Family fun Durban Botanic Gardens Festive Trail of Lights See the gardens as never before, lit up at night with magical fairy lights. Every...
There's a world of fun for kids and adults alike In Plett this year. Both outdoors and in, there is so much to keep you occupied...
School holidays are heaven for kids and not so much fun for the adults who have to work out how to keep them busy. From family-friendly...
There is loads of fun and entertainment to be had in Johannesburg for those remaining in the city over the holiday period.
Holidays are almost here and as everybody winds down, reading moves up the priorities list. To help you winnow the best from the rest, here is...
It’s time to stop bemoaning the prevalence of abuse in our community. What is needed is action and prevention. But the question is… are we, as...
It was meant to be a world record-breaking 100 kilometre swim in a day among five species of shark, but the Great Shark Swim ended up...
Watch out JK Rowling! Hot on the heels of your Harry Potter series, Shaul Behr has written a religious sci-fi novel called “Ari Barak and the...
The struggle continues. In the old South Africa it was a struggle against the evils of racism and apartheid and oppression. It was a struggle for...
With the ANC elective conference around the corner and the country in an economic slump, the discussion around many Shabbos tables - particularly in Johannesburg -...
December holidays are not only about being free of the demands of school, but also escaping the clutches of parents, the annoyance of siblings and the...
Right now, thousands of matriculants around the country have gathered at the KwaZulu-Natal and Plett Rage festivals to celebrate their freedom. It’s a week of partying,...
Laying criminal charges against SARS head Tom Moyane. Letters to the finance parliamentary standing committee regarding SARS’ chief officer Jonas Makwakwa being cleared of wrongdoings. Court...
“Every musical journey begins with a dream. And when this dream converges into reality, the results can be breath-taking.”. Such is the story of Voices, a...
