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A few months before we made aliya, I received a phone call from one of the fabulous organisers at our school in Johannesburg. Effervescent and full...
In recent years, we have seen regular attempts by BDS sympathisers within the ruling party to push for South Africa to break its ties with Israel....
Anyone who has attended a 40-year high school reunion, knows the uncomfortable feeling when you meet classmates from several decades ago, who immigrated to other countries...
Being Jewish and belonging to a youth moment does not mean sharing ideals, views and political affinities - especially if you grew up in either Israel...
As we come to the end of the Parliamentary year next week, I want to take a small space of your letters column to praise the...
Beit Emanuel is a gem of a congregation: it gives expression to the deepest and most profound Jewish and South African values of respect for the...
Space prevents us from expressing enough words of appreciation for the wonderful leadership of Michael Sieff, as he sadly leaves the Chev.
There was great excitement when Yeshiva College opened its brand-new playschool facilities for 2 - 3 year olds recently.
Torah Academy Nursery School launched a “Kindness Campaign” on World Kindness Day (November 13) to bring positive energy into the community.
The grade R children of Sydenham Hebrew Pre-Primary School, had a Hebrew party with Morah Ita last Thursday. Each child chose and drew an object and...
It is not often a school is visited by a NASA astronaut, but King David Victory Park Primary got lucky when Dr Don Thomas came to...
We, the undersigned 45 individuals, value the open and welcoming atmosphere of our Beit Emanuel Synagogue, and the personal warmth and generosity of Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked.
The 17th annual Allen Joss Auto Jaffa Golf Day was held at Wingate Park Country Club on October 28 and was filled with lots of fun...
The Shuvu network of schools in Israel was founded 27 years ago by the rosh yeshiva of Torah V'Daas in New York, Hagaon Harav Avrohom Yaakov...
The Union of Jewish Women Johannesburg, together with volunteers, took Mitzvah Day to heart and and made a difference within the wider South African community.
The Johannesburg South African Union of Progressive Jews (SAUPJ) - which includes members of Bet David, Temple Israel Hillbrow and Beit Emanuel - chose to thoroughly...
This year, Bnei Akiva has seen successes like never before, with soaring numbers in all our programmes and continuous connections with all our members through a...
There is great excitement in Israel that next year’s Giro d’Italia cycle race will begin in Israel. Cyclists will travel through the Negev Desert, follow the...
Multi-award-winning international rapper Drake is not only Jewish, but he has a close South African connection.
If you happen to be in the Johannesburg suburbs on the weekend and you hear someone shout, “There goes the Vintage Man”, don’t look for an...
SA Union of Jewish Students Western Cape Chairman Jesse Soicher, described the atmosphere at the University of Cape Town (UCT) as “eerie” ahead of exams, which...
Marriage is a sacred union of husband and wife. It is called “kidushin”. The word kadosh means holy and also separated and cut off. When a...
Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan insists that this week’s resignation of Michael Sachs, who headed up Treasury’s Budget Office, must be understood in the context of...
“We are anxious as we don’t know who is in control,” says president of the Harare Hebrew Congregation, Arnold Joffe, on Wednesday as a military takeover...
It was hailed as “platz-worthy” by the kosher kids at the Beth Din. Woolworths took the community by surprise when it conducted a survey on social...
The presence of the SA leader of BDS at Beit Emanuel Synagogue - the largest Progressive congregation in South Africa – has driven a wedge of...
When a man by the name of Michael Sachs resigned from the Treasury this week, it was hard not to do a double take. That was...
The last time I interviewed Saad Hariri, prime minister of Lebanon, his hand was covered in bandages. It was 2006 and his friend, and political ally,...
When the King David High School Victory Park five-a-side soccer players ran onto the Discovery Soccer Park field for this year’s tournament in October, they did...
When Stacey Lewis’ husband arrived home in 2008 to tell her that he wanted a divorce and it was not negotiable, she was shattered and didn’t...
“If Johannesburg and Cape Town were on a dating website, Cape Town would be the blonde in the bikini and Johannesburg would be the one with...
When King David Schools alumni hang up their uniforms, they never quite part ways with their school. There is a loyalty and a sense of pride...
Many take access to medical attention for granted, but this is not the case for those who live in rural areas, far from the nearest hospital...
Did you know that one of the proposals for the September 11 Twin Towers Memorial was to fill Ground Zero with orchards of fruit trees and...
Myriad emotions came flooding back as I watched Johnny Clegg in action at the Ticketpro Dome on Saturday night. It was his final concert.
He was known as the Butcher of Prague and as the architect of the Nazis’ Final Solution. Reinhard Heydrich was indeed the “Man with the Iron...
The growing worldwide momentum of the #MeToo movement through which women who were sexually harassed are speaking out after remaining silent for many years, echoes two...
Jews around the world dropped coins into the Jewish National Fund’s blue charity boxes to help Zionists build the Jewish State.
We were sitting at a Shabbat lunch when the hostess raised a very serious issue. She wasn’t feeling absolutely comfortable with herself and needed the affirmation...
Most regular readers of this column will be surprised to know that this is my last one, as I have decided to leave the Chev to...
