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Tectonic plates continue to shift, including the East Africa Rift of which the Jordan Rift Valley is a part. At current rates, less than one centimetre...
Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein has taken on the call to stop violence against women and children head on. He is forming the Abuse Review Board to...
As we celebrate 120 years of Zionism this month, Milton Shain takes us through the origins, successes and unfinished business that is Zionism.
Sean Spicer has resigned his post as White House Press Secretary, reportedly disappointed with the appointment of New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. According...
Michelle K Blumenau Alge, the co-founder of Go Getters - The SA Gett Network, takes us through her experience in this role and why it is...
When hit musical King Kong was originally performed at His Majesty’s Theatre in Johannesburg’s city centre in 1959, mixed audiences were a rarity. Among others, Jewish...
Gilan Gork is a mentalist who dazzles audiences with mind-reading displays and can interpret depths of meaning in subtle shifts of body language. He’s also a...
As part of a diplomatic arrangement with Jordan, Israel has agreed to remove the metal detectors it had installed on the Temple Mount in response to...
I was on a visit to South Africa and had the privilege to accompany Rabbi Israel Kaye for one day of the three-day outing he organised...
It just boggles the mind. In the not too distant past, when one man attempted to board a plane, while carrying a potential explosive in the...
We would like to pay tribute to, and commend the Johannesburg Chevrah Kadisha for the outstanding service it performs for the community. Its expertise is widely...
Having endured an often difficult history, many Jews decided that enough was enough. In order to survive, we would need to return to our ancient homeland...
Learners of Hirsch Lyons Girls’ High School, hosted the children from the Union of Jewish Women’s Alexandra Aftercare for 67 minutes of fun, as their contribution...
After several months of construction, the King David Primary School in Victory Park welcomed smiling faces to their new Foundation Block. The block was built to...
This year for Mandela Day, Sandton Sinai Primary School ran a collection of pre-loved toys, puzzles and sporting goods, which will be donated to Hospice.
The parents and children of Sydenham Hebrew Pre-Primary School made and packed a record 674 sandwiches in 67 minutes on a freezing cold Friday morning last...
To mark Mandela Day, Torah Academy Primary School children collected money for the Union of Jewish Women’s project “Bags for New Beginnings”.
Mandela Day 2017 was a day of great excitement and big smiles as the Beit Emanuel Care committee handed handknitted teddy bears and beanies to about...
Sunday 9 July was a historic night for the Durban United Hebrew Congregation. It was their inuaguration service to officially open their new Silverton Road Shul.
Israel’s outgoing Ambassador to South Africa, Arthur Lenk and his wife Ruth have participated in Mandela Day every year over the last four years of their...
Cape Town’s Herzlia Dafna Pre-Primary School provides the small Jewish community of Milnerton and surrounding area with a high-quality Jewish education. Dafna faces possible closure due...
Young Adults Learning and Earning (YALE), is an organisation that caters to the needs of Jewish adults unable, because of learning disabilities, to find employment in...
What’s in a picture? The violence at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and the terrorist attack in the West Bank settlement of Halamish on Friday, raises questions about...
As far as the courts, South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and Hollard Insurers are concerned, Graeme Joffe has settled with the sporting body...
Like a Google map, the closer you zoom in, the more detail you get about places you would not have known were there - places that...
In a farewell message to Jewish communal leaders this week, Israel’s Ambassador to South Africa Arthur Lenk, insisted that if South African Jewry want to change...
Is it the money or the man, the cash or the kids? What is most important in our lives? Of course, no one ever admits to...
Johannesburg-based Jewish businessman, Mark Pamensky, is on a mission to clear his tarnished name. He has been shunned and maligned by the community he claims is...
Some South African shuls are brim-full every weekday and some battle to get a minyan, even on Shabbos. Some have an extremely young and vibrant community...
The Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies is in the process of voting in new members. The final step of this process will take place at...
When a Jewish person does well, we klibe such naches and love to bask in their glory. Remember when Joel Stransky kicked that winning drop goal...
I have covered wars and had rockets explode behind me during live reports, and yet it wasn’t so long ago that I was uneasy just walking...
As I approach the end of four wonderful years as Israel’s ambassador in South Africa, I have been reflecting on many lessons learned here.
It wasn't the first time that a French president acknowledged his nation's Holocaust-era guilt, but Emmanuel Macron's speech on the weekend was nonetheless groundbreaking in format,...
As Israeli Ambassador Arthur Lenk’s tenure in South Africa comes to an end, he has been hosted at a number of farewells… such is the love...
The decision to employ a fulltime sport director was the catalyst for Maccabi South Africa’s success at this year’s Maccabi Games. That is the opinion of...
Israel is brimming with tourists at the moment. The two-month school holidays kicked off on July 1, and the scorching temperatures see thousands of visitors flocking...
The unexpected bromance between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel which culminated in Modi’s recent historic Israel visit, has brought to...
In delving into their ancestry, many South African Jews have travelled to Lithuania and not just rediscovered their roots, but actually touched their own personal history...
International relationships coach and therapist, Hedy Schleifer, exudes an enigmatic warmth and vitality. As people around the world seek her and her husband Yumi out for...
