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Largely buried in the flood of media reports generated by last week’s ANC policy conference, was a recommendation by the party’s International Relations Commission that the...
Doctor, sportsman, administrator, author and a now a television interviewer - Ali Bacher is one of those people who has done it all.
Gia Lipschitz, a grade 3 learner at Bellavista School, was awarded full Junior Colours for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) by the Central Gauteng Gymnastic Association, for...
When Jews were panicking whether to stay or leave South Africa before the end of apartheid, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, predicted...
There was heated debate over the possible downgrading or closure of the South African embassy in Israel at the ANC Policy Conference at Nasrec this week....
The story of Bilam presents a glaring question to us about Hashem’s attitude towards us and the decisions we make.
When Progressive Rabbi Sa’ar Shaked stood up to say a prayer at the opening of the ANC Policy Conference at Nasrec last Friday, he took a...
Eight years ago, Bongani Masuku, Cosatu’s International Relations Secretary, threatened to subject some of South African Jews to “perpetual suffering” - among other hateful utterances -...
What do you think of when you think of Italy? Maybe you picture beautiful works of art set against rolling Tuscan hills? Maybe a steaming plate...
When news of the forensic officers going on strike was reported, most Jewish people paid little attention, believing it didn’t affect them. However, when your religion...
When a Jewish person tells a Jewish joke to another Jewish person, it is invariably thought to be hilarious and can be enjoyed for the inside...
In the last week, the north-eastern part of Israel has come that little bit closer to the war in Syria. Cross-border missile fire and mortar bombs...
In the past weeks, expectations and fears over the direction of the ANC appeared in headlines around the world. The ANC Policy Conference at Nasrec in...
Professor Raymond Suttner risked life and limb in opposing the apartheid regime as a member of the ANC and SA Communist Party. Now, he gives his...
Haredi Orthodox Jews agree with their non-Orthodox brethren on one thing: The future of the Jewish people is at stake in the debate raging over who...
Ritalin is one of the most controversial - and hidden - medications used in private schools. Some will insist that it is over-prescribed, others say that...
David Goldblatt is an iconic South African photographer who has shone a light (or, rather a camera) on South Africans in all their glory. For decades...
Every journalist is a frustrated author and dreams of writing a great novel, says South African-born writer living in Israel, Joel Gordin, whose book “Love Song...
When Mikaila Sher introduced a water project at her school, she displayed a key characteristic required of Diller Teen Fellows - the ability to have a...
Driving through the built-up areas of upmarket Johannesburg must be invigorating for Anthony Orelowitz, considering just how many of the new and innovative buildings he passes,...
David Grossman, one of Israel’s most celebrated writers, won the International Man Booker prize for his latest novel, A Horse Walks Into A Bar. On June...
Three prominent members of the Cape Jewish community, Michael Bagraim, Alvin Kushner and David Janks, braved the winter weather and embarked on a motorbike tour from...
Denzil Levy - the doyen of the Port Elizabeth community - celebrated his 100th birthday last Wednesday. His already wonderful milestone birthday was improved when a...
A famous example of a journalist bravely speaking truth to power, regardless of personal consequences, comes from Jewish history in 1898, when French writer Emile Zola...
As has been more fully reported on elsewhere in this issue, the Equality Court last week upheld a ruling by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)...
Last week’s Jewish Report contained three articles denouncing the anti-Jewish action by the Public Protector. The paper unfortunately contained an anti-Jewish letter by Lionel Marcus, which...
I refer to Howard Feldman’s column in last week’s paper, concerning minyanim. I am a little surprised by his remarks concerning picking “bits of bacon from...
Every little boy wants to be a fireman when he grows up, doesn’t he? In the “old” days there seemed to be aspirations for boys to...
Sophie Hodes and Jade Robinson from King David Linksfield Junior School - both nine years old and in grade 3 – were determined to collect shoes...
Eleven-year-old Jewish Johannesburg schoolboy, Ethan Ferreira, was so moved by the devastating fires which consumed hundreds of homes in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay recently, he felt...
Ninety-six-year-old Maish Cohen celebrated his third bar mitzvah at Rabbi Gavin Michal’s Bal Shem Tov Shul in Orange Grove, last Shabbos.
Cricketer Colin Venter will be the flag bearer for Team Maccabi SA at the opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah, taking place on July 6 at...
The King David Victory Park campus has always prided itself on its small, intimate classes with individual attention and being a school that is part of...
Sandton Sinai hosted a “Science Expo” for all primary school families. On display were amazing pieces of work presented by learners from grade R through to...
Holiday school at Sydenham Pre-Primary is the place to be this July! It started with a bang on Monday, with a carnival.
Torah Academy Primary School fared well in the inter-Jewish day schools cross country, held at King David Primary School, Sandton last week.
Twenty-four-year-old Diego Schwartzman of Argentina was the great Jewish hopeful when Wimbledon started this week, with no other Jewish player being seeded higher for this tournament.
When you think of Hatzolah, you imagine ambulances, accidents, sick people - you don’t equate it with a fun YouTube game that is going to inspire...
While South African Jews are convinced that our kosher chicken is so much more expensive than non-kosher birds in other Diaspora communities, the opposite is actually...
Ever wondered what the medical emblem of the snake wrapped around a stick means? No doubt you're familiar with it - it's used around the world...
