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Like Ivan Schlapobersky, I, too, am proud of the supportive visit to China Mall by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, and I also haven’t...
“The COVID-19 pandemic we are going through now will probably go down in history as the most severe public health threat we have faced since the...
People who have contracted the Covid-19 coronavirus should avoid certain anti-inflammatory medications as they have been shown to aggravate the disease in certain cases.
Two weeks ago, retired internationally renowned virologist Professor Barry Schoub was packed and ready to go on holiday – and then the phone rang.
Over the past week an unprecedented amount of small businesses have asked me how to retrench, close down, liquidate, even just lock the doors. There’s no...
“Eat your fruit and vegetables.” This isn’t just something parents say to their kids, it’s key to boosting our immunity. Healthy eating is more important than...
Where once your daily gym session or team training regimen was a given, social distancing and an impending lockdown have changed everything. But staying active at...
Forget raising doctors and lawyers, under lockdown, parents are simply scrambling to ensure their kids don’t become permanent couch potatoes. But by prioritising emotional support and...
Coronavirus has three winners: the makers of sanitiser and masks, pharmaceutical companies, and the third isn’t so clear.
While cooking at Chez Panisse at the start of her career, author and chef Samin Nosrat noticed that amid the chaos of the kitchen, there were...
ORT Johannesburg celebrated the organisation’s 140th birthday on International ORT Day, 18 March 2020, with a huge birthday cake and much cheer in spite of the...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies on 23 March arranged for lunch and dinner to be delivered to 13 Australian MTA (a one-year Bnei Akiva...
We applaud President Cyril Ramaphosa for his decisive action on Monday night in announcing a three-week lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The steps outlined in...
Last Friday marked a week that my daughter, Abby, who is 15, wasn’t at school. COVID-19 has closed her high school, which means that she is...
Unsurprisingly, the parents of teenagers everywhere have shifted their concern to a different type of corona – the virus. We’ve officially been put on lockdown, and...
Architecturally and sociologically, the “open plan” was a “wow” moment in 1980s design. The idea was that creativity would flourish without walls or doors to contain...
Six or seven hours before President Cyril Ramaphosa was giving his second national address in eight days on Monday night, Israeli rugby player Omer Levinson was...
The chief rabbi of South Africa, Dr Warren Goldstein, made the toughest decision of his career on Wednesday (18 March) by announcing the closure of shuls...
A birthday party celebrated more than 12 000 kilometres away in the United States brought the dreaded COVID-19 virus right into the living room of the...
Times like these require us to respond with heroic strength. One of our foundational Torah values is the sanctity of human life – every human life...
“Witnessing a fire about to destroy the home you grew up in is a sight I hope few people have in their lives”, says David Horler,...
A visiting Arab Israeli activist accused the head of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions South Africa (BDS-SA) movement of being a liar in a live television debate...
Jewish schools took the lead this week as they made the bold decision to close their doors because of coronavirus before it was official policy.
A controversial social media post from popular South African clothing brand Mevrou & Co. on Sunday, 15 March, resulted in anger and confusion, but had the...
Right now, there is no such thing as business or life as usual in our community, country, or world. COVID-19 has succeeded in turning our lives...
Israeli coalition talks have begun in earnest. On Monday, Benny Gantz, the leader of the centrist Blue and White Party, was tasked by President Reuven Rivlin...
Maybe there is a small silver lining around the Covid-19 cloud.
A lot has been said about the workplace during this pandemic. Much of it is impractical and when advising employers, most of the advice is applicable...
Just before noon on 20 February 2015, my wife Jean and I were at a coffee shop. I was taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi. I’m...
Erica Brown and Nicolas Samet live in the “red zone” of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. They say the most frightening aspect is the “feeling of isolation, the...
What do bombs, biscuits, and business-savvy have in common? They’re all synonymous with a small tobacco factory that rapidly grew to become the largest catering company...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s priority must be to go into battle with the public sector and win, Jonny Steinberg told a Cape South African Jewish Board of...
South African Jewish communal organisations have cancelled all scheduled events and restricted others over the next four weeks as a result of the spread of Covid-19.
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in South Africa, respected Johannesburg pulmonologists Drs Anton Meyberg and Carron Zinman have called on the community...
There’s no school, we can’t see our friends, mom and dad are worried, and it’s all because of something called coronavirus. At the very least, most...
With social distancing, self-quarantining, and isolation becoming the new normal, the prospect of life under lockdown has many worried. As we fight to “flatten the curve”...
In Sesotho, Maboneng means “place of light”. This is the name of the rejuvenated, gentrified, and trendy district in Johannesburg’s city centre. Along with neighbouring Jeppestown,...
With the COVID-19 virus having the greatest impact on the elderly, infirm, or medically vulnerable, the SA Jewish Report sent questions to Saul Tomson, chief executive...
For people who connected before the dawn of social media, losing touch generally meant saying goodbye forever. Yet decades later, they can reconnect to forge meaningful...
When South African Jews leave the community and move overseas, they often feel a deep sense of loss. Organisations like the South African Jewish American Community...
