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The unprecedented events of the past few weeks have turned the world as we know it upside down. To get through these difficult and stressful times,...
Whereas I’m no coronavirus expert, I have been a hypochondriac for some years. I’m also a radio talk-show host, author, and social commentator, which perhaps qualifies...
How long does it take a global catastrophe to turn into humour? In the case of coronavirus, not long. The online world is replete with hilarious...
Usually during this time of the year, my wife and I are deeply engaged in getting ready for our annual Pesach retreat. We refer to it...
South Africa played host to the Hebrew Order of David (HOD) International’s 44th biennial conference at the HOD Centre in Orchards, Johannesburg, last weekend.
Around 50 women, all in fancy dress for Purim, participated in the women’s megillah reading at Greenside Shul on Tuesday 10 March.
Aerin Cohen (Grade 11) has been elected incoming mayor of the Johannesburg junior council and Paris Obel (Grade 11) chairperson of the arts and culture committee.
Torah Academy Nursery School teacher Morah Chana Rivka Lewin has created a new outdoor learning space for pupils under a tree.
Parents, grandparents, and siblings were in awe of the amazing projects created by Grade 7 students at King David Primary School Victory Park for the My...
King David regretfully informs you of our business-lounge closure. Although the comfort of our precious scholars has always been important, we feel their health is paramount....
Just wanted to say well done for the article. Was brilliant! Had a good lag!
When I first heard about the visit of a delegation from the South African Jewish Board of Deputies to China Mall, I was apprehensive about its...
Harry Shapiro, a much-loved Joburg cricket coach, sees a silver lining in the dark cloud that is the COVID-19 pandemic. With schools throughout the country closing...
“It’s harrowing being married to a police officer in a lawless society where the police are outgunned.”
Fees Must Fall student activist and self-declared Hitler admirer, Mcebo Dlamini, was this week found guilty of public violence.
“Your gesture brought back our faith in humanity,” the chairperson of the Chinese Association, Erwin Pon, said this week following the support and solidarity shown by...
South Africa’s top universities are among the best in the world, but unless society stands up and addresses the issues confronting these institutions, we could risk...
From Thursday, 12 March, anyone arriving in Israel will have to place themselves under quarantine for 14 days after they enter the country thanks to the...
South-African born Juan van Niekerk has been fighting for his life for two weeks at Haifa’s Rambam Hospital. He’s still in intensive care, but the latest...
What’s it like to be in quarantine in Israel or China, or to have your campus shut down because a student has coronavirus? South African Jews...
I believe we are all feeling stressed and traumatised. We live in a country where there is a high rate of crime, our economy is battling,...
A friend contacted me this week to ask if reports that Israel was isolating itself from the rest of the world because of the coronavirus were...
Winston Churchill said, “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except...
“To go or not to go” is the question on the minds of anyone planning to travel this year. As the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreads around the...
“DL Link will bounce back and create something special because every day it deals with the unknown, it’s what it does,” said Niki Seberini, presenter of...
Chabad’s 30th annual Miracle Drive Gala Dinner held at the Sandton Convention Centre on Wednesday, 4 March, proved the power of disrupting the status quo.
For Rami Sherman, Operation Entebbe wasn’t just a national accomplishment, but a personal one. This former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operations officer played a critical role...
Twenty eight years ago, a small group of dedicated volunteers began a project to research and write the history of the Jews in South African country...
At the age of seven, Stefan Brozin lost his father to a brain tumour. Forty-three years later, his wife died of a similar condition. In spite...
Toni Strasburg, the daughter of anti-apartheid activists Rusty and Hilda Bernstein, recently wrote a book about their experiences. She tells us why it’s important to keep...
My parents read all the time. I remember my father in his armchair and my mother at the dining room table, each absorbed in a book...
Imagine leaving your family for a year to live with three people you’ve never met, in a country you’ve never visited, to teach hundreds of school...
Organisers of this year’s March of the Living in Poland on 8 March announced that the event would be postponed due to the spread of coronavirus.
“OMG! My child has ADHD!” was the topic of a recent ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) workshop presented by Dr Tamara Jaye, a medical doctor and...
Most of us are familiar with the Habonim, Bnei Akiva, and Netzer machanot, but few know of Camp Kesher, another Jewish youth camp that takes place...
“It’s too late. I’m too far gone.” How many times have we heard those words? Or, worse still, said them?
There is an unfortunate tendency for people to resort to irrational scapegoating when confronted with threats they are unable to fully understand. History has shown time...
A few years ago, when it wasn’t as windy in Muizenberg, and when great white sharks would still hang around the False Bay area, it was...
Picture the scenario: it’s winter in Europe. Snowing. Young men – soldiers – are in the trenches, at war with one another. And then midnight strikes...
I refer to your “Business-class lounges open at King David” article published on 6 March 2020, and formally lodge an unreserved letter of contempt. In your...
