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Heritage Day, which celebrates South African cultural diversity, falls this year on Saturday, September 24. Unfortunately - for observant Jews – it precludes the traditional braais...
We live in a world of flux, here in South Africa, in Israel and around the world. Our response should be to strengthen and nurture our...
A piece of ground was granted by the Germiston City Council for use as a Jewish cemetery in Primrose (consecrated on August 11, 1907)...
I’m always a little sceptical when someone extolls the virtues of something from Australia on such a grandiose scale. But this idea of taking an assortment...
COVILHA Portugal - A small city in northeast Portugal recently unveiled a 400-year-old Torah scroll that a local contractor had found 10 years ago at a...
“How will you ever know where you are going to if you don’t know where you’re coming from?” tennis star Billie Jean King asked them.
What does it mean for South Africa’s Jews that the Democratic Alliance’s Herman Mashaba, a well-known black businessman, is now Johannesburg’s mayor?
Radio presenter Damon Kalvari, who was fired by ChaiFM from its Afternoon Drive Show after only seven appearances, gave his side of the story at a...
Speaking out against racism and prejudice wherever and whenever it occurs is part of the SAJBD’s mandate. Rather than being separate from our core mission which...
South African teenagers are increasingly joining over 10 000 alumni of the Jewish Agency's Na'ele Elite Academy where they enjoy up to three years of free...
Pictured are City Parks employees digging holes ahead of the Arbour Day mass planting of some two thousand trees across the City of Joburg. The following...
It is the season for matric dances, which many feel are out of hand, with the hiring of helicopters and limousines (sometimes with personalised number plates...
It was with great anticipation that King David High Linksfield made plans to have its annual “Pink Trees Picnic”.
An insightful and moving batmitzvah ceremony.
King David Victory Park Primary recently hosted a week-long theme of art and cultural activities called “Cultivate”.
Parents from Minnie Bersohn Nursery School and King David Sandton last Sunday attended a hijack awareness, prevention and reaction course.
Sydenham Pre-Primary School’s theme of Castles, Dragons, Kings and Queens ended on a high note last week.
The Torah Academy Primary School was abuzz with excitement last week as the month of Elul was ushered in. Surrounded by family members, friends and teachers,...
This week we read Ki tivne bayit chadash… when you build a new house, you must place a guard-rail around your roof so that you will...
The boon and the curse of Facebook were illustrated in South Africa and Israel this week in two cases confronting the dilemma of how far freedom...
The world's oldest man, 113-year-old Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal who lives in Israel, missed his barmitzvah due to the World War - WWI that is! His...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the bedside of former President Shimon Peres, who is in stable but serious condition following a stroke on Tuesday.
El AL Israel Airlines has established a unique and interesting 'Ambassadors' program, allowing all pilots and flight attendants to speak about their lives in Israel
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Nothing ‘alleged’ or ‘purported’ about destroyed village of Lubya An article featured in the Jewish Report suggested that the ceremony held by South African Jews for...
A musical tour around the world was presented to residents of Golden Acres, Sandringham Gardens and members of Second Innings last Sunday by the Jewish Guild...
A new way of preserving testimonies of Holocaust survivors through holograms was presented this week by two leading voices on Holocaust and genocide matters, Dr Stephen...
Destination weddings abroad are almost unheard of in this country. Israeli weddings are all about family and community. And what better place to celebrate Jewish continuity...
The saying goes that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, and judging by his art, Israeli artist Hanoch Piven sees treasure everywhere. His caricatures of...
Aimee Goldsmith is a young Johannesburg actress and playwright who is leaving her mark on the local theatrical landscape with thought-provoking productions.
On a quiet hill in the Azarim Valley in Ramot, Jerusalem, a memorial honours those who perished in the 9/11 Twin Towers terror attacks in New...
Iconic Israeli statesman Shimon Peres remained in serious but stable condition on Wednesday morning after suffering a severe stroke the night before, said Sheba Medical Centre...
So, a rabbi, a priest and an imam walk into the Treasury… Last week Wednesday, four executive members of the National Religious Leaders Council (NRLC), including...
At the age of 38, Brett Joffe, who lives at Sandringham Lodge, connected with a Sandringham Gardens resident named Joel Druian. When Joel discovered that Brett...
The great love of the Jewish State which Olga Meshoe, CEO of Defend, Embrace, Invest (in) and Support Israel (DEISI) International, possesses is a hard act...
Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein will be headlining this month’s Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) Leadership Conference in College Park, Maryland, in the US. The conference takes...
The Johannesburg suburb of Bez Valley does not have a strong association with kosher product launches, but it and Yukon House played host to the launch...
In the wake of famed Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel’s death, American President Barack Obama stated: “Elie Wiesel was one of the great moral voices...
At the age of four, Leonia Kallir (later Kurgan), together with 10 family members, fled her homeland of Poland the day Nazi troops invaded the country....
Local law enforcement agencies need to be much more involved in efforts to confront cyberhate, particularly on social media, if South Africa’s anti-hate speech laws are...
