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We should all hope that this week’s Yom Hashoah ceremony is the last one where women are banned from singing. The continuation of this situation is...
In the article in Jewish Report on the forthcoming Equality Court case involving the Cape Council of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (on women...
I refer to Shaun Zagnoev’s letter in the SA Jewish Report of April 22, “SAJR Online misleads with headline to Margolis matter”.
Back from a visit to Israel to spend Pesach with my family, in Johannesburg I went to Beit Emanuel as usual on a Friday evening. There...
Marc Hirschowitz, an events creator, with writer and cook Karen Alsfine and Estelle Sacharowitz, a caterer and “cuisine concocter”, wrote a fascinating book on food called...
In recent years, the focus of the SA Zionist Federation has expanded to include investing resources in strengthening ties between the Jewish community and other South...
The Babylonians plundered it, Roman General Titus stabbed it and invader Pompey reportedly prostrated in awe when entering it.
Jaffa, acronym for Jewish Accommodation for Fellow Aged, started in 1981 at a barmitzvah party because of a casual comment passed by one of the guests,...
The “battle against forgetting” is an ongoing one, and we have a duty not to allow present and future generations to forget the past was the...
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa recently said: “For far too long this economy has been owned and controlled by white people. That must come to an end....
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF White House prepared for major defence commitment to Israel WASHINGTON -The White House says it is prepared to commit to...
Teenager Yshai Oliel is been groomed to be Israel’s Novak Djokovic, thanks to support from a British businessman.
Theodore Yach, proudly Jewish, proudly Capetonian, celebrated a unique milestone recently - the completion of his 100th Robben Island open water swim on a brisk Monday...
There are various important pieces of legislation in South Africa aimed at preventing incitement to hatred on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion or other such...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF Friday (May 6) * UZLC hosts communal leader Marlene Bethlehem on “50 Years of a Communal Journey”. Venue: Our Parents Home....
“The community is either in denial as to the level of poverty in our midst, or is totally unaware. I believe it is a communal responsibility...
Betar SA has been growing from strength to strength since returning to SA several years ago - and they opened a new bayit in Glenhazel on...
The Cape Council of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies issued a terse letter at the end of last week regarding the case against them by...
An out-of-the-box recipe that is sure to have your family clamouring for more! Serves 4 - 6
The Pretoria High Court suspends Bobroffs from practising as attorneys; Darren’s luxury home goes on the market as an “unfurnished rental” - SEE THE PICTURE; NPA...
Everyone's invited (just remember to RSVP) - SA Jewry are all invited to attend a once-in-a lifetime- event for Zionism: Israel is building the first-ever official...
JR users posted hundreds of comments last month. The hot-button topic of the day is the banter of divergent opinion on the issue of the Cape...
For Yom Hashoah 2016, the international theme chosen by Yad Vashem is remembering those victims of the Holocaust who resisted being brutalised by the horrific circumstances...
The Cape Council of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies has emphatically denied having reached any compromise with the three claimants who are taking the Cape...
Randburg magistrate denied Rabbi Eliezer Berland (pictured, left, for JR Online by Ilan Ossendryver) bail after his “brazen” escape from Holland while on bail there. His...
Bail for Rabbi Eliezer Berland was denied and he will sit in prison until his extradition is heard Further details will be posted after Shabbat ends.
"I love this time of the year in Israel," writes Rolene Marks in her latest blog post today. "The country is transformed into a blue and...
I love this time of the year in Israel. The country is transformed into a blue and white celebration
Users took our call for Pesach funnies to heart & we've been publishing them regularly. The pictured one is for real & comes from Sarah in...
LIVE broadcast directly from the all-night prayer rally for Rav Berland's release from incarceration in SA.All Wednesday night, the colourful Israeli supporters of Berland held a...
On Wednesday night, the colourful Israeli supporters of Rabbi Eliezer Berland were holding a “Mass Prayer Rally” at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Chevron in...
Rabbi Eliezer Berland’s attorney, Themba Langa, on Tuesday closed his case at the rabbi’s bail hearing in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court with an impassioned plea that...
Appearing in a ‘new’ seat at Thursday’s Cape Town City Council meeting will be councillor Mzwakhe Nqavashe – who has changed colours from the ANC to...
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema’s threat in an Al Jazeera interview on Sunday to remove President Jacob Zuma’s government through the “barrel of a gun”...
Rabbi Eliezer Berland’s bail hearing is scheduled to continue this morning [Tuesday, April 26] in the Randburg Magistrate’s court, on the northwest side of Johannesburg. But,...
Ezra Furman is a gender-bending, genre-crossing, observant Jewish rocker who is the next big thing - see his amazing “Perpetual Motion People” video…
Choosing what to name your new bundle of joy is a difficult decision that is definitely not to be made lightly. Here are eight really nice...
The SA Jewish Board of Deputies' guest speaker for this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) commemorations will be Holocaust survivor Veronica Phillips.
With all the mixed messages from our spiritual and lay leaders regarding the importance and applications of Pesach in the Diaspora - writes Choni Davidowitz, pictured...
Johannesburg - Court 13 of the Magistrate's court in Randburg, was yesterday [THURSDAY] the site of a tableau probably never witnessed in a South African court...
