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Having him in custody and keeping him there are two different things as Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the man who has evaded Authorities worldwide seven times over...
Alvin Kushner (pictured), national chairman of the South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ), clearly distanced his organisation from the Equality Court action in Cape Town...
Tonight I want to tell you a story. It's a story that began in a narrow, dark land where we knew our names but forgot who...
JR Online users are becoming famous for their online argy-bargies over issues in the comments section of the website. It has grown to the extent that...
we still reserved seats at the seder table for Russian Jews denied Passover, my sister-in-law Shulamit, despite her tiny apartment, complied. *Hebrew names have been used...
The 78-year-old rabbi Eliezer Berland, who was arrested by the Hawks and Interpol in Sunninghill north of Johannesburg last week Thursday, is being held in an...
FOUR GREAT RECIPES: Sharon Glass, labelled SA’s Domestic Goddess by the Sunday Times, has provided JR four simple, fuss-free Pesach recipes. Sharon travels the world for...
One of South Africa’s best-known and accomplished cartoonists, Dov Fedler, has once again done a special cartoon for the community this Pesach. See what our Dov...
Exploring the concepts of freedom and Pesach, are already well travelled roads, so our cover this week tries to examine them with novelty and relevance. We...
A conflict of interest over a case in the Western Cape High Court against the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape) over a ban on...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF Syrian girl gets lifesaving treatment after clandestine mission HAIFA – Israel’s Secret Service joined forces with doctors to bring a bone-marrow donor...
If a company has to choose between two or three top candidates for a job, one way of helping the process is to consult a graphologist,...
The SA Jewish Report asked three financial experts for their views on the country’s possible downgrade to “junk status” by the world’s top rating agencies and...
The regional branches of the Board are currently organising the annual Yom Hashoah ceremonies in their respective centres around the country. Perhaps more than any other...
Something wonderful happened at United Herzlia Schools on April 4, an event that epitomises everything that is taught there.
Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak sat next to each other in class as 14-year-old boys at King David Linksfield. Now in their forties, with wives and...
Pesach is notorious for being a time of overeating and overindulgence. So, it is inevitable that you will probably find that your waistband is a little...
A second new Sefer Torah has been presented to Chabad of Sandton by Paul Weinberg and family - Karen, David and Jonathan Weinberg - amid much...
“How about trying this method of cleaning for Pesach?” asks a user. “I am definitely going to use it!” Don't try this at home, readers, its...
Fifty-two years is a long time in anyone’s life - but that’s how long Harry Pieterkosky, 65, of Milnerton has been doing karate fulltime. Despite some...
At Chabad House’s hugely successful Miracle Drive fundraiser this year, ZEV KRENGEL, past president of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, delivered the keynote address. Here...
This past Sunday, around 750 people flocked to the Cape Town International Convention Centre – among them, around 150 learners from Herzlia High School – as...
The Freedom Charter, adopted in June 1955 in Kliptown, states: “We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:...
There is a cute joke that people who are familiar with Yiddish love to tell: 'What do you get when you cross a hen with a...
Stories and pictures from excited youngsters at Eden (with Matzah Man, pictured), King David Linksfield and King David Victory Park.
It is well known in Jewish law that one should not make or eat food that rises. This, however, certainly does not apply to prices, whether...
Jared Kushner has many claims to fame. He’s married to Ivanka Trump, daughter of the Republican presidential front-runner, Donald Trump. Jared is the scion of a...
Another Purim has just passed. As is usual, young Jewish boys and girls brought their masks and costumes and entertained us "oldies" at Sandringham Gardens with...
Occasionally a name pops up on a gold leader board and one gets asked whether that player is Jewish or not. We saw that at the...
The battle since December to protect this country’s political values, symbolised by Zuptagate and Nkandla, echoes another struggle for the country’s soul in art, music, literature...
Abe Segal died in Cape Town on the night of April 4, with his devoted friend, Deborah Curtis Setchell, at his bedside. Abe and I met...
Merlynn Edelstein of Jews for a Free Palestine quotes people who have been refuted time and time again, yet like a broken record, she continues to...
The ORT SA National Executive Committee, CEO and staff would like to congratulate ORT SA President Dr Brian Joffe on his recent honorary doctorate. This is...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
As a regular reader of the Jewish Report I am disappointed to see scandalous articles being printed and online which really don't bode well with what...
Teaching legend and director of the King David Schools’ Foundation, Elliot Wolf, recently celebrated his 80th birthday and alumni in London attended a birthday celebration, paying...
Among the hundreds of books coming out in April, here are a few enticing titles for a good Pesach read. There are some thrillers, some literary...
MARGOT COHEN
Zuma “lost the moral legitimacy to govern this country,” Chief Rabbi (pictured Friday) tells media conference after NRLC & SACC - whom, he says, speak for...
