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The kashrut division of the Johannesburg Beth Din has issued a kosher alert regarding “Mediterranean Delicacies Kosher for Passover salmon pate” which has been incorrectly labelled.
Catch up with old friends and family – download the SA Jewish Association of Canada (SAJAC) Pesach publication – what a great read this is for...
One of the all-time favourite and funniest Jewish YouTube videos must be Aish’s 2011 Pesach offering. It’s short, sharp and has had millions of views, See...
Zuma “lost the moral legitimacy to govern this country,” Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein (pictured Friday) tells media conference after NRLC and SACC - whom, he says,...
“Wanted Israeli fugitive nabbed,” reads the subject line of an official notice just released by the Hawks’ senior spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi. And Rabbi Eliezer Berland’s...
The kashrut division of the Johannesburg Beth Din has issued a Kosher Alert regarding the purchase of Pesachdik chickens from Pick n Pay. The Beth Din...
The elite priority crime division of the SA Police, The Hawks, have confirmed that they arrested the 78-year-old Rabbi Eliezer Berland in Sunninghill in northern Johannesburg...
UPDATED - RABBI IN HOSPITAL? HAWKS' STATEMENT IMMINENT! Unsubstantiated reports poured in on Thursday that the elusive Rabbi Eliezer Berland was arrested by police. At this...
Israel was expecting to be hit by a massive cyber offensive today. But unlike other attacks (APTs, criminal campaigns, etc.) to hit the nation, this one...
The heart-breaking story of 67-year-old Sheila and her 73-year-old husband (names withheld) were involved in a collision back in 1994. Both were seriously injured, although she...
Jonathan Kaplan, former 2010 Achiever Award Winner for Arts, Science Culture and Sports, and world record holder for refereeing the most number of rugby test matches,...
This past Sunday, Sinai-X drew a capacity crowd to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg for an interactive and fully immersive learning experience. The event also...
A wonderful and entertaining fundraiser arranged by the Pivotal branch of the Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society recently, with floral stylist Jill Manson, was held at the...
It may have started with the Sinai Indaba, but how does one replicate, package, universalise and roll-out such a South African concept to the world? Arise...
The scandal around the flight of father and son attorneys Ronald and Darren Bobroff escalates on a daily basis. New claimants come forward all the time...
The Cape Council of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies Papers were served papers today that they are being sued in the Equality Court for “discrimination...
Brian Joffe, who graduated from Wits University as a chartered accountant in 1971, received his honorary doctorate degree from Wits University Chancellor, Justice Dikgang Moseneke, at...
Segal was one of the most talented and charismatic tennis players ever to emerge from South Africa. With doubles partner Gordon Forbes, they formed a virtually...
President Jacob Zuma faces the unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court where a full bench of 11 judges found he had failed to uphold his constitutional...
There is no such thing as a Jewish genie, but if one were to rub a kosher lePesach wine becher at this time of the year...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF Air France stewardesses refuse headscarf edict on Iran flights JERUSALEM – France is compelling female members of its cabin crew to...
Daniella Jaff-Klein is not just a wife and mother of three, but a community activist and maverick - in the good sense of the word -...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
Last week Wednesday SACRED (South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity) hosted Najma Khota, a broadcast journalist, radio and TV presenter, who is also a...
Jewish life in a tropical paradise was vastly different to the fog and cold of Whitechapel, London in the 1800s, said Vivienne Pivo at a recent...
Living in South Africa is like being on a rollercoaster. We feel ourselves rushing downwards towards disaster only suddenly to feel ourselves jerked forcefully upwards towards...
“Shape” is a fascinating theatrical mix with Jewish arts practitioners giving it form and tone.
As always, this year’s 7 Adar event was a heart-warming, well-attended tribute to the leadership of the Chev and the dedicated volunteers and staff of its...
The Jewish Agency’s shlichim in South Africa recently attended a three-day seminar in Cape Town under the auspices of the Agency and Israel Centre. The organisers...
We’ve had a lot of rain lately, for which we’re all thankful, but I was chatting to a neighbour who was having a problem with a...
The grade 5 learners of King David Senior Primary School Linksfield recently embarked on an exciting journey in exploring their family's Jewish roots as part of...
“You can play a vital role in ensuring your child’s safety,” Luke Lamprecht, director of the Johannesburg Parent and Child Centre, told the parent body of...
King David parents and alumni were treated to an inspiring talk at King David Linksfield by “Dynamic Davidian” Karen Schneid Lieberman (KDHSVP 1985), an advocate turned...
We often hear about people’s “right to vote”. What is much less emphasised is the concept of a “duty to vote”, such a duty being incumbent...
With the Constitutional Court having confronted President Jacob Zuma’s contemptible behaviour head-on, leading to outraged South Africans increasingly speaking against him, Jews must ask whether a...
A key objective of Maccabi SA is to assist those in need in both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities, through outreach and upliftment projects in line...
King David High School Victory Park’s performance of the ever-green Fiddler on the Roof, one of the most poignant and enduring shows in musical theatre, opens...
And on the eighth day the foreskin of his flesh shall be circumcised. The verse comes from the opening lines of this week’s parsha and, as...
In her letter in last week’s Jewish Report, Merlynn Edelstein cites the 1948 War in Israel where both sides - Israel and a host of Arab...
I would like to respond to the mentioning of Russian President Vladimir Putin by Geoff Sifrin in his Taking Issue column, headlined "In our era of...
