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Now here’s some exciting news for our kosher users in the US: The Girl Scouts have been working hard at making sure their cookies can be...
French photographer Estelle Hanania spends many a Purim in London’s ultra-Orthodox Stamford Hill taking quirky, gorgeous pics of kids. Now there's a book.
Bernie Sanders, the independent American Democratic Party hopeful, won the two nominating contests in Washington State and Alaska by huge margins on Shabbos, reducing the delegate...
The Islamic State (ISIS) said in its weekly newspaper, al-Naba, that it does intend on attacking Israel at a later stage, but has not yet allocated...
When they boarded a plane heading to Belgium on Monday, world-famous Charedi pop stars Gil and Aryeh Gat were on a mission to bring extra cheer...
Israel is the only country in the world where more men engage in daily prayers than women, according to a new study by the Pew Research...
Follow these links to the most read items on Jewish Report this week. We still have new stories to post before our Shabbos shut-down. We'll be...
This is the second part of a two-part article in which top South African intellectuals, economists and editors share their views on the Middle East after...
At Pesach, when both secular and religious sectors of our community get together to celebrate Jewish continuity, tradition and freedom from slavery, we should also remember...
While husband Ronald & son Darren fled to Australia last weekend accused of fleecing South Africans of millions, 68-year-old Bobba Elaine was left to carry the...
By now, Gil Azoulay would have expected his hotels would be 80 per cent booked for Pesach. Instead, Azoulay - who runs a chain of boutique...
A little more than two years ago, the editor of on-line Jewish Report Ant Katz, wrote a blog which included these profound words: "I was brought...
The “sale” of the SA Jewish Report to the Guptas as stated in last week’s paper, is such a brilliant idea that it should have featured...
Margaret Hirsch, chief operations executive of South Africa’s Hirsch Group, is a winner of the Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal. The announcement was made by the European...
As a proud Zionist Jew I want to refer to the disgusting and disturbing phenomenon of some Jews in Europe and the UK of supporting the...
With hardly a threshold of impropriety left uncrossed, one has to wonder what it will take, if anything, for President Jacob Zuma to resign or to...
Finally the day we've been waiting for arrives. I don't think it's a stretch to say that everyone has a warm place in their heart for...
From bee removals to bagels, from beds to BMWs – you will find them all on the Johannesburg Jewish Community Forum (JJCF) e-mail list which reaches...
On Tuesday night, Sydenham Shul and Education Africa presented “Sounds of Celebration III” at Emperors Palace, a musical production featuring 180 young performers from all South...
It was no surprise that President Jacob Zuma’s presidency survived the ANC National General Council last weekend. The NEC is still indebted to the president and...
SA JEWISH REPORT STAFF Israel ranked 11th happiest country in the world JERUSALEM – The annual World Happiness Report published last week Tuesday by the Sustainable...
Wailing and gnashing of teeth among traditional, middle-of-the-road leftist-liberals, touched off by the election last year of the ultra-leftist Jeremy Corbyn as British Labour Party leader,...
It’s encouraging to see the South African Jewish Report’s letter pages recently filled with some who argue that Jews of different persuasions within the Orthodox and...
Teams from across Johannesburg came together last weekend to participate in the 3rd Soul Workout Annual Jewish Unity Sports Event. The day was nothing short of...
Last week, in our Purim issue, we published - near the front of the newspaper among our more serious news items - a Purim shpiel, historically...
Minority rights, Iran, Israel and the state of racial discrimination worldwide, were just some of the many topics covered in statements delivered by representatives of the...
I am referring to Geoff Sifrin’s column in the Jewish Report of March 18, “Can we make sense of SA's mixed messages?”
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For a relatively small community, South African Jewry has always prided itself on punching above its weight in the international as well as the local context....
Hear out Donald Trump. Ignore Donald Trump. There were two distinct approaches to the Trump moment this week at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC)...
Growing up, trips to stay with my Jewish family in Brussels were a taste of freedom. In my native Israel, waves of Palestinian terrorist attacks kept...
Paul Weinberg is a well-known Cape Town-based photographer, curator, filmmaker and lecturer. He spoke to Jewish Report about his activism, inspiration, and turning the camera to...
An extraordinary series of developments are bringing new hope - and new heartbreak - to the family and colleagues of Alberto Nisman, the Argentine federal prosecutor...
“When I lost my sight people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have...
Wily politicians are adept at turning popular frustration about poverty and social ills against convenient targets to suit their aims. What might happen if rage against...
A refreshing new face among the lay leadership of South Africa is Rowan Polovin (pictured), acting chairman of the SA Zionist Federation, Cape Council, succeeding Daniel...
South African Jewry played a substantive role in the various anti-racism and human rights-focused events taking place countrywide over the past 10 days. The SA Jewish...
The Israeli Ambassador is foregoing his annual garden lunch with elite members of the diplomatic corps and senior Jewish leaders this year, to free up funds...
Taking the initiated to see Israel for themselves has become quite passé - still a very valuable endeavour, but hundreds of people are taken on dozens...
Elaine Bobroff, whose husband Ronald and son Darren – both personal injury lawyers - skipped the country over the weekend, was arrested this morning and appeared...
