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Question: Why do Jews always answer questions with a question? Answer: Why not?
Starting next week, we will have the privilege of hosting Avi Mayer, international spokesman for the Jewish Agency and world-renowned social media expert, for a week-long...
Daniel Shapiro, the US ambassador to Israel, has been vocally critical towards Israel and said that "too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked"....
Timeous’ is a word that inevitably comes to mind regarding Milton Shain’s A Perfect Storm: Antisemitism in South Africa 1930-1948. At a time when an acrimonious...
Daniella Moffson, niece of Rabbi Shmuel Moffson and Discovery’s Adrian Gore, has died after a tragedy in Central America.
Jews are again being targeted for being Jews, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of International Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.
A new study has shown that over half the population of South Africa is overweight and obese and it has recommended a 20 per cent tax...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
I’m a Roman Catholic Christian living in Yeoville. I look forward every week to my copy of the SA Jewish Report which I receive from a...
President Jacob Zuma discourages travel to Israel for ANC members and representatives, because he is absolutely petrified that, should they experience the Israeli culture and economy,...
Everything in the world is interconnected. Cause and effect are everywhere and we can often see the ripple effect of even the smallest decisions we make...
Your recent issue carried an article and a subsequent letter posing the question whether a Reform rabbi should be addressed as rabbi.
It’s hard to believe but twins Elliot (left) and Jeffrey Wolf, who turned 80 on January 21, have contributed as many years between them to the...
Few plays with strong Jewish themes reach the South African stage and that’s why it’s a revelation when an acutely crafted, bitingly funny diatribe such as...
Zionist fighter of note Leon Reich, pictured, and his wife Juliette were bade farewell last night by the SAZF, LikudSA and Betar. MORE PICTURES INSIDE. as...
This week Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that suspected Israeli mob boss Shai Musli, who was scheduled to appear in court on January 18 and didn’t,...
Those Batei Din that have ruled, say it is not halachic to smoke (it used to be but now that we now it ruins out bodies...
The global challenge of fighting anti-Semitism in 2016 lacks a global strategy, writes Ben Cohen, senior editor of TheTower.org & The Tower Magazine, in his widely...
More than one hundred thousand people were deported from the Westerbork transit camp in Holland during WWII. 102,000 of them did not return. The camp was...
January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Today the name is ubiquitous, but, in 1946 few beyond those who had survived to tell...
Ol’ Blue Eyes’ body, a packet of smokes, his favourite lighter, a bottle of whisky and phone coins, all lay in a Jewish funeral home for...
A major culinary revolution has taken place in the past three decades and a new documentary by a young, inspiring Israeli-born American chef, Michael Solomonov is...
The Cleveland Cavaliers fired their Israeli-American head coach David Blatt, pictured, who led the team to the NBA Finals last season midway through this one.
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former three-term mayor of New York City, is considering an independent run for the US presidency. He told friends and associates that...
Only in America… The first such event was held by the Mayor of Beverly Hills in 1958. Now, pet barmies and batties have become big business...
Now Jew-hating PE lawyer denies allegations, set to sue SAJBD Shalom reader, Welcome to our second issue of 2016! In the news … Kosher authorities in...
“WOOLIES RUBBISHES RUMOURS OF GOING GAZA ON ISRAEL” - first published in July 2014 comes a close second in the Top Reads of all time on...
The Johannesburg Beth Din answers comments like: “Excuse me, but what good will it do to send an alert? What about a person who doesn't have...
In the last few weeks the media has been filled with stories of South Africa’s educational crises. Universities have been plagued with protests and the 2015...
Kosher consumers are again upset after the Beth Din issued a Kosher Alert about cheese products that are packed and marketed by ‘Kee Ingredients’ (and displaying...
Four months into the “knife intifada” in Israel, Sunday’s attack on an Israeli woman in her home in the West Bank settlement, Otniel, where she was...
Confronting the problem of online racism continues to be a dominating subject in the media, with many public figures and commentators adding their voices to the...
Why is the cost of kosher food escalating beyond the ability of young and even older families to afford it - and what are the solutions?
At the age of 83, Max Baise, South Africa’s first Jewish international rugby referee, has published a book on his life, “Mister Ref: Test Referee Max...
How should we feel when we pray? If you’re like me, one of the major challenges of formal prayer is to actively and consciously be emotionally...
This year the South African Jewish community will be caught up in the spirit of celebrating its 175th anniversary, the years since Jews made their presence...
This year the South African Jewish community celebrates its 175th anniversary. As the history of the community began in Cape Town, a festive programme from the...
Professor Reuben Musiker, a prominent figure in academia and one of the leading lights of the Jewish community, passed away recently shortly before his 85th birthday
Sir Jack Zunz received an honorary doctorate of science in engineering, from his alma mater, the University of the Witwatersrand, last December.
Imagine being able to slide into school, climb on the snake-rope jungle gym, chat to your friends through an underground tunnel, enjoy a quick round of...
