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Handing over your hard-earned cash to the taxman every month can be disheartening, but there are some ways to make it easier on your wallet.
Very few people enjoy thinking about death. Even fewer wish to talk about it. So it’s hardly surprising that so many people die without a will...
What’s the future of exchange control in South Africa, and what impact does it have on offshore investment?
Walk into almost any store, or sign up for any insurance, health, or banking scheme, and you will be invited to join a reward or loyalty...
To most of us, a hechsher simply means that a product is certified kosher and can be served at a meal in almost any Jewish home....
Three piggy banks and a wallet is the start-up kit needed by parents to begin to teach their children the value of money, according to human...
The Lubavitcher Rebbe may have passed away in 1994, but his legacy still resonates throughout the world.
However much you may enjoy them, chazzanut (liturgical singing) and a hearty kichel and herring are no longer the attractions they once were. Shuls that once...
In a world increasingly feeling the impact of climate change, a festival like Tu B’Shvat which celebrates nature’s revival is more relevant than ever. Planting trees,...
Why let age hold you back from fulfilling your destiny? These young entrepreneurs successfully created profitable ventures while they were still in high school.
It was to be expected that the newly-released United States peace plan for the Middle East would elicit vociferous opposition in certain quarters. Regrettably, it was...
It’s not unusual for people to express their dissatisfaction to me about something I wrote, said, did, didn’t do, or should have done. Often, my dead...
When noted American civil libertarian, Harvard law professor, and political commentator Alan Dershowitz gave his nod to United States President Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the...
A short report in a newspaper years ago inspired Victor Gordon, a celebrated Jewish playwright from Pretoria, to write Brothers, now on at the Market Theatre...
Facebook CEO says he has become more religious Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told a live audience at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit tech conference recently...
In this week’s portion, we read, “Moses took the bones of Joseph with him.” Before his death, Joseph made his brothers promise to bring back his...
Non-profit organisations Soul Workout and Afrika Tikkun have teamed up to bring out a 2020/5780 education calendar on the theme of Jewish history. The Journey Through...
Rabbi Yossy and Rochel Goldman celebrated the rabbi’s 70th birthday in Johannesburg in a historic, first-time gathering of all their children and grandchildren from around the...
Garden enthusiasts were invited to visit the home of Natie and Frances Kirsh in Sandhurst on 27 January. Well-known couturier Chris Levin, who maintains the property,...
I’m appalled that the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) has agreed to display a typewriter loaned to it by Absa that formally belonged to Adolf...
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My name is Don Krausz. I’m chairperson of the Association of Holocaust Survivors in Johannesburg. Since 1985, I have lectured on the Shoah (Holocaust) to more...
Soccer fans tend to see the game in terms of results, performance, the standard of goals scored or, sometimes, if they are careful readers of the...
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in South Africa dropped to a 15-year low in 2019, according to the latest figures issued by the South African Jewish...
The South African government has responded cautiously to the United States’ new Peace to Prosperity plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“As Jews, we have endured a long history of having our property confiscated. The current proposal to allow for expropriation without compensation should be of particular...
When South African-expat Adam Wolov steps out his front door in Wuhan in China, he slips on a safety mask and gloves. The streets he walks...
Political journalist John Matisonn believes President Cyril Ramaphosa “could do more than he is doing” to turn the country around. He said this at the launch...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day comes around every 27 January, but this year it seemed so much more intense and horrifying (if that’s possible). It hit home...
“It’s time for the Muslim world to fix the mistake it made in 1948 when it chose to attack instead of recognising the new state of...
@Sowellnomics was a well-known social-media influencer, activist, and vehement Israel supporter whose real identity was unknown to most in the community.
With the number of Holocaust survivors alive today dwindling, the poignancy of having more than 100 Auschwitz survivors and their families under the same roof will...
The last time Johannesburg lawyer David Dison saw his friend, Dr Neil Aggett, was 39 years ago, when the doctor visited him at his home. The...
“Goeie more! [Good morning!]” said a jubilant Jon Samson to the SA Jewish Report from Los Angeles, the morning after his win. On Sunday, the Joburg-born,...
Monday represented exactly 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of the Holocaust which took the lives of six million Jews. Yet, there...
The late Rinske van den Brink risked her life to save Jewish children during the Holocaust 77 years ago. This week, she was posthumously recognised as...
The Holocaust wasn’t just industrialised killing by the Nazi war machine, in fact many victims and perpetrators actually knew each other by name.
When Eden Ross stood up to deliver her Batmitzvah speech on Shabbos at Greenside Shul, few congregants were prepared for an address given in two languages...
If you can order food and transport with your phone at the tap of a screen, why not launch a spiritual airstrike in the same way?...
It’s difficult to imagine a Jew begging at traffic lights or sleeping under a bridge. This isn’t because there isn’t poverty, abuse, addiction, and domestic violence...
