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It’s widely believed that salmon is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. It’s high in essential oils (especially omega-3 fatty acids), important minerals and...
A weekly summary of briefs on some of the top issues in the Jewish media worldwide brought to you by Jewish Report staff writers. The SAJR...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
The success BDS has had in South Africa and elsewhere in making the phrase “apartheid Israel” familiar and acceptable, underlines the importance of what things are...
As at the time of writing, Wimbledon 2015 is winding down to a dramatic and exciting climax. Wimbledon is of course the stand- out annual grand...
“Anti-Semitism keeps changing like a chameleon. It swings from denying that the Holocaust ever occurred to reversing the role of the Jews in history. Like a...
Paying tribute to Herby Rosenberg - a gentleman and a scholar. A veritable feast of family, friends, felicitations and fine food hosted by Hilary and Bertie...
Last week’s passing of Nicholas Winton at the age of 106, the London stockbroker who rescued more than 600 Jewish children from the Nazis on the...
We are currently in the Bein Hametzarim (between the straits), the three weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av. These days have historically been...
Driving along Church Street in the Pretoria CBD, one may for a moment think that you are in Tel Aviv. Two buildings were this past week...
In reply to Rod Waner’s letter in last week’s Jewish Report, I admit that I am bitter: I have no doubt that the Jewish religion has...
I wonder if the management of the Jewish Report knew that last week’s edition corresponded with the Torah reading of Parshat Balak.
I want to address an open letter to DA MPs Michael Bagraim and Darren Bergman in response to an article in a Johannesburg daily on June...
I read with great interest Geoff Sifrin’s column in last week’s paper about providing a home for same-sex couples in our congregations. I agree with him...
Alvin Kushner, national chair of the SA Union for Progressive Judaism takes exception to a statement in the SAJR that the “once-vibrant Reform/Progressive stream has shrunk...
The South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity (SACRED) recently hosted Professor Taj Hargey (pictured at left), a distinguished Oxford-based academic on Islam and the...
After Dutch Court rejects appeal & authorises extradition to Israel last Tuesday, Shuvu Bonim head allegedly went to hospital in Holland. He was ordered to turn...
The Joburg Jewish Activities Club (JJAC), a social club for Jewish singles and dating couples, aged 30–55, are doing a Graffiti Walking tour of Newtown on...
The Jewish community has become increasingly aware of abuse within its own quarters - a phenomenon that was, for many years, buried under the carpet. But...
After the high price of kosher meat, another controversy regarding kashrut has emerged - this time the salt content of kosher meat because of the kashering...
The name that keeps coming up when Orthodox Jewish groups consider the consequences of last week's US Supreme Court decision extending same-sex marriage rights to all...
Newly-elected Democratic Alliance leader, Mmusi Maimane, on Monday addressed a group of Chabad’s Miracle Drive Young Drivers at The World of Yamaha in Johannesburg, giving his...
A weekly summary of briefs on some of the top issues in the Jewish media worldwide brought to you by Jewish Report staff writers. The SAJR...
When the US Supreme Court ruled last week that same-sex marriage is now legally binding in all 50 states, American Jews celebrated publicly. Surveys show that...
The fathers of postmodernism offered the idea that there is not one objective “truth” but rather narratives that we “construct” as our versions of reality based...
I had a new experience last week which is not, in itself, unusual. The scope of the Chev’s work is such that I often encounter novel...
Diplomats and security officials were in the front lines of Israel’s security system, Israel’s Ambassador to South Africa, Arthur Lenk, told a memorial service on June...
The Glenhazel mikveh, built in 1985, is to receive a complete refurbishment. In a media release Yeshiva College thanked the “generous donor” who had made the...
You have to have chutzpah to live in Israel. In fact, you even need it while visiting the Jewish state and travelling El Al. And you...
One of the highlights on the annual Union of Jewish Women calendar is the announcement of the winner of the much anticipated “Bobba/Zaida” trip.
Last Friday - June 26 - marked the 60th anniversary of the famous Congress of the People in Kliptown, Soweto, where delegates from around the country...
Over the weekend, a series of horrific terrorist attacks took place around the world, including the massacre of dozens of tourists and others in Tunisia. This...
Imagine, upon your returning home from work on a Friday afternoon, your dog greets you with a statement: “It’s already late, hurry up, you will be...
Aaron Lee Marks doesn’t like the limelight and shies away from publicity but it’s something he will have to get used to. At 14 years old,...
Jockey Anton Marcus has broken many records in South African racing. However, he could add another one to his name if he can win this weekend’s...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
I need to respond to the letter by Yossi Bogacz “Sinai Indaba is a grand exercise in brainwashing” (Jewish Report, June 19.
The high price of kosher meat and chicken has come under debate from time to time in the SA Jewish Report. Similarly expensive are the old...
David Stolper was bipolar - an illness marked by extreme mood shifts, ranging from manic highs to deep depression lows. The system dealing with his illness...
Those wishing to escape the cold of Gauteng or the Western Cape and are heading for Durban during the school holidays, should do themselves a favour...
