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I wish to commend you, the various schools, and teachers highlighted in the 17 January edition of the SA Jewish Report for your guidance in bringing...
The sheer hypocrisy, brazenness, and chutzpah of the South African tourism ministry boggles the mind – “SA tourism ministry slams Israeli travel advisory” (17 January 2020).
In spite of many areas that have declined in South Africa since the end of apartheid, a shining achievement is the fact that we have freedom...
I was driving home from a wedding on Sunday night when the strangest song started playing in the car. It was in German, and it turned...
“Mir zaynen do!”(We are here!) The defiant concluding words of the Partisan Song constitute a ringing declaration by the Jewish people that in spite of the...
Roy Nissany has recently been unveiled as Israel’s first-ever Formula One driver, an announcement that sent ripples of expectation through the country’s community of racing fans...
A heavy wooden crate was delivered and pried open in Forest Town last Friday morning. As the lid came away, all eyes in the room fixed...
Surrounded by walls of flames and with his vehicle alight, volunteer firefighter Noel Kessel said the Shema as he was almost killed in one of Australia’s...
The South African tourism department has criticised a travel advisory issued recently by the Israel foreign ministry that warns tourists about crime in South Africa.
It’s not often that a Jewish South African billionaire becomes intimately involved with British Royalty and aristocracy.
While many South Africans recently enjoyed end-of-year holidays in the sun, sea, and sand, Jewish communities in other parts of the world were hit by a...
The other day, I was asked a shocking question on social media.
The matric year is the culmination of our childhood. It’s the finale of 12 years working towards those final exams. It’s the most stressful year of...
Almost immediately after the United States assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani on Friday, 3 January, the Israeli army went on high alert along the country’s northern...
When local singing sensation Loyiso Bala stood on the shores of the Dead Sea in December, a group of star-struck South African fans touring the country...
On the first night of Chanukah, 22 December, South African immigrant Hayley Sevitz Varenberg was tragically killed in a bus accident near Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel...
It is appalling that Khalid Sayed, the African National Congress (ANC) shadow MEC for education and chairperson of the ANC Youth League in the Western Cape,...
Our principals have reason to be proud of the accomplishment of their students, especially because of the 100% pass rate, hundreds of distinctions, and all those...
Our world is changing, and with it the world of work. Previous generations would probably have considered the careers our matriculants are embarking on to be...
Matric is about so much more than distinctions. It’s an opportunity to celebrate collective achievement. It’s the final leg in a five-year journey, and every student...
I can’t believe that it’s just my daughters whose favourite emoji – in their WhatsApp correspondence with me in any event – is that pinched little...
Times have changed, and with them the required skills to succeed in the rapidly developing 21st century. Certain school subjects once considered essential are becoming less...
In a landmark achievement, Beis Yaacov and Torah Academy (both religious schools) were among the top ten department of basic education (DBE) schools nationwide in terms...
Every year, the number of students walking away with five or six As (if not a full house of distinctions) seems to grow. In the past,...
X + 2y = 3z. This is the stuff of which nightmares are made. Even 20 years after leaving school, we can still wake up in...
Matric can be a lonely journey, but not if you are a twin. For most in Grade 12, the time outside of school is often spent...
Alon Raichlin went from introversion to finding his place in the spotlight in matric in four incredible years.
Joshua Allan cares little for conventional sports. This 18-year-old dynamo has found his flair in hip-hop dancing, an unorthodox choice which he says is much more...
Matthew Kimmelman doesn’t follow anyone’s script in life because he writes his own.
To most of us, the game of bridge is an archaic pastime played by the elderly. To 18-year-old Noah Apteker, however, it’s not only an addictive...
It’s not often that the head boy of Yeshiva College gets his black belt in karate just before writing matric, but Saul Joseph is no ordinary...
What does it take to help a talented child to get a distinction in matric? And what support is needed to get a struggling pupil to...
Do you remember your first epiphany in life? Moses had his at the burning bush.
The closest I ever got to acquiring sea legs was on a kosher cruise we took as a family some years ago. This is why it...
The ten seconds that the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force had to decide whether or not to shoot down the Ukrainian passenger...
Rabbi Yekutiel Tzvi Shalpid passed away on 11 December 2019 in Johannesburg after devoting 45 years of his life to the South African Jewish community.
Chess-playing twins, Caleb and Judah Levitan (9), have both had busy starts to the year. A couple of days ago, the two boys represented Johannesburg Metro...
The work of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) naturally slows down over the December break, but it never stops altogether. There are always...
Since escaping from the hell of the Soviet regime, Lithuanian-born Mordechai Perlov has committed his life to sharing his story with others and exposing the evils...
(JTA) When Yiddish poet Avraham Sutzkever said that poetry saved his life, he meant it more literally than many of his listeners realised.
