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Visiting South Africa last week as a guest of the 48th Annual Zionist Federation Conference, Jerusalem’s Mayor Nir Barkat approached the trip as he might have...
You know how people say this person looks Jewish, or you can tell they are Jewish because of their names?
South African ultra marathon great, Ludwick Mamabola, has joined the Unity Challenge South African delegation to the Jerusalem Marathon 2015, being run Friday 13 March.
I would like to begin my column this week by congratulating the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) on an outstanding conference this past weekend and in...
The debate (in Jewish Report’s letters page) between Rabbi Pesach Fishman and Martin Frack over the morality and Divine directive of the extermination of the Canaanites,...
As human beings we have an inherent need to belong: to one another, to our friends and families, to our culture and to our country. Feeling...
So says Professor Ronnie Friedman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel’s largest university) who was a guest and speaker at the Fed’s national elective conference...
Read who’s out, who’s in, and where they are placed after the SAZF’s four yearly national elective conference on Sunday.
See who were the big prize-winners, a car from the Fed and a half-page ad from Jewish Report which were won at yesterday’s Israel Expo at...
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It looks like a safe win is on the cards for Bibi according to election pundit, communal worker and Cape Town attorney Aubrey Katzeff. He is...
On what basis did Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu claim to speak for the entire Jewish people in his controversial speech to the US Congress this week...
Benjamin Netanyahu presents the case for Israel’s concern of a nuclear capable Iran to the American congress. Is it coincidence that it happens in the same...
By ironic coincidence, this year’s annual hate fest known as “Israel Apartheid Week” takes place at a time when Jews around the world are celebrating Purim,...
It is always an advantage to have a winning start when one moves into a new job and that is exactly what South African Davis Cup...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
Last week I attended the Chev’s annual Zayin Adar dinner, always a heart-warming function. As usual the guests were made up of rabbonim, community leaders, donors,...
"I am frequently asked the question, how many Jews live in South Africa. I have also been told with a surprising certainty by a non-Jew that...
In last week’s SAJR Martin Frack raised a host of issues which I will attempt to respond to in this limited space.
With respect to Martin Frack regarding his reply to Rabbi Pesach Fishman (Jewish Report, February 27), I believe he should think through more carefully the whole...
About three years ago Jewish Report ran a story on a woman who was promoting Holocaust memorial beaded bracelets to raise funds for charity. The bracelets...
The question (in last week’s paper) regarding the extraordinary number of Bnei Yisrael that left Egypt after only 210 years of living there and after having...
Overseas visitors often comment on the warmth of South Africans, both black and white. The spirit of ubuntu (goodwill) uplifts this great land.
The Israel Centre has brought representatives of six Masa-related higher learning institutions in Israel to South Africa to meet and talk on their institutions to SA...
This story will be posted shortly, we are catching up with the reports from around the country but the unteste shura is that Palestinian peace activist...
Former Rabbi Barry Marcus who recently received an MBE, made an impact on South African Jewry when he led Johannesburg's Waverley Shul in the 1980s. Now...
“The SAJBD and CSO continue to work very closely with South African government security services, which are committed to doing everything that needs to be done...
History will tell if Israeli PM’s speech to US Congress last night was well-founded or risked damaging Israel-US relations. Jewish Report Online publishes the full transcript...
BDS calls “Israel Apartheid Week” whilst Jewish students dub it “Israel Awareness Week” – whatever you want to call it - IAW 2015 looks to be...
The Israeli Embassy in South Africa is holding a mock election campaign and wants as many South African citizens as possible to take part in it....
UKZF, SAPI & DEISI to hold live Webinar with Rev Dr Kenneth Meshoe (pictured) on “Debunking claims of ‘Israeli Apartheid’," at 8pm Tuesday 3 March. Register...
For all its focus on Iran, AIPAC can’t seem to get away from the controversy surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s impending speech to Congress which...
A leak of hundreds of secret intelligence papers from agencies all over the world, offering a glimpse into the murky world of espionage. But it was...
Kuwaiti paper claims unnamed Israeli minister with good ties with the US administration 'revealed the attack plan to John Kerry.'
Fall-out continues from the leaks of Top Secret spy cables from SA – this time setting out clearly that SA spooks see Mossad as a "difficult...
The Israeli Embassy in South Africa is holding a mock election campaign and wants as many South African citizens as possible to take part in it....
2013 Jewish Report Lifetime Achiever awardee Natie Kirsh let rip at US President Barak Obama last week. Why was SA’s richest man so mad? Because they...
Israeli cable reveals South Africa missile theft cover-up. Leaked Mossad cable shows Israel obtained stolen missile plans, and South Africa asked for their return. AlJazeera’s has...
Howard Feldman opines: "It has taken a while, but finally, earlier this week, South Africans awoke to the announcement that we had our very own Wikileaks...
It was general knowledge - but not acknowledged openly in the apartheid era - that South African intelligence co-operated with Israel and Mossad. Now, AlJazeera is...
