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BDS-SA has caused a stir in Jewish circles by announcing this week that senior government ministers will participate in all media conferences and fund-raising talks given...
US Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Lee Zeldin questioned the State Department about possibly influencing Israeli elections - is Obama trying to oust Bibi, they asked.
South African Jewish Voices for a Just Peace (JVJP) has called on the Israeli government’s plan for the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, which...
He won an Oscar a Tony & a Golden Globe for his role on “Cabaret” & last week he came out in People magazine
The Shabbos Project took place in 461 cities in 64 countries and 9 languages around the world last weekend. And, while nobody expected anything but success,...
WIZO’s Elphin Lodge branch on Monday evening hosted Dr Lydia Meshoe (PIC), and other members of Deisi - Defend, Embrace, Invest, Support Israel - a Christian...
While there is no question that the events of the horrific Holocaust must never be forgotten by our people, there is another aspect which we must...
As chairman of the Jewish Genealogical Society of South Africa (formerly Johannesburg Genealogical Society), I wish to record my exception to what was printed in the...
"Selebi betrayed our democracy & doesn’t deserve acclaim," says Chief Rabbi. The honour the ANC is according him in death is a moral disgrace. Selebi betrayed...
I’m referring to the issue of Marcia Parness and the Zionist Federation library, namely the previous week’s article and last week’s reply from Maxine Fine (librarian).
As Jewish Report editor Geoff Sifrin has taken leave of his position, I would like to pay tribute to the wise way he led a middle...
Centenarian Ella Elk still attends shul every week at Chabad of Savoy and only recently dropped off her recent attendance at shiurim.
The French have a saying which translates, in English, into: The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s an eternal truth.
A magnificent Yeshiva College reunion was held on February 1, to launch the Yeshiva College Foundation to our alumni, and also give them the chance to...
In today’s morally confusing world, it’s instructive to recall the historical moments of utter clarity we have known.
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
I still haven’t been to Plett yet, and that’s not the Garden Route I’m worried about. I’m talking about the Garden Route that we’re all journeying...
Last week Thursday, the SAJBD Gauteng Council facilitated a meeting between Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Dorothy Mahlangu and Jewish medical practitioners working in the public sector.
We Jews, on the positive side, are often in the forefront of social change. But on the negative side we can be a stiff-necked people who...
In the icy winter of every year, the Euro Chai annual dinner takes place in the upmarket Park Lane Sheraton Hotel in London’s West End. Contrary...
The recent attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris for its portrayals of the Prophet Muhammad and last week’s admonition of our community’s very own ChaiFM...
In common with most other Diaspora communities, South African Jewry experienced a dramatic upsurge in anti-Semitic activity in 2014, primarily as a result of the seven-week...
The National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) boasted in a media release last week that Woolworths’ court order against Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions SA “to try and prevent...
The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture is now accepting applications for the 27th International Nahum Goldmann Fellowship, which will take place in Uruguay on June 15...
The 2015 FW de Klerk Foundation Goodwill Award was presented on Monday evening by former President FW de Klerk to Marc Lubner, CEO of NGO Afrika...
One cannot help but admire the tenacity of Israeli soccer coach Avram Grant. I wonder whether earlier in his career he would have seen himself coaching...
In carrying out our mandate as the representative spokesbody of South African Jewry, it is inevitable that we give priority to issues that directly affect us...
“Let’s make peace universally,” says long-serving Jewish politician Darren Bergman, who has been through an epiphany after reading 6 lessons from Begin on the Holocaust. Darren,...
The recently-announced launch of the revolutionary Windows 10 with holographic capabilities will mark yet another Microsoft product containing a lot of acquired Israeli intellectual capital &...
Just how strong, however, is a matter of conjecture that has engrossed the US Jewish media ahead of today’s game.
Leader of Rome’s Jewry & TV crew held by police after trying to break out’ hours after the museum’s closing time. Questioned through the night.
Anat (Cape and Joburg); Ladysmith Butter; McCains; and Finn Crisp have all had products withdrawn from the Beth Din list or have incorrectly marked packaging according...
Benefactor donates inspirational rubber bracelets with King Solomon’s inspirational words to The DL-Link, a community charity that assists cancer sufferers. Read more about The DL Link...
When Israel wants something from the United States, it typically makes three stops: the pro-Israel lobby, Jewish members of Congress and the White House. Pictured: Israeli...
Once again, the doyen of SA Zionist communicators has scoured the web to bring us her best of the best – eleven top Zionism reads from...
OPINION AND ANALYSIS Week Ending 28 January 2015 1. Christians in the Holy Land: don’t call us Arabs Aryeh Tepper, The Tower, January 2015 Long...
In his regular DELVING DEEPER column of the week, Rabbi Bloch offers readers a different perspective from Parshas Beshallach.
Much to the chagrin of SA Jewry and many other South Africans, convicted multiple plane hijacker Leila Khaled, arrives in South Africa next week for a...
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven wounded after a Hezbollah anti-tank missile strike on an Israeli patrol on the Israel-Lebanon border. Israel is searching for...
Can Don Krausz be serious in his letter in Jewish Report of January 23, titled: "Remember that blood is thicker than ink." He says: "How can...
