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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice,” said Martin Luther King Jr. In the mid-1950s in America with all the...
With its turkey, tinsel, and trees, no Christian holiday seems to fascinate Jews more than Christmas. The promise of pudding and presents captures our imagination. With...
Hey, do you know what negative space is? I’ve thrown out this question to people around me this week, and have received some interesting answers. “It’s...
The holidays are here and soon parents will face a perennial plight: how to keep their children busy.
It’s holiday time! Whether you are sweltering in the summer heat, gearing up for a white winter, almost en-route to your grand vacation, or visiting the...
Bev Michel is extraordinary. Age forgot to extract its toll on her flawless skin, her striking designer frames, and her immaculate dress sense. Her manicured fingernails...
Jack Hoffman’s He Does Not Die a Death of Shame is a coming-of-age story written by a South African-trained surgeon in his late 70s who’s been...
The end of the year is upon us; and it’s finally time for a break. Relaxation from school lifts, appointments, and traffic. Maybe even some time...
Modern life moves at a bewilderingly fast pace. No sooner has one come to the end of one project than it is time to embark on...
Why would a professional who has given a whole career to the arts industry suddenly be deemed racist? On Sunday, I attended a performance by South...
TS Eliot would have been proud of 2019. He would have sat up straight and taken notice. About the year that was, Eliot could never have...
I don’t lightly critique the views of Jewish organisations, especially of those with feet on the ground in their own country. While any survey about attitudes...
The Chevrah Kadisha (Chev) honoured Les Markowitz, Jenny Lichtenstein, and Sylvia Lefevre at a special kiddush at Sandringham Gardens Shul recently for the joy they have...
WIZO (the Women’s International Zionist Organization) Johannesburg celebrated its culmination lunch on Thursday 28 November at Frangelicas in Johannesburg.
The United Arab Emirates announced that 2019 would officially be proclaimed the Year of Tolerance to highlight the country’s decision to welcome people of all backgrounds...
It is comforting, in these crisis-ridden and disorienting times to hear the clear voice of a cricket optimist. Adam Bacher is one such soul, a man...
A ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) last week declaring the definition of hate speech unconstitutional will have far reaching consequences for our community.
French parliament deems Israel hate anti-Semitism The lower house of France’s parliament passed a nonbinding resolution on Tuesday that deems some forms of hatred of Israel...
I recently returned from the annual Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim Conference (aka the Kinus) in New York, where the culminating banquet expressed the idea of being present for...
The Cape Town Jewish community might be shrinking, but it’s largely due to fewer marriages, lower birth rates, and increased death rates in an aging community,...
When a newspaper headline reads “Rabbi lures youth to lair”, readers are going to assume it has to do with a Jewish spiritual leader.
The Cape Town Jewish community will have to wait at least six months before a judgement is made on the Tafelberg case, which saw the Phyllis...
One year after 39 Jewish gravestones were vandalised in the Wellington Jewish cemetery, their restoration is almost complete. However, the project has raised questions about the...
A close friend of mine believes that once December starts, it is time to take the pressure off and not take anything too seriously. I love...
My grandmother had a very clear worldview. Regardless of what was happening in the world, she’d ask if it was good or bad for the Jews....
British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis went out on a limb last week in openly telling the community and Britain who they should or shouldn’t vote for...
Ex-South African Jewish voters in London are worried what a possible election win by the Labour Party – mired in allegations of institutional anti-Semitism – might...
Anti-Semitism, apart from being a vile and dangerous phenomenon, is also highly complex. Accordingly, the fight against it requires a multifaceted strategy.
Open a newspaper in Israel on any given day, and you will probably see an article about an Israeli company having just been bought by an...
Euthanasia, active or passive, is contrary to the teachings of Judaism. In extreme situations, however, the termination of human life is not considered a sin, but...
“Israel’s journey to the moon is a story that everyone can dream about. It’s a good example of Israeli chutzpah.” So said a top female Israeli...
It’s nearly four decades since the first cases of HIV were diagnosed in the United States. In the first decade, the virus took down the biggest...
What do Dr Stanley Hirsch, Stanley Fischer, Stanley Bergman, Morris Kahn, and Professor Michael Hayden have in common? They are just a handful of the many...
“Are you going to answer my question with a question?” “If not here, where?” This exchange in shul on Yom Kippur on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel...
Long drops, tinned sardines, and bucket showers – these are the features of December machaneh that are indelibly ingrained in the minds of the campers of...
When my two teenage daughters heard I was writing about what kids pack for their annual machaneh (summer camp) at the coast, they objected vehemently to...
Cadbury and Shiloh aren’t your typical magistrate and prosecutor. They may be wearing the requisite robes and uniforms, but they’re actually dogs, and they are helping...
Cape Town Rabbi Sam Thurgood says Zvi Suchet is able to connect physical and spiritual worlds through a style of magical realism portrayed in works currently...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a collection of 301 photographs is a legendary epic. The images which appear in A Handful of Sand...
Not only those of us in the field, but even ordinary community members were taken by surprise by the results of a new survey into anti-Semitic...
