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I was surprised at the contents and the implications thereof in your editorial of August 22 - 29, entitling “Concerning the chasm among SA Jews”. In...
On September 14, delegates representing a wide range of Gauteng Jewish organisations will be coming together for the SAJBD’s biennial Gauteng Council conference. The theme of...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
"I am honoured to be able to continue the long standing tradition going back to Chief Rabbi Bernard Casper and Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, both of...
In 2011 the English Football Association (FA) voted David Bernstein, a Jew, in as chairman. His nomination was met with surprise, with many expecting David Dein...
In a local spat at the end of 2011, coinciding with the then Israel-Gaza conflict which prompted the launch of the IDF’s Operation Pillar of Defence...
“As an alumnus of Rhodes University … I take umbrage at the stance by the university to include me in this biased and one-sided view which...
Justice Dennis Davis’ weekly show on ENCA, “Judge for Yourself,” this week put Avrom Krengel and Muhammed Desai head-to-head, joined by Daily Maverick Associate Editor and...
2013 was a record year, breaking the 3-5 mil visitors’ barrier for the first time, and 2014 seems set to beat that hands down. Ben-Gurion Airport...
With Rosh Hashanah approaching, the JWBS has and continues, to provide many Jewish families with what is usually their only form of support and sustenance.
Project to begin construction of nine locally-built tugs worth 1.4-bil blessed by five religious leaders in Durban, including Progressive Rabbi Hillel Avidan, pictured. Only then were...
“I was looking at WWI posters at the Washington State History Museum with my kids, & found one in Yiddish. How cool!” says US user Sara.
BDS-SA is cooing after it managed to get Woollies in Rosebank to temporarily close on Shabbos in the first in a series of planned “Monthly National...
“Whenever BDS has initiated an action it has engendered a counter-response that has more than cancelled out any gain it hoped to attain,” writes SAZF vice-chair...
Judging by the actions of the Bank of Israel, Israel’s central bank, the economy is in worrying shape. The bank’s Monetary Committee, at its monthly meeting...
“Come on Mr. Editor, print the rest of my comment," asks Choni Davidowitz. "No Way," says the online editor. See why, and have your say too.
Three exceptional long-service awards were a highlight at the 121st annual general meeting of the Johannesburg Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society (JWBS) at Golden Acres, last week.
It’s the smallest programme in over 20 years, but this year’s Dance Umbrella, from Sunday, packs a hefty punch, not only in important and focus-shifting productions,...
“Living in apartheid South Africa was easy in moral terms - good versus evil,” says Benjamin Pogrund, former deputy editor of the leading anti-apartheid newspaper, the...
Mentalist Gilan Gork amazed the audience at the Jewish Achiever event on Sunday, by locking some predictions in a sealed box at the beginning of proceedings,...
Users post so many comments on this website every day – sometimes a lot about a few stories, and at other times one or two comments...
The Greenside Shul is holding SA’s first Gourmet Kosher Food Festival from Thursday to Sunday. The stalls are sold out and the event has everything for...
Superman is as American as apple pie, in that both have their origins in the M-East. Superman Is Jewish
Ben Levitas, pictured, has a full go at US Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel, who, says the SAZF national vice-chair, seems to have been given a wake-up...
Jewish talent spans across the generations – from the achievements of a 17-year-old to an 80-year-old. This is what emerged at the SA Jewish Achievers 2014...
The Field Band Foundation, made for a special opening to an already special 2014 Absa Jewish Achievers event. The Foundation is an innovative & successful youth...
This year 3 Jewish Wits SRC candidates are again in the running next week. The candidates are hoping that both Jewish and non-Jewish students who are...
UOS Executive Director Darren Sevitz says: “There is no shortage of meat. There is an abundance of sensationalist journalism designed to create panic for no good...
A wave of vitriolic sentiment has been directed against Israel in recent weeks throughout the entire world.
The King David Big Walk which took place in Johannesburg last Sunday, was a resounding success.
A lot has been said in recent weeks about Operation Protective Edge. That the debate has aroused passion is good. That as a community the vast...
I hesitantly write as a principal of a school reluctant to perpetuate the Josh Broomberg debate. However, I do want to express my concern and disgust....
With all the brouhaha over the "500"signatories, it seems to me that we are overlooking some small but salient points, one of them being the keffiyehs...
This week’s Torah reading begins with the commandment to appoint judges in all communities. This points to one of the fundamental thrusts of Judaism, namely that...
The Johannesburg Sephardi Hebrew Congregation (JSHC) in partnership with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) held an event to mark the 70th Commemoration of the...
It took one unintended trip to a gymnastics class - and a new door was opened for young Livya Eliana Firer.
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
This year marks the ninth anniversary since the passing of Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris zt’l on the ninth of Elul in Hermanus in September 2005 on...
King David High school Linksfield was in full support of the ALS challenge. ALS stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Former rugby great Joost van der Westhuizen,...
Members of the Jewish and Japanese communities, diplomats, business leaders and Holocaust survivors, packed into the Abe Abrahamson Auditorium at Beyachad last Wednesday to remember Chiune...
