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This past week has been a very uplifting one for our community. A number of highly successful and well-supported communal events have taken place in Johannesburg,...
I refer to Dr Dean Lutrin’s article, “The holiness of the BDS movement”, in last week’s Jewish Report.
When you invite an eminent person to be honoured for excellence at a high-profile function like the Absa Jewish Achiever awards, and ask him to say...
Download your PDF copy of the complete glossy 76-page 2014 Absa Jewish Achiever magazine in either low-res (8-meg) or hi-res (20-meg) to see all the nominees...
PDF: WINNER Meyer Kahn PDF: WINNER Prof Jonathan Jansen PDF: WINNER Rabbi Dovid Hazdan PDF: WINNER Prof Valerie Mizrahi YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR FINALISTS YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR WINNER PDF: ABSA ENTREPRENEUR FINALISTS PDF: ENTREPRENEUR...
Last post at at 10,23pm - LISTED WINNER Braudo speaks. This live blog will begin on Sunday 24 Aug - follow the 2014 sixteenth annual Absa...
It is almost upon us - Sunday's annual social highlight of the SA Jewish calendar, the Gala Awards Banquet of the Absa Jewish Achiever, brought to...
“What is going on now is the most brutal demonstration of man’s inhumanity to man and is criminal for the world to keep silent in the...
Last week Thursday, the Cevrah Kadisha’s Helping Hands, in partnership with Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIB) in Johannesburg, hosted another exclusive talk in the Jewish...
I was annoyed reading about Joshua Broomberg of King David Victory Park’s opinion on the Gaza issue. Just because he is a learner at KDVP, it...
A serious crisis is looming for observant Johannesburg Jews, as the supply of kosher meat dwindles way below the demand, due to factors difficult to control....
Jewish Report readers have so far collected around R80 000 for Israel’s emergency first-response service in the SAJR/MDA Click-Athon. And, over the past week, readers have...
Most South African Jews who read last Sunday’s biggest mass-circulation paper - which reaches hundreds of thousands of people and has an illustrious history as a...
Remember Johannesburg's Great Challah Bake” last year? Well this time around they are looking to make it bigger – so much bigger, in fact, that they...
Past tense - future perfect? This was the theme of the 30th National Triennial Conference of the Union of Jewish Women, held at the Killarney Country...
Jewish tradition prefers to promote discussion rather than unquestioning acceptance. Discussion and debate is usually regarded as a Jewish intellectual pursuit. The Jewish religion is studied...
It was with a great sense of tribute to the late Devorah Nates and the leadership and membership of the Federation of Synagogues Women’s Guilds of...
The care of dementia is not about tender loving care. It requires specialised nursing skills, but it’s a situation fraught with problems, ranging from stigmas in...
The question: A Jewish man who has signed a Living Will becomes very sick. He is suffering badly and is on life support. The doctors believe...
While the world has gone mad once again about the happenings in Gaza, it is comforting to see that in some parts of the world sport...
This week, I was interviewed on SAfm along with a representative of the group Jewish Voices for a Just Peace. In response to a claim that...
Josh Broomberg is indubitably an extremely bright, intelligent, erudite and clever young man - perhaps a tad too clever. I would like to think that his...
Does the Jewish mission to be a light unto the nations empower us to behave as we please? “Shoch: A derogatory word for a black person...
Further to your statement and your proud wearing of a Palestinian scarf as a representative of King David School and further to the open letter to...
She might not be Jewish, but she understands how the Holocaust remains in Europe’s blood and bones. Miřenka Čechová (32) (pictured), internationally respected Czech performer and...
The top three finalists who will be going head-to-head for 101.9 ChaiFM’s 2014 Radiothon - all registered charities - are the DL Link which offers lifestyle...
September 24, 2014, erev Rosh Hashanah. Three thousand Hamas elite troops say their final goodbyes to their families, who will never see them alive again.
The Johannesburg Beth Din has followed up a communiqué it issued on May 27, regarding sifrei Torah, tefillin and mezuzoth (STAM) sold by Rabbi Hylton Herring,...
Feizel Mamdoo’s comments call for a response. The Jewish signatories of the anti-Israel petition may well have been constructive in bringing democracy to South Africa and...
When a person experiences a serious illness and miraculously recovers, or survives a car accident, the words of the Machazor reverberate through his or her mind:...
I have been following the unfortunate events surrounding your appearance in public with a Palestinian scarf around your neck. I have also read your statement following...
As always, there is lots going on for the Jewish communities around the country. Contact local leadership for additional activities
How is it possible that others cannot see what we do, cannot feel our pain and see our desperation as we stamp our feet screaming, “This...
To those “Jews” who proclaim their undying support of the Palestinians in their endeavour to destroy Israel - the “Righteous 500” - I want to ask:...
The clock's counting down to Sunday's annual social highlight of the SA Jewish calendar, the Gala Awards Banquet of the Absa Jewish Achievers, brought to you...
Users continue to post dozens of new comments on this website every day – and that’s on a quiet day. Sometimes this stream of user-posted content...
It was we who erred by not promoted and publicised all of Bev’s hard work during the crucial period of Operation Protective Edge...
Ten of the best Zionism reads around. Check them out!
Bev's picks for the week ending 29 July
Another twelve great Zionist reads from around the world, hand-picked by Bev.
