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Sadly, the situation between Israel and the Palestinians seems more like scrambled eggs than an omelette.
“They are not praying for me but preying upon me,” writes RABBI GAVIN MICHAL of what he calls “spiritual trickery and what I believe to be...
Impacting much wider sector of the community than ever before Chief Rabbi told SAJR Online in an exclusive interview yesterday.
Answers to questions about Jewish matters by SAJR’s eminent panel of rabbis & rebbetzens
The 2014 Absa Jewish Achievers Awards by Jewish Report, culminating in a gala awards ceremony, will be held on 24 August at VodaWorld. There is no...
SAJR Online will be publishing updates daily on Sinai Indaba IV. See the national programmes and all about Sinai Next.
The SA Zionist Federation and SAJR are offering two lucky SAJR Online users two prime seats at the Brunch with Dr Ruth event to be held...
I not only found myself filming an ad in Latvia, but discovered a whole lot more when I ventured out to retrace my grandparents’ origins.
The barefooted beggars staring glumly into car windows at traffic lights, trying to catch the eyes of the driver, and the homeless people sleeping under bridges...
Immediately after Shavuot, over 60 students drawn in roughly equal numbers from Wits and Unisa, wrote their exams under the auspices of the Board at Beyachad....
Parshat Shelach Lecha relates the story of the 12 spies going to investigate the Promised Land, when 10 out of the 12 come back with negative...
On Tuesday June 3, King David Victory Park hosted an exciting event aimed at promoting discussion and creating a more well-rounded student body within the school
Cy Saks (pictured), one of South African comedy’s stalwarts, a man who had an inordinate fondness for chocolate, was known for his extraordinary Liberace impression and...
Latest Sightings, (www.latestsightings.com) founded by Nadav Ossendryver at age 15 (now 17), a King David Linksfield High School learner in Johannesburg, is an example of what...
With the relentless ticking clock that draws us closer and closer to deadline day July 18, Nelson Mandela Day, the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela initiative...
I previously spoke (in wonder) about the “insanity” of those who persistently run the Comrades Marathon every year. For most people it is much more about...
Mainstream media, including widely distributed newspapers City Press and Rapport and community radio station ChaiFM have given voice to the recent Milnerton and Sephardi Shul scandal...
Pandemonium broke out at Our Parents Home (OPH) in Orchards, Johannesburg last Saturday evening, when the power went off, while the residents were eating their dinner....
Dr Ruth is an absolute hoot! SAJR’s non-executive director, Howard Sackstein, interviewed her late on Monday night SA time over Skype. Ant Katz was on hand...
You’ve followed them in action online, you know it’s something you enjoy reading, now here’s your opportunity to watch them in action, live, at a delicious...
The old and somewhat worn-out cliché, “dynamite comes in small packages”, is about to be revived not only with bells and whistles but with loud drumbeats...
Who would have thought it? The only two Jews in Parliament, both novice MPs but specialised in their fields, have already moved to the front benches...
Discovery Health hosted doctors and their partners in Johannesburg last month where they gave away copies of “Blood Money – The Cyril Karabus Story”. Speakers included...
What I learned from a non-frum congregant
Rabbi Michal explains his life-long fascination with the Kotzker Rebbe
Tsogo Sun’s Beverly Hills hotel at Umhlanga Rocks is celebrating its ‘golden anniversary’ – and two lucky SAJR Online users will win a holiday in our...
Is this the face of an anti-Semitic killer? He has been arrested for the shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three...
SA Jewish Report and “67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day” have teamed up for a welfare project for Madiba. Stitch by stitch we will be keeping...
All the latest updates and information about Rabbi Berland and his followers, in Israel and South Africa, including pics of weekly rallies at the Kotel, more...
Minnie Bersohn Pre-Primary last week held a mock wedding for one of their teachers, Ricci-Lee Kaplan.
Nachman of Breslov (also known as Reb Nachman of Bratslav & Reb Nachman Breslover from Uman, lived a short life - from 1772 to 1810. Who...
From his birth in 1937 to Rosh Yeshiva Shuvu Banim, he's guided tens of thousands of Jews from secular backgrounds to the Torah path.
Cape Town city council last week recommended developing a citywide eruv policy taking them a step closer to a 13-year goal of an enlarged eruv. Alan...
Mystery surrounds the arrest last week of a likable ex-Israeli soldier, a member of his family and their domestic accused of operating a massive guns-for-hire (and...
After being singled out for selling Pasul (un-kosher) Mezuzim and other items, Rabbi Herring says “I sincerely apologise for this unintentional occurrence and for any inconvenience...
The Jobar Shul was one of the holiest Jewish sites in Syria and contained priceless historical Jewish artefacts. The Shul has been under the stewardship of...
Until this week, the Catholic Church stayed out of the campaign to dehumanize Jews and malign the Jewish state, writes CAROLINE GLICK.
So far Katy Perry is staying silent on her anti-Jewish caricature. Not good enough writes Rabbi on HuffPost
The Chief Rabbi’s unity project has gone global again & was celebrated in 5 languages today
