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Israel sent a high-powered delegation for the Madiba Memorial, including Speaker of Parliament Yuli Edelstein & 5 other parliamentarians.
“We invited members of the Government but as I look out upon you all I cannot see any,” said Ambassador Sisa Ngombane. "WOW!" writes Dave Kaplan...
SA Jewish Report Online has posted almost 50 stories on the unique relationship between SA Jewry & Madiba. We’ve followed community-related events since the tragic news...
It can't be often a non-Jew is honoured by being referred to as a mensch in the Israeli media, in his case, it was a no-brainer!
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein is renowned for delivering deeply meaningful speeches and Prayers at the best of times. But today, before what was arguably the...
Golda Meir tried to help Nelson Mandela avoid the death penalty in 1964 according to newly-declassified documents this week. Then-Foreign Minister Golda Meir urged Israeli diplomats...
The South African Union of Progressive Jewry (SAUPJ) will be holding a special memorial Tuesday afternoon at a private home in Houghton.
Professor David Bilchitz delivered the obituary, headlined: “In Memory of a Great Man,” and spoke of Madiba’s unflinching commitment to reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable diversity of...
In my previous post I asked the question whether the US was preparing “to throw Israel under the bus?” I answered by outlining the issue as...
Bev's pick of the week's best in Zionist reading
Thabo Mbeki told the gathering at Oxford Shul in Killarney yesterday evening that there is a need for strong leadership in SA - and for honouring...
One of the first to issue condolences, Peres has since penned this deeply thoughtful and insightful message issued Friday. "Mandela was an example to us all....
"We need to say thank you to Madiba and his generation,” Thabo Mbeki said. “After centuries of conflict, we come together now ... to celebrate his...
Comparison of the incarceration of Marwan Barghuti to that of Nelson Mandela is both odious and wholly out of context writes VICTOR GORDON
“In BGU we have a centre of excellence which represents the best in the traditions of the Jewish people: a sense of mission; internationalism; inventiveness. It...
It seems that everyone in Jewish SA and World Jewry is following events on SAJR Online. Between Friday and mid-day Sunday SAJR Online had more visitors...
Update notices have been issued today (Sunday) by the Office of the Chief Rabbi, Board and the Fed to advise that former President Thabo Mbeki will...
He taught the world the true meaning of a hero. His teachings of bravery and compassion will live on, particularly in the hearts of the Palestinian...
It is with great sadness that we record the death of (the) revered ‘tata’ of the SA nation. In “Long Walk to Freedom” (Madiba) wrote, “I...
We stand “together with our fellow South Africans we mourn this loss,” says Board ‘s national director Wendy Kahn
Memorial services for Madiba will be held at a single Shul in each SA city – with Bloemfontein, Durban, East London, Johannesburg, and Port Elizabeth holding...
It is unfair to deify Mandela; he was flesh and blood like the rest of us, capable of suffering and erring. Imagine the loneliness and fear...
The Fed, together with countless Jews in SA, Israel and the diaspora, mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, an exceptional leader and indefatigable fighter against discrimination...
"Madiba was a great friend to me and to Afrika Tikkun as an organisation. I fondly remember the day he visited our project in Orange Farm,...
His enduring legacy of selfless fortitude will provide confidence to future generations of leaders and hope to millions of citizens on earth.
Today we are all mourners for we have lost a great leader. Our world is a sadder and emptier place without Nelson Mandela writes CHIEF RABBI...
Israeli President Shimon Peres (pictured) issued a special statement this morning on the passing of Nelson Mandela. "The world lost a great leader who changed the...
US-based Englishman Michael Grabiner, chair of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (pictured) who was in SA for the SAUPJ’s 80th Anniversary last year, was quick...
"It is with much sadness and regret that we note the passing of President Nelson Mandela at the age of 95" -The South African Union for...
Over the coming weeks this website will explore the close relationship and partnership formed between SA Jewry and Madiba, with the ANC and their allies. Relationships...
Our weekly round-up of what’s happening in the South African Jewish Community. Send us your events to get them the website and in the print edition.
The Sunday Times RICH LIST 2013 published last weekend had SA Jewry WITH 26 percent of the wealthiest & 11 percent of top SA earners. The...
Jewish Report will run as a source of news, info & conversation through the 2013/2014 holiday season. Whilst this is the last print edition of the...
Knesset told that Canadian Charedi kids were hit with iron bars & denied food, that Lev Tahor sect achieved compliance by inflicting constant pain & forcing...
Ho Ho Chanukkah! Hate buying different styles of gift wrap? No probs in the US, they now sell two-sided wrap!
JRSA Online users can DOWNLOAD A PDF copy of this wonderful 54-pager or print it out for holiday reading, Read the summary by editor DAVID SAKS.
"A few years ago I was invited to the Sandton police station to attend the police parade and address the SAPS on the festival of Chanukah,"...
When President Jacob Zuma opened the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory - the official home of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton – last month, Jewish...
Neither the Israeli nor the Palestinian side really wanted to be there; both were more or less compelled by international pressure
