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Proposed changes to the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ (SAJBD’s) constitution ahead of its national conference on 10 November are being queried by some members...
Have you ever wondered what daily Jewish life was like in Europe before the Holocaust? Soon, you will be able to experience the closest thing to...
If you think you’re confused by Brexit, you’re not alone. At this stage, both the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) are preparing for...
To say Yoni Moshe, aka Johnathan Moses Raichlin, made a dramatic entrance into the world 23 years ago would be an understatement. What with flashing lights,...
South Africans often believe that others are “out to get them” or that people will not act in good faith, but reality tells otherwise. Every day,...
(JTA) Sophie Wilmes is the first woman and the first Jewish person to become the prime minister of Belgium.
When King David High School Linksfield Principal Lorraine Srage blew out 60 candles on her birthday cake on 21 October, most celebrated her achievements as a...
When Sivan Ya’ari left the stage, there were audible sobs from the audience of 1 500 who had crowded into the Singularity University (SingularityU) South African...
Today Adam Pantanowitz is an iconic biomedical engineer, entrepreneur, and university lecturer. But that was not always the case for this tomahawked techie. Speaking to an...
When Shayne and Mic Mann brought Singularity University to South Africa, the journey took the two brothers to Singularity summits around the globe. Listening to some...
The biggest city in the rainbow nation was a sea of rainbow flags last weekend for the Joburg Pride parade in Sandton, Gauteng, on 26 October.
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) branch of the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) was recently recognised as the university’s most outstanding religious society...
It’s estimated that one in 40 people of Jewish Ashkenazi descent test positive for the mutated BRCA 1 and 2 cancer gene. Men with these genes...
Amidst soulful music, the spirits of biblical ancestors were summoned to a sukkah on the pool deck of the Genesis Centre on a warm Johannesburg night.
Many of our children are writing exams. It’s a tough time for them and a tricky time for parents who aren’t always sure how best to...
Fondly known as South African Jewry’s walking encyclopaedia, Isaac Reznik deeply respected tradition. He was unstintingly generous, and expressed in his actions the humility and dignity...
Isaac Reznik had close relationships with all the chief rabbis of his time. Here are personal tributes from Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein and Ann Harris,...
Table Mountain is the emblem of Cape Town, and October marks the 90th anniversary of its aerial cableway (known colloquially as “the cable car”). Those who...
King David Linksfield Pre-Primary School pupil Judah Swill holds the lulav and etrog in preparation for Sukkot.
King David Schools’ pupils featured strongly in the International Teen Maths Olympiad (ITMO) held in mid-October in Lucknow in the north of India, with four of...
King David Victory Park Grade 12 student Michael Rubin came first in the practical category at the 2019 Information Technology Showcase held at Redhill in September.
Children at King David Rosabelle Klein Nursery School love building the school’s mini sukkah.
The staff of Sydenham Pre-Primary School visited Eikenhof in the south of Johannesburg last week to help Rene Parker of Cause 4 Paws to improve the...
Preparations for the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ (SAJBD’s) biennial national conference, to take place at the Houghton Hotel on 10 November, have entered their...
I don’t remember which “breakthrough” agreement it was. But it was important. The Israelis and the Palestinians were finally about to reach an agreement on the...
As the Democratic Alliance threatens to implode, the sense of security it has given the small white population of South Africans, many Jews among them, gets...
Is their Castle Lager on tap during the torah reading? Will the rabbi be announcing rugga scores instead of siddur page numbers at shul this week?...
As the former assistant editor of The Johannesburg Jewish Herald (1956-1961), I feel compelled to compliment the editor of the SA Jewish Report, Peta Krost Maunder,...
The most recent edition of the SA Jewish Report – and indeed previous editions – have had their fair share of reports about anti-Jewish sentiment expressed...
Progressive Rabbi Julia Margolis, the chairperson of Sacred (the South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity), was recently invited by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in...
KosherWorld and the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) held a party at the KosherWorld sukkah in October to honour employees and volunteers in community organisations who...
Kevin Musikanth, the coach of the Israeli national side and the UCT (University of Cape Town) Ikeys, the winner of the Varsity Cup in 2014, is...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has condemned the Anglican Church of South Africa (ACSA) for its resolution to support “well-directed Boycott, Divestment, Sanction (BDS) actions” against...
Lana Marks, the East London-born American handbag designer and close friend of United States President Donald Trump, will soon grace our shores when she takes up...
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has reported Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Lebogang Maile, to the province’s integrity commissioner for hate...
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions SA (BDS SA) has called on South Africans to join its campaign to boycott Clover and all its products, but it appears to...
There is a blogger and podcaster in South Africa who calls himself “William de Hewitt” who routinely shares vitriolic, hateful, and often stomach-turning opinions about Jews,...
Having spent last Sukkot in Israel, I have an abiding image of a man with a long beard on a bicycle with a small sukkah attached...
Increasingly, it seems inevitable that Israelis will be heading into a third round of elections. Until now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to concede that...
United States President Donald Trump faces impeachment over pressing a foreign leader to dig up dirt on Trump’s main political opponent. The involvement of prominent Jewish...
