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At the turn of the 20th century, about half of Vilnius’s population was Jewish. All that remains of Jewish life there is a tourist trail, and...
As Israel draws closer to its second national election in a year come September, it’s unclear if the result will be any different to the polls...
Embrace profit with a purpose, and find positive opportunities for growth at times of great social change. This is the challenge that Discovery co-founder and Vitality...
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you,” wrote American poet, Maya Angelou. Community members braced the cold to hear the untold...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) gave credit where it was due to Benji Shulman, one of our community’s foremost youth leaders.
Undercover identities, secret agents, and confidential operations are usually the stuff of a James Bond film, but to Daniel Limor, they are reality.
Prejudice against women remains rife even in the 21st century, but some women don’t allow it to stand in their way.
The Middle East has changed dramatically over the past decade, and the facts which were once certain are today no longer relevant.
South African Jewry has been unwavering in its support for the state of Israel, be it through raising funds or defending its right to exist. The...
“Don’t be fooled by the smiles.” This is the stark observation photographer Julian Pokroy makes about the depth of emotion behind the photographic portraits he has...
Where others see deprivation, Phillip Shapiro sees the opportunity to uplift and inspire.
When you sit down for your next Nando’s meal, you might wonder how a Mozambican peri-peri flavour became such an iconic South African flavour. And as...
You’ve watched Israeli television series Fauda, Shtisel and When Heroes Fly, and soon you may be watching one based on the book Train In the Distance...
It’s not something most people want to talk about. In general, mental illness is still a taboo topic in many circles, but depression during pregnancy –...
Siphiwe Mngadi was one of the Grade 11 cyclists from Pace Commercial Secondary School in Soweto who rode Cycalive in 2013.
Beit Luria Shul in the Willows Estate in Johannesburg has joined the South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ), becoming the youngest and newest progressive congregation...
South Africa is hardly the only democratic country grappling with the problems of racism, xenophobia, and other forms of bigotry. That much was made clear during...
The Shabbat minyan at 07:30 generally attracts a strange blend of insomniacs. These include young parents who might as well go to shul because they have...
“You’re a racist!” is one of the most cutting accusations one can make in these politically charged times, as we drown in a cacophony of hate...
While encamped on the eastern side of the River Jordan, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, owners of cattle, observed that the Land of Jazer and...
Countries suspend funding for UNRWA The Netherlands and Switzerland have announced the suspension of funding for United Nations aid agency UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and...
My three-week trip to Israel with Diller Teen Fellows was not just a tour, it was a journey, an experience unlike any other.
Mazaltov to the 2019/2020 Students Representative Councils (SRCs) of King David Victory Park and King David Linksfield High Schools, Herzlia, and Yeshiva College.
The article “Tomb raider caught out in Cape cemetery” in the 26 July edition of the SA Jewish Report elicited emotions of sorrow and anger that...
On Tuesday night, on a balmy evening in Budapest’s Nándor Hidegkuti Stadium, the 15th edition of the European Maccabi Games (EMG) swung into action with the...
Former Western Cape provincial secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Tony Ehrenreich last week ‘apologised’ for hate speech committed five years ago,...
The Cape Town Jewish community has experienced vandalism of graves in its country communities. However, it has now discovered that a stonemason working in the Pinelands...
South African-born businesswoman and couture handbag designer, Lana Marks, intends to deepen trade and investment ties and strengthen the relationship between South Africa and the United...
It’s not time to pop the champagne yet, say insiders, but things are looking up for the once sour multibillion rand Clover deal, which anti-Israel activists...
South African-born Sir Mick Davis has quit as chief executive and treasurer of the British Conservative Party, warning that the party risks putting Jeremy Corbyn in...
Saying sorry is easy, but not if you really mean it. We say sorry all the time, but it doesn’t mean anything unless we intend to...
My grandmother had a very particular world view. For the 25 plus years I’ve been a journalist, regardless of what was happening in the world, she’d...
South African anti-Israel lobby groups “don’t want South Africans to visit Israel because they have something to hide. They will lose control of the ‘apartheid narrative’...
While South Africans have had a taste of “Day Zero” and load shedding, our compatriots north of the border face this reality every single day. Water...
Egils Levits, the former Latvian justice minister and representative at the European Court of Justice, was recently elected president of the Latvian Republic.
(JTA) In the 1960s, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and John Glenn were household names, idolised as g-d-like figures by a public enraptured by NASA’s (the...
Whether you’re a user of Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, the odds are you’ve been inundated with pictures of wizened and wrinkly faces this past week.
After matriculating at Herzlia High School in Cape Town about twelve years ago, Glenn Stein spent a year in Argentina as a Rotary Exchange scholar. It...
Acclaimed former South African cricketing great and sports administrator, Dr Ali Bacher, says South Africans Jews no longer excel in administering or playing sport for the...
(JTA) American Jews know more about religion in general than their non-Jewish neighbours, a new survey shows.
