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Even though we find ourselves in the midst of the Hebrew month of Sivan, our parsha this week, Behalotcha, takes us back to an auspicious date...
Just as the Highlands House Home for the Jewish Aged is beginning to contain its coronavirus outbreak, a second Jewish care facility in Cape Town has...
The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) this week condemned a Facebook post by the university’s Palestine Solidarity...
As we head towards 16 June on Tuesday, I find it uncanny that protests against racism and police brutality are taking place internationally. They are protesting...
As I write this, America is burning as the police move to crush the protest against their brutal action. George Floyd is now a hashtag that’s...
“My South African and Jewish background, including anti-apartheid activism, has profoundly shaped my understanding and support of #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) and many similar ideas, practices, and groups,”...
Youth Day is a chance to reflect on what it means to be a young person in South Africa. What is my position and responsibility as...
June 16 is a reminder of how privileged I am. I didn’t have to fight for the right to an education. I don’t feel targeted because...
Holidays and commemorations are always a time of reflection. Reflection of change, reflection of the past, and reflection of the future. As I write this piece...
The Torah tells us that preservation of human life takes preference over everything, and confirms that one may break Shabbat to save a life. If something...
Youth Day is a junction on the calendar. Unlike the usual hustle and bustle of daily life, 16 June is a day meant for slowing down...
In South Africa, Youth Day commemorates the Soweto uprising: a protest that screamed for change, and was for the greater good. We all recall the iconic...
When Youth Day comes around, we have an obligation to look for an opportunity to create change.
When Nelson Mandela started his journey in politics, he began with the youth. Mandela along with Anton Lembede, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo established the African...
When Glynne Wolman started The Angel Network in 2015, she never imagined that it would one day play a vital role in helping others during a...
For Marilyn Bassin, giving is a way of life. A physiotherapist by training, she has worked with indigent children for nearly 30 years.
“I wonder what Madiba is thinking about what is happening to all his children this year,” was the thought foremost on Helen Fraser’s mind when she...
“We are slowly but surely entering into a new world order, one which will challenge us in many ways and give us many opportunities,” says Rabbi...
COVID-19 has taken a toll on many interpersonal relationships, and while some are flourishing, others are falling apart.
If an old-aged home is hit with COVID-19, the expectation is that most residents won’t recover and the virus will spread like wildfire. But Highlands House...
ORT South Africa is urging the public to donate devices no longer being used to help bridge the digital divide for students.
“I want to pay tribute to the thoughtful and visionary leaders with whom I have been fortunate to work these past four years,” said Marlene Bethlehem,...
As lockdown eases and people around the country tentatively start going back to “normal” – at least as far as circumstances allow – we understand that...
One of my least favourite biblical stories takes place about a year after the children of Israel fled Egypt. During that time, they are said to...
On the crisp Tuesday morning of 2 June 2020, I walk through the gates of Yeshiva College for the first time in more than three months.
The Israeli Embassy in South Africa has lent its hand to Afrika Tikkun, an agency of the Solidarity Fund, so it can up its support for...
This year, King David High School Linksfield’s Awareness Week is a little different to last year. Appropriately scheduled in commemoration of Youth Day, it focuses on...
Riley Bick in Grade 8 at King David High School Victory Park has managed to achieve the victrix ludorum award for swimming for five consecutive years....
More than 300 educational packs were distributed to children residing in Kliptown, Soweto, in the first week of June in an initiative between the King David...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein announced on Tuesday, 2 June, that he would wait another two weeks before deciding whether to reopen shuls in South Africa....
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has laid criminal charges against Simone Abigail Kriel for posting antisemitic and inflammatory messages on her Instagram profile...
Like the United States president, President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that places of worship are “essential places that provide essential services”, and must therefore reopen.
(JTA) Jewish groups are expressing outrage over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed last week by a Minneapolis police officer who has subsequently...
Against the backdrop of the civil unrest that followed the brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of a policeman in the United States, South...
The fast-growing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-linked rebel insurgency in Mozambique – coupled with a porous border with our northern neighbour – is extremely...
The images of schools opening this week looked more like something from science fiction movies than reality. They brought home the fact that no matter how...
The pandemic of COVID-19 is a public-health emergency not seen since the devastating Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918/1919, which was responsible for more than 50 million...
A holiday trip to New Zealand turned into a three-month-long difficult but adventurous wait for Cape Town couple Wilfred and Marie Gruzd after their flight home...
Tyron Brivik couldn’t wait to head to Argentina for a holiday and reunion with his Mexican girlfriend. But what started out as a dream come true...
Introduced simply as “Maya”, this daughter of a Jewish mother and devout Muslim father was married at 15. She endured unspeakable horrors at the hands of...
