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Seasoned Israel entrepreneur and Middle East expert, Avi Jorisch, brought a message to South African Jews this week, insisting that if we really want to appreciate...
The recent measles outbreak in Israel has once again revived the polarising debate surrounding vaccination.
Last Sunday morning, at the jaw-creaking hour of 06:00, a small group of people took a walk in the park, marvelling at birds, trees, and the...
Jewish-Russian-American violinist Yevgeny Kutik was in South Africa for four days this month on a whistle-stop visit, in which he played with the Cape Town Philharmonic...
An El Al plane bound for Israel that was delayed from taking off in New York was diverted to Athens on Friday to allow Shabbat-observant passengers...
Linda Sarsour released a statement apologising on behalf of the Women’s March for causing harm to the movement’s Jewish members, and for being too slow to...
As graduates of Herzlia School, we feel proud that Herzlia continues to produce independently minded pupils.
I’m referring to the despicable young attention seekers at Herzlia High who “took the knee” during the singing of Hatikvah to protest what they called “Israeli...
I rack my brain as to why the conduct of the two Herzlia boys was met with such staunch criticism.
Ronnie Kasrils’ op ed in last week’s Saturday Star amazes this reader. Is the action of two young pupils at a Jewish school of such national...
Israeli musician and conductor, Nir Brand, is inspired to bring music to people the world over. Brand, who is visiting South Africa this week, believes that...
This year, as previously noted in this column, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ Gauteng conference is, for the first time, being held in two...
The story which went viral in Jewish circles last week (reported on page 14) about chaos on an El Al flight to Israel which was delayed...
Maybe it’s just me, but I am finding people more angry than usual at the moment. I am not sure if it’s the insane and unpleasant...
In Parashat Vayishlach, we find Jacob fearing for himself and his family as he prepares to confront his brother Esau for the first time since stealing...
“The word that encapsulates ORT Jet is ‘hope’”, said Ian Janet, ORT Jet veteran volunteer mentor at the ORT Jet Annual Awards, recently. ORT JET, the...
The Gauteng progressive Jewish community came together last weekend to help the less fortunate of Hillbrow as part of Mensch Mitzvah Day, a global Jewish-led day...
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) members rolled up their sleeves In the centre court of the Norwood Mall last Sunday to fulfil their Mitzvah Day...
King David Ariel recently took part in its second outdoor classroom day for 2018. Outdoor classroom day is a worldwide campaign to promote outdoor play and...
As part of King David Schools and Israel’s 70-year celebration, King David Primary School Linksfield’s marimba band departed last Thursday for a trailblazing trip to perform...
The Futbol Five-a-Side World Cup (F5WC), scheduled to be staged in Shanghai, was moved to South Africa at the last minute. No clear reasons were given,...
The talented, globe-trotting, chess-playing twins continue to rewrite the South African record books in the Under 8 age group – this time at the World Cadet...
Fifteen hours. That’s all it took for Hamas to shoot 460 rockets and mortars at southern Israel.
On Monday evening, the skirmish raging between Israel and Hamas became very real for former Deputy Israeli Ambassador to South Africa, Michael Freeman, and his wife,...
South African Minister of State Security Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba makes it clear that while the Jewish community is under no particular threat, the department of state security...
Danni Heymann, the King David Victory Park Grade 12 pupil at the centre of last week’s anti-Semitic WhatsApp voice note, went from being a victim to...
South African olah, Nava Uner, has lived through two previous Gaza attacks, but this past week was undoubtedly the worst.
As I was heading home on Tuesday, I heard on ChaiFM that 460 rockets had been fired from Gaza into Israel since late Sunday. That is...
Late on Tuesday, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect. While at the time of writing the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) had still not...
“The president is not directly responsible for acts of domestic terrorism, but he should be more careful with his language.” That’s the way the Economist headlined...
As Herzlia Middle School’s prestigious prize-giving evening came to a close, two Grade 9 boys stepped forward from the rest of their grade on the stage...
The founder and Chief Executive of Discovery, Adrian Gore, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards last week.
Taking the knee - or kneeling in protest during the singing of a national anthem - achieved international prominence earlier this month in the United States...
Though Makgabo Mhaule, the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, admitted that the South African government would downgrade the South African embassy in Israel, she...
The T-shirt of Waze founder and Israeli start-up king Uri Levine displays his business philosophy: “Fall in love with the problem, not the solution.”
“I was born 50 year ago, but until I was 29 and was sent by the [diplomatic] office of Germany to Ukraine, I had never consciously...
Moshe Silberhaft was just 14 when he set out for Messina, South Africa’s northernmost town, just before the high holidays of 1984. He did not suspect...
Colin Coleman, who has headed up Goldman Sachs Southern Africa for the past 18 years, doesn’t believe there is a magic bullet to fix South Africa’s...
Whether you’re Israeli or South African, you know that hummus is, by definition, a savoury dish prepared using chickpeas, spices, and olive oil.
When Aliza Bloch was elected mayor of Beit Shemesh last month, it ended a decade of haredi orthodox control over this small bedroom community of just...
