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Rabbi Natan Alexander stresses that his business, Better2gether, which sells sex tools online, exists for the greater good of helping couples improve their marriage.
Many South Africans are opting to making aliya, but not many do so at the age of 95. Ivor Kotzen, however, is packing up his worldly...
It is almost six months since the passing of Phillip Roth, America's foremost Jewish novelist. In the deeply sad aftermath of the massacre of Jews in...
Modern-day society has sprouted all types of gurus. We have experts on childcare and healthy eating, education, and entertainment. Self-help books top best seller lists every...
The death of 11 fellow Jews, gunned down in Pittsburgh by an anti-Semitic neo-Nazi, is a stark reminder that hatred and bigotry are often fuelled by...
Seventy-five years after the Holocaust, there are certain aspects and defining features that we need to relinquish slowly. Letting go is never easy, but given that...
In light of United States President Donald Trump’s reputation for lewd remarks about women, it is fitting that a bare-breasted woman chased his motorcade on the...
Last week’s issue reported an especially upsetting anti-Semitic incident in the form of a voice note sent to a young community member by a Treverton College...
It became easy, in recent years, to dismiss him as the wisecracking grandpa of the American comic book, a past-his-prime gimmick who cameoed alongside Earth’s angstiest...
“Having babies over 40 is almost the norm now,” says Dr Peter Koll, a gynaecologist and obstetrician at Mediclinic Sandton. “For the past few years, I’ve...
Ariellah Rosenberg, the Chief Executive of Jewish educational NGO ORT South Africa, recently welcomed home 13 exhilarated teenagers from a week-long trip to the World Youth...
There was a competitive air at the Jewish Unity Soccer event at Gemmel Park in Linksfield, Johannesburg, last Sunday. More than 80 players from Johannesburg and...
Sigd, a celebration of the Ethiopian Jewish community known as “Beta Israel”, is held annually on 29 Cheshvan (7 November). The festival celebrates the renewal of...
Teaching assistants at Torah Academy Nursery School recently graduated from a five-week training course in child development.
Dr Ali Bacher, former South African cricket captain and administrator, was one of the five recipients of the 2018 Steve Tshwete Lifetime Achievement Awards at the...
A Grade 12 pupil at King David Victory Park in Johannesburg received a horrific anti-Semitic voice note on WhatsApp this week from a Treverton College pupil....
If you thought the first half of Donald Trump’s first term as president was volatile, think about the next two years: his hated opponents, the Democrats,...
The Houghton Golf Club has stepped up security in the wake of cancelling a Muslim charity golf day last week that was believed to have been...
By now, it has become a familiar pattern: after an event that polarises the country, United States President Donald Trump knows who to pin the blame...
Modern anti-Semitism, or the “Israelisation” of anti-Semitism, is a curious alliance between the “hard, regressive” left and political Islam. Karen Milner, Associate Professor of Psychology at...
Israel must prioritise diaspora Jews’ needs second to its own security. This, says Akiva Tor, the head of Israel’s Bureau of World Jewish Affairs and World...
“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer in spite of my 30 years of research...
When I received the sinister anti-Semitic voice note that had been sent by a KwaZulu-Natal private school boy to a Jewish girl in Johannesburg, my blood...
On Monday, a second phase of American sanctions went into effect targeting critical sectors of Iran’s economy, including its oil exports, shipping sector, and financial institutions.
A local gangster movie that delves into family relationships and moral ambiguity in the Muslim community is already sparking international attention. So, too, is Sara Blecher,...
There are four young Israelis living in Pretoria who have caused quite a stir – not least of all because they are housed at the National...
United States President Donald Trump is using fake news to stoke fear regarding migrants and “the other”, with dangerous consequences for the spread of anti-Semitism and...
“There’s a joke often said in London that goes: what is the difference between a pizza and a Jewish educator? A pizza can feed a family...
On the first night of Pesach in the Jewish year 2171, Yaakov Avinu, the studious, devoted servant of Hashem, followed his mother’s prophetic advice and tricked...
In the wake of the deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on 27 October, Israeli legislators gathered for a special meeting to discuss anti-Semitism in America.
At eleven o’clock this coming Sunday – the 11th day of the 11th month – communities around the world observe a moment of silence in memory...
Dr Tsipra Boudnitski served as a military doctor in the Red Army during World War II and its immediate aftermath. The Russian government has given her...
Popular South African-born Rabbi Barry Marcus of Central Synagogue in Great Portland Street was honoured recently to mark his retirement.
Growing up in Poland, outspoken anti-corruption billionaire businesswoman, Magda Wierzycka, had no idea that her father and grandparents were Jewish.
What started as a salve for depression has become an all-consuming passion for businessman and author Hugh Liebenthal.
If a portrait sits somewhere on the spectrum between idealising the sitter and giving a true picture of who they really are, Irma Stern’s Mary, on...
Most of Tuesday was consumed by United States politics, and the South African Parliamentary circus. In the US, name calling had reached crescendo, and personal and...
Harry Fransman, a former Johannesburg businessman, turns 107 on 25 November. He hasn’t made firm arrangements for his birthday celebration. He just knows he wants his...
A few months ago, I expressed my view on what I considered to be excessive exposure on the front page of the SA Jewish Report of...
My name is David Mrost. I am a middle-aged gent who is supported by Jewish welfare at Sandringham Gardens in Johannesburg.
