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Among those particularly harshly impacted by the lockdown are the South Africans who found themselves suddenly stranded in foreign countries without either legal or practical means...
I have never been a natural athlete. To be fair, I’m not even an unnatural one. Because I’m no athlete at all. I exercise because I...
A few weeks into the nationwide lockdown, 11-year-old Jamie Kodesh told his parents he wanted to do something to help those worst affected by the coronavirus.
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) has launched a Women of Action campaign to thank its members and volunteers, as well as the care-workers, medical personnel,...
Crawford College Sandton is exceptionally proud of former student Joshua Jankelow, class of 2019, who has been accepted to the following prestigious American colleges for further...
On 16 May, a 28-year-old South African athlete and bodybuilder, Simone Abigail Kriel posted a deluge of anti-Semitic and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories on social-media platform Instagram.
This Shavuot, instead of being in shul with our communities, learning from our rabbis, we’re at home, learning with our families.
There has been an urgent call for University of Cape Town (UCT) alumni to support a campaign to vote out delegates aligned with the Boycott, Divestment,...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has called for the lockdown to ease based on the fact that the virus will spread no matter when it ends,...
It’s been just short of two weeks since the launch of the Gesher Fund, envisioned by Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein and led by community leaders,...
Local medical experts are cautiously optimistic about the news of an American biotech company’s promising early results of a candidate COVID-19 vaccine.
Anti-Semitism never ceases to horrify me. I find any racism abhorrent because it’s senseless, hateful, and based on pure ignorance, nothing more.
After the longest political deadlock in Israeli history – more than 500 days – the country finally has a new government. With 36 ministers and 16...
Don’t you miss “precedented times” and “charted” territory? I do. I really do. I miss the illusion we had of control, predictability, and fairness before these...
One of my teachers, Rabbi David Aaron, tells the story of a student whose father had recently passed away. “My father,” the young man said, “was...
The much-loved Feigels deli of Glenhazel, Johannesburg, officially closed its doors this week, bringing a 28-year journey to an end. While other Feigels branches continue to...
After three inconclusive elections and an acting government for 18 months, most Israelis are relieved that the country has finally inaugurated its 35th government. It has...
When Associated Media Publishing (AMP), formerly Associated Magazines, announced its closure three weeks ago, it sent shockwaves around the country and the globe. The home of...
When South Africa went into lockdown on 27 March, like many South Africans, the Limmud leadership from around the country met on Zoom to discuss how...
On 8 May, three-year-old Raphi Blatt was allowed to go home after undergoing neurosurgery for skull and brain injuries after a freak accident on 19 April.
We have all seen recent pictures of brides and grooms marking their special day around the world, but there is something eerily absent in these celebrations:...
Unlike most other holidays, Shavuot doesn’t have many ceremonial rituals. Paramount to the traditional celebration in better times was convening in shul to hear the ten...
It feels strange to be approaching Shavuot having had very little meaningful contact with people outside my immediate family since before Pesach.
I recently read an article in the Guardian asking, “Are female leaders more successful at managing the coronavirus crisis?” (25 April 2020). The writer looked at...
All our Jewish holidays enumerated in the Torah have a dual foundation: a historical foundation and an agricultural one. This should not surprise us. We often...
With Shavuot just around the corner, these two specially-created Sharon Glass recipes are sure to be winners with your family. Indulge in a little bit of...
CHEESE BLINTZES WITH ORANGE CONFIT (or without it’s just as delicious)
Revelations bring revolutions. And the greatest revelation in history brought about what is arguably the most far-reaching of all social revolutions. The revelation at Sinai –...
The core mandate of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) is to safeguard the rights and promote the welfare of South African Jewry, but...
I have always liked the naughty kids. It might be that I was never one of the good or conventional ones, but they somehow seem more...
At 23:47 on a Thursday night I logged onto Zoom. My best friend of 15 years, who I had just hung up with on a FaceTime...
Sandra and Toby Behr celebrated their Diamond 60th wedding anniversary on 15 May.
Many elderly and indigent in our community rely on the Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society’s (JWBS’s) clothing depot for their needs, particularly in winter, but with closure...
Ella Barnett from King David Primary School Linksfield and Rachel Meltzer from Torah Academy Girls High School were selected as winners of the My Family Story...
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an extension of the national lockdown, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) realised it had to come up with...
The portion of Bechukotai contains the warnings of the tragedies that may befall the Jewish people if they stray from the ways of the Torah. The...
“There were days when the doctors didn’t think she would make it. They would come in some mornings and ask if my mother was still alive....
“Getting the diagnosis that I was positive for COVID-19 was an indescribable shock,” says Highlands House resident David Myers (77). “It’s a feeling that will stay...
A highly respected professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is at the centre of a raging international war of words over anti-Semitism and freedom...
“My father-in-law was due to go on aliyah before the lockdown, and is now stuck in Joburg with only a chair in his house as he...
