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Gauteng government employee Velaphi Khumalo has been found guilty of hate speech after his Facebook comments called for the country to be “cleansed” of white people.
Jewish South African-born Lana Marks, a bespoke handbag designer to the world’s rich and famous, has been pinpointed in world media as the future United States...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has promised the community it will leave no stone unturned in its fight against anti-Semitism to ensure that...
When Zulu Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi stood up to accept his 90th birthday gift from the Johannesburg Jewish community this week, he was well aware of the...
I was in Israel when I heard the phenomenal news that the South African Ambassador to Israel was going back to resume his duties. That was...
If there is something surprising about the downing of a Russian military aircraft a little over three weeks ago in Syria, it is that it didn’t...
The name Rabbi Avraham Tanzer is synonymous with youth Torah education in Johannesburg, and has attended many a barmitzvah at Yeshiva College, the school he helped...
Former Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs is on a personal mission to make sure that Maiden’s Cove is accessible to all, and that this area does...
There are always heroes amid the horrors of war. They are often from ordinary backgrounds, but prove extraordinary in their unwavering sense of humanity.
When Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she would be stepping down as United States ambassador to the United Nations by the end of this year,...
Israeli oriental metal group Orphaned Land has won an international award for its music video, Like Orpheus. This group won Video of the Year at the...
Jews have a deep connection to chocolate – not just to eating it, but to its development as a confectionery.
From The Love Boat to Love Island, From Russia with Love, to Paris Je t’aime, many have searched for romance in a myriad of milieu. Yet,...
Thirty years away from Israel is a long time, especially as it has been on a long-term development binge. When I told people I was going...
Jews and Greeks sang, networked, and broke bread in Parliament last week, but the event had little to do with local politics, and everything to do...
A chilling scream rent the evening air at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre on Thursday, 20 September. In silent horror, guests – who had moments...
When Adam Golding, the chazzan at Great Park Shul, heard the magnificent sound of the Profeti Della Quinta musical ensemble in Vienna almost two years ago,...
When G-d created Paradise, each new creation was accompanied by the declaration, “Ki tov”, (It is good). Only human loneliness was deemed unworthy of G-d’s support...
Few people laugh about autism or people with Aspergers Syndrome, but a new hit play, Odd Man Out, explores the funny side of being different.
You get so many variations of sukkahs across the Jewish world over Sukkot, but few are cycled around campus.
Vanessa Raphaely was editor of Cosmopolitan magazine for 16 years, becoming Editorial and then Content Director of Associate Magazines, a company started by her mother and...
Delegates from a wide range of Jewish organisations in Gauteng came together at Beyachad in Johannesburg on 7 October for the biennial conference of the South...
There is no easy way to write this, but I am going to give it a shot. Jewish South African donors need to exercise more responsibility...
Sunday morning’s killing of Israeli employees by an Arab worker at the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank, a zone punted as exemplifying how Israelis...
I am a gentile who was greatly moved by the example that the Jewish community sets all South Africans on Yom Kippur, especially at this stage...
Geoff Sifrin continually bangs on about what he calls “the rise of the far right” in an alarmist manner. He hasn’t devoted a single column to...
The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) recently held elections and selected the organisation’s 2019 national committee.
A sukkah needs to be built using natural elements, allowing for the rain to come in, Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein told the South African Friends...
An incredible 40 nationalities were represented at Redhill School’s special Heritage Day assembly on 21 September, held at the school’s hall.
There’s nothing quite like putting your hand on your child’s head and giving them a heartfelt blessing.
Jacob Sacks from King David Sandton and Benji Stone from King David Linksfield were among the victorious South African U13 team at the World Indoor Cricket...
A large group of little givers, together with Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein, visited Yad Aharon & Michael to pack Sukkot food hampers for 650 families...
Yom Tov was spent in the ICU ward praying and hoping for a miracle,” says Daniel Witz, the son-in-law of 71-year-old Zalman Orlianski, who was critically...
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has made it clear that anti-Semitism – even from political leaders – will not be tolerated in South Africa.
“We must be vigilant against all forms of intolerance including anti-Semitism,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa in a landmark address to the South African Jewish community on...
Wendy Kahn, the National Director of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), has been recognised as one of the world’s top 50 most influential...
King Goodwill Zwelithini, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, and Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein don’t have a whole lot in common. However, this week they were each named...
An artwork featuring Nelson Mandela in a Nazi salute superimposed onto a swastika caused an uproar at the FNB JoburgArtFair at the Sandton Convention Centre earlier...
Despite Palestine not being recognised internationally as a country, the South African government welcomed Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Rula Maa’yaa, to South Africa on...
Shana tova to all our readers! By the time you read this, Yom Kippur will have come and gone, although we are putting this newspaper to...
