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“When Lithuanian Jews started arriving in South Africa, some of the Anglo-German Jews living here signed a petition to bar the performance of Yiddish plays because...
With few Jews left in Lithuania, one couple has made it their mission to help the younger generation of Lithuanians uncover the country’s Holocaust history through...
Many of Joburg’s most exciting developments are the result of urban renewal. We look at the innovators behind a few of the city’s trendy hotspots.
The community has come to expect the exceptional at the annual Absa Jewish Achiever Awards, not least when it comes to the food. This year will...
In every book, there is a story, so you can only imagine the stories in The Collector’s Treasury, the largest bookstore in the southern hemisphere –...
Jewish music superstar Yaakov Shwekey believes in the innate power of music and its ability to create change, and has committed himself to sharing its abilities...
One of the most controversial and challenging newspapers in South Africa, The Weekly Mail, was “perhaps the most Jewish newspaper ever produced outside the community press”,...
One of the Limmud sessions that attracted the most interest was the one addressing the complex, indeed fraught, question of how Jews (and whites in general)...
Pervasive negativity towards Israel in the ANC and elsewhere has meant that South African Jews have long had a hard time defending it in the public...
We spent the past weekend on the idyllic island of Mauritius, where we took part in a family celebration. Thirty of us had gathered from all...
Lionel Stein, a volunteer at Selwyn Segal for more than 40 years, was honoured with a special service by the Chevra Kadisha at Sandringham Gardens Shul...
Delegates to this year’s Nahum Goldmann Fellowship for young Jewish leaders in August were treated to a surprise visit from Germany’s former Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, who...
Don’t be judgmental. Unless, of course, you happen to be a judge. Then it’s your job. This week’s parsha, Shoftim, lists the Biblical command for judges...
I’m writing to express my extreme disappointment, indeed anger, that the three so-called anti-Israel BDS supporters were banned from presenting at Limmud in Cape Town this...
In response to the letter from Herbert Rajak in the edition of 10 to 17 August, I would like to advise him that there were, indeed,...
I was surprised to hear that there is a view that conflates the disinvitation of BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) activists with a denial of free speech.
Wow, I’m still reeling from shock. I’m sure that I’m not the only one that felt nauseous and outraged at the “2019 school fees letter” sent...
Richard Shavei-Tzion, once choirmaster at Pine Street Shul in Orchards, Johannesburg, returned to the shul recently to talk about his travels and choral work around the...
In celebration of 70 years of service to the olim community, representatives from Telfed, the Israeli branch of the South African Zionist Federation, were honoured to...
Hundreds attended Chabad’s Chassidus Summit at The Capital Hotel in Sandton last weekend, engaging in spiritual insight prior to Rosh Hashanah.
Disaster struck an Israeli athlete on Sunday, when she stopped running a lap too early in a European Athletics Championship race, a mistake that prevented her...
One of Israel’s top soccer teams was sold on Monday to Blockchain entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg, after he agreed to cover the controversial team’s significant debt.
Zionist Union activists waved copies of Israel’s Declaration of Independence in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, during a special debate on the Nation-State law addressed by...
Nussbaums Kosher Butchery this week was given the thumbs up that all traces of listeria had been successfully eradicated, and the popular butchery and eatery was...
Global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded its credit rating for Israel, citing the Jewish state’s steady economic growth, and improved debt outlook.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) have unequivocally condemned the racist remarks made by Israeli Likud Party...
A respected terror analyst this week said recent bomb and explosive scares in South Africa could be “a dress rehearsal” for future attacks to be carried...
“The #NoPlaceForHate campaign speaks directly to the mandate of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, and is a call to action to each and every...
It isn’t easy for disabled people and those without skills and qualifications to find employment. It is for this reason that Akhona Chief Executive Noluthando Gosa,...
The relationship between France and the Jews was “not good news”, said Professor Lisa Leff, describing the rising tide of anti-Semitism in that country over the...
The process in which Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who fled to South Africa often came to occupy positions of privilege in the fledgling system of...
The SA Jewish Report fully endorses the Cape Board of Deputies’ #NoPlaceForHate campaign. We hope the whole community supports it, ensuring that it gets the full...
Attending Limmud last weekend, I was asked repeatedly what I think of the recently passed Nation-State law. Nearly everyone who approached me confessed to not really...
We may think that what we say, write or type is not important. After all, our words could be drowned out by the millions on social...
“Being fully South African is [about] throwing in your lot, and making every effort to be a part of the country by integrating, not semigrating,” said...
As a child, he was raised Mormon by a Catholic father and Mormon mother. As a teenager, he discovered that he was gay. At 30, he...
In the home of a rabbi, the soup ladle is connected to the telephone, and just as soon as the rabbi’s wife picks it up to...
British-Israeli journalist and author Jonathan Spyer is one of the few Israeli journalists who have operated in Syria and Iraq during the conflict over the past...
Jewish women have made remarkable strides in religious leadership over the past few decades in many streams of Judaism. While there have been Reform and Conservative...
To commemorate Women’s Day on 9 August, the SA Jewish Report sought South African Jewish women who are leaders in their fields, and are making a...
