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Did you know that as many as 60 000 American Jews have settled at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - the territories occupied by Israel...
When more than 11 million television viewers watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, commentators remarked that the mixed marriage was a first for...
With Prince William’s historic visit to Israel this week, all eyes have been trained on the Jewish capital. It may have taken 70 years, but the...
Maccabi South Africa’s first ever Fun Run hit the ground running on 17 June, with 425 participants, a similar number to Maccabi Great Britain’s first Fun...
Zach Taitz, Ariel Diner, and Gabriel Leeb, all 12 years old, represented South Africa at the Volkswagen Junior Masters Tournament in mid-June as part of the...
OWN CORRESPONDENT Every child at Sandton Sinai Nursery School had the opportunity to score a goal when they arrived at school in the morning of 14...
OWN CORRESPONDENT Children at Sydenham Preschool celebrated their heritage by dressing in the colours of the South African flag, singing, dancing, and enjoying pap and gravy....
Ten students from Andre’s Taekwondo Academy in Norwood have been selected to represent the South African National Team at the ATA (American Taekwondo Association) World Expo...
A few years ago, my son Zac was elected chairperson of SAUJS (the South African Union of Jewish Students) at Wits University. He had just returned...
As reported elsewhere in this week's issue, there were a spate of widely publicised anti-Semitic incidents in South Africa last week.
The pre grades of Torah Academy Nursery School recently turned a lesson in the solar system into a space night experience.
What would compel you to attend the funeral of someone you had never met? In the past ten days, two great men of the arts have...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to attend the World Cup final in Moscow next...
Soccer fans displaying Israeli flags at World Cup matches in Russia have been subjected to threats, harassment, and violence.
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, was welcomed to the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Tuesday by a former South African, Sheldon Ritz, who is...
One of the main challenges of living in the technologically advanced society of the 21st century is the pace at which we live our lives. Not...
The Rosettenville Shul is just a shell of what it used to be. Once a thriving shul and community, this beautiful 88-year-old shul now sits empty,...
“People said they hoped I [would] get raped; others sent me my address, saying ‘we know where you live and you better not sleep at night’.”...
The South African government is cosying up to Iran, acknowledged as one of the world’s worst human rights abusers.
This week, the United States quit the United Nation’s primary human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC). It is the Trump administration’s latest snub of...
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday called on nations to collaborate to fight growing cybersecurity threats, which he said could cripple the most sensitive systems...
Moses, G-d’s trusted servant whose devotion and obedience is supreme, has a single career moment of insanity. An infraction which would be negligible for the average...
It is not the Palestinians, but the politicians on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu’s right who are preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state.
I was hoping to steer clear of the anti-Israel lobby in South Africa this week and tackle something completely different. It is getting repetitive.
“Is there anything that we can do? But it was so long ago? We were little children when it happened. But, we have no money. He...
It was a Saturday night, and we had six little boys over for a pre-Barmitzvah celebration. While grateful that they were entertaining themselves, there was something...
We try to ensure that our children stay away from drugs, alcohol and other addiction-forming substances, but internet technology is a challenge for parents, given its...
The Soccer World Cup is a jamboree that takes over homes, living rooms, spouses, and children. And if you happen to be living in the country...
Four well-dressed young men appeared before the Shark Tank at Limmud last year. Their business idea sparked interest among the sharks, and they got funding from...
Dancer Londiwe Khoza might be thousands of kilometres from her beloved Cape Town, but she is dancing her dream with the best of them in Tel...
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them,” wrote William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night. The bard went on to qualify...
Violence ripped through townships in the Western Cape 10 years ago, destroying the shops and homes of thousands of refugees, displacing many, leaving them nowhere to...
The second Jewish Literary Festival in Cape Town was a bustling marketplace of ideas, insights, laughter, and learnings. And to make things even better, at the...
It was not the Constitution that stood in the way of land reform but fundamental policy failures, said former Constitutional Court Judge and ANC stalwart Albie...
“How does a nice girl like you end up in a place like this?” So Adjunct Professor of journalism at Wits University, Anton Harber, asked author...
Mainstream newspapers are “almost uniquely awful” in South Africa today, with opinion passing for story, rumour passing for fact, and an absence of fact-checkers. So said...
It’s essential to read to children or tell them stories from birth, said clinical psychologist Judith Ancer at a session titled, “Using literature to help children...
There is no need for your kids to hang out at home with all these events on offer.
There is a scene from the marvellous animation, The Incredibles, which is indelibly seared into my memory. We join the superhero, Mr Incredible, on a regular...
The Sudanese pizza restaurant is nearly empty on this weekday afternoon, but that doesn’t seem to bother its owner, Yakoub Al-Aldoum, who happily cooks goulash in...
