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“I thought it was a prank when I got the call. I’m not used to winning prizes. I am thrilled.” So said a jubilant Lorna Falkson,...
WIZO (the Women’s International Zionist Organisation) South Africa donated four wheelchairs to children at the Athlone School for the Blind this week as part of its...
Anti-Israel activists had the final say as Argentina pulled out of its World Cup warm-up football match against Israel scheduled to be played in Jerusalem on...
The SA Friends of the Beit Halochem Zahal Disabled Veterans Organisation was established in Johannesburg in 1982, its primary goal being to help and support Zahal...
Many countries condemned Gaza firing rockets and mortars at Israel this week, but not our government, which has consistently demanded that Israel withdraw from Gaza.
The sudden immigration to Israel of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich makes him the latest in a string of Jewish Russian tycoons who have made a home...
Nobody likes rebuke. There are very few people, if any, who like other people to point out their wrongdoings and expose their shortcomings. Even words like...
It may be difficult to imagine a Jewish boy from Cape Town one day running for Congress in America, but Kevin Abel is one such leader.
Peter Hirschberg, who was born in Cape Town and made aliya in the 1980s, accepted the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting at an awards ceremony in...
Less than eight months since almost 60 million South African identity numbers were shared publicly online, another data leak that’s potentially far worse has occurred. Just...
The recent events in Israel and on the Gaza border have garnered the attention of South African public figures and personalities.
Alon Lits insists he takes it personally when Uber riders are at risk. As general manager of Uber Sub-Saharan Africa, Lits says: “Last year was a...
So inspired was Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba by the communal work of Chabad and its Miracle Drive that he was moved, like US presidents before him,...
It was not yet 7am in Israel on Tuesday morning when mortar and rocket fire rained down on the southern part of the country. As many...
The biblical story of David and Goliath is often used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – except that the main characters have, over the years, irrevocably...
Over the past six months, much of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies’ (SAJBD) time and resources have been devoted to opposing the projected downgrade of...
Jews and Muslims breaking bread together in shul – how did this come about?
With our reliance on smartphones and classic Jewish ingenuity, it comes as little wonder that there are a multitude of Jewish apps around. They cover everything...
The Academy of Jewish Thought and Learning hosted South Africa’s first National Symposium for Jewish Education last week.
Durban philanthropist John Moshal found an old printing press in an antique store in the Natal Midlands. He was shocked to discover that it had belonged...
Jewish chesed organisations do phenomenal work – but until now, they have all worked independently and are not aware of what others are doing.
For most people, Mauritius is a tropical paradise. But 70-odd years ago, it was a prison for 1 580 Jewish detainees, thwarted in their attempt to...
It’s a Friday in May. On one of the Dutch capital’s busiest squares, Leidse Square, a middle-aged Jewish man draped in an Israeli flag bellows insults...
Josima Feldschuh was a child prodigy in Warsaw, Poland. She started composing at the age of eight and by 12, she was performing with some of...
Sydenham Shul raised R1 650 000 in 24 hours this week – no big fancy function attached, just a very clever crowd-funding technique called Charidy.
Israel has become the number one destination of choice for Jewish South Africans who are emigrating. In the past two years, the number of South Africans...
What is the personal story of the black beggar in dirty rags who approaches your car window at a traffic light, pointing to his mouth, asking...
A number of events have been organised to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2008 xenophobia attacks, in which scores of foreign nationals were killed, hundreds...
Before the 19th century, most people – both Jewish and non-Jewish – were buried after death. But with the rise of urbanisation, the discovery of germs...
Thirty years ago, Fiona de Kock married a Catholic who converted to Judaism. She was happily involved in the Jewish community over the years, but, she...
There are many people the world over who offer unsolicited advice on a range of issues. In the life-coaching world, I often hear people complain about...
“If we don’t make a conscious effort to ensure the sustainability of our environment, no one else will do it for us. We need to understand...
Now, more than ever, we need to strengthen our communal bonds and pursue constant engagement, according to Professor Rabbi Adam Ferziger, who is American born and...
Hitler was not an anti-Semite. He and his Nazi party, and Germany and its allies, were Jew haters.
We Jews in South Africa have been offered an historical choice. It is now our chance to defend ourselves.
On a recent trip to Israel, I perused the ‘Holiday Special’ edition of Time Out, the entertainment magazine found in the hotel lobby. Some of the...
I reply to the editor’s note in the May 18 issue of SA Jewish Report about the ANC’s response to the recent events on Israel’s border...
King David High School Linksfield pupils took to the phones last Friday morning in order to raise funds to create a new, multifunctional outdoor area on...
The freezing weather in Joburg last week didn’t stop the Link volunteers from arriving at Orange Grove Primary School to teach the Grade 2 pupils. The...
Johannesburg’s Jewish schools last week donated Shavuot bikkurim to Yad Aharon & Michael – The Jewish Food Fund. A host of dry goods were incorporated into...
