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“When you establish a connection with someone else, you automatically establish a connection with yourself – meeting with others helps you understand yourself and who you...
In a spectacular kick-off to its 70th anniversary celebrations, 531 scholarships were awarded by Telfed, the SA Zionist Federation (Israel), on Sunday.
Self-exiled sports journalist Graeme Joffe insists he will be vindicated as the Zulman Commission of Inquiry into the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) digs...
The head of England’s governing body of soccer has apologised for conflating the Star of David and the Nazi swastika.
As we put our newspaper to bed on Wednesday evening, Jewish people around the world are revelling in and enjoying Purim. They are letting their proverbial...
In a shock move on Erev Purim, the Beth Din of Johannesburg revoked Stan & Pete Caterers’ Beth Din kosher certification with immediate effect after a...
Sharon Davids, the ANC’s MPL in the Western Cape, made outrageous anti-Semitic remarks in an attempt to besmirch the DA during a debate on Friday in...
Members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) hounded DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach for at least four years, with one of them even accusing her of being...
The newly appointed Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Lindiwe Sisulu, undertook to convey a message which would help to ensure that the “Embassy of Israel...
Experts have warned this week that South Africa has become a solid breeding ground for terrorists, following a spate of recent terror-related arrests – and this,...
One of the two suspects arrested in connection with the IS-linked abduction of British-South African Rodney Saunders, 73, and his wife Rachel, 64, is linked to...
With the sudden and meteoric rise of Bitcoin and the emergence of the volatile and unpredictable universe of cryptocurrency, Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has decided...
It was a strange sight. For a few days this week, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City – built on the spot...
Higher Education Minister Naledi Pandor used the platform of a memorial service to late human rights activist and struggle veteran AnnMarie Wolpe to rebuke the SA...
Day after day, Hillel Neuer defends the State of Israel against the forces seeking to demonise, delegitimise and destroy it at the United Nations. He doesn’t...
“The absence of discriminating legislation does not mean the absence of discrimination.” So said Professor Jonathan Jansen, a patron of the SA Holocaust and Genocide Foundation...
“We said ‘never again’ after the Holocaust, but today genocide is still being perpetrated,” said Tali Nates, director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC)....
Those attending the annual ladies’ day hosted by the Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) would be familiar with investigative journalist Jacques Pauw’s hard-hitting news coverage over...
Service delivery is a sacred obligation in our religion. You could say that it is illustrated in the mitzvah of giving the yearly half shekel. This...
“Thank you for the blessing – it worked!” With his trademark beaming smile our newly inaugurated President Cyril Ramaphosa thanked me outside Parliament following the #SONAReply...
An invitation to be a scout for Israeli contemporary dance is priceless. More so if you’re the only South African on the guest list. Mark Hawkins,...
It was a night of laughing all the way to raising funds for the Young Adult Division (YAD) of the IUA-UCF. YAD – creating awareness among...
South Africa’s Jewish leaders have work to do concerning ANC members’ negative perceptions of Israel, exemplified in Parliament last week during a speech by then minister...
I was sitting at breakfast with a friend whose daughter is enrolled at one of our Jewish schools. He related the following story to me: A...
These past few months in South Africa have felt extreme. We have had waves of hope, interspersed by disappointments, as we’ve seen a corrupt and selfish...
As a new immigrant to Israel, Canadian-born Sylvan Adams has one mission – to show the world “the real Israel”.
Yeshiva College Pre-Primary School hosted an outdoor movie night recently to raise funds for the nursery school. Parents, grandparents and children were all invited.
The mitzvah of giving mishloach manot is meant to ensure that everyone has enough food for the Purim feast, and to increase love and friendship among...
A total of 29 members of the Class of 67 returned to Herzlia in Cape Town recently to celebrate their 50th reunion.
To commemorate the King David (KD) Schools’ 70th anniversary year, the annual big walk was hosted at Johannesburg Zoo on Sunday, February 25 at 07:30 ....
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
From its humble beginnings more than 20 years ago, Yad Aharon & Michael has grown into the respected nongovernmental organisation it is today and has remained...
The national and Cape councils of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies worked together this week in responding to several scandalous allegations made by Sharon Davids,...
Maureen Kendler, a great British Jewish educator, passed away last week, a few months after falling ill.
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor, tipped to become the ANC’s new deputy president, stood up in Parliament on Tuesday and announced: “The majority party has...
“It was about being in the right place at the right time,” says Lynne Hirsch, one of the runners pictured in a photo, which has gone...
While the Cape Town Jewish community is extremely grateful to its Johannesburg counterparts for sending water, they ask that they be included in plans to co-ordinate...
There has been an outpouring of support in the wake of the brutal attack on 61-year-old Charles Back, who was assaulted on his Fairview Wine and...
While the rest of South Africa was celebrating the resignation of former president Jacob Zuma late last Wednesday night, Stacie Hasson in Cape Town was devastated...
In a week, it feels as if the whole country has changed and, for the most part, we are all still pretty euphoric. I personally get...
