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Tali Nates, the founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), has received an international award for her part in South Africa’s...
Jews continue to play a pivotal role in securing democracy in post-apartheid South Africa, their values and social consciousness central to the democratic project. So say...
The past few months haven’t been easy for our kids, with restrictions on in-person interaction severely limiting the range of youth-movement activities they are used to....
She underwent a heart operation at the age of four, so Lily Senior knows the meaning of courage. Now 13, she is helping other children conquer...
“I never set out to achieve things or make a name for myself. Whatever happened, happened by good fortune,” says Captain Selwyn “Scully” Levin, whose name...
If you’re looking to add some novelty to your Pesach seder, why not consider bringing Hitler’s Haggadah to your table? Before you express outrage, rest assured...
If you thought that the Pesach seder experience was universal and uniform, think again. While many of us may be used to a standard routine, communities...
“When I look back to my youth in years to come, I don’t want to have to tell my children I was one of the people...
When Berlin resident Hertha Reis was evicted from her home in 1941 because she was Jewish, she had no qualms about denouncing the Nazi regime. In...
Could you teach someone to speak a language that doesn’t exist if your life depended on it? This is the question which Holocaust film Persian Lessons...
Mike Shingange, the first deputy president of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), lambasted Israel for “war crimes and violation of international law”...
The infamous World Conference Against Racism held in Durban in 2001 set the standard for much of the anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric of today. Numerous so-called...
Students are raring to get to Israel to begin their gap-year programmes, but until Ben Gurion Airport reopens fully, they have no choice but to wait...
Social media demands responsibility, marijuana has incredible potential, sex before marriage is a personal choice, and novelty isn’t always a good thing. These were some of...
Matric may be demanding, but you don’t have to lock yourself away in solitude and struggle through the workload by yourself. By working with others, you...
If you thought navigating matric during a pandemic was a challenge, imagine doing it while battling an anxiety disorder. This was the reality for Torah Academy...
King David Linksfield student Danielle Shafer lost her father to cancer almost two weeks before she began her prelims last year. In spite of her loss,...
High school science doesn’t have to be a chore. Just ask Jonathan Utian, the brain behind a unique programme that helps students to unlock their true...
Sasha Rodenacker is a rebel with many causes. A staunch activist who has always had strong opinions, this Herzlia matriculant showed a level of social consciousness...
Becoming top student of her matric year at Crawford Sandton wasn’t a foregone conclusion for Savanna Cohen. In fact, when she entered high school, she wasn’t...
Confirmation by judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC’s) of the court’s jurisdiction over the situation in Israel and Palestine cannot be considered antisemitic, according to...
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day (on Monday, 8 March) is #ChooseToChallenge, which conveys the message that people with power need to stand up...
After a sleepless night marked by a mix of anxiety and excitement, Dr Mark Kadish woke up on Tuesday morning, 23 February, ready for a historic...
“For more than 80 years as a community, we have sent into battle our motivated teachers, rabbis, rebbetzins, and adult educators relatively unarmed and untrained. Tonight,...
In an era in which division and “othering” are rife, topics like racism and equality can be difficult to discuss with children. Jews are no strangers...
Although a top Israeli professor revealed that Ivermectin had been successfully tested on COVID-19 patients in a SA Jewish Report webinar on Thursday, 11 February, South...
Brakpan Shul was built in the East Rand almost a hundred years ago, and thanks to the efforts of Yakima Waner, it could stand for a...
Eskom is making progress, though it may not be visible yet, Andre de Ruyter, Eskom’s group chief executive, told a SA Jewish Report webinar last Saturday...
There were 43 breathtaking synagogues in Johannesburg at the turn of the 20th century and, tragically, not one of them is still standing. They were, indeed,...
Art assumed a central role in helping many Holocaust survivors come to terms with their ordeal and share their harrowing experiences with the world. In their...
“The situation in South Africa is more desperate than ever. The need for food security and employment is greater than ever, and government social-support grants have...
At 07:00 on Wednesday morning, 96-year-old Shulamit Klein passed away alone in hospital in Akko, Israel, with no visitors allowed and her care worker in quarantine....
Whether spent in Israel or elsewhere, a gap year is considered a rite of passage by most Jewish youngsters just out of matric. Yeshiva, seminary, kibbutz,...
Absa and the SA Jewish Report made donations to Hatzolah, the Chevrah Kadisha, and Afrika Tikkun last week in recognition of the selfless work they do...
When anti-apartheid activist Maxine Hart was arrested by the feared security police in 1984, she was forced into solitary confinement for 156 days. Detained again the...
Auschwitz, Treblinka, and other European concentration camps are familiar to most of us, but few of us know about those that operated during World War II...
When Baltimore resident Isaac Pretter took his family paragliding off the coast of Herzliya in Israel, he never imagined it could end in a tragedy. The...
With the rollout of vaccines imminent in South Africa, a panel of local experts weighed in on the subject in a webinar hosted by the SA...
Jewish schools are resuming online teaching, and while the situation is causing some frustration, parents have expressed support for the schools’ caution. From playschool to matric,...
As if university applications weren’t stressful enough, COVID-19 has made the anxiety worse for potential first-year students. Matrics of 2020 have no choice but to wait...
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