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“The price of vaccines is so ridiculously low in comparison to the terrible economic damage of every day of a national closure. The argument [of cost]...
They say that age is just a number, but when you turn 100 during a pandemic, there’s every reason to celebrate. Riviera resident Rose Norwich marked...
For the second time in 10 months, shuls have had to close their doors as COVID-19 rampages across the country. While most within the community have...
While countries like Israel have already vaccinated many of its people, South Africa is still negotiating the procurement of vaccines in the battle against COVID-19. The...
“For the first time in my life, I was so relieved to be home after the December holidays. It felt like we had run the frightening...
“If Auschwitz as a place stands as a symbol for the Holocaust, then Mengele as a perpetrator has come to serve a similar role for the...
Israelis are flocking to Dubai in droves following normalisation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and in spite of security warnings against visiting the region. One...
Many of us are familiar with the iconic black and white photograph of a chanukiah on a windowsill with an ominous Swastika banner flying above the...
When Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon headed into space in 2003, he took with him a miniature Torah scroll which had survived the Holocaust. Tragically, both Ramon...
It’s official: not even a pandemic can stop the South African Jewish community from paying tribute to the heroes in its midst. Against a background of...
“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” The words of the late Leonard Cohen never fail to invigorate Wendy Fisher. An avid...
If you want to know the secret to entrepreneurial success, just ask Liran Assness. A seasoned entrepreneur and chief executive who employs thousands, he knows the...
Legal legend Sir Sydney Kentridge has left an indelible mark on the judicial systems of South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK). At 98 years old,...
The cost of kosher meat continues to rise, and in spite of assertions that they can’t be compared with the non-kosher industry, butchers within the Johannesburg...
Jewish professionals Dr Jonathan Witt and Lesley-Anne Gatter have been elected to serve on the executive committee of convocation at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)....
Sydenham Shul spiritual leader Rabbi Yossy Goldman will be stepping down from the pulpit after devotedly serving his community for 34 years. The news was announced...
Jody Scheckter’s exploits on the Formula One (F1) circuit live on in the minds of many South Africans. Although he has gone on to become a...
When COVID-19 struck, Dr Jonathan Broomberg heeded the call. Discovery’s chief executive of Vitality Health International, Broomberg assumed the role of head of healthcare for South...
Ensuring that millions of South Africans have food on their table is all in a day’s work for Suzanne Ackerman-Berman. The transformation director for Pick n...
No matter the odds, Professor Mervyn Mer believes that what sometimes seems impossible might not necessarily be so. “The expression ‘nothing is impossible’ is often bandied...
“His life’s work has been saving lives.” With these words, Mary Kluk, the national president of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), summed up...
South African born but long-time Israeli aviation legend Harold “Smoky” Simon may be 100 years old, but that didn’t stop him from taking to the skies...
How do you grow up in the shadow of a renowned father who survived the Holocaust, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and inspired millions? This was...
When an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) attends an event in support of an Israeli medical centre, it’s a momentous occasion. When that ambassador...
Wherever political, social, or economic dislocation manifests, the longest-standing hatred in history – antisemitism – rears its ugly head, and unless we do something about it,...
Mandy Yachad and Herschel Mayers, who both have extensive legal and commercial experience, have been appointed to the new independent pricing review panel for kosher manufactured...
Taking its popular name from a pair of cast-iron lions flanking its entrance, the Lion’s Shul in Doornfontein has been part of Jewish life in Johannesburg...
A staple in any self-respecting South African kitchen, rooibos tea hasn’t always had the widespread popularity it enjoys nowadays. Once considered an inferior substitute for black...
While there have never been more dating apps, platforms, and websites, Jewish singles wanting to get married still struggle to meet their beshert (soul mate) who...
“We need a return to journalism not as a commercial enterprise but as a sustainable public service. That’s what gives it importance and value in our...
In spite of fears of COVID-19 and doctors pleading for it to be cancelled, the matric end-of-year Rage is going ahead as planned. The annual event...
The breathtaking views of Linksfield Ridge in Johannesburg might never have become accessible were it not for Dr Hermann Kallenbach, a renowned architect and close friend...
The board of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) put its money where its mouth is this week with new measures relating to kashrut. They include...
Most Lithuanians know very little about the country’s Jewish life prior to the Holocaust. While some remain uninterested or antagonistic about this Jewish heritage, there are...
“My mother and I sat in the living room and I looked for the last time at our huge grandfather clock. As it struck, we heard...
“COVID-19 has knocked me right off my feet. I’ve lost my job and my income along with it. R100 has become a lot for me, and...
Some of South Africa’s most captivating Judaica is found in people’s homes. From kiddush cups rescued from rubbish heaps to pre-Holocaust pieces found in pawn shops,...
When legendary film director Spike Lee told Talia Smith that her film had scooped gold at the prestigious 2020 Student Academy Awards, her heart dropped to...
Falling in love with Jerusalem was the last thing Sarah Tuttle-Singer could have imagined. However, the love story that would unfold between this American-born writer and...
The Holocaust wasn’t an exclusively European tragedy. Beyond the camps of Eastern Europe, Nazi Germany intended to oppress, deport, and murder all Jews across the Mediterranean...
