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Lighting candles is a commandment in Judaism, but it doesn’t necessarily protect a household from fire. So, though we want our Shabbat, Chanukah, and yahrzeit candles...
Batya Rivkah Musiker’s parents, Sean and Justine, realised their worst nightmare after her birth on 26 April 2024, when she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare...
Michelle Lissoos and iSchoolAfrica have made such a difference to the lives of disabled South Africans, it was awarded an international Zero Project Award for doing...
“One of the best parts of Chanukah is the sheer amount of doughnuts we get to eat.” “I could eat 10 of these.” “This isn’t a...
Every December, many South African Jewish children and teenagers head for the Cape where they spend the best three weeks of their year on machaneh with...
Jarrod Garber pleaded with family and friends to swim only on beaches where there are lifeguards in a video made in the car directly after being...
It’s football prowess that comes to mind when hearing the name FC Bayern Munich, not a rich Holocaust history peppered with Jewish people. In fact, the...
Franz Auerbach, the late Holocaust survivor and human rights activist, would have been lost in the morass of social media today, said veteran media specialist Professor...
Professor Rael Strous received a special award from Israel’s ministry of immigration and absorption on 10 November for his extraordinary contribution as an oleh in the...
Lily Goldblatt may be 91 years old, but this humanitarian hasn’t let up in helping those less fortunate. On Thursday, 28 November, Goldblatt, whose late husband...
When an anonymous donor approached the South African branch of Bridges for Peace, a Christian organisation, to see how he could help Israelis during this tumultuous...
True Taylor Swift fans, otherwise known as Swifties, will travel the world to see the artist in concert, and a number of members of our own...
“On paper, I shouldn’t be successful. Statistically, I wasn’t supposed to be standing here tonight,” said Josh Weinberg, this year’s Ichikowitz Family Foundation Rising Star Award...
“In an age of disruption, where start-ups dominate the narrative, our story is different. It’s a story of renewal, of an established institution evolving to meet...
“Acoustic, electric, digital, he can do it all, and he does.” This is how American Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe-winning composer Paul Williams described South African-born...
“Work with people to challenge you, and you can learn from them. If that’s not in place, move on and get another career,” Absa Business Leadership...
The South African Jewish community stands as a beacon of hope in the face of the international rise of violent antisemitism over the past year, says...
If there is one thing that South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) chairperson Karen Milner says she knows as a Jew and a South African...
Turning 100 is a great innings, but South African-born Adele Samuelson turned 110 on 1 October this year, which is truly remarkable. Samuelson attributes her longevity...
It’s never easy for young Germans to confront their family’s World War II past, but German author Lorenz Völker decided 20 years after his grandfather had...
For many Jewish American citizens living in South Africa, the choice of who to vote for in the 5 November presidential elections was based on how...
A young South African woman, Laurain Cohen and an Australian man, Bill Atkinson, met and travelled in Europe together 57 years ago, and then went their...
While award-winning writer Gina Roitman was trying to help other daughters of Holocaust survivors to deal with their trauma, she found solace and understanding in meeting...
Jonah Lustig, 18, went for a quick surf in Camps Bay in Cape Town in an attempt to reduce his stress levels over his upcoming matric...
A large, powerful group of pro-Hamas editors is using Wikipedia as a tool to delegitimise and demonise Israel and the Jewish people by systematically changing and...
“In today’s world, shining a light on those who risked their lives to save others is important,” said Tali Nates, the director of the Johannesburg Holocaust...
“Our world is composed of broken things, with bruises, cracks, and missing parts, but we must learn to live with it.” These are the words of...
For Ivor Ichikowitz, the chairperson of the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, there’s no better time than now for young Jewish South Africans to be loud and proud...
The sight of Jews gathering in song while a large crowd of aggressive anti-Israel activists swore at them, tore down their posters, and threatened them is...
One year after the atrocities on 7 October, Grade 10 and 11 students at King David Linksfield and Victory Park joined forces to create an exhibition...
As a people, we’re still haunted by the images of what happened on 7 October, “when the gates of hell opened, and Hamas terrorists unleashed a...
“From across South Africa, they arrived with a message. Some chose to raise their voices, others to move their feet, there were those who sang in...
The Jewish community may feel alone in South Africa, especially since the start of the war in Gaza. However, South African Christians constantly show up to...
Zionism is largely irrelevant to the current situation in Israel and Gaza, insists Palestinian American activist and blogger Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib. He was speaking at the...
Numerous Middle East experts see South Africa’s involvement in Israel’s affairs – going so far as to accuse the Jewish state of genocide at the International...
At this time of year, the Jewish community around the globe is judged in the hope of being inscribed in the Book of Life, sealed on...
Before 7 October, American Israeli rap artist Rami Matan Even-Esh, otherwise known as Kosha Dillz, wrote and sang love songs, but that has all changed. Now,...
There was already a spike in antisemitism on 7 October, long before the Israeli military went into Gaza, said international antisemitism expert Dr David Hirsh at...
“For the first time since 1994, there’s a Cabinet that reflects the remarkable diversity of this country,” political analyst and director of the Africa Institute of...
Going back 10 years, one dollar bought R11 and today, that same dollar buys R18, which means South Africans are 60% poorer than we were 10...
