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Capetonian Jacqui Boyd continued her unbeaten record in South African national tennis tournaments by winning the 2025 South African Masters Tennis Nationals earlier this month. Boyd,...
Johannesburg-born freediver Thalia Sklair set an Israeli national record for the sixth time by diving a length of 175m underwater in the Dynamic Apnea discipline at...
Sixty-four-year-old Caron Meyerowitz was told she would never be able run due to a health condition when she was only 17, but this month alone, she...
The Jewish community left its mark at this year’s Midmar Mile in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, on 8 and 9 February, with Sylvia Zwick the oldest female swimmer,...
When Hersch Klaff offered to make a donation to King David High School Linksfield, Principal Lorraine Srage felt it was the school’s opportunity to introduce a...
Jaime Freeman made sure to find time in his latter years at King David High School Linksfield to enjoy his passion for wildlife photography. Freeman, who...
Mandy Wu went from feeling like just another King David Linksfield (KDL) pupil to becoming head girl in matric last year, someone who was friendly to...
Redhill School matriculant Ronan Meltzer achieved an International Baccalaureate (IB) result of 43 points out of 45, a massive achievement in the international community. These results...
King David High School Linksfield matriculant Ariella Hirsch’s passion for the arts drove her to excel at school and inspire fellow students to express themselves creatively....
Many matric pupils can become totally consumed with their studies, but Yeshiva College Girls High School student Eliya Ossin dedicated much of the time to helping...
Binyamin Sandler made the most out of his volleyball talent, strong academic ability, and passion for the community in his matric year at Yeshiva College Boys...
Two young Johannesburg-based leaders, Saul Jassinowsky and Ariel Goldberg, hope their selection for the prestigious Zionist Leadership Academy (ZLA) will enhance their leadership skills and help...
Ross van Schoor, the head of aquatics at United Herzlia Schools, who is representing South Africa in the World Aquatics Cup this month, motivates pupils by...
With sporting moments such as a swimmer causing a sensation at the Midmar Mile and a goalkeeper signing for the mighty Mamelodi Sundowns, 2024 has been...
It was a great night for Jewish boxing on 23 November, when 20-year-olds Joshua Feldman and Doron Zinman both won their much-anticipated fights at the Box...
Veteran politician Tony Leon may have won a few elections, but wasn’t sure if he would win the Absa Professional Excellence Award. But he said he...
Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach said she was so surprised and humbled to receive the Europcar Women in Leadership Award at the 2024 Absa Jewish Achiever Awards, she...
“Ignore others who say it can’t be done. It usually can be done if you’re determined,” Dion Friedland told the audience on receiving the 2024 Absa...
In accepting his Absa Jewish Achiever Arts, Sport, Science, and Culture Award, Colin Nathan said being there at the beginning of a boxer’s career and guiding...
Mandy Gruzd, recently named the first official woman principal of King David High School Victory Park (KDVP), always aspired to be the head during her 16-year...
South African Jewish boxing history will be made on 23 November, when Doron Zinman and Joshua Feldman fight at the same boxing event at the Box...
Fourteen-year-old chess star Caleb Levitan kept his cool with all eyes on him for more than five hours in a high-pressured Olympiad match in Budapest in...
Two brothers and an old table tennis hack were among several Jewish table tennis stars who won medals at the South African Table Tennis Championships at...
When we hear of people playing the card game Kaluki, we automatically assume they are Jewish. That’s because, like Klaberjass, Kaluki is a game Ashkenazi Jews...
King David High School Victory Park Principal Andrew Baker has “terribly mixed emotions” to be leaving “this very special campus” after nine years. “I feel a...
Two-time Maccabi Games gold medallist, Colin Venter, recently became the first cricketer to win the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Hearing-Impaired Cricket Player of the Year award...
Well-known South African judo teacher Irving Ginsberg, whose life-long passion had him mentoring countless judokas from all backgrounds, celebrated his 80th birthday on 3 September. Ginsberg,...
Ten-year-old Herzlia student Luke Heinrich became the top South African climber in the Under-11 category in the recent Western Cape climbing competition. He won two bronze...
Johannesburg Jewish Springbok fans walked from all around Johannesburg to Emirates Airline Park on Saturday (31 August) so they could watch the Boks take on New...
Prop Gabriel Schiffman started playing rugby only six months ago and blindside flank Devon Berger initially never really liked the sport, but both have been selected...
Professor Wayne Derman will be in the thick of the action at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris as the International Paralympic Committee’s chief medical director....
Professional golfer Stacy Bregman, Banyana Banyana-capped footballer Erin Herz, and 2024 Touch Rugby World Cup bronze medallist Hayley Landau have overcome various challenges to excel in...
Being top of your game is awesome, but even more fascinating if the game is Pokémon Trading Card Game (Pokémon TCG). Twelve-year-old Zac Aufrichtig has made...
Thirteen-year-old Mikaela Pillemer captained the KwaZulu-Natal Invitational Primary School Soccer Association Izinkanyezi team at the interprovincial Fran Hilton-Smith Tournament in Limpopo this month. She led her...
The Under-16 South African football team narrowly missed out on a bronze medal at the European Maccabi Youth Games in London this past week, but it...
The under-16 South African Maccabi boys tennis team has been training hard to ensure that it can go toe-to-toe with tough competition at the 2024 European...
Fifteen-year-old goalkeeper Jonah Gruskin may not be able to show his football prowess at this year’s European Maccabi Youth Games in London, but he held pride...
The recently concluded 2024 Touch Rugby World Cup in Nottingham, England, was certainly touched by the presence of Daniel Ackerman, who played for the South Africa...
The new Government of National Unity (GNU) is in the best interest of South Africa and its people, says Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament Glynnis...
Veteran Johannesburg squash player and coach, Lesley Cowan, was honoured with the Ina Ackermann Memorial Award by Squash South Africa on 29 June for enthusiastically promoting...
