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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...
South African freediver Thalia Sklair won the female category overall at the AIDA (International Association for the Development of Apnea) Israel National Pool Championship at the...
Of the 14 South African bridge aficionados selected to play in the World Bridge Championships in Argentina in October, seven are Jewish. Former information technology consultant...
It took grit and sacrifice for 12-year-old Herzlia student Rafael Palmer to rise through the tennis ranks to the point that he was finally selected for...
South African Michael Levitt opened the batting for the Netherlands in its four T20 Cricket World Cup games in June, and set social media abuzz with...
Many athletes in their late 40s have waved goodbye to their chances of representing their country at a World Cup. However, 46-year-old Hayley Landau will be...
Less than a fortnight after being awarded Western Cape provincial colours for canoeing, 12-year-old Capetonian canoeist Hanna Solomon won a gold medal at the South African...
Dr Vic Boston, set to run his 46th consecutive Comrades Marathon this Sunday, 9 June, hasn’t yet reached a diagnosis for why he has run this...
The one player sticking out like a sore thumb in the Senior Cape Town Table Tennis league is 11-year-old Milo Katz. Katz is ranked in second...
Johannesburg septuagenarian Fred Oppenheimer is the last horse vaulter standing of the five Jewish athletes who showcased their gymnastic skills on top of a horse at...
When American Donna Katzin received the prestigious 2024 Order of the Companions of OR Tambo award along with a hug from President Cyril Ramaphosa on 30...
Whether it’s making spectacular saves on the soccer field, playing fine strokes on the tennis court, or showing leadership in the water polo team, three rising...
As we commemorated Yom Hazikaron this week, a song in honour of a 22-year-old Johannesburg-born soldier murdered by Hamas touched hearts across the globe. The memory...
Although close to 200 Litvaks – Jews of Lithuanian descent – voted in the Lithuanian presidential elections on 12 May at Beyachad in Johannesburg, the result...
Over the past two years, Johannesburg marketer Michael Said transformed himself from an overweight and tired 61-year-old to being fit and healthy enough to tackle the...
The African National Congress (ANC) is likely to get between 46% and 52% of the vote, with the Democratic Alliance (DA) remaining the official opposition although...
