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Peter Lindenberg, former South African barefoot water skier, powerboat driver, and car racer, describes himself as a “born risk taker”. “I was abnormal,” he says. “I...
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Professor Karen Hofman was awarded the Science for Society Gold Medal in October for work to improve the health of South...
The Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which the British government announced its support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel, would have been meaningless...
Gareth Shackleford, the great-grandson of the late Jan Smuts, unveiled the Jewish Guild War Memorial Building Cornerstone at Westpark Cemetery on 27 November, one century after...
No amount of preparation and training could prevent the fire that brought runners like Steven Berman to a halt in the 100km RMB Ultra Trail Cape...
Kosher bagels are available for fans attending the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, thanks to New York-based Rabbi Marc Schneier and Istanbul-based Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, who...
Jewish Greek American Dr Albert Bourla knew that his multinational corporation, Pfizer, had saved the world when he heard that the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had a...
“The field of sport and exercise medicine is about getting people to perform at their best. It’s a challenge and a balancing act which sometimes I...
Grant Friedman and brothers Justin and Greg Blend of Africrest Properties took a gutsy move at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it paid off....
“There are many successful and talented nominees here today. I really can’t see how I deserve to stand out,” said Rob Leon, 38, the youngest ever...
“I’m overwhelmed with emotion,” said the owner of Fremax Farms, Fred Kadish, aka the potato king of South Africa, on receiving the Absa Business Icon Award...
Antisemitism is on the rise throughout the world, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the United States (US) Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, told the audience at...
The team which won the 13-year case against Bongani Masuku had the challenge of proving that Masuku’s statements targeting the Jewish community were antisemitic although he...
The new South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) Gauteng Council is focusing its attention on improving the South African Jewish community and broader South African...
The Nazis “tried to destroy and erase the Jewish nation. Even more than that, they tried to destroy the memory of the Jewish nation”, said Israeli...
Veteran South African football administrator Raymond Hack is excited about going to what he says will be an outstanding 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, starting...
Former Judge of the Constitutional Court Albie Sachs was the person behind the idea of starting the Constitution of South Africa with the words of Nkosi...
The Survivor, which debuted at South African cinemas last Friday, 4 November, portrays the barbarism and inhumanity of the Nazis towards Jews during the Holocaust. It’s...
Twelve-year-old King David Sandton Primary School student Caleb Levitan is the first chess player in South Africa to achieve the title of Candidate Master by recording...
Adversity leads to innovation, says iconic biomedical engineer Dr Adam Pantanowitz, a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). “Frugality can be seen as a...
When Nick Feinberg answered his phone last Friday morning, he became teary-eyed. He found out that his son, the 20-year-old Stormers versatile flyhalf, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, was...
Lawyer Gabriella Berkowitz won gold in the women’s 87+ kg division at the South African National Weightlifting Championships in Mossel Bay, Western Province, on 22 and...
Humanitarianism was a focus of late philanthropist and business leader Bertie Lubner’s life, so his children believe it’s fitting that the Jewish Achiever Humanitarian Award is...
Farm killings make up only half a percent of all homicides reported each year in South Africa, but they say a lot about society and go...
The legendary Sassoon and Kadoorie families not only achieved huge business success in India and China, but also dominated trade in Asia for 150 years, starting...
When 18-year-old Capetonian Naor Lombard surf skied across the finish line at the same time as New Zealander Jayden Murphy in the final of the youth...
“Without radical change, our future looks bleak. But there’s a new force in the world that’s shaping our future.” This force is Generation Z, people born...
A man secretly fasting in an Arab country; a national-team cricketer breaking his fast during a team meeting; and a woman refused entry into a shul...
When we hear the words “medicine” and “the Holocaust”, we generally think of Nazi doctors and their inhumane crimes. However, there were numerous Jewish and other...
Three proteges of Johannesburg karate grandmaster and instructor Malcolm Dorfman achieved something they never thought possible by winning bronze at the World Shotokan Karate Association Championships...
The war in Ukraine hasn’t just taken a toll on Ukrainians, but on first responders, survivors of genocide and their descendants, as well as those watching...
Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, affectionately known as “the travelling rabbi”, shocked a Union of Jewish Women audience on 12 September by saying that South African Jews should...
By the end of Elul (25 September), Rabbi Eitan Ash, the rabbi of Chabad of Savoy in Johannesburg, will have spread 30 positive messages about South...
South Africa isn’t widely known for its prowess in ice hockey, nor are local Jewish teens usually recognised for their talent in this sport. That is,...
Players from the national female soccer team Banyana Banyana attended a soccer clinic on Wednesday, 14 September, for under-14 girls at King David High School Victory...
Firefighters in Ukraine are now more likely to have the equipment they need to deal with the horrors of the war thanks to the efforts of...
Award-winning Johannesburg boxing trainer Colin Nathan’s protégé, Sivenathi “The Special One” Nontshinga, was looking knackered, slouching on a stool in the corner of the boxing ring,...
“Do you have a passport?” Lauren Duncan, the JVW football team manager, asked 25-year-old defender Erin Herz at a training session held by the Johannesburg women’s...
Durban’s most loved runner, Adam Lipschitz, will be among the 1 000 other runners lining up at the start of the inaugural Khayelitsha Half Marathon in...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on the Jewish people of the world to work together to reclaim the term “Zionism”, which he insists means “responsibility”. In...
