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From trying circumstances, to infertility, to the desire to give a child a home, there are different motivations for adoption. In the wake of National Adoption...
They’re your strength, your foundation, the people you look up to. Yet, one day, you’ll realise that while they’re still right beside you, they’re no longer...
The Chevrah Kadisha is adding the delivery of kosher meals to its comprehensive welfare programme. This is after the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) approached it...
Students should never be denied the opportunity to fulfil their career dreams because they’re disadvantaged by financial limitations. The Chev’s Jewish Students Education Fund (JSEF) has assisted many thousands...
An advert placed by Arcadia Jewish Children’s Home in the newspaper two weeks ago calling for a foster family for four young siblings has highlighted the...
“An eating disorder is a scary diagnosis and problem to deal with,” says social worker Elrika Hugo who works with mental health and eating disorders. “It’s...
I recently received the following message: “Dear Rabbi Fox, I perform free community concerts for the elderly. I do this to bring hope and joy to...
A humanitarian crisis is brewing in Gauteng after the Gauteng Department of Social Development (DSD) made a unilateral decision to re-allocate millions of rands towards substance...
Load shedding has thrust South Africans into unwanted darkness for up to 10 hours a day, making it the “new normal” much like the horrific COVID-19...
They want you to love them as much as they love themselves, so they build you up before they tear you down. Narcissists are hard to...
For music producer, songwriter, and performer Autumn Rowe, winning a Grammy for Best Album of the Year was her second-best moment, but being brought to South...
With rising inflation causing the steepest repo rate hike in almost 20 years, those who depend on welfare to make ends meet are hardest hit, and...
Jewish welfare organisations are under pressure around the world, facing ageing populations, the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diminishing assistance from local governments. Their...
Saul Singer studied Accounting Science at the University of Johannesburg, and is in his final year of articles. It sounds like a common path for a...
After 80-plus years as a thriving Jewish old aged home in the heart of Norwood, Our Parents Home (OPH) will be closed down and its residents...
The Johannesburg Jewish community is reeling from unprecedented COVID-19 deaths during the third wave of the pandemic. But in spite of these tragic fatalities, the vaccine...
As our community fights the third wave of COVID-19, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty. What’s there to say when so many...
Every single Chevrah Kadisha resident over 60, as well as most of Johannesburg’s Holocaust survivors, were vaccinated last week to their relief and that of their...
Can you imagine 365 days without leaving your place of residence during a pandemic that plagues such facilities, and surviving not only with your health intact,...
A Chevrah Kadisha fundraiser drew more than a thousand people in the Joburg Jewish community into their cars to relive the days when going to the...
SA’s 'fastest Rabbi' helped Chev’s CT runners buy new bus for S-Gardens writes CAROL ROD
Free panel discussion facilitated by Benjy Porter, left, & including Bruce Fordyce to be held next Wed. Let’s help Chev beat their target!
"It is evident that our reliance on government subsidies is an illusion. As our grants plummet we need to adjust our expectations" -Michael Seiff
MICHAEL SEIFF writes that when he walks around Sandringham Gardens & Our Parents Home he is delighted to see so many happy and contented residents.
