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In terms of learning, it was a regular year for Yeshiva LeRabbonus Pretoria, which in late August conferred semicha (ordination) to 11 students from the class...
ORT South Africa hosted a ceremony on 12 August for 10 entrepreneurs who it assisted to obtained SETA qualifications to help them start their own businesses....
A proposition for a new, independent anti-corruption body landed on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s desk on Tuesday, 24 August, and those who have spent years toiling to...
One of South Africa’s biggest TikTok sensations, bodybuilder Noel Deyzel, known for posting fitness and nutritional tips and workout routines, received hate messages on social media...
Two people from two different backgrounds – Rabbi David Masinter and artist Leonard Nyathi – have come together with the goals of teaching, educating, uplifting, and...
“Women feel we have to be superheroes, but it’s being vulnerable that really makes us into supermoms,” says Feige Swimmer. Together with Devorah Rothman, Swimmer is...
More than 1 500 children took part in the recent Pirkei Avot Arts and Culture Competition, designed to bring the teachings of the Pirkei Avot alive and...
The Durban Holocaust & Genocide Centre (DHGC) hosted a dialogue on 12 August, “Reflecting on the effects of the current unrest in South Africa on refugees,...
Abel keeps physically fit, regularly attending yoga and pilates classes at the Wellness Centre of Melrose Manor, where he has lived for 15 years. His commitment...
Bnoth Zion WIZO’s (Women’s International Zionist Organisation’s) Cape Town’s outreach arm made an impact in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, recently, with its first ever beginners organic gardening...
The Union of Jewish Women in Johannesburg showed it cared on Mandela Day by delivering a number of cakes, scones, and cookies to the Norwood Police...
It’s 17:20 on Tuesday, and I have just finished a full day’s work as an attorney. My volunteer Hatzolah shift starts at 18:00. In spite of...
“This isn’t a COVID-19 story; it’s a love story.” So says Cindy Silberg, the oldest daughter of Simon and Maxine Schneider, reflecting on the profound legacy...
Author, lecturer, and facilitator David Zidel told an ORT Jet networking session on 21 May that businesses should uplift one another, saying, “Even if someone can...
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW’s) sewing school recently graduated its February 2021 class. At the graduation, each graduate wore outfits and displayed items they had...
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...
Seven hundred families in financial difficulty in the community can now enjoy Shavuot treats including cheesecake, mac n cheese, and pizza thanks to generous monetary and...
As Port Elizabeth community stalwart Isaac Rubin reflects on his 90th year, his life story emerges as a portrait of this once thriving, now diminishing, but...
When last did you make a phone call to a friend or family member just to chat? Not a voice note or a text, or a...
Jane Klein won first prize in the Union of Jewish Women’s Kosher Mobile Meals (KMM) Donate and Win Pesach Appeal – a three-night stay at Savanna...
It isn’t easy to imagine what the Jews went through in getting out of Egypt and wandering the desert for 40 years, but the Chevrah Kadisha...
WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organisation) Johannesburg held its 107th annual general meeting via Zoom on 4 March 2021 with Joceline Basserabie in the chair. Rabbi Ryan...
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) South Africa hosted a tour of Linksfield Ridge on Sunday, 14 March, a series of koppies with spectacular views to the...
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,...
The Chevrah Kadisha opened its gates to the community for the first time in almost a year last Friday, 26 February, for the Greatest Purim Drive-Thru....
Usually when Purim comes around, Chabad Seniors Programme arranges parties and gifts for the “young at heart” throughout Johannesburg. This year, with COVID-19, was no different....
For the past 128 years, the Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society (JWBS) has been working under the radar, assisting those in our community in need. However, since...
Brakpan Shul was built in the East Rand almost a hundred years ago, and thanks to the efforts of Yakima Waner, it could stand for a...
“The situation in South Africa is more desperate than ever. The need for food security and employment is greater than ever, and government social-support grants have...
The Elise WIZO Gift Shop sadly closed its doors at the end of 2020 after being a well-known feature of Johannesburg Jewish life for many decades....
One of the community’s top COVID-19 advisors this week lashed out at the community for flouting rules and putting lives at risk. Professor Efraim Kramer said...
There has been a focus on frontline healthcare workers and emergency medical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, but what about the community’s loyal and over stretched...
Absa and the SA Jewish Report made donations to Hatzolah, the Chevrah Kadisha, and Afrika Tikkun last week in recognition of the selfless work they do...
More than 75 devices around the globe logged in to Beit Luria’s World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) Shabbat Around the World programme on Friday, 15...
They say that age is just a number, but when you turn 100 during a pandemic, there’s every reason to celebrate. Riviera resident Rose Norwich marked...
The outfits modelled by graduates of the Union of Jewish Women’s (UJW’s) Sewing School were all the more spectacular for the fact that some of their...
Most parents think their teenagers spend too much time on the internet and too little time engaging with the real world. Chabad has come up with...
Coming up with an activity for international Mizvah Day on 15 November was a no-brainer for the Gauteng Progressive movement, whose members spent the day cleaning...
Zac Abel, the son of Raella Abel and Chris Purcell, and the grandson of Myrna Nel and David Abel, has been selected as the 2021 SACS...
The Embassy of Israel in South Africa has joined Fight Back SA, a non-profit organisation focused on the empowerment of women and children, to provide free...
