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As a Christian who believes in the authenticity and authority of scripture, I’m compelled to express my support for the arguments put forward by Chief Rabbi...
The COVID-19 pandemic poses basic questions to us about what it means to be human. Not only are we asking ourselves how to stay alive but...
During these difficult times, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and not see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yet we’ve all experienced challenges in...
The new government in Israel gives us the opportunity to become a “light unto the nations”. As I understand it, every shade of political opinion is...
I don’t often air my opinion on any of the columns or letters in the SA Jewish Report, but the letter penned by the anonymous doctor...
I’m appalled by prominent members of our government, even one of our own – Ronnie Kasrils – who has the gall to speak out against Israel,...
“Most of our ancestors were forced to flee Lithuania in terrible circumstances, and restoring our citizenship will go a long way to address the wrongs of...
I’m so sad that I came across this terrible article (“Professor of propaganda” by Howard Sackstein, SA Jewish Report, 3 June 2021). First, I’m a Wits-trained...
Does time heal wounds? When my youngest son made a crucial decision at the end of 2020 to take up a position in Liverpool in the...
Let’s take a deep look at apartheid Israel. Israel will have an Israeli Palestinian minister in the new coalition, eight Israeli Palestinian members of parliament, an...
There’s a solution to the problem of Israel haters. It’s long term, but successful. Let me give you an example. In the late 1950s, Prime Minister...
In contrast to the Palestinian Authority (PA) which last held elections in January 2006, and yet again cancelled elections scheduled for 22 May 2021, Israel’s vibrant...
Whether momentary, temporary, or permanent, antisemitism is mental illness. When it translates into violent acts against Jews and worse, their murder, it’s an inexcusable crime, an...
Anton, I read your recent article on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and the media relating thereto. Although it’s obviously erudite and well thought out, I...
Dear Ronnie Kasrils I’ve read your post in the Sunday Times. It’s with much pain that I’m called to draft a response. In the name of...
It is with a deep sense of loss and sadness that I mourn the passing of his majesty, King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu. My condolences go out...
In regard to the article, “Student barred from gap year speaks out’” (SA Jewish Report, 12 March 2021), we would like to clarify that the Israel...
Much criticism has been aimed at the judiciary these past months, stemming predominantly from some high-ranking African National Congress (ANC) officials who obviously see the rule...
I find the article, “SA chiropractor in Melbourne jail pleads guilty to drug trafficking”, SA Jewish Report, 26 February 2021, in extremely bad taste. It smacks...
I’m looking for information about my father, who may have emigrated to South Africa in the early 1960s. His name was Victor Vinegrad, and he had...
Rather than being a stiff-necked people who complain a lot, it’s better to be a “light unto the nations” and glow with goodwill. Unfortunately, holding on...
My name is Lisa. I work as a child and adult psychologist in our community. It’s been almost eight years since my husband and child passed...
I apologise in advance for this vent, but having read the SA Jewish Report today, confirming my suspicions about the number of illegal minyanim taking place...
So, Howard Feldman thinks maybe it’s time for introspection by the Jewish community on its love affair with Donald Trump. Long past, in my opinion, although...
It saddened me to read Shimshon Fisher’s article about his negative experience of being a Jew on the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)....
Once again, Israel is being demonised with the usual apartheid slights, this time relating to the COVID-19 vaccine and the country’s success first in obtaining the...
The advent of COVID-19 has resulted in every one of us having to make sacrifices to keep ourselves, our family, and our community safe. So, it’s...
Thank you for the obituary you published about Rabbi Ben Isaacson, who was my rabbi and teacher in the days when he ran the Emet Women’s...
Donald Trump lost the presidency. By doing so, he has allowed: A Jewish senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to replace Moscow Mitch (McConnell); A Jewish White...
Last week’s SA Jewish Report (15 January 2021) reports on a selfish Glenhazel shul that has operated illegally and hazardously right through the lockdown since March...
Dear Mr President We know you have so much on your plate, and that you have tried to look after the people of the country as...
Communal organisations and rabbis have responded with outrage to recent spoof videos that made fun of the controversy over kashrut prices. A video of Hitler shouting...
Although in theory I’m not offended if anyone depicts Nazis as blubbering idiots, I stay away from jokes about the Holocaust. Why? Because they’re not funny....
The reaction of Naledi Pandor, the South African minister of international relations and cooperation (DIRCO), to the recent developments in the Gulf, Sudan, and Israel was...
On the face of it, the South African Council of Churches (SACC’s) sharing a billboard with Africa4Palestine at a cost that probably runs into six digits...
This will be printed after the United States election. Apologies for my condescending tone. I must comment on “The Case for Trump in 2020”. The article...
In response to Sachs and Fisher’s “The case for Trump in 2020”, (SA Jewish Report, 30 October), let me say I’m neither ill-informed, malicious, nor a...
How out of step is the South African African National Congress (ANC) government firstly with its African Union comrades, where more and more African states are...
‘’Islamophobia, a worldwide phenomenon, has become increasingly menacing in parts of Europe and the US.’’ So writes Iqbal Jassat in The Star, 13 October 2020, and...
I was most interested to read Howard Feldman’s insightful thoughts after the passing of his father in last week’s SA Jewish Report (23 October 2020), titled...
