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The Jewish people are facing increasing antisemitism online, on our streets, and on our campuses since the horrific Hamas attacks on southern Israel on 7 October....
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...
“I have not seen the likes of this since the Yitzchak Rabin assassination in 1995. It’s a rip in the fabric of society and the national...
From spices to sugar to pickles, Jews are “the original culinary movers and shakers”, said Jewish food researcher, writer, and lecturer Joel Haber at Limmud Johannesburg...
When does life actually start according to Jewish law? Rabbanit Dr Judith Fogel examined the halachic debates surrounding abortion at each stage of pregnancy, infusing rabbinic...
Imagine Holocaust survivors reliving their own trauma by collecting statements from hundreds of other survivors. This is what a special unit of the Israeli police, composed...
When Renee Pozniak told me in September 2005 that Mendel and Oren Kaplan were looking to send someone to the United Kingdom (UK) to bring Limmud...
Last week, I wrote about the value that Limmud has added to the intellectual and cultural life of our community. I can now report back on...
Wikipedia is such a part of our lives that we rarely take time to think about how it works and what role it plays in shaping...
As one of the few female comedy writers in Israel today, Michal Zoran has succeeded to the point where she now writes for satirical Israeli TV...
Seasoned Israeli journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer says the November 2022 election campaigns of Likud and other right-wing Israeli political parties didn’t allude to judicial reform, and...
Political unrest. Protests. Polarisation. Terror attacks. Security threats. Diplomatic difficulties. The news coming out of Israel isn’t positive, to say the least. Many are speaking of...
I could start this piece by complaining about the lack of democracy in Hungary, and I will because it definitely affects Hungarian Jews and their daily...
The Jewish people are endlessly diverse, having spread around the globe over thousands of years. Our food is equally varied. Yet surprisingly, many Jews categorise the...
“The best thing about Roodepoort in the West Rand where I grew up was the train station to Johannesburg,” joked journalist Gus Silber. His father was...
Has the robot Armageddon commenced? ChatGPT took only five days to gain its first million users after its launch on 30 November 2022, and just two...
I’ve always felt a bit like a prodigal daughter. I discovered late that I was 16 ways Lithuanian – a born Litvak. Accused of “killing our...
What do superhero stories and the Haggadah have in common? More than you think, said American cartoonist, veteran DC Comics editor, and producer Jordan B Gorfinkel,...
Likhlukhit was a woman so ugly, her husband divorced her, according to the Talmud. In exploring this story, Jewish educator and psychologist Adina Roth reflected on...
When talking about the Holocaust, people often wonder if Jews held onto their faith during humanity’s darkest hour. But Yad Vashem educator Dr David Deutsch says...
The Jews of the Caucasus have “been through it all”, said Ruben Shimonov, a Detroit-based educator, community builder, and social entrepreneur, speaking at Limmud Johannesburg last...
“In five or 10 years’ time, there’ll probably be a museum dedicated to what’s happening in Ukraine. What will be in that museum? Will it be...
Jewish youth movements in South Africa are finding new ways to deal with the needs of a post-pandemic youth but still figuring out how best to...
Dr Mpho Phalatse, the executive mayor of Johannesburg, has called on the private sector to help sort out the city’s economy and job creation, while she’ll...
Hungarian-born Tamas Buchler is doing what he can to dispel the myth that central Europe is all about death camps, encouraging people to recognise that Jews...
In spite of what Israelis may think, Israel needs the input of all Jews living in the diaspora, especially those in South Africa, says Israeli activist...
To fight antisemitism effectively, we need to understand common misconceptions about it, American journalist Yair Rosenberg said. “The problem,” said Rosenberg, “is that more people than...
The Israeli left-wing is in tatters following the failure of the Oslo Peace Process, Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year rule, and the dramatic decline of the Israeli Labor...
Since its founding 14 years ago, Limmud has provided our community with an unrivalled array of outstanding local and international speakers presenting on topics relating to...
He’s the great-grandson of the reviver of modern Hebrew, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. He’s descended from a long line of writers and journalists. But Gil Hovav is very...
Clive Lawton has packed enough into one lifetime for a minyan of people. The affable white-bearded Englishman has been a teacher, a theatre director, an author,...
Just a few months ago, it was unfathomable that Israel would ever have a prime minister that wasn’t Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, the wily politician who always...
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, known as the father of rabbinic Judaism, saved Judaism from complete and utter destruction during the Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70...
The story of the Bukharian Jews, a community with deep roots in Central Asia, is sadly coming to an end, but the community’s legacy lives on...
Falling in love with Jerusalem was the last thing Sarah Tuttle-Singer could have imagined. However, the love story that would unfold between this American-born writer and...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already a part of our world, and as it grows, it will have a profound impact on ethics, religion, and humanity. So...
The Holocaust wasn’t an exclusively European tragedy. Beyond the camps of Eastern Europe, Nazi Germany intended to oppress, deport, and murder all Jews across the Mediterranean...
“I don’t think there will be any kind of civil war if [United States President Donald] Trump loses,” said foreign correspondent, author, and broadcaster John Matisonn...
Learn about the fascinating Jewish history of a Spanish island where a segregated group of devout Catholics were forced to marry amongst themselves, and who suffered...
The most successful businessman in South African history was Isidore Schlesinger. He pioneered the movies, broadcasting, fast food, skyscrapers, billboards, tabloid newspapers. He reshaped the suburbs...
