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Walking into her home on the Israeli border with Lebanon on 2 December, after 14 months of being a refugee in her own country, South African...
Chaim Weizmann, who was to become Israel’s first president, was once asked why Jews insisted on settling in Palestine when there were so many other countries...
With every stitch, a group of women who have long crocheted and knitted for charity are joining the broken threads of displaced families and soldiers fighting...
“Justice is with us,” former Knesset member Ruth Wasserman Lande told South African olim who gathered in Ra’anana on Friday, 2 February, to protest against the...
While there are renewed calls in South Africa to boycott so-called “Zionist-linked products”, former South Africans living in Israel say that a call to boycott South...
Being in a new country for Rosh Hashanah has its challenges. The SA Jewish Report reached out to recent olim to find out what this time...
Space, psychiatry, chocolate, politics, and more. The impact South African olim have had on Israel is immense. “South Africans have made a contribution to Israel a...
Olim form a vital part of Israeli society, yet their voices are often overtaken by the loud, proud voices of those born in Israel. But olim...
It was an ordinary morning on 4 January 2023 when South African olah Sarah Cohen* received an email saying that the high-tech Israeli company she worked...
“Democracy is at stake,” says South African oleh Jonathan Schwartz, regarding the Israeli legislative elections that took place on 1 November to elect Israel’s 25th Knesset....
Israel’s relationship with Jewish communities around the world is now “more of a two-way street”, says Sam Grundwerg, the world chairperson of Keren Hayesod United Israel...
It’s almost six months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February. Israel has opened its doors and heart to 32 000 Ukrainian and...
Denis Shaporenko is 36 years old, has cerebral palsy, and has lost 50% of his vision. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, he fled, making aliya...
Over the past 18 months, hundreds of South African olim and their family members have been unable to see each other thanks to Israel’s draconian travel...
