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When Agam Berger finally boarded an Israel Defense Forces helicopter to her freedom after 482 days of Hamas hell, the first words she wrote on the...
As we gather with our families around the seder table this year, we might reflect on a few questions that extend beyond those traditionally found in...
King Louis XIV of France asked Blaise Pascal, the great French philosopher, to give him proof of the supernatural. Pascal answered, “Why, the Jews, your majesty,...
The year is 70 CE, the Temple in Jerusalem has been destroyed, and Pesach can no longer be celebrated with a sacrificial lamb as the Torah...
One of the most striking features of Exodus is the presence of so many heroic women. This emerges clearly from a simple reading of the text...
Passover has always been a story of defiance and deliverance. A saga of struggle, confrontation, bravery, identity, and ultimately freedom. It’s a story of a people...
Dara Horn’s new graphic novel imagines the seder as a Harry Potter style portal which opens up centuries of Jewish history for us. It imagines seders...
A fellow who had done well in business and was feeling quite proud of himself once stopped by for a visit to his rabbi who had...
The seder isn’t merely a retelling of history, but a re-experiencing of yetziat Mitzrayim, a journey best undertaken through active dialogue. This question-and-answer format, generally characteristic...
We emerged just a few weeks ago from the chaos of Purim. Purim is the quintessential holiday of chaos. As Rabbi Tzadok Hakohen of Lublin explains,...
When Israelis come to South Africa for Pesach, they often don’t celebrate two nights of seders, but some seem to do so. As Pesach is the...
The story of Pesach has been the inspiration for freedom movements around the world, from nuns in El Salvador and Nelson Mandela to the American civil...
JTA – Revolutionaries throughout the ages have drawn strength from the story of Passover. As Michael Walzer brilliantly documents in his book, Exodus and Revolution, the...
Never mind the four sons, let’s discuss the four moms at the school Pesach seder. The over eager, I’ve got it all together mom She diarised...
A recent study revealed something unsurprising: children are more likely to ask Google a question than to ask a parent. Conducted by Birmingham Science City, the...
Matzah & Magic – Whipping up a Pesach feast Sunday 6 April 2025 at 19:00 SAST Pesach is a time to spend with family and tell...
I recently met a delegation from the World Union of Jewish Students. These university students had come to South Africa from countries around the world on...
If not for that one short paragraph, the seder night could be so relaxed and so much fun. After all, it’s about celebrating our victory over...
Life is supposed to make sense. And for me, it generally does. Even the impossible question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” is often...
A rabbi was asked by one of his students why G-d created atheists. The rabbi responded, “G-d created atheists to teach us the most important lesson...
“Three hundred years ago, there came to the New World a boat, and its name was the Mayflower. The Mayflower’s landing on Plymouth Rock was one...
The focus of the seder night is telling the story of the exodus from Egypt and the miracles done by G-d for us, His children. This...
We’re just a few days away from one of the highlights in the Jewish calendar: the seder nights, which, as a principal and teacher, I find...
The SA Jewish Report asked Jewish pupils to capture what freedom looks like for them in the light of Pesach, what happened in Israel on 7...
Jews have always been fond of answering one question with another. In fact, Golda Meir was once asked by a journalist, “Why do Jews always answer...
The headlines are screaming, the news is overbearing, and a general sense of despondency hovers over us. This world has turned upside down, mostly because of...
The great book of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar, imagines that when Jewish people tell the story of yetziat Mitzrayim (exodus from Egypt) at the Passover seder,...
As Pesach approaches, our minds and hearts are flooded with a range of conflicting emotions. The date 7 October was the darkest day in modern Jewish...
The magid of the Pesach seder begins with the Arbah Kashiyot, the Four Questions that ask “Mah nishtanah halailah hazeh mikol halailot?” (Why is this night...
The formative event in the foundation of the Jewish people was undoubtably the exodus from Egypt. After hundreds of years as slaves, we were granted freedom....
Freedom, love, justice. This three-part Passover message has reverberated through the generations. The exodus story is our master narrative. The Israelites were slaves in Egypt. Moses...
Leaving an additional empty chair at our seder tables, possibly with a photograph of a hostage, is one way of bringing into our homes the plight...
Pesach is a time when we look back on our past as slaves and how we broke free of our shackles, but this year is almost...
The number one Jewish question in South Africa furiously making the rounds in the Norwood Pick n Pay and Checkers in Cape Town is, “Where are...
For the Jewish people, comfort has always been found in food. This Pesach we need it more than ever. Join our outstanding collection of culinary masters...
“Over our lifetime, we spend two years looking for lost objects,” says Rebekah Saltzman, who makes a living helping people declutter their homes. Professional declutterer Saltzman...
Success is sweet. We feel fulfilled when everything falls into place and our dreams are achieved to perfection. But life includes moments of missed opportunities. We...
This Pesach we take you on a journey across the archaeological plains of Egypt, its politics and the Jews that remain, to spirituality, musical magic, and...
“Freedom is a fragile thing. It must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.” As Jews,...
I was about to switch off the radio after the early morning news bulletin when something the presenter said caught my attention. He was about to...
