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This is the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to write. There’s so much to say, and then there’s nothing really, except, “I love you.” My...
Rose Norwich, who held a Masters in architecture, passed away on 26 August 2024 at the age of 103, having lived her life in service to...
Not for sensitive readers The phone rang, the German accented woman said, “I’ve just landed. I’m having a massage, come collect me in an hour.” “But...
Lieutenant Yaron Chitiz, 23, had the best weekend of his life when he surprised his mother, girlfriend, and friends on the Shabbos before he was shot...
What started as a seaside picnic ended in tragedy for a Johannesburg family, when, on 14 December 2022, father of five Dovi Hochstadter (39) rushed into...
“When I think of the word ‘mensch’, it’s you who comes to mind.” This was how Anthony ‘Tony’ Raphaely’s granddaughter described him, shortly before he passed...
JTA- Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose reforms, including allowing massive numbers of Jews to emigrate to Israel, changed his country and the world, has died...
A community hero who had been in a coma for three years after tragically being stung by bees was this week laid to rest. Father of...
JTA – Olivia Newton-John, the iconic pop singer of the 1970s and 1980s, died at her home in Southern California on Monday of the breast cancer...
After three emigrations in less than two years, 12-year-old Doris “Dossy” Ehrenstein (who became Lurie) arrived in South Africa with her mother. They were destitute, but...
Polish-born Miriam (nee Teitelbaum) Lichterman would have been 100 in September had she not passed away on 18 July. With her long life, she graciously defied...
Bruce Wolov was more fearful of the ‘sharks’ in business than he was of sharks in the ocean, friends say. That was until this prominent Johannesburg...
Dr Shirley Siew was trailblazer in everything she did, especially in medicine and aviation. She was known for her academic excellence and enquiring mind, and won...
Rhoda Kadalie, a passionate human-rights supporter, strident critic of the corruption of the South African government, and lover of Israel, was remembered at a service at...
A week before business icon and the former chief executive and chairperson of SA Breweries (SAB), Meyer Kahn, passed away on 2 June, he imparted one...
When 18-year-old Hanna Green delivered the keynote address at cancer-support organisation the DL Link’s fundraising dinner three weeks ago, she held the attention of everyone in...
Rodney Mazinter was a passionate Zionist throughout his life who believed in the power of the written word to affect change. On reflection on his long...
“He had integrity, moral courage, independence, and experience in the law, all the attributes of the ideal judge.” Close friend, Judge Phillip Levinsohn’s, words capture the...
He was a real all-rounder, full of life, and dedicated to the well-being of others, and his sudden death has left family, friends, and the community...
My father, Hymie Bloom, passed away on Sunday evening, 27 March, at the age of 93. He was born in Wales in 1928, the youngest of...
President Cyril Ramaphosa, top politicians, and civil society leaders joined the Coleman family on Wednesday at a memorial to honour the life and legacy of the...
Johannesburg Jewry and former King Davidians around the world this week mourned the sudden passing of legendary educator and much-loved former Jewish school headmaster, Elliot Wolf....
It’s not every day someone is buried in the section of Westpark Cemetery reserved for people who have displayed exceptional commitment to the community and humanity....
Perry Feldman, a greatly admired Parys farmer, businessman, and Jewish communal leader was taken from us this week, another casualty of the coronavirus epidemic. Feldman embodied...
In a tragic irony, a man who lived life to the full was condemned to endure an illness that meant he could no longer move or...
On 12 January, Rabbi Desmond Maizels and his wife Esther welcomed a new granddaughter into the world. But simcha turned to sorrow when he passed away...
According to Maimonides, the highest level of charity is to give anonymously. If there was ever a man who epitomised this, it was Eric Samson, who...
Following the death of iconic businessman and philanthropist Eric Samson this week, we are reprinting this interview done in 2013. I had the privilege to be...
Historians of South African architecture divide their field into two periods: BC and AC. BC is “before Chipkin”. AC is “after Chipkin”. Clive Michael Chipkin was...
Legendary South African entertainment personality Dawn Lindberg had all but written the script for her death just weeks before she died from COVID-19 in Plettenberg Bay...
I could write a standard obituary tribute to Rabbi Ben Isaacson. I could praise his Torah knowledge, his love for the biblical prophets, his passion for...
As Jewish communities, prime ministers, presidents, princes, rabbis, and followers of many faiths grieve the loss of the past Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations...
I feel the loss of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt’l in a deeply personal way. I have lost a friend and a mentor, who guided and...
It’s not often that one individual becomes iconic across a range of spheres, but David Bloomberg was one such person. A pioneer of the arts, a...
Herbert Kretzmer, who wrote the lyrics for the English version of Les Misérables, died in London on 14 October, nine days after his 95th birthday. Known...
The South African-born doctor who headed the medical team in the Entebbe raid in 1976, Dr Jossy Faktor, passed away at the age of 80 on...
Linda Goodman Givon, the founder of the world-renowned Goodman Gallery and known as “South Africa’s first lady of art” and “the grande dame of the South...
When Rabbi Avraham Tanzer passed away last Tuesday night, his machzor was still lying on his desk and his tallis was still draped over his chair...
The Honourable Justice Ralph Hirsch Zulman passed away in Johannesburg last Shabbat from medical complications caused by the coronavirus. At the feet of this man, many...
