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Adventurous Israeli dies at Victoria Falls

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

Ofer Cohen, aged 34, literally had the world at his feet when he visited Victoria Falls earlier this month. But that all came to a tragic end when his body was found floating in the Zambezi River last Tuesday. It is suspected that he drowned when taking a spontaneous swim without a lifejacket.
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World News

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Venezuela’s opposition to renew ties with Israel
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BDS milks it as Clover deal with Israel turns sour

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

In an uncharacteristic move, the Department of International Relations (DIRCO) took down the anti-Israel lobby for attempting to scupper a much-needed multi-billion-rand foreign direct investment (FDI) deal with an Israeli-led company.
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Adventurous Israeli dies at Victoria Falls
Ofer Cohen, aged 34, literally had the world at his feet when he visited Victoria Falls earlier this month. But that all came to a tragic end when his body was found floating in the Zambezi River last Tuesday. It is suspected that he drowned when taking a spontaneous swim without a lifejacket.
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Capetonians escape roaring Lion’s Head fire
When local artist Beezy Bailey evacuated his Cape Town house on Sunday night, it brought back memories of his holiday home in Plettenberg Bay, which burned down in runaway fires a year and a half ago.
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Right-wing anti-Semitism on the rise in South Africa
The right-wing anti-Semitism understood to be entrenched in many parts of the world is now on the rise in South Africa, say experts in the field.
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Soccer-goalpost tragedy far from over
When the father of Hugo Paluch – the Yeshiva College boy who died after soccer goalposts fell on him – heard that another boy had died in the same tragic way as his son, it “shook him to his core”.
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Darkness descends on last night of Chanukah, as terror attack hits home
It has been a harrowing week of torment for the South African-born parents of the latest terror-attack victim in Israel, who this week described events as “every parent’s worst nightmare come true”.
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Top musicians pay tribute to Johnny Clegg
“I’m holding on as best I can, and living my life as fully as I can,” says iconic South African performer Johnny Clegg, who has been battling pancreatic cancer since 2015.
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Adventurous Israeli dies at Victoria Falls

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

Ofer Cohen, aged 34, literally had the world at his feet when he visited Victoria Falls earlier this month. But that all came to a tragic end when his body was found floating in the Zambezi River last Tuesday. It is suspected that he drowned when taking a spontaneous swim without a lifejacket.
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BDS milks it as Clover deal with Israel turns sour

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

In an uncharacteristic move, the Department of International Relations (DIRCO) took down the anti-Israel lobby for attempting to scupper a much-needed multi-billion-rand foreign direct investment (FDI) deal with an Israeli-led company.
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Biggest threat to Israel comes from nation’s identity crisis

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

Israel’s most pressing issue is the question of its identity. This will define the upcoming elections and the country’s future, says former deputy speaker of the Knesset and military commander Yonatan Chetboun.
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Battle over Habonim heats up in Israel

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

Habonim Dror South Africa has expressed its disappointment that Habonim leaders around the world have not been consulted in a dispute about the movement in Israel.
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Israelis watch the rising star of Gantz

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

There’s a popular weekly satirical show in Israel called Eretz Nehederet. In a recent episode, an actor playing Benny Gantz, the former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and newcomer to Israeli politics, is asked how he’s feeling.
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Israel among top five most innovative countries on the globe

Jan 24, 2019 Go comment!

Israel – commonly dubbed the “Start-up Nation” – has jumped to fifth place in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, skipping five places since last year. It is officially the fifth most innovative country in the world, according to Bloomberg, an international business news network that calls itself “the central nerve system of global finance”.
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Israeli elections down to two men

Jan 17, 2019 Go comment!

Israeli elections are still three months away, which is a lifetime in Israel. So much can happen between now and then that when election day arrives on 9 April, much of what is written here could be obsolete.
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Israel story based on a fake narrative

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

The Israel story is “malfunctioning or getting warped in translation”, says Canadian-born Israeli Matti Friedman, who is a senior journalist and author based in Jerusalem.
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Rockets, mortars, retaliation, repeat – welcome to the Gaza belt

Nov 19, 2018 Go comment!

Fifteen hours. That’s all it took for Hamas to shoot 460 rockets and mortars at southern Israel.
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Former deputy Israeli ambassador to SA drawn into Gaza rocket anguish

Nov 15, 2018 Go comment!

On Monday evening, the skirmish raging between Israel and Hamas became very real for former Deputy Israeli Ambassador to South Africa, Michael Freeman, and his wife, Sigalit. They learned that the home of Sigalit’s mother had been hit by rocket fire, and neither of them was in a position to do anything.
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'Beware of Jews' sign in London

Mar 15, 2017 Go comment!

A nasty prank was behind a fake "Beware Of Jews" road sign that appeared outside a north London shul on Tuesday and was removed by authorities on Wednesday.
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Sup, Y’all – Kerry slips on ketchup

Jan 03, 2017 Go comment!

YouTube sensations Diamond and Silk stand up for Israel in wake of Obama administration’s actions, joke about Kerry having married Heinz heiress
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Why News Year’s is the worst night of the year

Dec 29, 2016 Go comment!

Israeli wordsmith Rachel Gross, submitted a hilarious piece on celebrating secular New Year for publication in JR Online.
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Tel Aviv beachfront Trump Towers

Dec 22, 2016 Go comment!

With all the hullabaloo about moving the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, this could be an amusing option.They could add a casino too...
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World News

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Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

Venezuela’s opposition to renew ties with Israel
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True relevance of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

This week, 40 years ago, Iran’s military stood down, guaranteeing the Islamic Revolution’s success.
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Religious News

Ain’t it a joy to complain?

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

Sol visits his old friend, Abe, who has recently acquired a new dog.
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Make 2019 a year of reconciliation and celebration

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

Last year, 2018, was an important year, because of the many historic milestones that were commemorated. The end of World War I, the 80th anniversary of the “so called” Kristallnacht – the night of the broken glass – in 1938, which marked the beginning of the Final Solution of Nazi Germany. And, on a more positive note, there was, of course, Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday.
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Is religion still relevant?

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

Cyberspace, outer space, inner space. Smart cards, smart bombs, stem cells, and cell phones. There is no denying it. We live in a new age. Science fiction has become scientific fact. And the question is: in this new world order, with science and technology changing the way we live, is religion still relevant? Do we still need to subscribe to an ancient and seemingly long-obsolete code of laws when we are so further advanced than our ancestors?
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Emerging from darkness – Yitro’s legacy

Jan 24, 2019 Go comment!

In the portion we read this week called Yitro, the most significant historical event of all time takes place: G-d’s revelation at Sinai; the giving of the Torah. The portion is named after Moses’ father-in-law, Yitro.
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