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  • Sisulu is SA Jewry’s ‘biggest enemy’ in government

    International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is “the single biggest enemy” in government to South African Jewry. So says the national vice-president of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), Zev Krengel, this week.

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  • Slain surfer had Jewish background

    On Election Day, while millions of South Africans went to the polls in the hope of a better South Africa, one man met his death in one of the worst crimes that this country has seen. He was hijacked, shot, and trapped in the back of his own car, which was then set alight.

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  • At the polls

    As South Africa went to the polls on Wednesday, the SA Jewish Report’s roving photographer, Ilan Ossendryver, captured the Jewish vote around Johannesburg.

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  • South Africans take cover in Shabbat of fear

    As about 700 rockets were launched at Israel this past Shabbat, South Africans living in the south of the country raced to find their children, hid in nearby buildings, drove under fire, and stayed in their safe rooms, praying. Four Israelis were killed in the attacks from Hamas in Gaza.

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  • King Bibi here to stay

    “This is an unimaginable achievement,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told exuberant supporters in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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  • BDS-SA’s head honcho faces sexual harassment charges

    The Boycott Divestment Sanctions SA (BDS-SA) movement has been dealt a serious blow following sexual harassment allegations levelled at its director.

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    Benjamin Netanyahu re-elected as voters swing to the right

    Apr 18, 2019 Go comment!
    As expected, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has named incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the best person to put together the next Israeli government.
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    Jews out in space

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    “We’re Jews out in space, zooming along protecting the Hebrew race.” This was sung by a bunch of tallit-wearing Jews depicted at the end of Mel Brookes’ 1981 comic classic, History of the World Part 1. Flying a magen david (star of david) shaped spacecraft, the Jews dance a hora each time they destroy an enemy spacecraft while singing, “When goyim attack us, we give them a smack and slap them right back in the face.”
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    King Bibi here to stay

    Apr 11, 2019 Go comment!
    “This is an unimaginable achievement,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told exuberant supporters in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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    Israeli election day dishes up some hard choices

    Apr 11, 2019 Go comment!
    (JTA) Even by Israeli standards, the country’s latest general elections have been exceptionally dirty, rife with personal attacks between candidates, and fake news.
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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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Religious News

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    Why is there no Egged tour to the Garden of Eden?

    May 16, 2019 Go comment!
    I have climbed Mount Sinai. Although the exact location of Mount Sinai is unknown to archaeologists, I was fortunate enough to have toured with the real experts, the Egged bus company, and it knows exactly where it is.
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    Being holy is about being separate

    May 09, 2019 Go comment!
    Every day, twice a day, we emulate the angels on high and say kedusha (a prayer describing G-d’s holiness). We exclaim that Hashem is “kadosh, kadosh, kadosh – holy, holy, holy” – powerful stuff, but what does holiness mean?
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    Moral is normal

    May 02, 2019 Go comment!
    If anyone was bent on convincing us that Torah was old-fashioned, this would be a good Parsha to prove it. Leviticus, Chapter 18, contains the Bible’s Immorality Act. Our moral code, the forbidden relationships, who may marry whom and who may not – all come from this week’s reading.
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    Pesach brings post-fire learnings to Morasha community

    Apr 18, 2019 Go comment!
    The story goes that in a small town, some shrubbery in the garden caught alight from a discarded cigarette. The rabbi quickly called the fire department, but the fire chief asked incredulously, “Rabbi, let me get this right, there is a burning bush on the shul property, and you want me to put it out?”
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