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South Africa’s chief rabbi, Dr Warren Goldstein, has taken on the Israeli government over its sudden blanket travel ban in light of the new variant discovered...
The Omicron variant is hitting the Johannesburg and Cape Town Jewish communities, with numbers rising rapidly but very few hospitalisations. Those hospitalised – at this point...
Orthodox spiritual leaders in South Africa have expressed their shock and dismay over the treatment of South African travellers turned away from Ben Gurion Airport last...
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Omicron: hoping for a storm in a teacup
An avalanche of panic calls, contact questions, and qua...
SA Jewish leadership confront Israeli PM over travellers’ ordeal
Orthodox spiritual leaders in South Africa have express...
“Let my people in” – chief rabbi takes on travel ban
South Africa’s chief rabbi, Dr Warren Goldstein, has ta...
Mental illness – ‘a pandemic of its own’
“My brother was like a boxer, he took many knocks and w...
Of doggie dreams and the kindness of strangers
This isn’t a column about Daisy. It’s a column about ki...
Community urged to be cautious as wave gathers speed
The Omicron variant is hitting the Johannesburg and Cap...
Heartbreak and loss as the world slams doors on SA
Sarah Cohen* was woken by banging on the door at 04:30...
Teacher fired for pro-Israel status heads to labour court
Pretoria teacher Sudesh Mooloo’s life was turned upside...
A new play opens debate on playing Wagner
Many Jewish musicians will not play or listen to the mu...
Citizens take government to court over Miss SA bullying
Citizens for Integrity (CFI) has accused the government...
Miss SA cartoon shows ugly face of antisemitism
Amidst the virulent reaction from the South African gov...
Omicron: hoping for a storm in a teacup
An avalanche of panic calls, contact questions, and qua...
Rabbi pays it forward with life-saving kidney
A few minutes before undergoing life altering surgery...
UCT has become ‘University of Capitulation’, says professor
The chaos, vandalism, and destruction that reigned at t...
Taking centre Srage: the principal who grew with KDL
Few principals can say they have been immersed in every...
SA Jewish leadership confront Israeli PM over travellers’ ordeal
Orthodox spiritual leaders in South Africa have express...
Miss SA future uncertain as Israel hatred boils
It’s touch and go whether Miss South Africa will get on...
World mourns Eli Kay, son of SA Jewry
At the beginning of November, the Kay family celebrated...
“Let my people in” – chief rabbi takes on travel ban
South Africa’s chief rabbi, Dr Warren Goldstein, has ta...
Confessions from the grave – a posthumous apology comes too late
The last apartheid leader, FW de Klerk, died peacefully...
Netanyahu’s speech to Hamas a hoax
A hoax mail has travelled world Jewry in the past 24hrs...
Be your own president, and lock yourself down to level 5
If you struggled to imagine what was going on in Wuhan...
Wedding leads to a number of COVID-19 cases
Buffets of canapés and dessert, the sharing of snacks a...
Kramer quits COVID advisory over “community flouting protocols”
One of the community’s top COVID-19 advisors this week...
Jeweller’s senseless murder leaves community reeling
The hearts of a Johannesburg family have been ripped ap...
Couple caught in crossfire of attempted mall robbery
A young couple attempted to flee the scene of a botched...
A day in the night of a Hatzolah volunteer
It’s 17:20 on Tuesday, and I have just finished a full...
A life-saving friendship that lives on after death
A Johannesburg doctor is battling to come to terms with...
Biden’s daughter-in-law in SA for mom’s funeral
The daughter-in-law of United States President Joe Bide...
Farewell to Mr Wolf – a King David legend
Johannesburg Jewry and former King Davidians around the...
