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Darkness descends on last night of Chanukah, as terror attack hits home

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

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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EU Council calls on Europe to do more to fight anti-Semitism

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

European nations must increase their efforts to ensure security for the continent’s Jews in the face of widespread anti-Semitism, the Council of the European Union said in a declaration that one Jewish group called “unprecedented”.
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Jewish tombstones desecrated in Cape cemetery

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

Thirty-nine tombstones were knocked down, damaged, and broken in the Wellington Jewish cemetery last weekend, the Cape Jewish Board of Deputies has confirmed.
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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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Shocking findings in Stan & Pete treif chicken investigation
The investigation into the Stan & Pete treif chicken saga has revealed shocking details of how the country’s former foremost kosher caterer allegedly used unkosher meat (particularly chicken) in its operation.
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Cape Town shul gutted by fire
When it became clear that all five Sifrei Torah of Beit Midrash Morasha in Sea Point, Cape Town, had been lost in a massive fire around midnight on Tuesday, Rabbi Sam Thurgood tore his shirt and led a communal kaddish while flames lit up the night sky.
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Ramaphosa: SA has constructive role to play in Middle East
President Cyril Ramaphosa this week praised South African Jewry for setting an example of unity to the nation.
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Velaphi Khumalo makes public apology for hate speech
Velaphi Khumalo, the man who wrote on Facebook that blacks should do to white people what “Hitler did to the Jews” has eventually apologised to the nation. This follows a lengthy court battle that has been described as a pivotal case in defining the limitations of hate speech.
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SA News

Darkness descends on last night of Chanukah, as terror attack hits home

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

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”.
Full story
Jewish tombstones desecrated in Cape cemetery

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

Thirty-nine tombstones were knocked down, damaged, and broken in the Wellington Jewish cemetery last weekend, the Cape Jewish Board of Deputies has confirmed.
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Top musicians pay tribute to Johnny Clegg

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

“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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Morasha shul rises from the ashes

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

Flames and smoke billowing from the roof, seven Sifrei Torah scrolls burned in the inferno, and a crumbling, burnt-out synagogue. These are some of the images that have haunted the Cape Town Jewish community and beyond since a fire destroyed much of Beit Midrash Morasha last Tuesday night.
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Israel News

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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Ex-South Africans under fire near Gaza border

Nov 15, 2018 Go comment!

South African olah, Nava Uner, has lived through two previous Gaza attacks, but this past week was undoubtedly the worst.
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Putin invites Netanyahu, Abbas to World Cup final

Jun 28, 2018 Go comment!

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to attend the World Cup final in Moscow next month.
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The man who welcomed Prince William to Israel with tea and scones

Jun 28, 2018 Go comment!

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, was welcomed to the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Tuesday by a former South African, Sheldon Ritz, who is Director of Operations at the famous hotel, and a highly experienced manager of diplomatic entourages.
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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

EU Council calls on Europe to do more to fight anti-Semitism

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

European nations must increase their efforts to ensure security for the continent’s Jews in the face of widespread anti-Semitism, the Council of the European Union said in a declaration that one Jewish group called “unprecedented”.
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What does the UN vote on Hamas mean to us?

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

In the Middle East, everyone declares victory regardless of the results. So, it’s no surprise that the recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution against Hamas was praised by both Jerusalem and Hamas. If it had passed, it would have condemned the Gaza-based movement for the first time ever in the world body.
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Chief Rabbi reiterates his call of a year ago for Jacob Zuma to stand down in this Pesach Video, likening the SA saga of today to our flight from Egypt 3329 years ago. “With that freedom comes a voice” he says. He will be marching in Pretoria on Friday.

Religious News

Insular or involved: the two ways of being Jewish

Dec 13, 2018 Go comment!

“And Yehudah approached him [Yosef] ...”
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Brighter than Chanukah candles

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

This weekend is one of the busiest on the Jewish calendar. It’s called Shabbos-Rosh Chodesh-Chanukah. On Friday afternoon, we will light two sets of candles, the Chanukah menorah with its six burning candles, followed by the regular Shabbos candles. On Shabbos morning, we will read from three Torahs in shul, compared to the regular Shabbos, when we read from one and sometimes two Torahs.
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Heavenly multiplier effect found in a jar of oil

Nov 29, 2018 1 Comment

One of the great heroes of the Holocaust was Rabbi Avraham Grodzinsky, the spiritual leader of the Kovno ghetto. Until the outbreak of the war, he had been Rosh Yeshiva of the famed Slabodka Yeshiva and one of the leading sages of his generation.
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Low GI inspiration

Nov 29, 2018 Go comment!

Either I am a very good mother or a very bad one.
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