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Shocking findings in Stan & Pete treif chicken investigation

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

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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Stellenbosch University denies Israelis were disinvited

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

When Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela removed the names of Israeli academics from the online programme of her conference at Stellenbosch University, she said she did it in the hope of diffusing protest. She told the SA Jewish Report she had planned to return their names once the issue had been resolved.
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SA Jews shocked by hate speech u-turn

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Bongani Masuku, the man who was found guilty of hate speech in the Equality Court last year for threatening to subject Jews to “perpetual suffering”, was this week exonerated in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
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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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Jewish community in public protest against sexual abuse
Energetically brandishing placards, demonstrators took a decisive stand against abuse in our community on Wednesday afternoon.
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Rockets, mortars, retaliation, repeat – welcome to the Gaza belt
Fifteen hours. That’s all it took for Hamas to shoot 460 rockets and mortars at southern Israel.
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SA News

Shocking findings in Stan & Pete treif chicken investigation

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

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.
Full story
Stellenbosch University denies Israelis were disinvited

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

When Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela removed the names of Israeli academics from the online programme of her conference at Stellenbosch University, she said she did it in the hope of diffusing protest. She told the SA Jewish Report she had planned to return their names once the issue had been resolved.
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SA Jews shocked by hate speech u-turn

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Bongani Masuku, the man who was found guilty of hate speech in the Equality Court last year for threatening to subject Jews to “perpetual suffering”, was this week exonerated in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
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Behind the scenes of the Leila Khaled Drive saga

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Two Muslim men were on opposite sides of a controversial motion tabled in the Johannesburg City Council last week to rename Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive – named after the first woman to hijack a plane.
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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

Interesting friends of Israel and Trump

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

I am in Buenos Aires to report on the G20 world leaders summit. It has been a diplomatic test for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. It was his first international gathering after a damning Central Intelligence Agency report blamed him for ordering the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October.
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Apple chief uses Hebrew at anti-Semitism conference

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook reiterated the company’s commitment to fighting hate and used a Hebrew phrase to do so.
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Religious News

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 Go 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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What do we want our children to know about Chanukah?

Nov 29, 2018 Go comment!

Let’s start at the beginning. The story of Chanukah in a nutshell. During the time of the second Beit Hamikdash (Temple) the Holy Land was ruled by the ancient Greeks. They were not very kind to the Jewish people, they stole their property, and even set up idols in the Temple. No one could stand up against them, until Mattityahu and his sons rose up, together with a small army of Jews called the Maccabees. They managed to overcome the Greek army, and drove it from the land.
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