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“I’m constantly around people at school, and the spaces are crowded. I know I’m not really protected from COVID-19. I take that risk every day I...
“While other mothers will brag about their children’s abilities, my mother doesn’t say, ‘Well, my daughter speaks to dead people!’” This is how Tali (Mansur) Janet...
Trees are an extremely important part of the earth’s ecosystem. They perform a multitude of functions. They produce oxygen and process carbon dioxide which is the...
If all the world’s a stage, Daphne Kuhn of Theatre on the Square is now playing the role of a lifetime trying to save her cherished...
I didn’t check how old Tjaard was turning last Monday, but the day that followed the move to level 4 lockdown was his birthday. It so...
When the so-called Equality Act (the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, or Pepuda) was passed back in 2000, it was a game-changer...
The saddest period of our year known as the “three weeks” has just commenced, and culminates with Tisha B’Av on 18 July. We remember the violent...
Grade 11 students at King David Linksfield were recently given an informative and disturbing overview of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in a workshop facilitated by the...
On 22 June, the BBC presented a programme showing the human-rights abuses perpetrated by China on its Muslim Uighur people – how it deliberately separated children...
There is an undeniable bond between sons and their mothers. Jewish mothers have amplified this post-birth umbilical-cord dynamic into a relationship that can only be exceeded...
As a Christian who believes in the authenticity and authority of scripture, I’m compelled to express my support for the arguments put forward by Chief Rabbi...
When one of his congregants passed away last week, Rabbi Chaim Bar Sella of Rwanda turned to local rabbis in South Africa to help him arrange...
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SA olah feeds family of terror victim
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Overturning Roe v. Wade a symptom of endemic violence against women
I won’t lie. I slumped when I heard the news.
A genera...
Pro-abortion doctor laments backslide in women’s rights
An elderly, ex-South African Jewish doctor this week re...
Our bodies don’t belong to us, but to Hashem
The recent ruling of the Supreme Court of the United St...
A family affair as Sulcas trio head for games
Team Maccabi South Africa’s padel convenor, Rob Sulcas...
To fulfil its promise, SA must change its relationship with Israel
The bond between Jewish South Africans and Israel is un...
“It’s the experience of a lifetime,” says tennis champion
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The toughest choice
I believe that children are the greatest gift, and I ch...
SA businessman knighted by the Queen
It isn’t often that South African businessmen are knigh...
‘We’ve got this!’ says CAP chief after hostage rescue
Gary Bress was minding his own business while waiting h...
Comair – the end of a family airline
LIFT airline co-founder Gidon Novick felt a deep sadnes...
Because we give a damn
I didn’t know Julie Treger. And I didn’t know her husba...
Berksie in the Morn – he did it his way!
This week, we bid farewell to a South African broadcast...
Suspected rapist arrested after Koleinu pushes case
It took the bravery of one alleged rape victim and two...
Meyer Kahn: the “boytjie from Brits” who became a business legend
A week before business icon and the former chief execut...
Classic antisemitism in the corridors of court
“You Jew! You Jews! Go home Jews, you Jews are stealing...
Jewish school saviour on Queen’s honour list
About seven weeks ago, South African-born Mark Blankfie...
EskomSePushes us over the edge
Do you lie awake at night waiting for the power to retu...
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...
SA businessman knighted by the Queen
It isn’t often that South African businessmen are knigh...
‘Conman’ Levick leaves elderly couple penniless
The Beth Din rarely encourages people to go to secular...
‘Happy-go-lucky’ twins’ tragic deaths raises questions
Identical twin brothers Leonard and Jason Rom – insepar...
A day in the night of a Hatzolah volunteer
It’s 17:20 on Tuesday, and I have just finished a full...
