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Gary Player possibly the greatest Golfer of all time. Join Howard Sackstein, Selwyn Nathan and Barney Girnun on the couch with the golfing legend Gary will...
Members of Chabad have breathed a collective sigh of relief after successfully challenging a claim to repay a multimillion-rand loan by a company formerly owned by...
“It was my first demonstration since making aliya in 2021, and the atmosphere was electric,” says Samuel Hyde, who was amongst the 110 000 people that...
A senior South African government official is in “Palestine” on a working visit for the second time in six months, but has totally ignored Israel. In...
In spite of repeated claims that it’s neutral on the war in Ukraine, South Africa continues cozying up to Russia. The visit of Russia’s Foreign Minister...
There’s the 80-name list of the Lithuanian murderers of my family in Birzai (50 were neighbours); there’s the epic, disputed, and mysteriously buried Melamad List of...
On 18 January 1945, the Nazis took tens of thousands of prisoners on a notorious death march towards Germany. Less than 8 000 remained behind in...
Everyone is talking about it, using it, feeling excited about its potential, or worrying about the impact that ChatGPT is going to have on our world....
It’s a sad situation. Years ago, when you saw a group of men gathered excitedly around a shared cell phone, the likelihood was they were up...
The Israeli Supreme Court has built up a formidable reputation over many years as a fierce and independent custodian of the rule of law and the...
“Close the doors, they’re coming through the windows, Close the windows, they’re coming through the doors, Close the doors, they’re coming through the windows, Oh my...
The 2022 matriculants had the worst of COVID-19 and they experienced extensive load shedding during their exams, but still they came up trumps. This is what...
Eighteen-year-old Jamie Treger had “the perfect life” until unfathomable tragedy struck twice during her matric year last year causing her to lose both her parents within...
As we share in the euphoria of the matrics of 2022 who have just received their results, the question of the next step begins to appear,...
The class of 2022 faced the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown, online learning, and Eskom’s load shedding, but it has triumphed, making students more resilient....
In a world where people seem to publish the ins and outs of their entire lives on social media, the question has been raised as to...
For Fay Weldon, the “Greatest advantage of not having children is that one can go on believing that you are a nice person. Once you do...
When talking about the importance of the arts in schools, there’s very little argument as to its value. The majority of teachers and parents will readily...
Online educational platforms and resources have made teaching and learning no longer purely classroom based. But just how are students and schools navigating the opportunities this...
Yeshiva College Girls High School’s head girl for 2022, Liat Lew, collected multiple distinctions in matric last year, and was an all-round achiever throughout her school...
Torah Academy Girls High School matriculant Rachaeli Hurwitz, who got five distinctions in matric last year, says COVID-19 made being a student leader difficult, especially at...
Being a twin is like being born with your number one fan. So say King David High School Victory Park’s two pairs of twins who collected...
King David High School Victory Park (KDVP) matriculant, Tallin Kaplan, was profoundly affected by his dad’s passing on 22 January last year, but he still managed...
During his matric year at King David High School Linksfield (KDHSL) last year, Joseph Joffe was part of a committee that organised a sandwich initiative called...
Mila Smith may have already established a successful career as a singer and songwriter, but that didn’t stop her from enjoying everything that her matric year...
Herzlia matriculant Nicholas Arelisky may have had an intense matric year, but it didn’t stop him from committing himself to sport including voluntarily coaching the school’s...
Gina Shankman was always afraid she would never matriculate, and Ilan Hodes was ridiculed at school, but they both overcame these setbacks at King David High...
Catching COVID-19 and falling behind with work is something no one wants in their matric year, but Hannah Jantjies overcame this challenge in her final year...
Torah Academy Boys High School matriculant Ariyeh Zetisky commuted from Pretoria to the school in Johannesburg and then back every day during high school, including matric...
Samuel Gawronsky didn’t allow being dyslexic to get in his way of finishing matric earlier than he was meant to. And he did it as well...
Jonathan Hazi won a silver medal for Gauteng in the U19 National Volleyball Games during matric last year, while his fellow 2022 Yeshiva College Boys High...
Last Wednesday, I said goodbye to many people for probably the last time. The realisation that after our matric breakfast, I would never again see some...
Nineteen years ago, a healthy baby girl was born to parents Stephen and Pam Hammerschlag. Everything seemed perfect and blissful, but little did they know that...
Success in life isn’t dependent on how well you did in matric. In fact, for some, it has nothing whatsoever to do with it. South African...
Small business may be the backbone of the South African economy, but it’s bearing the brunt of the energy crisis. Paying for generators, fuel, and inverters,...
In Israel’s fertile north, near the city of Haifa, lies a kibbutz that has an integral link to a South African statesman. But few know about...
Antisemitic incidents around the world are lower for the first time in a decade, but the sheer number is still startlingly high, according to the latest...
Global warming and climate change have become a conversation staple, especially over the past decade. We have already experienced first-hand the effects in South Africa and...
JTA – When Yad Vashem was created in 1953 on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance to commemorate the Holocaust, its founders understood that one...
JTA – A recent study of the Dutch population conducted by the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany showed an alarming lack of education about...
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