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South African citizen Dan Brotman’s worst nightmare came true when the Lebanese equivalent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) threw him into a cell on crossing...
Medical student Sarah Stein was shocked to hear that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana named her and had quoted an article she wrote that illustrated the terrible...
Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World, the famous Johnny Clegg album, describes what he saw in 1989, but it feels even more apt today amidst the constant convulsions...
How are we Jews looked upon by the rest of the world? On Shavuot, we will recite Yizkor, the memorial prayer for our loved ones. We...
We all believe in something. Whether it’s G-d, the power of love, the laws of physics, or the certainty of good coffee in the morning, we...
JTA – Rabbi Doug Alpert didn’t utter the name of the man accused of killing Sarah Milgrim as he presided over her funeral on Tuesday, 27...
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky worked side by side at the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. She was a young Jewish-American woman from Kansas devoted to...
As the guard of honour awaited the arrival of President Cyril Ramaphosa, one of the flag bearers fainted on the White House lawns. He wouldn’t be...
As the 98th edition of the Comrades Marathon approaches, South Africans are preparing for one of the most iconic ultramarathons in the world. This year’s Down...
Ten years ago, when Moshe Reuven Schneider was diagnosed with depression and began taking a prescribed mood stabiliser, he felt like a zombie and decided he...
Of all the forms of incompetence available on the great political buffet, none are quite as exotic, as flamboyantly served, and as proudly devoured as unconscious...
The hall is packed to the rafters and filled with an ambient, static buzz. Small huddles of three or four are spread around the room, and...
Eddy Magid, the former mayor of Johannesburg who passed away last week at the age of 97, left a legacy of significant and lasting contributions not...
In Washington DC, South Africa came up with its best defence against United States President Donald Trump’s claim of white genocide aimed at farmers by saying...
The Capetonian Solomon sisters, Hanna and Skye, were a regular feature on the winner’s podium at the South Africa Sprint Canoe Championships at Roodeplaat Dam, Gauteng,...
Who would have thought a South African innovator of the secret fine dining movement would be among those recognised in the prestigious global Forty Under 40...
What makes this edition of the SA Jewish Report different to the many that have come before it? It does have some new voices, but that’s...
“Numbers” may be the name by which the fourth of the Five Books of Moses is commonly called, but in the original Hebrew, it’s known as...
We are truly fortunate in South Africa to be supported by a vibrant network of robust organisations and dedicated leaders, each with a distinct and vital...
Sunday 1 June The Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society hosts its R40 book sale. Time: 09:00-14:00. Venue: Genesis Shopping Centre. Contact: 011 485 5232 Wednesday 4 June African...
Is Trump good for the Jews? Watch Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s former chief legal officer and advisor on Israel, and Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff to...
JTA – Political signs lined the windows of the Chicago apartment building of Elias Rodriguez, the man officials believe killed two Israeli embassy aides at a...
JTA – Two months after Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, a man with a gun walked up the steps of a synagogue in Albany,...
JTA – In the weeks and months before Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were gunned down by a man who then shouted “Free Palestine!” United States...
DA Members of Parliament Glynnis Breytenbach and Natasha Mazzone, the constituency head for City of Tshwane, visited Jaffa (Jewish Accommodation For Fellow Aged) on Sunday, 25...
The South African Zionist Federation hosted a symbolic 7.7km Johannesburg to Jerusalem unity run through the streets of Johannesburg on 25 May 2025, marking Jerusalem Day...
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) Johannesburg named Dr Andy Goldman (Dr G) Volunteer of the Year at its 93rd annual general meeting on Thursday, 22...
The Jewish National Fund of South Africa (JNFSA), in collaboration with King David Schools and dedicated shlichot from KKL (Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael)-JNF Israel, brought the heart...
King David Primary School Linksfield celebrated Yom Yerushalayim on Monday, 26 May, with a joyous celebration that captured the beauty, history, and holiness of the eternal...
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) vice-chancellor has committed to instituting a formal inquiry into staff and students’ support for and engagement with United States (US)-designated...
Yet another female politician who went on the recent fact-finding mission to Israel was viciously bullied and subjected to verbal abuse in Cape Town on 14...
The lives of South African students studying medicine in Israel will be made much easier because of a lifelong friendship and an 85th birthday gift from...
News of the passing of broadcasting legend Issie Kirsh on Sunday, 18 May, left us saddened. Kirsh played a major role in reshaping South Africa’s media...
It’s impossible to truly contextualise in words the enormity of what Issie Kirsh z”l was as a businessman, a visionary, a leader, and above all, a...
A controversial Durban businessman with alleged ties to terrorism is attempting to enter South Africa’s political arena by registering a new political party under the name...
“War isn’t healthy for children and other living things.” These simple words were first etched in 1965 by Jewish artist Lorraine Schneider in response to the...
Looking for a good book to read on his long-haul flight back to the United Kingdom, a South African expatriate was shocked to find a copy...
Attempts to convey a balanced picture of the unfolding events in Israel’s war with Iran and its proxies, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, seem doomed to...
Israel’s intensified military counterattacks since neutralising about 3 000 Hezbollah terrorists in September 2024 have rendered it the Middle East’s “strong horse”, but it has far...
My grandparents were refugees way before it was cool. They arrived, as many did, from Europe with little in the way of material items but much...
