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When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a national dialogue on 10 June, my first thought was: let it not be another performance. Not another grand event with...
When I reflect on my long experience in politics, I’m struck by the contrast between the high hopes for the new South Africa in 1994, and...
Naledi Pandor recently divulged the origins of South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) case alleging Israeli genocide in Gaza. According to her YouTube podcast interview...
The biggest problem facing South Africa isn’t government corruption or ineptitude. It isn’t ethnic chauvinism either, or the wretched triumvirate of poverty, inequality, and unemployment. Those...
Quietly nestled between the Beyachad Community Centre and the ultra-Orthodox Chofetz Chaim Shul for decades, the Shalom-Masorti Congregation typifies the cohesiveness and diversity of the Johannesburg...
Receiving a diagnosis of a lifelong or terminal illness can feel like the world suddenly slows down. The voices in the room fade, and the doctor...
A shul door is set alight as 20 community members sit eating Shabbat dinner inside. Just minutes later, Miznon, a partially Israeli-owned restaurant is stormed by...
JTA – The last time Israel and Hamas struck a ceasefire in their war in early 2025, 38 hostages were released, almost all of them living....
An ultra-Orthodox Israeli soldier with strong South African ties followed a path few in his world choose to walk by enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces...
French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was best known for his epic documentary Shoah, a viscerally confronting nine-hour magnum opus in which he interviewed Holocaust survivors, witnesses, and...
In 1996, author Immanuel Suttner produced a book titled Cutting Through the Mountain, a compilation of interviews with Jewish anti-apartheid activists about their lives, views, and...
Thomas Torr, found guilty by the Equality Court of antisemitism and hate speech in May 2025 and ordered to apologise to the Jewish community and pay...
A shocking new report has revealed the atrocities committed by Hamas against women during the 7 October 2023 rampage against Israel. This report, compiled by the...
Social media algorithms are leaving Jews “defenceless” against antisemitism, and right now, there’s probably the best distribution methodology for spreading antisemitic ideology in history, said Steven...
It might seem strange that picking up a packet of Jelly Tots is akin to picking up a major part of South African Jewish history, but...
Despite all the trauma that Jews went through during World War II, they were still able to joke and create humour. Professor Anna Shternshis from the...
This isn’t a cry for help. Rather, it’s recognition that abuse can creep up on even the most vigilant of us. Perhaps it’s because no-one thinks...
From sheitels to hats to head scarves, there are endless options when it comes to hair coverings. Yet, though some observant women find that covering their...
As we witness the surge of antisemitism the world over, we’re also reminded of something darker: more than 3 000 years of antisemitism that began with...
“The camera was a way to understand my country and learn about the world around me,” veteran South African photojournalist Paul Weinberg told radio journalist John...
Johannesburg Rabbi Gavin MichaI recently fulfilled a life-long ambition of academic study by getting his PhD. He is the first South African rabbi to receive a...
Antisemitism cannot be tolerated – not on social media, at music concerts, at protest marches, or anywhere. Verbal or social media-driven antisemitism is just one step...
The great sages of Israel wanted to insert an additional verse into the Shema prayer. The verse comes from our Torah portion in which the prophet...
Once again, we find ourselves reeling from horrendous antisemitic attacks last weekend in Melbourne, with three separate incidents. The East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation synagogue was firebombed...
JTA – Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Melbourne, Australia, chanted, “Death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]!” at a rally last Sunday, 6 July, two days after a...
JTA – After facing criticism, United States President Donald Trump said he was unaware that the term “Shylock” was widely considered antisemitic when he used it...
This National Jewish Dialogue is a wonderful initiative that is long overdue. There are many spheres of Jewish leadership, each running with their own initiatives or...
The Jewish community in South Africa is extraordinary. Our institutions – the Chevrah Kadisha; Hatzolah; Yad Aharon; Malka Ella; Jewish schools; CSO; CAP, and the list...
Language shapes how we think. The words we choose carry emotional and historical weight, and they influence our perception of right and wrong. In discussions about...
As Labour spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance (DA) and a sitting spokesperson for employment and labour on the government portfolio committee as a member of the...
For 14 years, I had the privilege of running a branch of the Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society (JWBS), an organisation that does remarkable work within our...
As a proud South African Jewish member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and a former Member of Parliament, I am proud to be an outspoken voice...
JTA – United States President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Rick DeSantis had a giddy name for the temporary ICE (United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement)...
JTA – Half of registered voters in New York City say knowing that Zohran Mamdani supports boycotting Israel and has declined to condemn the phrase “globalise...
JTA – The Croatian singer Marko Perkovic, who is known for his far-right sympathies, led nearly half a million concertgoers in a pro-Nazi salute in Zagreb...
JTA – Once again, the French Jewish Army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, is making headlines. More than 130 years after his trial for espionage, and 90 years...
The golden beaches of Durban came alive with energy, unity, and pride as Umhlanga Jewish Centre hosted the third annual Masada Marathon on Sunday, 6 July....
Talking about Israel has never been harder – or more important. That’s why Limmud 2025 matters more than ever. Talking about Israel these days isn’t easy....
Tarryn*, a London-based South African expat, proudly flew Nova festival and yellow ribbon hostage flags at the Glastonbury Festival this past weekend in the face of...
British-South African business leader and proud Zionist, Sir Mick Davis, said growing up in apartheid South Africa, he stayed silent in the face of what he...
