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Life today feels like a phone at 2% battery with no charger in sight. The world is shaky, our schedules overloaded, and our spirits stretched thin....
One of the many lessons we learn from the natural world is that time isn’t linear. So much of what surrounds us and dictates the path...
The Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 18a) explains that on Rosh Hashanah, we stand alone before G-d in judgement. This means that we, alone, are held accountable for...
Simchat Torah 2023 will forever be etched into our memories as a day that changed the Jewish world. The brutal attack by Hamas marked the deadliest...
The 10 days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur are known as the yamim noraim – the “awed days” – when we work to move G-d’s...
On Instagram and TikTok, Jewish influencers are turning food into storytelling, from braided challah to simmering matzah ball soup; each dish sharing tradition, identity, and memory. ...
The clatter of pots, the smell of fresh herbs, and the sound of her mother’s voice explaining each step of a recipe. These are the memories...
When Michael* looks out of his living room window in Vredehoek, he sees Lion’s Head rising above Cape Town’s skyline. It’s an enviable view, but it...
Jewish youth share their perspectives on how our Jewish world has changed over the past two years since 7 October 2023, and the impact it has...
Close to 80% of Jewish students worldwide hide their religious identity on campus, according to the latest Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and World Union of Jewish Students...
While fashion brands parade progressive values, their silence or complicity on antisemitism reveals a disturbing double standard. Four months ago, Kanye West, also known as Ye,...
There’s something deliciously simple and profound about the way our tradition marks Rosh Hashanah. Apples and honey. Sweetness, renewal, a taste of hope on the tongue....
South African-born author Joanne Fedler contributed to Ruptured, a book in which 36 Jewish women in Australia reflect on life post 7 October 2023. The SA...
When artist Adele Sanders first heard Holocaust survivor Ella Blumenthal speak at the Holocaust Centre in Cape Town six years ago, she immediately felt compelled to...
Carrots for blessings, cassata for joy Rosh Hashanah Air fryer Moroccan carrots I’ve run out of Simanim salad ideas. These carrots are perfect at room temperature...
Crunchy Corn and Cabbage Salad Ingredients (serves six to eight) 4 cups shredded green cabbage (you can mix with some purple cabbage for colour) 2 cups...
Simonim platter Ingredients Beetroot Pomegranate seeds Dates Leeks Carrots Butternut Beetroot Beans Apples Hummus Coriander or parsley Method Beetroot hummus Store bought or homemade hummus; Peel...
Fresh blueberries are so juicy, and their sweet tartness is wonderful for desserts and baked goods. This blueberry crisp is such a treat to end off...
While most of South African Jewry are Ashkenazi and are familiar with Yiddish, there’s a smaller Sephardic community with many members who historically spoke a Judeo-Spanish...
It’s not only Rosh Hashanah that offers a chance for new beginnings, many of us reinvent ourselves at different stages of life. This is especially true...
If it weren’t for Armand Schmidt’s disabled sister, there would be little chance that he would have survived World War II. This is because before Schmidt...
As the sun sets on the past year and we step into Rosh Hashanah, we are reminded of the beauty of renewal, a chance to begin...
We all get angry and frustrated. There are few of us who never lose our tempers. We are all human. It is, however, how we choose...
As the high holy days approach, we stand at the threshold of a sacred season, a time for renewal and stock taking, as we pause for...
The JNF South Africa (JNF SA’s) recent mission to Israel in collaboration with Birthright was a profound experience that fostered deep connections, demonstrated resilience, and emphasised...
One theme has come through clearly in the National Jewish Dialogue: the need for consolidation in our shrinking community. The closure of King David Victory Park...
On 9 September 2025, Johannesburg became the stage for a historic first as Afrika Tikkun, in partnership with the Valuable 500 and the Gauteng Provincial Government,...
JTA – Two 17th-century paintings have been taken off the auction block after a Holocaust art restitution organisation determined that they had been looted from a...
JTA – Sam Sussman’s debut novel, Boy from the North Country, revolves around a mystery: was Bob Dylan, the singer and Nobel laureate, the narrator’s father?...
JTA – Despite the near-constant worry over, well, nearly everything, but especially our family’s finances, my mother always made sure my brother and I had brand-new...
JTA -A laugh-out-loud Sukkot story that reimagines the classic tale of the three little pigs; an inspiring work of historical fiction story about a Jewish family...
JTA -Israelis are paying widespread tribute to Charlie Kirk, renaming streets and painting murals in honour of the American conservative activist assassinated last week in Utah....
JTA -The public broadcasters of both Ireland and the Netherlands announced this week that they won’t participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is...
JTA -A major European cosmetics firm has vowed to re-examine its Nazi-era history amid revelations that it benefited from gruesome human experiments in a Nazi concentration...
JTA -The mayor of Buenos Aires is moving to punish an elementary school teacher who posted a video of himself unfurling a Palestinian flag and asking...
JTA -Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist murdered while speaking at a Utah university on 10 September, frequently characterised himself as a defender of the Jews and...
JTA -Hannah Einbinder made her ardent pro-Palestinian views known on one of the entertainment industry’s biggest stages when she won an Emmy award for best supporting...
JTA -As a Jewish woman, public health professional and advocate, New Yorker, and mother, I feel the fear coursing through our community. Antisemitic violence is rising,...
Seven hours from Joburg, in the middle of a remote rural village in the Vhembe District of northern Limpopo, King David Pre-Primary School Linksfield, the University...
A full house of residents and visitors at Jaffa Accommodation for Fellow Aged in Pretoria were treated to a concert on 14 September featuring prize-winning matriculant...
