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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has suspended one of its seasoned presenters because she dared to challenge anti-apartheid struggle veteran Dr Mamphela Ramphele, who said...
African National Congress (ANC) veteran Dr Naledi Pandor, and previous minister of international relations and cooperation, shocked South Africans by proclaiming on 23 August that “we...
For decades, the South African Zionist Federation’s (SAZF) library in Johannesburg has been a quiet treasure trove – shelves stacked with history, politics, religion, and culture,...
Every day since Or Levy was released from Hamas captivity, he has apologised to his son, Almog, for not being there for him for 491 days...
Over the past two years, we have heard many indignant media personalities – yes you, Piers Morgan, who has yet to step foot in Israel –...
Great Park Shul has started a new chapter by welcoming its newly appointed associate rabbi, bringing fresh energy and vision to one of Johannesburg’s most vibrant...
Divorce is often described as one of life’s most painful experiences. In our Jewish community, it can carry not only personal and family heartache but also...
I’ve recently returned to South Africa after a few weeks in France and Spain. And to be honest? I feel relieved. I feel alive again. That...
For the first time in South African history, a kosher brandy made entirely on home soil will hit the shelves. From grape to glass, the new...
In 2023, I was honoured to receive the Mann Made Community Service Award at the Jewish Achiever Awards. To be recognised by our Johannesburg Jewish community...
To live as a Jew has never been simple. For generations, external forces have tried their utmost to destroy us. They have waged wars, forced conversions,...
No longer the sole domain of Orthodox Judaism, matchmaking has progressed beyond the shtetl and into the mainstream Jewish community, an evolution largely driven by the...
Rabbi Doron Perez, the one South African father still waiting for his son, Daniel’s, body to be returned from Gaza almost two years since he was...
Johannesburg foodie Romi Rabinowitz has made a name for herself by sharing her delicious recipes. She’s now bringing out her first recipe book, Ever So Lovely....
We all have our problems, some bigger than others. However, when someone whose life was a living hell reminds us of the need to smile and...
Among the laws of warfare in this week’s parsha is a short passage that contains three mitzvot: first, the prohibition for an impure soldier to enter...
We find ourselves amid a troubling controversy stemming from a contentious interview conducted by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalist Juliet Newell with Dr Mamphela Ramphele...
JTA -Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Friday that he is “denying and revoking” the visas of Palestinian officials ahead of the United Nations General...
JTA -An Ontario man has been charged with what police say appears to be a hate-motivated attack after he stabbed a Jewish woman in an Ottawa...
JTA – The Boulder, Colorado chapter of Run For Their Lives, the Israeli hostage awareness event that was firebombed in June, will no longer publicise its...
Former hostage Or Levy, his four-year-old son, Almog, and mother-in-law Pnina Elkayam, were joined by members of the South African Jewish community on Sunday, 31 August,...
Political journalist and foreign correspondent John Matisonn always thought the Government of National Unity (GNU) would survive, even though he said it was getting harder to...
When we picture the people fighting for Israeli Independence in 1948, we tend to think of the image of the Holocaust survivor or Eastern European Jew....
The Abraham Accords are held up as the great hope for relations between Israel and surrounding Arab countries, but Rabbis Yakov Nagen and Aharon Ariel Lavi,...
When a school closes, it’s never only the walls that fall silent but the sound of beginnings – voices filled with joy, hope, and the first...
An antisemitic act of vandalism occurred last Friday, 29 August, when a swastika was carved into the door of the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)...
Mina Lopato Nursery School held its much-loved annual Book Reading Night on Wednesday, 27 August. Children and parents arrived in their pyjamas to enjoy an engaging...
