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A waste picker who routinely collects rubbish in the Glenhazel area is believed to have placed the two devices, that led to panic and an area...
Most South Africans would be surprised, perhaps even incredulous, to learn that the country has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list....
When Devorah Freedman, a young South African woman living in Israel, posted on Facebook that her wedding to her Israeli fiancé would be without family and...
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) this week published a request for business owners wishing to tender to provide sporting attire for the university to...
When Professor Adam Mendelsohn took the University of Cape Town (UCT) to court over two resolutions it adopted in June 2024, he did so out of...
The legal storm surrounding United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has intensified, with the United States-based National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) confirming that she has now...
When a line between banter and brutality is crossed, a community is forced to ask itself what it has been teaching its children about power, loyalty,...
As New York’s political landscape shifts, the possible rise of Zohran Mamdani, a progressive state legislator known for his criticism of Israel, to mayor of New...
Only a workshop this important could draw two Jewish Glenhazel ladies to Pretoria on a Friday morning for most of the day, resulting in a less-than-perfect...
It’s not every day that two young members of South Africa’s Jewish community appear on Netflix, but for Micaela Tucker and Dean Goldblum, that particular dream...
Getting older isn’t for sissies. And while it certainly beats the alternative, my brief hospital visit this week left me wondering by how much. Where the...
American journalist and documentary filmmaker Wendy Sachs refused to take no for an answer when major production companies turned away her October 8 project, exploring the...
At just 12 years old, Chiara Feinberg has already made her mark in the world of equestrian vaulting, a sport that blends gymnastics, dance, and horse...
This week has been jam-packed with news. There was the story of the visit of Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories,...
According to oral tradition, Abraham discovered G-d, not once, but twice. The first time was when he was three years old. The second time when he...
Last weekend, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) board held its annual National Executive Conference. The event was split into two portions, first, the...
Sell or buy first: how to avoid property pitfalls When it comes to buying and selling property, one of the biggest dilemmas is whether to sell...
For two long years, Johannesburg’s streets carried posters with the faces of Israeli hostages who were being held in Gaza, a reminder of our pain, hope,...
JTA – An Egyptian team has entered Gaza to join in the search for the remains of 13 hostages whose bodies have still not been released...
JTA – At one of Kiryat Gat’s main shopping complexes, United States army camouflage does everything but blend in. American troops in fatigues move between shawarma...
JTA – Ireland’s new president will be a left-wing politician who has sharply criticised Israel in Parliament and faced backlash for comments defending Hamas. The election...
JTA – Two days after Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove delivered a sermon urging congregants to vote against Zohran Mamdani, rabbis across the country were asked to sign...
JTA -When the first season of the surprise hit Nobody Wants This ended last year, viewers were left with a cliffhanger about the unlikely couple at...
JTA -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to distance himself on Thursday, 23 October, from a Knesset vote that granted preliminary approval to a bill annexing...
JTA – When Israeli pop star Yoni Bloch created a music video in January depicting scenes of the Israeli hostages returning through the use of artificial...
JTA -A heavily Jewish suburb of Chicago has condemned antisemitism after an investigation confirmed reports that a group of Jewish children were attacked with pellet guns...
A record 190 guests filled the lounge at Jaffa Accommodation for Fellow Aged in Pretoria on Sunday, 26 October, for the launch of the book Jacaranda...
Last Friday, 24 October, two devices believed to be bombs were found in Glenhazel, Johannesburg. The area in which they were found was cordoned off for...
Anti-Israel extremists in South Africa have waged a campaign of intimidation against Holocaust & Genocide Centres in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban throughout the Israel-Gaza war,...
Join us LIVE today for the exclusive streaming of the Cape High Court proceedings in Professor Adam Mendelsohn vs University of Cape Town case.
“The smallest nation, but the biggest family.” Given the unimaginable pain that the family has endured since 7 October, it’s hard to imagine a more moving...
When United States (US) Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, sanctioned United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Francesca Albanese in July, he said that it was because she...
With a fragile Gaza ceasefire just about holding after two years of brutal war, the South African government still claims it has a positive role to...
Best known for her precision in an operating room and her powerful presence online, Dr Sheila Nazarian has also become a prominent voice for Jewish pride...
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has ruled that former Johannesburg mayor and current Al Jama-ah councillor Thapelo Amad’s inflammatory social media post glorifying Hamas...
History has a way of exposing hypocrisy, if only we care enough to read it. When people chant, “Free Palestine,” they never mean Jordan. And yet,...
Not since the 1930s have Jews in South Africa felt as uncomfortable as they do today. That South Africa had a “Zionist problem” was made patently...
As we remember what was lost on 7 October 2023, Jewish people around the world are still feeling the pain of that day two years later,...
When Israeli filmmaker and peace activist Yair Qedar showed his film on the life and work of Sigmund Freud in Johannesburg on 26 September, he was...
Every family has one. And as unique as you might think they are, they hardly differ from each other. Each has at least one participant who...