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Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela’s move to pursue anti-Israel campaigns may be viewed by some as positive, but it’s worth noting that he leaves a cascade...
When the Cape Town Marathon was cancelled less than an hour before the start, runners across the city refused to stay still. What followed was a...
Gina Shmukler is about to perform as the Blue Fairy in the annual Janice Honeyman pantomime in Johannesburg. The SA Jewish Report caught up with her...
When acclaimed journalist Mandy Wiener sat down to write The Deal, she didn’t intend to write a book. “It was never the plan,” she admitted at...
The Cape southeaster may have blown the Cape Town Marathon off course, but it couldn’t keep the Jewish community away from the 7 October commemoration “A...
Longtime broadcaster and morning show host Howard Feldman is taking over the reins of ChaiFM as Kathy Kaler, who has been at the helm for more...
There’s just more than one week to go before the gala Investec Jewish Achiever Awards 2025 on 2 November. At this event, we recognise outstanding individuals...
Wow, coming off the high of the high holy days and the events of the past few weeks, how do we ensure that we don’t come...
When I arrived in Israel just days after all the living hostages were returned, I expected to feel elated and in a country in the midst...
There are moments in our collective memory that etch themselves into our hearts, and this Simchat Torah, marking two Hebrew years since the horrors of 7...
JTA – Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square”, wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning...
JTA – What caught Nim Shapira’s eye when videos of New Yorkers tearing down posters of Israeli hostages began circulating in October 2023 wasn’t just the...
JTA – Upwards of 10 000 haredi Orthodox Jewish men protested on Sunday night, 19 October, outside the Israeli consulate in New York City against the...
JTA – A day after deflecting questions on Fox News about whether Hamas should “lay down its weapons and leave the leadership in Gaza”, New York...
JTA – When Zohran Mamdani’s first TV ad of the general election went live last week, the first person viewers saw was an 83-year-old Jewish woman...
JTA – California Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, a leading critic of Israel in the United States Congress, said he believed in the “right for Israel to...
I have travelled to Israel many times since the 7 October massacre, and every time, I have had the opportunity to meet many Israelis throughout the...
JTA – Two leading New York rabbis are using their pulpits to condemn Zohran Mamdani as he holds onto a commanding lead in the last weeks...
JTA – Hamas returned the bodies of two more hostages late on Wednesday, 15 October, and said it had released all of the remains it’s able...
South African Saul Jassinowsky described standing in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on 13 October surrounded by families whose lives had been suspended in uncertainty for...
For South Africans, being in Israel when the hostages were released on Monday, 13 October, and on subsequent days has been nothing short of extraordinary –...
Daniel Perez was a Gen-Zionist hero. Perez was born in Johannesburg. After his Barmitzvah, his family realised the millennia-old dream of returning to Israel. Five years...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog paid special tribute to Captain Daniel Perez on 15 October in a eulogy for deceased hostages. Perez’s body was returned to Israel...
The Johannesburg Jewish community defied rain and gloomy weather on Sunday, 12 October, to don running shoes, yellow ribbons, and blue and white colours for a...
Two granddaughters of late President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela described being glued to the TV at the return of hostages on Monday, 13 October, after...
I don’t think a single person slept a wink in Israel on Sunday night, 12 October. You could feel a sense of hope mixed with trepidation...
JTA – Now that the war in Gaza appears to have come to an end and Hamas has returned the remaining 20 living hostages to their...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and Israel Centre, in collaboration with The Academy of Jewish Thought and Learning, proudly hosted the annual Israel Quiz on...
JTA -Dozens of Israeli hostages held for two years in Gaza, including 20 who remain alive, are to be released imminently following an agreement between Israel...
“This is a morning of historic and momentous news,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog posted on X on the morning of 9 October 2025 in response to...
After two years and two days of unbearable anxiety, anguish, and uncertainty, we can finally breathe a little easier: 48 hostages are finally returning home. For...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) has welcomed with deep relief and hope the news that an agreement has been reached for Hamas to release all...
“The South African Jewish Board of Deputies [SAJBD] joins Jewish communities worldwide in prayer for the safe return of the hostages and the peace deal,” said...
The Jewish world is holding its breath at the news that Israel and Hamas have finally signed a peace deal, brokered by the United States and...
Finally, finally, finally, they are coming home!” Lisa Hack, the chairperson of the South African Union for Progressive Judaism, said in response to news of the...
After two long and painful years, Israel stands at the threshold of a new chapter. The Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement offers a moment that many feared would...
The families of hostages were in Washington, DC on 9 October to commemorate the second anniversary of the attacks on 7 October 2023 when it was...
“The descriptions of mothers silencing babies so they wouldn’t cry and give away their hiding place; of children torn from their parents; and of abominable murderers,...
There’s no doubt that the events of 7 October 2023 have had an impact on Jewish communities around the world, whether in Israel, Europe, the United...
Two years have passed since the horrors of 7 October 2023, a day that scarred the Jewish people and the world forever. On that dark day,...
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