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The recent cool, rainy weather in Johannesburg granted a reprieve earlier this week as 20 of us stood gazing upon the lush green grass of the top rugby...
This week, South Africa voted against a United Nations resolution on “Agricultural Technology for Sustainable Development”. The decision defies logic, and undermines our own economic interests. While 129 nations, including most of Africa, voted...
JTA – The families of victims of Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel filed a lawsuit against the cryptocurrency fund Binance and its chief executive,...
JTA – Progressive Jewish author Peter Beinart drew a volley of criticism on Tuesday, 25 November, from the boycott Israel movement as well as a right-wing Israeli...
JTA – In the safe confines of a gathering of Jewish fundraising and communal professionals, Sarah Hurwitz’s remarks about antisemitism and Holocaust education earned polite applause....
Local crowdfunding platform BackaBuddy has frozen a Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) fundraising campaign on its website. The campaign was urgently trying to raise money to fund the PSC’s defence in its case against South African Jewish-owned...
I may have been one of the only – perhaps the only – Israeli at the G20. I often accompany Israeli leaders on African state visits in my role as a founder of...
The abrupt decision of the United States to revoke former International Relations and Cooperation minister Dr Naledi Pandor’s visa drew a muted, cautious response from the...
As King David Victory Park enters its final weeks and the community prepares to say goodbye, there’s a sense that the dust has settled, and people...
“We’re trying to create a sense of belonging while making sure it’s in the children’s best interest,” say Jaimie Deetlefs and Ronette Von Abo, social workers in Family Protection...
The South African government is basking in the glory of what it considers a successful G20 Summit in Johannesburg, having managed to forge consensus in a fractured world. This was despite the shenanigans of...
Decades after the original Chassidim shul that served as a spiritual hub for the community in Yeoville, Johannesburg, closed its doors, a new chapter began this week with the opening of a new shul at the...
Just days before the last Shabbat at Pine Street Shul on 29 November, before the congregation moves from the location it occupied for 65 years to its new home, members spoke of a sense of new beginnings not...
It is with deep sadness that we remember Professor Monica Singer CA(SA), who passed away on 16 November after a brave and long battle with cancer. Her life was one...
Being photographed doing something that is an honour gives the moment lifelong longevity. So, a new movement started at Marais Road Shul in Cape Town called...
New research into the life and work of Johnny Clegg reveals aspects of his musical and cultural journey that have seldom been documented, drawing on previously unheard...
It seems that all eyes are no longer just on Israel, as we were led to believe in the past two years. All eyes are on anyone who doesn’t slate Israel as...
The campaign 16 Days of Activism started on 25 November, a global drive to combat the devastating impact of gender-based violence and femicide (GBV) on women, children, and vulnerable groups....
Black Friday used to mean queues outside shops at 05:00. Today it’s much more sophisticated. We sit at home in pyjamas hitting “refresh” on Takealot like we’re trying to resuscitate the economy. Credit cards...
This week’s Torah reading, Vayeitzei, tells a story that speaks to every generation. It’s the story of a forefather, Jacob, who leaves the comfort of home and walks straight into...
Internationally awarded educator speaks about innovation, values, and the future of schooling Fresh from receiving the GESS International Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education, Redhill School Executive Head Joseph Gerassi sat down for...
JTA – Every day, it can seem, brings a fresh headline about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots are spreading hateful ideas. But researchers tasked with understanding antisemitism and...
JTA – Days after pro-Palestinian protesters shouted chants including “Globalise the intifada” and “Death to the IDF” outside an Upper East Side synagogue, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica...
JTA – The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have revised this year’s voting rules after broadcasters from several countries accused Israel of interfering in last...
JTA – United States President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani covered a lot of ground in their highly anticipated meeting at the White House on Friday, 21 November, discussing...
JTA – The new United States ambassador to Poland, Thomas Rose, has ignited debate after delivering a speech in Warsaw calling the idea of Polish complicity...
JTA – The Coast Guard, a branch of the United States armed forces, says it will continue to bar the display of swastikas and nooses after drawing...
JTA – Germany’s antisemitism czar has urged a law to ban pro-Palestinian slogans such as “From the river to the sea”, renewing a fraught debate over the...
Rabbi Nissen Goldman, the co-director of Chabad on Campus at the University of Cape Town (UCT), is suing local author Zaahied Sallie and two South African anti-Israel organisations for defamation. This is after Sallie held up a poster showing his...
Matthew Gruter, a South African civil engineer, was identified participating in a vehemently antisemitic neo-Nazi rally outside the New South Wales Parliament in Sydney on 9...
Ady Wander, who passed away on 12 November at the age of 89, leaves only 15 remaining Holocaust survivors in Johannesburg, and only 12 still active enough to participate in Holocaust...
After days of explosive speculation and political theatre, Al-Majd Europe, an organisation that has been facilitating paid evacuations of Palestinians out of Gaza, has finally broken its silence. Its statement comes in the wake of the...
A young Palestinian mother who paid to get out of Gaza said that Muslim and Jewish people have been helping them since she, her husband, and...
It’s Sunday, 2 January. We’re in Plettenberg Bay. The car is packed. Everyone has promised their boss they’ll be back at work on Tuesday. One problem:...
“When I began examining why I hated Jews and realised how deeply Hezbollah had shaped my perceptions, I became angry. I understood that we had been intensely...
Recently, Reem Alsalem, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, made headlines by claiming on X that “no independent investigation found that rape...
At 12:00 on Friday, 21 November, Jewish women will join women across South Africa in lying down for 15 minutes to honour the 15 women murdered every day in this country. “It’s to...
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is taking steps to implement its two anti-Israel resolutions despite the fact that there hasn’t yet been judgement in the court case reviewing them. Professor Adam Mendelsohn, director of the Kaplan Centre...
The Israeli flags waving above thousands of Christian protesters marching to Parliament in Cape Town last Thursday, 13 November 2025, represented a shared commitment to a...
When Johannesburg rugby player Jake Glass flew to Europe earlier this month, he never expected to become the first South African and first Jew to represent...
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