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Mila Ben David, who grew up in South Africa, has become Israel’s newest world champion, having won the title of 2025 World Jiu-Jitsu Champion in Bangkok,...
It was my distinct pleasure and privilege to be in New York this week for the Annual Kinus HaShluchim, the international conference of Chabad rabbis. A pleasure because I always look forward to...
If the tenant chooses to cancel a lease prior to the expiry of the initial period for a reason other than a material breach of the lease by the landlord, then the following will apply: The tenant...
For years, SOSA Medical has been a lifeline for community members who simply cannot afford the medical care they desperately need. But behind the scenes, something...
“How odd of G-d, to choose the Jews,” an antisemite had scrawled on the wall. One of our own responded, “No, not odd, the Jews chose G-d.” This...
Farmer Pete, it seems, feels very strongly about eggs. Or chickens. Or perhaps the fragile balance between the two. Which is why, according to the New York Post, he...
As we approach the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ (SAJBD’s) national executive conference next weekend, I find myself reflecting on the remarkable origins of the...
When a planeload of Palestinians arrived in Johannesburg last Thursday and were initially told they couldn’t disembark or enter the country, there was an outcry. The...
The South African embassy in Tel Aviv was closed on 17 November, exactly two years ago, creating significant difficulty for thousands of South African citizens living in, working in,...
JTA – Mexico’s Jewish community has condemned antisemitic graffiti apparently directed toward the country’s Jewish president during an anti-government protest on Saturday, 15 November. The graffiti painted on...
JTA – An auction house in Germany cancelled the sale of hundreds of items that belonged to Holocaust victims a day before it was set to...
JTA – A federal judge has indefinitely barred the Trump administration from levelling a fine in excess of $1 billion (R17 billion) against the University of California (UC)...
JTA – On a frigid winter’s day in 1906, tens of thousands of Jewish parents in New York’s Lower East Side and Brooklyn kept their children...
The Union of Jewish Women (UJW) Johannesburg held its annual Housekeepers’ Appreciation morning on Thursday, 13 November. This event was started in 2015 with the aim of thanking treasured housekeepers/housemen for all they do for us...
A planeload of Gazans who arrived in South Africa on Thursday, 13 November, triggered hours of chaos at OR Tambo International Airport, exposing a government blindsided...
JTA – United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said violence in the West Bank, which is surging, could undercut the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, which...
JTA – Adolf Hitler had a sexual disorder that made it more likely for him to have a micro-penis, according to the first-ever analysis of his...
JTA – In the most intensely covered mayoral election in generations, the well-being of Jewish New Yorkers became a major flashpoint. And yet, no candidate took...
JTA – President Donald Trump has made official a suggestion that he first issued on the floor of Israel’s parliament: that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should...
Many South African Jewish emigrants to the United Kingdom have experienced or are fearful of experiencing antisemitism in the National Health Service (NHS), and they appear...
Just as Jewish Australians dared to hope that the unprecedented epidemic of antisemitism which has rocked their country since 7 October 2023 might dissipate, neo-Nazis were...
While South Africa frames itself as the southern African country that should play a role in bringing peace to the Middle East, it was in Zambia...
At least 80 Jewish doctors and healthcare professionals have resigned from the South African Medical Association (SAMA) after it suspended all ties with the Israel Medical...
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin famously observed. Yet for those contemplating aliya, taxes have now...
The number of Israeli visitors to South Africa has more than doubled since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with 2025 marking the highest level recorded in seven...
New York City’s Kampala-born mayor-elect, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, raises fears and hopes among its workers and business owners; property owners and tenants; American progressives and conservatives;...
When Israel Centre Director Dafi Forer Kremer went through with her decision to come to South Africa on shlichut two years ago following the 7 October...
“Where’s the milk? Where’s the honey?!” exclaimed Moshe Rabbeinu upon seeing eretz Yisrael for the first time. One might experience the same phenomenon when entering the...
It was Rabbi Yitzchak Wagner’s shul in Krefeld, Germany, that was one of the first buildings to be torched on Kristallnacht – the Nazi government-sponsored pogrom...
Actor Gal Gadot has won the Genesis Prize, sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel”, for supporting Israel even as backlash against the country’s actions in Gaza rocked...
It may sound like the plot of Netflix’s latest binge watch, but for Danny Edwards, finding out at the age of 48, that he had been...
During Dr Naledi Pandor’s tenure as South Africa’s foreign minister, the country faced a lack of trade and economic opportunities; neglected valuable and strategic alliances over...
Under the moonlight in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of Cats, when the Jellicle cats come out to dance, Tannah Levick will be among them. Cast in...
A group of Jewish Sandringham High School alumni have joined forces with former schoolmates in an ambitious project to rejuvenate their alma mater, breathing new life...
When Cape Town Jewish sociologist Deborah Posel began digging through her late father’s papers, she wasn’t looking for a book. She was simply sorting through “chaotically...
A friend showed me a short video this week, to see whether I found it amusing. I did initially, but it left a sense of lingering...
My relationship with my bean-to-cup coffee machine isn’t a particularly good one. And whereas I know that every partnership has its ups and downs, this time...
There are moments during the year when the vibrancy of our community is on display for all to see. Past weeks present such a moment. Starting...
How do you build a life where every day is worth remembering? This week’s parsha recounts the passing of Sarah and Avraham, the founding couple of...
When a conveyancing attorney advises that the transfer of a property has been lodged with the Deeds Office, it means that the necessary documents have been...
