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Revelations at the Madlanga Commission have shown us that South Africa teeters on the verge of a mafia state, controlled by criminal gangs and drug cartels....
JTA – The head of BBC and its top news executive have quit amid allegations that the network misled viewers in coverage of President Donald Trump...
JTA – A Jewish Iranian-American man has been sentenced to prison in Iran for travelling to Israel 13 years ago for his son’s Barmitzvah, his family...
JTA – Just hours after New York City’s mayor election was called for Zohran Mamdani, a top Israeli official issued an invitation. “New York will never...
A growing group of University of Cape Town (UCT) graduates is urging fellow alumni to register for next month’s Convocation Annual General Meeting (AGM), warning that...
JTA – Last year, Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall held its 10th anniversary of a Chanukah concert series that was rebooted 70 years after it was halted...
JTA – Cornell University will pay $60 million (R1 trillion) to the Trump administration to resolve ongoing antisemitism investigations and unfreeze $250 million in federal funds,...
JTA – Season 2 of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This has sparked plenty of debate, much of it centreing on how the show depicts Jewish women. Critics...
JTA – My family was never American; we were New Yorkers. My great-grandparents came from the old country to the Lower East Side as children; they...
Yeshiva College announced that Dov Ber Ress and Tzipora Suchard will represent the school on the Johannesburg Junior Council in 2026; while Moshe Dison and Sienna...
In bright sunshine, and with the prospect of viewing a magnificent private Westcliff garden, a crowd of more than 150 enthusiasts attended the annual WIZO (Women’s...
JTA- Kazakhstan announced on Thursday, 6 November, that it would join the Abraham Accords ahead of a White House meeting by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev with United...
JTA – In an unprecedented rebuke, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Wednesday, 5 November, that his centrist Yesh Atid party was withdrawing from the...
JTA – After years of virulent antisemitic comments, the American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, told an Orthodox rabbi on Tuesday, 4 November, in...
JTA – As New York City woke up to a new mayor-elect on Wednesday, 5 November, Jewish groups that spurned Zohran Mamdani faced a decision: how...
JTA – The incident that prompted Zohran Mamdani’s first condemnation of local antisemitism since he was elected mayor took place just minutes after the race was...
The Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA’s) ruling last month against controversial United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, has...
South Africans will celebrate South African-born Rabbi Doron Perez, the chairperson of the religious Zionist World Mizrachi movement, having been chosen to be the next chairperson...
The sudden closure of the Irma Stern Museum in Cape Town has ignited outrage across the South African arts community, with campaigners accusing the University of...
University of Cape Town (UCT) students and alumni demonstrated at the Western Cape High Court on 30 October, calling on UCT’s leadership to “save UCT first”...
With the high profile visit to South Africa of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and her recent report to...
Twenty-four years to the day after being in a car accident which left her wheelchair bound, Andy Sostak crossed the finish line at the New York...
No rabbi, nor even the Oxford Union, could have articulated the dissatisfaction regarding the extensive and profound debate over ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) service in the Israel Defense...
Members of CAP heaved a sigh of relief last Wednesday, 29 October, when it became clear after many hours of work that our community wasn’t in...
Keeping kosher in South Africa is becoming increasingly expensive, putting pressure on households that want to maintain Jewish dietary laws. In some cases, to manage financially,...
Parenting feels different today. Between school schedules, work stress, social media, and the endless noise of modern life, it’s easy for parents to feel like they’ve...
“The most revolutionary act is introducing people to one another,” Robert Bank, the president and chief executive of the American Jewish World Service, told more than...
Think about doing something for almost 10 hours. The same thing. Think about being on your feet, with only one substantial break, for 10 hours; think...
Coming home to its original title sponsor, this year’s Investec Jewish Achiever Awards on 2 November celebrated the power of a community whose massive impact belies...
There are some weeks that seem like years, and some years which seem like weeks. All in all, we are just ordinary people living through extraordinary...
Mann Made is deeply honoured once again to sponsor the Community Service Award at this year’s Investec Jewish Achiever Awards. This accolade is dedicated to recognising...
It is with great pride that Eric Ellerine Trust Proprietary Limited is sponsoring the Entrepreneur Award at the Investec Jewish Achiever Awards for the second consecutive...
Europcar is proud to have sponsored the Europcar Women in Leadership Award for the past 10 years. As a women-founded organisation, we are committed to empowering...
Our family and our foundation remain firmly rooted in South Africa. That’s not sentiment, it’s conviction. We love this country, not blindly, but with the understanding...
The Bertie Lubner Humanitarian Award celebrates individuals or organisations committed to community, inclusion, and making a sustainable impact. Through their sponsorship of this award, and in...
“Mzansi hero” Mpumelelo Mhlongo won gold at the Summer Paralympics in Paris in 2024, running 100m in 11.12 seconds, only two seconds slower than Usain Bolt,...
When David Sussman appeared on the screen from Israel to accept the Investec Business Icon Award at this year’s Investec Jewish Achiever Awards, the audience erupted...
From working as an assistant receiving clerk in the Joshua Doore Boksburg warehouse to taking over Joshua Doore stores as part of his own retail group,...
Investec Business Leadership Award winner Rob Katz built his career on spotting opportunities where others see risk. As a Capitalworks executive and later a key figure...
When Rob Katz took the stage to accept the Investec Business Leadership Award, he made a disarmingly simple statement: “In leadership, the three hardest words are...
