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“I’m a computer scientist, so it’s no surprise that I honestly believe that technology, particularly artificial intelligence, provides the best path to benefit humanity,” Professor Benjamin...
Investec Jewish Achiever Award Professional Excellence Award winner Professor Benjamin Rosman has quickly established himself as the leading figure in South African Artificial Intelligence (AI), demonstrating...
There was laughter, then a hush. Grace Harding, the chief executive of Ocean Basket, didn’t deliver a packaged acceptance. She offered something far rarer, a glimpse...
Delivering results without sacrificing integrity, Grace Harding heads Ocean Basket with “more grit than superglue”. Harding has never been confined by the expectations of others. Her...
At just 15 years old, twin brothers Caleb and Judah Levitan are blazing a trail in chess in South Africa. The country’s youngest International Master and...
When Caleb and Judah Levitan accepted the Ichikowitz Family Foundation Rising Star Award at the Investec Jewish Achiever Awards on 2 November, their words captured exactly...
Sivan Yaari, the chief executive and founder of Innovation: Africa, which uses solar energy to address Africa’s water crisis, accepted her 2024 Bertie Lubner Humanitarian Award...
Khaya Lam executive Terry Markman is audibly moved when speaking of the joy that emanates from those who receive title deeds to their properties after decades...
When Terry Markman, the executive project manager of Khaya Lam, stepped forward to accept the 2025 Bertie Lubner Humanitarian Award in hour of Chief Rabbi Cyril...
Now serving leading brands including PepsiCo; Hollard; Naked Insurance; Decathlon; and Vodacom, Jonathan Berkowitz (32) and Elan Band (34) founded MotionAds in 2019 armed with a...
“As Jews, we’re a people shaped by resilience. We’re descendants of those who have turned exile into renewal, and struggle into purpose,” said Jonathan Berkowitz, the...
In the dust and dreams of 1950s Johannesburg, a handful of Jewish families stood on what was once a peach farm and imagined something extraordinary: a...
Although the King David Victory Park (KDVP) campus will be closing at the end of this year, the thousands who passed through the school “didn’t merely...
Although filmmaker and producer Adam Thal received a nomination for an Academy Award for the short film The Last Ranger, he was more shocked to hear...
When filmmaker and producer Adam Thal walked to the lectern to accept his Art, Sport, Science, and Culture Award at the Investec Jewish Achiever Awards on...
From helping to build a retail empire to championing education and women’s rights through her philanthropical initiatives, Wendy Ackerman, now 89, is proud to have been...
“I’ve never done anything to be thanked. I’ve just done the things I’ve done because I’ve felt the need for them.” These are the words of...
From the bustling streets of Johannesburg to the boardrooms of Los Angeles, Rodney Sacks’ journey is one of extraordinary vision, perseverance, and global influence. As chairperson...
Rodney Sacks, one of two Kirsh Family Lifetime Achievement Award winners at this year’s Investec Jewish Achiever Awards, says he believes success doesn’t require being the...
Over the past two weeks, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies has been involved in a Western Cape High Court case: Professor Adam Mendelsohn versus...
The other day, I was wrong. And whereas in itself that’s far from unusual, what differentiated this particular incident is that I hadn’t yet said anything...
I have been learning about the parsha of the week since I was a kid, first at Shaarei Torah Primary school in Yeoville, continuing at Torah...
There weren’t any losers at the Investec Jewish Achiever Awards on Sunday night. We were all winners, and walked out of the Sandton Convention Centre feeling...
Buying or selling a property is a significant investment, and navigating the complex process can be daunting. Two crucial aspects that play a vital role in...
Backed by history, bottled for the future In the heart of the Franschhoek Wine Valley, where sun-drenched slopes meet centuries-old winemaking traditions, lies a range that’s...
JTA – You had to have been born in the 1980s or earlier to have a firsthand memory of the night Yitzhak Rabin was shot 30...
JTA – When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met United States President Donald Trump in February, the Israeli prime minister’s first meeting with the president in...
JTA- Hamas has returned remains belonging to Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American who was killed while serving in the Israeli army on 7 October 2023, to Israel....
JTA – More than 80 years after she parachuted into Yugoslavia as part of the only military operation in World War II that attempted to rescue...
JTA – Catholic leaders in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, have apologised after a local Catholic school included a replica of the gates of Auschwitz in its Halloween parade....
JTA – Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, says it has reached a major milestone in its efforts to uncover the identities of all of the Jews...
JTA- The man who is likely to be New York City’s top finance watchdog under Zohran Mamdani, assuming they both win their races on Tuesday, 4...
