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JTA – New York City Mayor Eric Adams threw down a gauntlet for his successor last week, issuing an executive order barring city officials from taking...
JTA – After parting ways with the first architect hired to carry out his vision for the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump has picked...
JTA – Susan Blumberg-Kason, a Jewish author whose work explores Jewish history and identity, was deep into a book about Golda Meir’s Milwaukee childhood when her...
ORT Jet’s celebration on 4 December of 20 years of empowering entrepreneurs was a momentous milestone in our economic and entrepreneurial landscape. Held at the Houghton Golf Club, the event...
JTA – The leader of a Lithuanian party in the ruling coalition government was convicted on Thursday, 4 December, for inciting hatred towards Jews and grossly minimising...
JTA – Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia’s public broadcasters said they would boycott this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after a meeting on Thursday, 4 December, of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed Israel’s...
JTA – Israel has identified the remains handed over on Wednesday, 3 December, by Hamas as belonging to Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker murdered on 7 October 2023. Rinthalak had been working in Israel for years,...
JTA – United States Vice-President JD Vance said on Thursday, 4 December, that he didn’t believe antisemitism was surging inside the Republican Party, pushing back on prominent conservatives...
JTA – The mayor of Los Angeles has denounced as “abhorrent” and antisemitic a protest that disrupted an event held on Wednesday, 3 December, on the...
JTA –A New York City public school principal turned down a parent’s request to host a talk by Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann, citing content in his presentation...
JTA – Manischewitz is thinking outside the box – literally. The iconic Jewish food company has it all figured out when it comes to things like making matzah...
Nelson Mandela’s cousin, King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo, visited Israel for the first time this week, in stark contrast to the ANC’s hostile stance towards the Jewish state. The trip comes just weeks after Mandela’s granddaughters, Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, visited...
South African Holocaust educator Tali Nates, the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), received one of Austria’s highest civilian honours at the end of October. Nates...
“For six decades, this campus has been more than bricks and mortar. It’s been a living, breathing tapestry. Woven into its fabric are the threads of...
The atmosphere was electric at the Motsepe National Day of Prayer on 30 November, a gathering of leaders from across South Africa’s faith communities. Among them, Chief Rabbi Dr...
South Africa has closed its airspace to any further flights carrying Palestinians fleeing Gaza, a dramatic escalation in what has become one of the most politically...
South African musician The Kiffness, whose real name is David Scott, is being targeted by the anti-Israel lobby in Cape Town as it attempts to coerce Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens to...
JTA – More than 300 Jewish leaders, including women’s rights advocates and rabbis, urged the United Nations on Tuesday, 2 December, to remove Reem Alsalem, the...
In the aftermath of the most recent – and seemingly enduring – Gaza ceasefire, Israel finds itself in an invidious and deeply uncomfortable position. On the battlefield, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) achieved...
People often ask why filmmakers are already creating movies about 7 October 2023. They ask why anyone would want to relive something so devastating. Within the Jewish...
Before I pressed play on Red Alert, an Israeli television miniseries based on the 7 October 2023 attacks, my whole body paused. Not dramatically, but in that instinctive way the body freezes when...
When the lights dimmed and the spotlight hit international Jewish singer Jeryko at The Base on Tuesday, 2 December, this time he wasn’t surprised that hundreds of people of all ages had braved...
“I want a future without Hamas. Not for Israel, but for my people. For Palestinian children who deserve a life shaped by dreams rather than fear.” These...
Mike Abel, the founder and executive chairman of The Up&UpGroup, was this week awarded the Financial Mail AdFocus Lifetime Achiever Award and the AAA Alumnus Luminary Award. The SA Jewish Report spoke to Abel, Jewish Achiever Business Award winner in 2018, about it. What does winning...
After years of developing talent across the globe, Cape Town-born Cricket South Africa (CSA) Level 3 certified coach Ryan Maron has come home to Western Province to help steer the provincial side through the high-stakes...
It seems unthinkable for someone who is fit, active, and healthy to collapse mid-run or during a sports game. Yet each year, this nightmare strikes a small number of people. However,...
At just 15 years old, Herzlia student Leah Grace Roytowski this week achieved a dream many dancers only fantasise about, becoming world champion at the International Dance Open Ballet Championships in...
Saying farewell to your children as they fly out to machaneh at the end of the year is bittersweet. As a mother, it’s never easy for me – no matter...
I clearly recall one evening some years ago, when we had a very interesting guest for dinner. He was prim and proper, turning down my offer of seconds...
Anyone who says they aren’t a fan of Hallmark Christmas movies is either a liar or a jilted fiancé. You remember him? He’s the finance bro, always named Jayce or Tyler, who watches helplessly...
There are weeks when the soul of our country feels a little lighter, when the ties that bind us across faith and tradition grow visibly stronger....
JTA – Nick Fuentes says he feels snubbed by the controversial activist group StopAntisemitism, which neglected to include him among its finalists for “Antisemite of the...
JTA – A proposal to rename a Dublin park that honours one of Ireland’s most famous Jewish emigres has been tabled following criticism from the Israeli...
JTA – More than two-thirds of American Jews believe that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will make the city’s Jews less safe, according to a...
JTA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is formally seeking a pre-emptive pardon of the criminal charges he has long faced, saying in a video address that ending...
JTA – Following a visit in Turkey last week, Pope Leo XIV said that he had spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about their shared support for...
JTA – On Thanksgiving morning on 27 November, as volunteers gathered at Congregation Shearith Israel for the synagogue’s 11th annual “packathon”, they also marked a new milestone: Their synagogue was opening...
Social media star Hamza Howidy is no friend of Israel, but less so of Hamas. In 2019, Hamza co-organised the “We Want to Live” protests where...
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