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Anthony Harris is a former professional tennis player who has turned his love of the sport into creating South African tennis stars, particularly those for whom it would...
Israel’s leading non-governmental humanitarian aid agency welcomed former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel to Kakuma Refugee Camp and surrounding communities in Turkana County, Kenya, last week on...
When Rebbetzin Aviva Rabinowitz approached a group of street dancers on the corner of Oxford Road and Jan Smuts Avenue four years ago, she never imagined that she would help take them...
When second-generation Holocaust survivor Luc Albinski approached Bulgarian director Ilina Perianova to direct the play he wrote about his family’s experience, she jumped at the chance...
At just 21, South African-born powerlifter Avishai Eilim has already claimed national and African titles, broken multiple records, and placed among the world’s elite. Now, instead...
Last Friday morning started with a sense of calm, celebrating the warm reaction that our community got on the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg, when its members went back after...
The Ohr HaChaim, Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar, teaches that Torah isn’t something a person simply inherits. It’s something one must be ready to receive. Remarkably, he derives three foundational...
This has been a difficult week for South African Jewry. On Friday, 30 January, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) announced via social media that Ariel...
There are Jewish festivals. And then there are Jewish Jewish festivals. And even at the risk of angering global-warming enthusiasts everywhere, I remain of the firm belief that Tu B’Shvat is the...
JTA – Legendary director Steven Spielberg has become the ninth Jew to secure “EGOT” status after winning a Grammy for producing a documentary about the music of John...
The fallout from South Africa’s decision to expel Israel’s chargé d’affaires continues to intensify, drawing sharp criticism from multiple opposition parties and raising concerns about economic and diplomatic...
“To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.” As we mark Tu B’Shvat this year, these ancient words from Kohelet feel especially resonant....
JTA – The federal government’s top prosecutor in Minnesota is a prominent Jewish attorney who once sat on the board of a Jewish group now protesting...
JTA – British LGBTQ activist Peter Tatchell was arrested for holding a sign with the phrase “globalise the intifada” at a pro-Palestinian march in London on...
JTA – France has issued arrest warrants for two French-Israeli activists for “complicity in genocide”, a charge that stemmed from the pair allegedly blocking humanitarian aid from entering the...
JTA – Portland Trail Blazers star Deni Avdija’s meteoric rise has officially reached a new stratosphere as the 25-year-old forward has become the National Basketball Association...
JTA – All eyes might be on Israel’s unlikely bobsled squad making its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, but there are actually a slew of Jewish and Israeli...
South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) KwaZulu-Natal Council President Alana Pugh-Jones Baranov was invited to attend the 77th Republic Day of India on Tuesday, 27 January. The event, which...
Jewish high school students with an artistic flair teamed up to transform the blank, bland exterior walls of Selwyn Segal in Johannesburg into vibrant, feel-good, magical landscapes in...
The Jewish National Fund (JNF’s) Tu B’Shvat festivities included a Family Market Day on Sunday, 1 February, where community members of all ages could celebrate together. The JNF also collaborated with...
As many as 30 000 protesters may have been killed and 330 000 injured on the streets of Iran on 8 and 9 January alone, two...
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