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The community is reeling following the senseless murder of political analyst, writer, and father Steven Gruzd, a man described by all who knew him as gentle, brilliant, and...
Business leader Nathan “Natie” Kirsh, 94, has concluded one of the largest international transactions involving a South African. He sold his United States (US) food empire, Jetro Restaurant...
Many wonderful friends and colleagues have written about Steve’s brilliant career and the impact he made in the world in the last decades of his amazing...
“Rhymes With Bruised”. This was Steven Gruzd’s byline, social media handle, and something he would often say. It captured him perfectly: funny, intelligent, descriptive, and reflective of his love...
Perhaps it was an unlikely bond between a Jew and a Muslim that developed and was sustained for almost three decades. I met Steven for the first...
It is incredibly difficult to find the right words to write about Steven Gruzd because he wasn’t just a friend; he was one of the constants of my life. ...
Steven taught so many of us about Spiny Norman the Hedgehog. It is hard to fathom and process the devastating news of his murder. Gentle and...
In 2006, having just returned from a four-year stint in Taiwan and looking to get back on a career path, I accepted a part-time job helping out at...
Like so many other people in South Africa and far beyond this country, I join in mourning the loss of Steven Gruzd from our public space. He was...
Every birthday and celebration, the SA Jewish Report team sends a card with messages to the person celebrating. It seemed fitting for us to create space to write...
There are moments when words fail you because language is inadequate to express the pain, the disbelief, the anguish, and the trauma of loss. This is...
At 11:44 on Friday morning international analyst Steven Gruzd – an integral member of the SA Jewish Report team – committed to writing a feature for the next...
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is set to bestow an honorary doctorate on Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of the humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers, who has a...
JTA – More than 1 000 diaspora Jews are petitioning Israeli President Isaac Herzog to intervene against settler violence in the West Bank. “Mr President, the terror, death, and destruction...
JTA – King Charles has been named the first patron of a British Jewish security nonprofit organisation, a move announced in the wake of an arson attack on four...
JTA – When sirens once again sounded in Kiryat Shmona on a recent Thursday, Ala Ghassan, a paramedic trainee with Magen David Adom (MDA), looked up at the sky with concern. ...
JTA – The online video game Fortnite tops the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) “leaderboard” that ranks online video game companies on their efforts to curb antisemitism and extremism on their platforms. The Online...
JTA – Two minors have been arrested in connection with a car burning in the Jewish quarter of Antwerp in what is being treated as an...
JTA – For more than a decade, I have watched and lived the unfolding story of women’s religious leadership in Orthodoxy. As the first woman ordained...
Under Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC), it has become the norm that foreign policy and mechanisms managing South Africa’s relations with others are applied inconsistently – to the...
JTA – As Argentina marks the 50th anniversary of the 1976 military coup, a lesser-known aspect of the dictatorship is gaining attention: the disproportionate number of...
Join EYLON LEVY, GIL HOFFMAN (HonestReporting), and TAL HAGIN (Open Source Intelligence Disinformation Analyst) For Media Wars: the battle for truth. We delve into the murky...
A Johannesburg mother escaped without broken bones after a freak incident in which she was run over by a private security vehicle. In a matter of seconds...
“It’s something shocking … but no-one is shocked,” was how South African-born Rabbi Sandor Milun described the firebombing of four Jewish community ambulances in the early...
The National Assembly degenerated into a circus on 19 March during a debate on Iran. The Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson on international relations and cooperation, Ryan...
Cape Town politicians, anti-Israel extremists, members of civil society, and local media made it clear they have no problem with the atrocities of the Islamic Republic of Iran when they...
A few years ago, at the height of state capture, I joined the civil society movement to protest the corruption of President Jacob Zuma. There were many marches...
Everyone loves a revolution! Every few years we get an opportunity to overthrow our government in what’s called an election. After the battering inflicted on the African National...
While Europe walks the tightrope, the US and Israel are redrawing the rules. And Beijing and Moscow are watching every move. In the weeks and months after...
What should have been a simple farewell for a group of olim leaving South Africa unfolded under the shadow of uncertainty, as the reality of life in Israel...
Nearly 2 000 Joburg Jews gathered at The Teatro at Montecasino on Tuesday evening, not just to watch two international music stars, Simcha Leiner and Nachman...
After seeing a video of two children in the Philippines singing the Matisyahu song One Day, South African musician The Kiffness, whose real name is David Scott, wanted...
In times of war, many people find themselves reaching for comfort foods, late-night snacks, or extra meals, not out of hunger, but as a way to cope with fear,...
Life in Israel at the moment moves between tension and routine. Sirens interrupt the day; people pause, look around, and head to shelter if needed – and then,...
When the young and determined New York Rabbi Yossy Goldman arrived in South Africa in 1976, he never imagined he would celebrate half a century on the southern...
The phenomenon of fellow Jews misunderstanding the essence of our unique Jewish mission is, unfortunately, not new. It is nonetheless deeply disturbing. To fit in with...
I am writing this as my first birthday ever without my mother is drawing to a close. It’s been just more than two months and I have been settling into the ebb and...
Across centuries of exile, Jewish prayer has carried a quiet certainty: history is moving towards redemption and an era of Moshiach. Three times a day, Jewish...
It’s time to start searching for chametz. Let’s empty the cupboards, hunt down crumbs, and get ready to transform our kitchens. On the surface, it’s a physical act, a seasonal halachic obligation....
The question of why it’s necessary for a Jew to move to Israel is puzzling to me. I’m not saying that everyone should drop everything and move to Israel. I believe in...
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