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Passover is around the corner and I will be so presumptuous as to suggest you may have opened your favourite Haggadah to have a look and start preparing...
Once again, our vibrant community welcomes so many Jewish visitors from around the world to our renowned Safari Pesach Retreat beneath African skies. As the rabbi...
As Pesach approaches each year, Jewish homes begin to transform. Cupboards are emptied. Kitchens are kashered. Shopping lists seem to grow by the day. Families prepare to...
We are a nation of memory. We hold tightly to our past, marking the great turning points of our history. That past is not a relic...
Of all the difficult conversations one has, this is one I never imagined: discussing with my husband what we each might include in our submission to the...
“How do you live with existential fear of death?” This was the question several of my students asked when I checked in with each of them...
Someone walked through the split sea and complained about their shoes. The Torah doesn’t record it. Our sages don’t tell us his name. There is no actual source for this...
In 2018, US Secretary of War Peter Hegseth delivered a speech in Jerusalem. At the time, he was a presenter for the Fox Network, and had been invited...
Vehi Sheamda, in the Haggadah, reminds us of the tragic but all too recognisable aspect of Jewish national identity that in every generation we face enemies intent on our...
In an ordinary year, the weeks before Pesach would see families confirming flights, preparing for reunions, and finalising holiday plans. Instead, many travelling between Israel and...
The story of Pesach echoes through the generations: the journey of a people from oppression to freedom, from persecution to liberation, from bondage to dignity. Our...
Freedom is a central theme of Pesach. From generation to generation and even through some of the most horrific circumstances, Jews have gathered at the seder table to...
Providing Pesachdik food is normally a well-oiled seasonal supply chain. But this year, with war in the Middle East, it has become a logistical nightmare. Getting kosher for Pesach...
The transformation of a luxury resort like Zimbali, in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, into a strictly kosher l’Pesach sanctuary is no small feat. It is, as organiser Eli Feiglin describes it, a massive...
Date and orange spatchcocked chicken This recipe works just as well with chicken portions. Should you be unable to find Kosher for Pesach Silan (date syrup), I’ve included Sharon Lurie’s quick...
Culinary creators Lauren Boolkin and Romi Rabinowitz give you recipes for dishes to either wow your guests with on seder nights or make for family and friends during Chol Hamoed. Date...
Whether its managing emails, WhatsApp, or Teams notifications, in a world of constant connectivity, switching off from work often seems impossible. Yet, before constant demands lead...
Passover is often called the holiday of tradition, but traditions differ in various communities, and marrying across them is never easy. When an Ashkenazi Jew marries...
An Iranian activist who fled her country five years ago delivered a stark and deeply personal account of life under the Islamic Republic at a South...
A dispute over access to Vilnius’s only functioning synagogue has escalated beyond a local religious disagreement, raising questions about leadership, authority, and the use of Holocaust...
“We couldn’t understand why there was so much hype,” Kelita Hofman says of the overwhelming response to the couple’s online community talk on autism, hosted by...
For the past 12 years of my life, I spent every December at the Habonim campsite. Year after year, I returned to the same dusty fields and tents to learn about...
Richard Sutton writes books that help people manage stress and become more resilient. The SA Jewish Report speaks to him about his latest book, Shift Happens, which was number one on the...
Some say that school days are the best days of your life, while others believe them to be the complete opposite. Nothing demonstrated this more than the King...
As we approach Pesach this year, our hearts are deeply focused on Eretz Yisrael. We think of our brothers and sisters living under the shadow of...
The idea that G-d “hardened Pharaoh’s heart” has long been a source of debate at our seder table. One of my children, now an adult, but...
Ambulances aren’t political. They save lives, Jewish and non-Jewish alike. Hatzolah doesn’t discriminate. In fact, no organisation better demonstrates the positive impact of Jewish communities on their surroundings than Hatzolah, a volunteer...
As our families and friends in Israel run for their lives many times a day, they are unable to find any semblance of normality almost a month into...
JTA – President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States had been negotiating an end to the war in Iran for the previous two days,...
JTA – Germany, an early defender of Israel against allegations of “genocide” in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has pulled support as it faces its own...
JTA – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Roald Dahl is a terrible messenger for a serious conversation about Jews and Israel. Which is part of what makes Giant,...
JTA – The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday, alleging that it had failed to address antisemitism and discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students. The lawsuit, filed...
JTA – Len Saxe, a researcher at Brandeis University, has been studying the impact of Birthright trips to Israel since the initiative launched in 1999. Last...
JTA – A California lawmaker is introducing a bill that would create a buffer zone around houses of worship, the latest effort to respond to protests against Israel...
JTA – Five more people were killed overnight by Iranian missiles aimed at Israel: a man from Thailand in the country’s centre and four Palestinian women who...
JTA – Daniel Dorfman had only recently reopened his pizza restaurant on a Metula kibbutz just hundreds of metres from Israel’s border with Lebanon when war broke out again....
JTA – Two Iranian men in Britain have been charged with allegedly spying on the Jewish community in London on behalf of Iran. The arrests come...
JTA – Rabbi Matt Cutler was wrapping up a local TV interview last Thursday when a text from State Police came through. The man who had been...
JTA – It’s been months since rapper Azealia Banks turned heads when she declared she was a “Zionist” on social media in June and gave a concert in Israel...
Issued by: South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) Date: 20 March 2026 (as of 09:00 SAST – Day 21 of the conflict) The Israel-led joint campaign with the United States (US) against Iran has...
