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For South African olim, the war has been experienced not through headlines, but in reinforced rooms, hurried phone calls, and interrupted routines. In one central Israeli apartment...
I knew something was up on Saturday morning. It wasn’t the warnings from US Ambassador Mike Huckabee for non-essential staff to fly out of Israel while they still...
An “emergency” meeting of The Hague Group, an anti-Israel coalition of states led partially by South Africa, that convened on Wednesday, 4 March, made an official statement that it aims to...
For years the confrontation between Iran and Israel played out in the shadows. Drones over Syria. Cyberattacks no-one claimed. Proxies doing the dirty work. That era is over. The direct...
While the International Space Station was over the United States last week, pupils at CityKidz, a school in the inner city of Johannesburg, were able to ask...
The more that avid traveller and global citizen Dan Brotman visits Jewish communities off the beaten path, the more he feels connected to his Jewish identity. ...
Johannesburg medical orthotist and prosthetist Roger Wolfson claims medical aid members aren’t always getting the Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) the schemes are required to give them by law. So strong...
From standing by Mahatma Gandhi’s side, to being one of the first female Members of Parliament (MPs), to bringing IBM personal computers (PCs) to the country, South African Jewish women have long...
A cohort of five new Jewish Studies teachers graduated from The Academy of Jewish Thought and Learning in February, bringing the total number of such graduates...
Namibian-born Jessica Thorn, assistant professor in global food security and environmental change at Imperial College London and Namibia University researcher, was recently named a winner of...
There is something surreal about Israel being under attack and seeing visuals of the horrific destruction in the Jewish State, knowing it is our people being bombarded...
How swiftly the world can shift. Just last week, as we prepared to welcome Purim, I reflected on the festival’s powerful examples of women’s leadership. I...
Standing at Mount Sinai, overwhelmed by the sounds and sights just experienced, awed by the voice of G-d; we have just been freed from Egypt, carried...
Ideas for a Purim shpiel on ChaiFM are debated weeks before the festival. What is too real? Too close to the bone? Too sensitive? Too dated? And most importantly,...
JTA – The US State Department urged American citizens on Monday afternoon to depart urgently from more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries amid the escalating conflict in Iran. The...
JTA – Hezbollah fired on Israel on Sunday for the first time since a 2024 ceasefire, opening a new front in the US-Israel war on Iran...
JTA – In Jewish time, history often has a way of rhyming with the calendar. So when Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an...
JTA – Six days after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khameini seized power in Iran on 11 February 1979, he hosted his first foreign dignitary: the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat. Arafat,...
JTA – Spirits ran high inside a large public bomb shelter in the Israeli coastal city of Jaffa, with loud chatter, singing, and greetings of “Happy...
JTA – Jews in Ireland reported more than 100 antisemitic incidents through a communal reporting system within six months after it launched, according to a new report. The...
JTA – I have spent much of my life living in, travelling to, and learning about Israel. Like many who care deeply about the Jewish State, I hold...
Issued by the South African Zionist Federation The Israel and US campaign against Iran, launched on 28 February 2026 (Tehran time, approximately 05:00 to 06:00 SAST), has entered its third...
Dear community, Over the past hours we have seen an escalation in the current war, with Hezbollah joining the conflict and an attack on a Saudi oilfield....
South Africa’s water crisis is a painful reminder of how a water expert, Professor Anthony Turton, was suspended by his former employer, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), for firing a warning...
JTA – Jacob Phillips’ first trip to Israel from his home in Germany was in 2023, to visit Holocaust survivors in Tel Aviv as part of...
JTA – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, was killed on Saturday morning during a joint US-Israeli strike that hit targets throughout the country. Israeli officials first announced the...
JTA – The United States and Israel jointly launched what US President Donald Trump called “a major military operation” in Iran on Saturday morning, ending weeks of speculation. ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Government of the Republic of South Africa expresses deep concern regarding the escalation of tensions in the Middle East. These developments pose a...
“Thank you President Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, for taking a historic and courageous decision. “I fully support you and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Dear community, Over the past 12 hours, Israel and the US launched Operation Roar of the Lion (Great Fury), a preventative attack which included targeted strikes on various...
As Operation Lions Roar begins today, 28 February, we speak not only as members of the Iranian community in South Africa, but as sons and daughters of an...
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a major joint military operation against Iran, commencing early this morning (Tehran time, corresponding to approximately 05:00 to 06:00 SAST). President...
Saturday, 28 February 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) condemns in the strongest terms the provocative, illegal, and unjustified attacks on Iran, which have been conducted by...
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