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President Cyril Ramaphosa is the first sitting head of state to sign an international petition demanding that Israel release convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti. Ramaphosa chose Freedom...
Israeli professional cross-country mountain bike cyclist Naama Noyman is making a name for herself in South Africa, having been unable to return home because of the war in the Middle...
Unemployment isn’t just a statistic. It’s a daily reality for millions of people searching for work and finding none. In the final quarter of 2025, the official unemployment rate stood at...
Every year unemployment in South Africa rises and the number of people on social welfare grows exponentially. The sociologists tell us that every person working is, on average, supporting at least five others. In other...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has angered and upset Christian groups, especially Catholics, by declaring that Pope Leo XIV’s “hands are dripping with blood”. Goldstein said this at the Yom Hazikaron commemoration in Johannesburg...
Antisemitism hurts us all, and the bullies who thrive on it must be forced to pay a heavy price. One morning, I woke up to the fake and hateful news that a man known...
In any constitutional democracy there is a distinction between protest and intimidation. Protest is directed at power, policy, and public institutions. Intimidation is directed at people, their...
If it becomes more about breaking down the numbers than building up your fitness and well-being, monitoring your exercise habits can become obsessive. While the proliferation of fitness...
At a meeting of Independent Examinations Board (IEB) history teachers a few weeks back, we had the opportunity to consider the proposed new history curriculum. Published in the 20 March Government Gazette, the draft curriculum is described as “a...
There is a moment in every war when the battlefield shifts. For Paul Hirschson, that battlefield is no longer defined by tanks or borders, but by timelines,...
They transport you to magical places, humanise foreign cultures, make your heart beat faster, and open your mind. But when the authors of the books we love issue antisemitic statements, refuse to have their books translated into Hebrew, or accuse...
Few figures in South African history elicit as much admiration as well as unease as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Because of this, business mogul and philanthropist Ivor Ichikowitz wanted to tell her story and the story...
Before 7 October the world seemed to be getting better. Especially through Jewish eyes. The Abraham Accords, a greater sensitivity to kindness and human rights, and a prosperous and proud Israel. But 7 October changed everything....
With The Story of 702 – In Touch, In Tune and Independent recently launched, the SA Jewish Report speaks to its publisher, Batya Bricker. Why and how do you believe...
There’s a deep thirst among Joburgers for safe, green, eco-conscious entertainment spaces. This is clear when trying to find parking at Nine Yards in Parktown North, which is being inundated even though it only opens officially within...
This week’s parsha teaches us about one of the most important mitzvot in the Torah, Kiddush Hashem, sanctifying Hashem’s Name through our actions. The Torah presents this mitzvah with the verse “I...
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Edith Eger at the age of 98. Sent to Auschwitz at 16, she lost both her parents on...
I have never forgotten. And never forgiven the elephant. Not that he has any idea. It was many years ago, at a lodge not unlike the...
We have a whole day set aside by the government every year to honour workers and their rights. It supposedly celebrates the working class and trade unions, highlighting their role...
JTA – Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett teamed up once before to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, striking an unusual power-sharing deal after Israel’s 2021...
JTA – A pair of incidents took place outside Jewish sites in the Toronto area on the weekend, adding to a series of attacks that have left the...
Pro-Palestinian activists, some reportedly shouting antisemitic invective, forced Jewish groups out of a procession celebrating Italy’s Liberation Day from Nazism and fascism in Milan over the weekend. About...
JTA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Friday that he had recently undergone treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, adding that he kept the diagnosis...
JTA – The Trump administration is instructing immigration officers to deny green cards to applicants who have expressed political views it deems “antisemitic” or “anti-American”, including some forms of...
JTA – Alex Sinclair had no idea what would follow when he posted a picture of his mutilated kippah to Facebook on Thursday. Sinclair, who lives in central...
JTA – A five-person international jury at the Venice Biennale says it will no longer consider entries from Israel or Russia in its award deliberations, though it...
The African National Congress (ANC) and anti-Israel activists led a protest outside Houghton Golf Club in Johannesburg on Friday morning, 24 April, following what the club has described as a...
JTA – Two floors underground, past dumpsters and oil-laden puddles, through a reinforced Cold War-era door, is a bomb shelter underneath Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station. Built in...
JTA – In an interview on a popular web series posted on Tuesday, rock musician Julian Casablancas alleged that “American Zionists” are deeply privileged yet behave as if they...
JTA – For years, critics and supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alike have seen Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as a model for his politics. Netanyahu long called Orbán a...
JTA – United States President Donald Trump officially became the first non-Israeli to receive Israel’s top civilian prize on Wednesday, but he wasn’t on hand to...
JTA – We were used to a pretty steady stream of calls, texts, and emails reporting things like a swastika on a bathroom floor, a Jewish student being punched, or a threat that...
JTA – Nearly half of young Americans, 46%, believe that the United States’s relationship with Israel is mostly a burden, according to a new survey from the Institute of...
JTA – A father and his teenage son were arrested on Wednesday after an investigation into swastika graffiti led police to search their home and find chemicals used to make...
Chaos erupted outside Johannesburg’s Houghton Golf Club on Wednesday 22 April as protesters descended on the normally quiet, tree-lined sanctuary, forcing it to shut its gates. Supporters of the Economic Freedom...
On 16 April, far from Tehran but bound to it in heart, nearly 700 people gathered outside the US consulate in Johannesburg. Iranians stood alongside South Africans of every background ‒ Christians,...
An average of at least one Jewish person a month has fallen victim to an express kidnapping in the past year. That is according to CSO Chief Executive Liron Sanders. “This crime is...
What began as a suspected drone violation over a Sandringham Jewish college quickly escalated into a high-priority investigation, culminating in the arrest of two Mexican journalists and the seizure of their electronic devices. ...
Dianna Yach, managing director and chairperson of the Mauerberger Foundation Fund (MFF) is being sued for, among other things, donating R1 million to Gift of the...
An Israel-hating pastor confronted Helen Zille about the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) supposed stance on Gaza, at a DA campaign event in Johannesburg recently. Nigel Branken challenged the mayoral contender in front of a packed audience at...
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