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It is remarkable that in the information age, we know so little of what is happening in the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran. The little that does emerge is thin,...
Tension crackled through the air in the KuGompo City Magistrate’s Court, as protesters clad in Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) red danced and sang their support outside. Inside the courtroom, Magistrate Twanet Olivier sternly...
For South African olah Martine Ben Harush, every day is Yom Hazikaron. Her son, Shoam, 20, was shot by a Hamas terrorist on 7 October and later died as a result of his wounds. Ben Harush, one of the speakers...
“Loss does not fade with time; it changes shape, but it remains,” Naama Scop told the Yom Hazikaron gathering at the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on Tuesday morning. Scop,...
A father describing his children running to shelters, a soldier’s final act of bravery, and a toddler shaped by war formed the heart of the Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Cape Town...
“Rabbi [Doron] Perez said we don’t get over the pain, we take it with us and carry on, and that’s what we are doing tonight.” These words, delivered by...
For 57 days, Ayelet Samerano and Mishell Iluz lived in a state of unbearable uncertainty, not knowing whether their sons, Yonatan, 21, and Guy, 26, were alive, wounded, or waiting to be rescued after 7...
South African expat and author Joanne Fedler recently brought out her latest book, Bring Us Home From Sorrow: A Love Letter, which focuses on her experience of losing her...
I was sitting at the clubhouse of our soccer club recently, doing what I always do, drinking my evening double Jameson while watching whether my son was giving it...
Behind every one of Gila Smith and her aunt Sorah Garber’s lifts at the South African Powerlifting Championships were years of discipline, setbacks, and determination. Their dedication paid off as they...
Each night of the Omer, we count. One day. Two days. Three. We’re now approximately halfway through this quiet ritual that links Pesach to Shavuot. But why do...
This past week began, once again, with news that no community should have to absorb as routine. The firebombing of Kenton United Synagogue in northwest London,...
Earlier this week on air, I asked listeners a simple question: If you had your own personal customer service line, what would people complain about most? The answers...
For the past few years, it’s felt so much easier to commemorate Yom Hazikaron and feel the pain of loss than to celebrate on Yom Ha’atzmaut. The devastating and ongoing losses seem interminable and way...
JTA – When Varda Morell stands by her son’s grave in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery this Memorial Day, the official ceremony unfolding nearby will barely...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke at the Official State Ceremony for Yom Hazikaron at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday evening, 20 April. These are his words: Major Dr Eitan Menachem Neeman was a...
JTA – US President Donald Trump insisted that “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran” on his social network on Monday, apparently seeking to tamp down a series of...
JTA – Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with an arson attack on a London synagogue on Sunday, the third within days on Jewish targets...
JTA – Concerts by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, have now been called off in Poland and Switzerland amid growing backlash over his...
JTA – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on US President Donald Trump to make the return of Americans in Iranian custody an “urgent national priority” as his administration...
JTA – A French appeals court has ruled that a nanny from Algeria who was convicted of poisoning the Jewish family she worked for was not motivated by...
JTA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is denouncing an incident in which a soldier bludgeoned a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, igniting criticism at...
Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ), in partnership with the Glenhazel Residents Association and CAP Green, launched the upgraded Galliot Park on Tuesday. It says the park is a powerful example...
JTA – United States President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, amid separate US efforts to sustain the...
JTA – A week into the ceasefire in the Iran war, Israelis have settled into their old normal ‒ sort of. “Is anyone else completely struggling with the...
With the US-Iran ceasefire surprisingly being agreed to at the last minute – just before the expiry of United States President Donald Trump’s deadline – and...
Forty days. That’s how long Moses was up on Sinai. It’s also how long I’ve been living in a Jerusalem bomb shelter with my wife and two kids, who haven’t seen a classroom in more...
Born after South Africa’s 1994 democratic breakthrough, many were thrust into a world alive with the fragrance of liberty. A world many of our fallen heroes...
JTA – Israeli Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka held a meeting on Wednesday with far-right French leader Marine Le Pen, marking the latest instance in a...
JTA – Until this week, Italian prime minister Giorgio Miloni was allies with her Israeli and American counterparts, and adversaries with Elly Schlein, Italy’s opposition leader. Now, Meloni is at...
JTA – A record number of United States Senate Democrats voted on Wednesday to block the sales of certain weapons to Israel, marking a sharp rise in the...
JTA – A far-right Polish lawmaker sparked outrage on Tuesday when, while speaking in Parliament, he displayed a modified Israeli flag with the Star of David replaced by a blue swastika...
JTA – The Trump administration official behind a controversial antisemitism probe at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) told an audience of Jewish leaders that her office’s demand for...
JTA – A growing number of Americans are injecting themselves with peptides they’ve ordered online, often with no idea what’s in the vial, hoping to cure ailments and reverse ageing....
In an unprecedented victory for the community, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) KwaZulu-Natal Chairperson, Mongezi Wellbeloved Twala, has apologised for antisemitic remarks he made outside the Durban Magistrate’s Court...
Ninety percent of the remaining Holocaust survivors globally will be gone within 15 years. While there are still almost 200 000 Holocaust survivors, nearly half of...
South African opera doyenne Aviva Pelham was called an “ugly Jewess” and a “wh*re” in the comments section of a post shared on the Gift of the Givers...
The call between oleh Kenny Struwig and the SA Jewish Report begins like any other interview. A greeting, a check on the sound, a polite apology. Then, in the background, a low...
South Africa has quietly passed one of the most far-reaching reforms of its democratic era, shifting power away from politicians and into the hands of administrators...
A few weeks ago, I bumped into former Minister of Constitutional Affairs and chief negotiator for the former National Party (NP), Roelf Meyer, at a US...
