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JTA – An animal welfare group’s appeal to an Israeli court is delaying plans to surround a high security prison for Palestinians with Nile crocodiles. The...
JTA – By mid-morning on Saturday, 8 August, the alleys surrounding Cafe Basimta were filled with Haredi Orthodox demonstrators protesting against the cafe’s decision to open...
JTA – At the entrance to Nikšić, Montenegro’s second-largest city, a vintage fighter jet painted in the colours of the Israeli Air Force perches atop a...
JTA – Reykjavik in the autumn of 1935 was a small fishing port of corrugated-iron houses battered by high winds, cod trawlers idling in the harbour, and...
JTA – Losing our daughter Malki felt like a horror movie unfolding in real time. It all started on 9 August 2001 a school vacation morning in Jerusalem. I...
JTA – When World Zionist Organization (WZO) officials working with the Israeli Foreign Ministry opened the grave of Theodor Herzl’s grandfather on 29 July in Zemun, Serbia, they found it empty. ...
JTA – Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations – and exposing rifts...
JTA – Britain’s Community Service Trust (CST) says assaults, attacks on Jewish institutions, and online abuse increased as anti-Jewish hate remained well above pre-7 October levels. Britain’s antisemitism watchdog says it received...
JTA – Nearly all Jewish students surveyed on Canadian university campuses said they have experienced or witnessed antisemitism, according to a new government-commissioned report. The survey from the Department...
JTA – Anti-Jewish hate crimes have climbed 8.5% in New York City this year, even as shootings and murders across the city fell to historic lows,...
JTA – Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, 31 July into 1 August, someone crept into the Plaza de Tiberíades in the old Jewish quarter of Córdoba, Spain and sprayed a...
Before the walls are finished and the doors officially open, the prayers have already begun. On Sunday, 2 August, Pine Street Shul held its first service...
JTA – A former neo-Nazi whose selection as a Conservative candidate for next year’s local elections sparked outrage among Britain’s Jewish community has withdrawn from the race but...
JTA – For nearly three years, much of Jewish culture has been shaped by war, rising antisemitism, and questions of identity under pressure. Rachel Israel’s latest movies head in...
The national coordinator of PAGAD (People Against Gangsterism and Drugs) vowed to “unleash the party of Allah on the shores of Africa” when speaking to a crowd waving Hamas,...
When South African student Avi crossed the stage to collect his qualification at Ariel University last week, he wasn’t just celebrating three years of hard work. He was part...
Black smoke poured through the stairwells of the Dorchester as residents fled for their lives. Harel Iluz had just escaped the burning Sea Point apartment block when people outside shouted...
South African Al Jazeera presenter Redi Tlhabi targets the Jewish State in multiple tweets a day, but on 30 July she took this a step further, targeting all of Israel’s supporters. Commenting on a video in which Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz,...
Mark Regev, former Israeli ambassador and senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offered a rare glimpse into diplomatic decision-making during war when he addressed a packed audience in...
The J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism reveals a harrowing story that is unfortunately no longer a surprise to any Jew in the diaspora. However, we feel a deep empathy...
In addition to fomenting and inciting violence against Jews, the anti-Israel agitators and demonstrators who demonise Israel as a state, Israelis, and supporters of Israel collectively with calls for...
Happy marriage, thriving kids, successful career, active social life, regular exercise. For decades, women especially have been sold the lie that we can have it all. Which...
For years, Rabbi Rogério Cukierman built a career helping organisations plan for the future. Today, he is applying the same strategic thinking in a very different setting, Bet David Progressive Synagogue...
Women are not only central to Jewish communal life, but they run the main communal organisations, too. Wendy Kahn is the national director of the South African Jewish Board...
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the way people work, learn, and communicate, the need for diverse perspectives has never been greater. Women working in AI say that greater...
Forget card games; Mahjong is rapidly becoming the game of choice for many South African Jews. The ancient Chinese tile game has experienced a recent boom in...
While most Grade 8 pupils were settling into high school, Herzlia’s Yoni Melnik was testing himself against some of Israel’s best young swimmers at the Israeli National Swimming Championships in Netanya from...
“You’ve lost so much weight, you look amazing!” For some this may be the ultimate compliment, but for many others, it’s a thinly veiled insult that sends them into an emotional spiral around how terrible they looked...
Over the past couple of months, an eclectic group of us, who would most probably never otherwise have met, have come together and bonded through our shared passion for Israel...
Thousands of kilometres from Johannesburg, a slice of South African Jewish culture has found a home in the heart of New York. Jack’s Wife Freda, the...
With nominations for this year’s Investec Jewish Achiever Awards closing on Friday, past winners say receiving the recognition was important to them. Together with long-time supporters of the awards, they see the annual celebration as much more than...
Every so often, we get to open our doors and show gratitude to the people who have stood beside us. On Shabbat, the Board hosted an...
I’d like to make a request on behalf of the Jewish people. Could someone else please take over for a week? We’re exhausted. Running absolutely everything might sound...
It’s enough of people tarring all Jews with the same brush. It’s lazy, ignorant, and offensive. It’s like saying all women are the same, or all Portuguese or black people are the same. We all...
At the beginning of Parashat Re’eh, as the Israelites prepare to enter the Promised Land, Moshe tells them, “See, I set before you this day a blessing and...
JTA – More than 100 influencer accounts have circulated theories that Israel orchestrated the rush of Moroccan migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, according to the...
JTA – Israelis are exiting the country in high numbers, a trend that could harm the State’s future security and economy, according to a new demography study...
JTA – Israel has rejected a Gaza peace plan advanced with much fanfare by US President Donald Trump, saying it did not adequately address disarmament by Hamas. “There...
JTA – Talks between Washington and Tehran were set to begin on Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, saying that at the last moment he...
JTA – Boy George has withdrawn from his run as King Herod in London’s West End revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, days before he was due to...
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