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JTA – A third of Israelis describe Jewish rioters involved in recent violence in the West Bank village of Qusra as “Israeli terrorists”, according to a survey...
JTA – US President Donald Trump has an unprecedented track record of opposing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when it comes to advancing the interest of the American people,...
JTA – Sweden’s centre-left coalition has overturned Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing government after a nail-biter election, blocking a far-right party with neo-Nazi roots from its...
JTA – Robert Kraft has found himself in an unusual position: nixing the rapper Macklemore’s appearance at a stadium he owns for what he said was...
JTA – Pop superstar Ed Sheeran said he wasn’t behind his tour’s recent decision to drop opening act Macklemore following the rapper’s recent pro-Palestinian remarks at a stadium...
JTA – A Reform synagogue in Jerusalem was targeted for the second time in a month when a group of Jewish youths threw eggs at worshippers...
JTA – Noah Wyle has won his second consecutive Emmy for playing Dr Michael “Robby” Robinavitch on The Pitt. The win also marked a second victory for one of television’s more...
The Gemara in Yoma 87b asks, What is Ne’ila, this closing service? Rav says it’s an additional Amida prayer. One more final opportunity to pray with all our heart and soul. One more time to appeal to G-d’s rachamim, mercy. ...
Yom Kippur is a personal and solitary experience. We descend into the chambers of our personality and search for what we spend the year avoiding. We...
JTA – We live in the age of the strategic apology. A politician apologises days before an election when an opponent surfaces uncomfortable dirt. A chief executive issues...
A local terrorism expert says it’s “really alarming” that the extremist group Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) took a South African hostage on 3 September. The South African mechanic was among a group of about 20 workers abducted in northern Mozambique...
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has joined thousands of prominent figures from around the world in putting his name to an open letter rejecting the accusation...
While Jews around the world were celebrating Rosh Hashanah last weekend, President Cyril Ramaphosa stood at the podium of a BRICS summit and said that “there must be accountability for the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians”. ...
South African Jews living in the United Kingdom (UK) say they remain largely safe despite a sustained surge in antisemitic incidents since 7 October 2023, including...
Israelis living in South Africa will have to spends thousands to vote in the upcoming election. They will have to fly home as there is no...
When the Yom Kippur War broke out in October 1973, South African musician Dennis Feldman was on the Greek island of Crete. After reading about the...
Waverley Shul and Chabad of Savoy have taken the first step towards a potential merger, signing a Memorandum of Understanding that could see the two Johannesburg...
In June, an election video appeared online showing Gadi Eisenkot, the former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff and now one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political...
Yom Kippur is the day we stand together. Not only as individuals auditing our own ledgers, but as one body, Klal Yisrael, appearing before Hashem as a...
There was a fellow who was so proud of himself. He claimed that he had conquered all his vices, except one. Which one? Temptation! Now, every single year,...
The dwindling Jewish community in East London (KuGompo City) once again filled its shul for Rosh Hashanah services, with a full minyan throughout the festival despite...
Season 5 of Fauda is shocking because of how realistically it evokes 7 October. For those of us who weren’t directly affected by that horrific day...
There’s a specific type of tragedy that I’ve witnessed a couple of times and maybe you have too. It’s the tragedy of watching others, especially those we love, not heeding the warnings of friends and family about the dangers of their destructive lifestyles. Whether it’s a friend or a family member who may be addicted to...
We know how to find almost anyone these days. We can track a package across the world, find a restaurant in seconds, locate a lost phone, and instantly know what our friends...
As Yom Kippur approaches, I find myself thinking about my beloved Bubby, Sara Kievman, of blessed memory, and a story she once told me. It’s a story from a...
A shana tova once again to our community. As we stand in the early days of 5787, it is worth pausing to consider what the year...
Every year, immediately after Yom Kippur, somebody asks me how my fast was. It’s a surprisingly complicated question. Do they want a spiritual answer? A medical...
This past weekend was Rosh Hashanah, but in my area the new year began under the shadow of failing services: no electricity at the start of the weekend and no water by...
It’s that time of year again. We ask for and offer forgiveness. To those near and those far away. To each other and to G-d Almighty. Often...
JTA – Robert Kraft, the Jewish and pro-Israel billionaire, took credit on Monday for helping to pressure singer Ed Sheeran to drop pro-Palestinian rapper Macklemore from his tour. Kraft, who...
JTA – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party tripled its vote in Lower Saxony’s local elections from five years ago, coming in third in a...
JTA – “Who boycotted Jews? The Third Reich!” Ofir Akunis, Israel’s consul general in New York, wasn’t being subtle. In a recent interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) at...
JTA – The bust of Henry Ford looked on sternly as hundreds of Jewish professionals flooded his pool room. The visiting Jews admired the views of...
JTA – “Today is the birthday of the world. It is also the end of shiva. September 11 plus 7.” That’s how Rabbi Joshua Hammerman of Temple Beth El in Stamford,...
JTA – US President Donald Trump heckled the leaders of Iran at the first-ever Republican midterm convention on Wednesday, while promoting the idea of renaming the Strait...
JTA – A documentary presenting testimony from Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers who say the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) knowingly killed large numbers of civilians during its campaign in...
JTA – A Dutch journalist hunting for art treasures belonging to an Amsterdam Jewish art dealer spent years trying to get answers from Patricia Kadgien, the...
JTA – At a family reunion in California in 2013, Felicita Trueblood discovered a portal to the past: a binder full of letters from her great-grandfather,...
JTA – On 10 September 2001, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported that New York’s Central Synagogue was reopening. The Reform synagogue had been closed for three years after a devastating...
JTA – A landmark legal battle to determine whether Jewish women have a religious right to an abortion entered a critical new stage in Indiana. The state Supreme...
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