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South Africans rightly remember the SS Mendi. During World War I, the troop ship carrying members of the South African Native Labour Corps sank in the English Channel...
I had put a visit to the holy land at the top of my bucket list when I’d left full-time employment to start writing books three years ago. I had every intention...
For Wayne Duvenage, the fight against corruption isn’t separate from business. Rather, it is a condition for business to function. The chief executive of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA)...
What was meant to be a few months in South Africa turned into three years, a marriage, and a connection to the country that Rabbi Yisroel Binstock...
Booking the flights, packing the bags, and planning the itinerary may be the easy part of going on holiday. For pet owners, there’s another important question to...
When a family is confronted with a serious illness or an end-of-life diagnosis, there is often a scramble to work out what help is available. A recent webinar organised by wellness network...
French Jewish tourists leaving a Barcelona synagogue chased by an angry mob, an Australian Jewish couple threatened with death at a French supermarket, countless Israelis targeted around the world. In the face of heightened risks to Israeli and...
“Never Again” has become one of the most recognisable phrases associated with Holocaust education. But what does it mean when antisemitism continues to evolve? This is what...
At 55, Paul Koffler never expected to represent South Africa on a world sporting stage. Yet this month, he was in London wearing the green and gold, competing at the...
In July, a political commentator on Power FM stated that the Democratic Alliance had chosen Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille because “the Jews” were unhappy with Johannesburg. The...
If the tortoise from The Tortoise and the Hare were alive today, he would be unbearable. He wouldn’t simply enjoy his victory. He would turn it into a speaking career. ...
Our New Year, Rosh Hashanah, isn’t a festival of pure, unadulterated celebration, like the one many of us mark on 31 December in the Gregorian calendar. It is a deeply introspective time, filled...
There is so much noise we create within ourselves – our worries, expectations, fears, and ideas about how life needs to be. Rosh Hashanah invites us to take...
JTA – A victory for Germany’s far-right party in an eastern federal state has reverberated across the globe, exposing the widening rifts between alarmed centrist leaders...
JTA – Israel’s High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by Israeli expatriates seeking to vote in the 27 October elections after discovering that they had been excluded from...
JTA – Some 170 notable Jewish personalities have released an open letter defending actor and producer Mark Ruffalo, who has been accused of antisemitism for his...
JTA – Dozens of far-right activists raised their arms in Nazi-style salutes and sang a Spanish fascist anthem in the heart of Madrid on Wednesday, amid protests...
JTA – The Israeli-American Council (IAC) is calling for rapper Macklemore to be dropped from the opening slot on pop star Ed Sheeran’s US tour for...
JTA – The 27 October elections have brought the concept of Palestinian emigration from Gaza to the forefront of Israeli political discourse. The once-taboo topic has become an...
Teachers from Israel and South Africa learned from one another and forged professional and personal connections during a memorable visit to Johannesburg by the Jewish Agency for Israel’s P2G (Partnership2Gether) programme. They worked with pupils in...
The Jewish Women’s Benevolent Society hosted a tea last week to acknowledge the contribution of volunteers past and present. It presented 60-Year Service Awards to Marlene Bethlehem and June Berger,...
In a landmark judgment that curtails antizionist hate, the Western Cape High Court has stopped the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), and its supporters, from defaming, targeting,...
JTA – Gloria Steinem, the trailblazing feminist who turbocharged the women’s rights movement’s second wave by casting the liberation of women as part of the broader...
JTA – Café Basimta, the Jerusalem coffee shop that became a flashpoint in the city’s long-running dispute over Shabbat observance, will stop opening on Saturdays beginning this...
JTA – United States Vice-President JD Vance acknowledged that he has “political disagreements” with Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News personality who has spread antisemitic conspiracy...
JTA – The new British government plans to announce in the coming weeks a comprehensive package of economic sanctions and other measures designed to prevent the...
JTA – A Belgian union has threatened to strike against Brussels Airlines for compelling staff to work on flights to Israel, saying that anyone with “safety...
JTA – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Monday that Israel and Russia spread disinformation about Spain’s migration policy after a rush of migrants arrived...
JTA – Spain’s Jewish umbrella organisation and a watchdog group have reported that antisemitic incidents rose 14.5% in 2025, warning that hatred was being “normalised”. The...
JTA – The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent federal funds from going to academic institutions that participate in commercial boycotts of...
JTA – Germany’s far-right is heading to a historic win in the eastern federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, with plans of overhauling society to foster national pride...
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is facing fierce criticism over its “biased” statement accompanying South Africa’s latest submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). It has accused Israel of killing journalists to...
Leaders of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) are reassured that the police are taking antisemitic incidents seriously and want the local Jewish community to feel safe. They...
Giving blessings to the hundreds of people longing to meet him, Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi brought strength and inspiration to the Joburg Jewish community this past week. Rosh yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Mir Yerushalyim, which with 10 000 students is...
When University of Cape Town (UCT) politics lecturer Dr Lwazi Lushaba told students in 2021 that “Hitler did no wrong”, it caused an uproar and a UCT investigation. But five years later, Lushaba is still teaching and saying...
For the first time in about 25 years, a Jewish student is on the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Stellenbosch University. Ethan Epstein-Kay, a third-year law student from...
Jewish organisations and academics are criticising the University of the Western Cape (UWC) decision to confer honorary doctorates on four prominent figures who have taken an anti-Israel...
Twenty-five years ago this week, the traditionally laid-back coastal city of Durban became the epicentre of an organised international anti-Jewish hate campaign the likes of which...
Savvy consumers among SA Jewish Report readers will no doubt be familiar with a phenomenon that occurs during periods of higher prices and inflation. Your local restaurant may...
A 26-year-old lone soldier on reserve duty told me this week how he came to be serving in Gaza. As a Jewish boy growing up in the United...
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