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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...
For a family that’s travelled to more than 30 countries, South Africa had to offer something special to leave an impression. Daniel and Raizel Namdar, the Chabad couple behind...
Six new judges have joined the 2026 Investec Jewish Achiever Awards panel, bringing different voices to the recognition of excellence, leadership, entrepreneurship, and contribution in the community. Investec for Business head Anthony Meltzer...
There was never any expectation that a group of 21 Israelis and 30 South Africans would agree with each other. In fact, that would have made...
What happens when an art festival asks visitors to leave the gallery behind and explore Johannesburg through the people who make its art? That’s the idea behind Contra Joburg,...
Retirement is often treated as a finish line. But for people who live into their 90s or beyond, it can mark the beginning of several decades...
What happens when teenage girls are given a stage not simply to perform, but to express the things they may not know how to say aloud?...
A child’s trauma often has a ripple effect, shaping their behaviour, relationships, and sense of safety, and impacting the classroom and home environment. As we face communal and individual challenges, understanding how trauma can manifest in children and how best to help them navigate the fallout is vital. ...
For two and a half days, Greg Gogoski didn’t sleep. By the final hours, the man who had worked in the padel industry for three years was so exhausted that he...
Gavin Kaplan, the Boland and South Africa A batsman, describes his batting in musical terms. He talks of “rhythm” and “being in tune” with his game. The...
I live in Norwood, just off Grant Avenue, a Johannesburg street that has gone through many metamorphoses over the years. At one point, it was known...
Tanya Silverman and Janine Berzen are still pinching themselves after winning gold at an international pickleball tournament in Vietnam. The South African-born pair danced and sang on the...
It has been a week in which the South African Jewish community has stood in full view of the country, in the courts, on the street, and...
Before we got married, sometime in the 1990s, we were required to attend a marriage-preparation programme. The idea was to encourage young couples to communicate about areas of potential...
