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JTA – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent Gadi Eisenkot will have to break their promises to their constituents if they want to form and...
JTA – BUENOS AIRES – Two years after an Argentinean judge ordered a Spanish dictionary to drop a definition of “Jewish” as “miserly or usurious”, the...
JTA – When I began writing The Nuremberg Women, I thought I was writing about a trial. The deeper I went, the more I realised I...
JTA – When Marvel offered Sacha Baron Cohen the role of Mephisto, the demonic figure he played in the 2025 series Ironheart, the creative team behind...
JTA – Dovid Hofstedter was visiting Belarus five years ago when he discovered that a historic Jewish school had turned into something else. Hofstedter, a Canadian...
JTA – The Netherlands is withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest, reversing an announcement that it would join the event and citing “sensitivity” over Israel’s participation. ...
JTA – Noah Wyle, the Jewish actor who both mends and steals hearts as a doctor on the hit HBO Max medical drama The Pitt, has...
The results are trickling in and no block has a majority. Will the Arab parties decide the next Prime Minister of Israel? We look at the...
Yeshiva College is embarking on an ambitious turnaround strategy to boost enrolment and rejuvenate its campus. This week the school appointed veteran sports executive Stan Matthews...
To call this election consequential would be an understatement. This election is more than a decision of choice for the next government of Israel; it is...
Dianna Yach, chairperson and director of local Jewish charity the Mauerberger Foundation Fund (MFF), has once again overseen a donation of R1 million to a South...
For some Israelis living in South Africa, voting in this election meant spending thousands of rands, crossing continents, and returning to a country whose future they...
For South Africans who have made aliya, voting in Israel meant more than choosing a political party. It was a chance to influence the future of...
With dozens of political parties competing for voters and established political loyalties under pressure, the local government elections could deliver significant changes across the country. But...
South Africans have learnt not to take running water, working traffic lights, or reliable electricity for granted. You would think that, with municipal elections approaching, the...
The story of the SS Stuttgart, the last ship to sail from Germany with Jewish refugees before the start of World War II, can be told...
When Leo Raphaely wrote to his cousin in Berlin in the 1930s, asking her to spread the word that there were opportunities for Jews in South...
With the local government elections on Wednesday 4 November, the SA Jewish Report asked candidates and political parties where they stand on issues affecting the Jewish...
For Danielle Klaff, protecting Cape Town’s environment and improving food security aren’t new political promises. They’ve shaped decades of community work, from environmental education to vegetable...
Young Jewish South Africans are under no illusion that the decisions made at the ballot box next week won’t affect them. From service delivery and safety...
More than three years after the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) lodged a complaint against the antisemitic film Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black...
Ghosts, witches, monsters, pumpkins, haunted houses, and trick or treating. Halloween, once an American-centric holiday has gained global popularity. While its roots lie in an ancient...
Tim Hutchinson, the executive chairperson and chief executive of South Africa’s largest independent wine and spirits producer and distributor, DGB, won’t let one of the whisky...
Israeli schoolchildren recently delivered a result that is difficult to ignore. Their performance in mathematics, reading, and science has fallen to its lowest level since the...
At an age when many sportsmen have long since called time on international competition, South African shooter Joel Cohen, 74, is getting better at it. Three...
The countdown is on to one of the biggest nights on the South African Jewish community’s calendar, and this year, you don’t need a seat at...
This week a media storm has brewed regarding a report that the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has had a film titled Hebrews to...
I care about a lot of things. I care about family and friends and community. I care about politics and social trends, and I care about...
Johannesburg is my home, and helping to fix and uplift it is my responsibility. As our local elections approach, I am committed to doing what I...
After welcoming guests and preparing a lavish lunch for them, Sarah overhears her visitors promise a son to her and Avraham, and she laughs. “After I...
JTA – Traders on the Kalshi and Polymarket prediction markets are betting that former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot will replace incumbent Benjamin...
JTA – JERUSALEM – He’s been called a “political Houdini”, the man with “nine political lives”, and a “political genius”, but could Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
JTA – JERUSALEM – More than seven million Israelis are eligible to vote on Tuesday in an election that many are calling the most consequential in...
JTA – JERUSALEM – On 27 October, Yael Chernyvsky, 18, from Ramat Hasharon in central Israel, plans to cast her ballot for the first time. “I’m...
JTA – JERUSALEM – On the day before Israel’s, Nat Zitomer, a retired licensed tour guide, still hadn’t decided which party to vote for. “I lean...
JTA – This article was produced by J. The Jewish News of Northern California (J.) in partnership with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. ABOARD EL AL FLIGHT...
JTA – JERUSALEM – Over the past few months, Israeli media has been full of reports of Israeli holidaymakers in Europe, Asia, and the Americas being...
JTA – A Torah scroll fragment believed to have been used as parcel paper by Nazi SS soldiers is expected to be donated to a US...
JTA – DENVER – Israeli-Arab social media entrepreneur Nuseir Yassin, of the viral vlog Nas Daily, said he believes “antizionism is a form of antisemitism” and...
JTA – BUENOS AIRES – Brazilians elected Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva as president again, defeating the centre-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro and putting the brakes on...
