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Buffets of canapés and dessert, the sharing of snacks and dips, and horah dancing – allegedly without masks – were just some features of a Jewish...
On 12 January, Rabbi Desmond Maizels and his wife Esther welcomed a new granddaughter into the world. But simcha turned to sorrow when he passed away...
A culture of bullying, racism, toxic masculinity, sexism, homophobia, corporal punishment, indoctrination, and militarisation. “k****r-hunting” on the weekends, and army “cadet” training at school. Parents who...
You may find it mysterious that you and a friend eat and exercise in a similar way, but you have totally different body shapes. Or the...
When Cape Town opera singer Belinda Silbert caught COVID-19 in March 2020, she says she was in “excruciating agony that was indescribable”. “I was screaming constantly....
The second wave of COVID-19 is currently crashing over the South African Jewish community, leaving tragedy, despair, and fear in its wake. In Cape Town, one...
As Jewish schools across the country begin the year amidst a second wave of COVID-19 and a new variant of the virus, educators are confident that...
The United States of America’s ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks, has described the frightening experience of contracting COVID-19 and landing up in the intensive-care unit...
As Ruth Wasserman Lande was sworn in as Israel’s newest member of the Knesset (MK) on Monday 11 January, it was the culmination of a long...
Even before matric Rage was declared a “super-spreader” event, the country was bracing itself for a second wave of COVID-19 infection. Now, as numbers continue to...
A matric pupil lies in high care at a Johannesburg Netcare hospital. Her peers are being admitted to hospital or are locked down, battling respiratory symptoms,...
If there’s one word that captures the challenge of business in 2020, it’s “pivot”. But what does it really mean to find that your entire market,...
“I’m not supposed to be alive today,” says Dror Zicherman, aged 35. A personal trainer and gym owner, he seems like any other young Israeli. But...
Three people committed suicide in the Johannesburg Jewish community in November, and four others since January, leaving families and friends questioning how to spot the signs...
Back in September 2019, the Beth Din found Rabbi Chanoch Galperin innocent of an allegation by the East London Chevrah Kadisha (ELCK) that he had forged...
While we hope that the challenges of 2020 will be over when the clock strikes midnight on 31 December, experts warn that this is just the...
The quiet of a suburban street in the greater Glenhazel area was broken when a rally of gunshots was fired at the home of a Jewish...
It’s a showstopper of a cake – pancake-thin baked biscuits layered with homemade custard, piled high in a way that’s pleasing on the eye and the...
Greg Borowsky was in an Uber last week when a friend called to tell him that a song he had composed, Let Me Go, had just...
The extravaganza that graced our screens on Sunday night in the form of the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards 2020 was a labour of love by Mann...
A teddy bear is a timeless symbol of comfort, reassurance, and innocence, and now it’s becoming an icon of bravery and hope. Penny Stein, who has...
By the time Jock Isacowitz died in his mid-forties, he had achieved more than a whole team of people would in their lifetime. He fought in...
When the United Nations (UN) Second Committee passed an Israeli resolution on “Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development” last week, it was supported by 144 nations. South Africa...
When a white Jewish student in the red garb of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) spouted extremist rhetoric outside Brackenfell High School on 20 November, South...
“The discovery of botulinum toxin (Botox) as a cosmetic treatment was a ‘a happy accident’,” says Dr Jemma Simpson, a doctor working in the field of...
After this tough year, we all want our traditional summer holiday, but even making that annual trip to Plettenberg Bay or Cape Town is no longer...
Ten years ago, genetic tests carried out by British scientists revealed that many of the Lemba tribe in Southern Africa have Jewish origins. While that may...
A representative of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has warned of a rising trend of extremism and hate in the United States (US) and across the globe...
Jews instinctively know what it’s like to be a wandering people, longing for home, and travel agent Vanessa Frankal recognised this when she encountered Gabriel Mambe...
For many years, word had it that if journalist and author Suzanne Belling didn’t know you, you weren’t part of the Jewish community. Such was the...
Rachel Kolisi may be a devoted Christian, but her connection to Judaism and Jewish history means that she feels a strong link to our community. This...
A video created by South African musician David Scott (known as The Kiffness) this week comparing the rise of the Nazi Party to that of the...
The Jewish Agency for Israel this week launched a support system to help Jews around the world handle the continuing coronavirus crisis and other emergency situations....
Kerri Marks has never entered a beauty pageant before, but was recently chosen as one of the top 25 in the Mrs South Africa competition. Possibly...
As the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) clashed with the public outside Brackenfell High School in the Western Cape on 9 November, Western Cape Democratic Alliance (DA)...
A Christian minister has put his livelihood on the line by quitting the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) over its Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) policy...
As Jewish communities, prime ministers, presidents, princes, rabbis, and followers of many faiths grieve the loss of the past Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations...
The Firemans Arms pub in Cape Town has existed for 156 years, and is filled with memorabilia from times gone by. But when Jewish customer Antony...
South Africa may be physically far from the recent terrorist attacks that took place in France and Austria, but we still have to be extra vigilant....
The South African government continues to refuse to support Israel and its newly transformed ties with three Arab countries in three months, without resolution of the...
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