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Erring on the side of caution, the Strauss Group, one of Israel’s largest food manufacturers, announced on 27 April that it was recalling all Elite chocolate...
“At my home we have power but no water. Luckily we have a small JoJo [rainwater collection] tank, but it’s being used up quickly. Our ward...
It’s been almost six months since South African oleh Eli Kay was gunned down in cold blood by a terrorist. Now, his family and Telfed have...
“Pregnant women tried to kill their own babies. It was better to kill their babies than let the Nazis experiment on them,” says 98-year-old Holocaust survivor...
Thousands of South African Jews attribute their safe journey into this world to the late obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Jules Leeb. When he passed away in...
Ruth Berman was born in Cape Town in 1935, and grew up in Sea Point in a Lithuanian immigrant family. Her mother’s father was the famous...
When South Africans emigrate, many of them shut the door on their former country. But Claire Jankelson and Di Singer, who live in Australia, have not...
When Johannesburg Rabbi Yossi Chaikin heard that there had been a shooting at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday, 12 April, he went...
Johannesburg resident Kim Fine and her family went from enjoying a carefree evening out in the Namal (port) area of Tel Aviv last Thursday evening (7...
The Durban Jewish community is caught up in a Biblical scenario not unlike the plagues in the Pesach story, as flooding plagues their province. Not only...
He was a real all-rounder, full of life, and dedicated to the well-being of others, and his sudden death has left family, friends, and the community...
The seder plate takes centre stage on our Pesach tables, playing a crucial role in bringing the story of the Exodus to life. But did you...
After a six-year behind-the-scenes journey, Telfed (the absorption organisation for South Africans in Israel) has launched a world first – a seven-year medical degree in English...
One year after a University of Cape Town (UCT) political science lecturer claimed “Hitler committed no crime”, he remains firmly in his academic seat. Dr Lwazi...
Not many people would flee a war only when things were truly dire, then fly back into the humanitarian catastrophe to host a seder for refugees...
When the well-known Johannesburg businessman and philanthropist, Solly Krok, first heard that the iconic Johannesburg property, Summer Place, was going on auction in 1994, he didn’t...
For South African oleh Howard Sundy, moving to Israel was motivated by a feeling of coming home. But this week, that sense of security was rattled...
When Debbie Werner didn’t hear from her 25-year-old son, Doron, on the Shabbat morning of Saturday, 19 March, she knew something was wrong. He had left...
How did a Jewish South African come to be honoured by the Emperor of Japan? Though Rescue South Africa (Rescue SA) Chief Executive Ian Scher prefers...
Johannesburg Jewish life is multifaceted and diverse, but there’s always room to grow, especially when it comes to including women. This is why a group of...
Cape Town artist Claudia Gurwitz was motivated by the unprecedented hard lockdown in South Africa two years ago to take a “deep dive” into exploring nature...
Antisemitism experts say it’s a sad day for South Africa after Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, spouted anti-Jewish tropes that could have come from...
South African oleh Gideon Kaufmann was at work on the afternoon of 22 March 2022 when sirens broke the peace of his hometown, Be’er Sheva. “When...
She’s a single mother of two young children with a brother in Ukraine and colleagues who have lost their homes to Russian bombings. A woman she...
When the African Union (AU) admitted Israel as an observer in 2021, a number of African countries were furious, with South Africa leading the charge. And...
The son of parents who survived the Holocaust, South African-born Solly Kaplinski is now helping Jews in Ukraine survive the war. Kaplinski, who grew up in...
They say that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but one Jewish family in Cape Town is enduring its worst nightmare for the second time....
Spending a night in a bus stuck in the snow in a remote area of Moldova is not the place you would normally find a South...
Most of Ukraine is fighting back against the Russian invasion, but some towns have fallen and have been occupied by Russian forces. One such city is...
As bewildered and distressed Ukrainian refugees land at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, olim – some of who are from South Africa – are there to...
Like many Italian youngsters, 19-year-old Viola Turone looked forward to travelling as a high school exchange student. But unlike many of her peers, she chose to...
A local Jewish-led production company will join Israel’s Keshet International (KI) to produce a murder mystery series based in South Africa. The show, titled Paradys, explores...
As an endless column of humanity streams across Ukraine’s border with Poland, there are countless aid agencies and Polish citizens waiting to meet them. Among them,...
Instead of taking her four kids to the park or the beach on Sunday, 6 March 2022, Alana Baranov and her husband, Gary, took them to...
As bombs fell around the orphanage, the girls screamed and cried. They had always felt safe in Tikva Children’s Home, but Putin’s invasion stole that from...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, Johannesburg interior architect Kim Kur decided to form a circle of support to get South Africans home. But in...
A man gets his wife and baby into their car at the crack of dawn while bombs fall around him. In a state of shock, he...
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement in South Africa’s latest attempt to stifle freedom of expression has failed. The movement tried to stop Israeli artists from...
School uniforms are something our institutions inherited from this country’s British colonial past, but are they helping or hindering students and their parents? The SA Jewish...
The rate of suicide, divorce, addiction, and depression has accelerated in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and community members are in dire need of support....