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When beloved South African musician Johnny Clegg passed away from cancer in July 2019, the world mourned with the Clegg family. Nobody knew that just three...
South African billionaire Rob Hersov may have no faith in the African National Congress (ANC) government, but he still has hope for South Africa’s future. That’s...
Grammy Award-winning South African artist Black Coffee left the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement out in the cold on 1 September, when he performed to a...
“What did Jews have to do with the development of modern Zambia? Everything!” That was the assessment of geophysicist Paul Bauman, who recently visited the Gateway...
When Lily Shifrin was laid on her mother’s chest after she was born in a Tel Aviv hospital, the doctor asked casually, “Did you see her...
Dr Adam Rosendorff, who describes himself as “a third-generation South African Ashkenazi Jew”, found himself at the centre of one of the greatest dramas to hit...
The Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape Board) described “terrible scenes at the Oudtshoorn Jewish Cemetery” in a Facebook post on Wednesday, 24 August, “where...
The Israeli government has changed its rules about foreign students coming to Israel to complete their medical degrees with a view to returning home. To do...
Back in 2014, Johannesburg Jewish community member Mike Said was visiting the cemetery when an idea came to him that was so simple yet so powerful...
A criminal mob boss who was arrested in Israel is suspected of trying to blackmail Jewish businessmen in South Africa who specialise in crypto-currency. According to...
The deputy minister of international relations and cooperation, Candith Mashego-Dlamini, and her entourage took a trip to the Middle East on 21 August 2022 but left...
South African-born Rebbetzin Rochi Levitansky has travelled between seven countries since she fled Ukraine six months ago. Like millions of others, she found herself on a...
When talking about the Holocaust, people often wonder if Jews held onto their faith during humanity’s darkest hour. But Yad Vashem educator Dr David Deutsch says...
Josh and Michelle Hayman are young parents with busy careers, but in between it all, they have managed to create a range of Jewish gift cards,...
Jessie Zinn is only 28 years old, but she’s already achieved what most filmmakers dream of: recognition and global reach. Zinn reached this apex moment when...
Death may be one of the last taboo topics, but for two Jewish scientists working at the forefront of forensics in South Africa, it’s something they...
“It’s clear that the SAJBD [South African Jewish Board of Deputies] is a lobby group for a foreign regime and works closely with the Israeli spy...
People often see difficulties in getting a gett (a Jewish divorce) as a purely male issue. A man may refuse to give it, and will therefore...
A year ago, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) banned Israeli filmmaker Yakie Ayalon from screening his film just because he was Israeli. So it was...
When 32-year-old Namibia-based entrepreneur David Akinin and his family were invited to dinner at the home of Spanish Ambassador Javier Romera, he thought he was there...
“Massacre, carnage, butchering, and ethnic cleansing,” were just some of the ways that the African National Congress (ANC) described Israel’s defensive actions in Gaza over the...
The Mandela name is associated with human rights, so it would make sense that awarding the late president’s grandson an award would be reason to celebrate....
The Anglican Church made a conciliatory statement regarding Israel this week following outwardly antagonistic statements made by the organisation in the recent past. In 2019, the...
The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape SAJBD) has decided to accept a formal apology from Chief Aùtshumao Mackie, a member of the Western...
They have almost 79 000 ancestors and descendants and count among their relatives Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Gene Wilder, Kirk and Michael...
The ruling party firmly placed itself in opposition to Israel while at the same time setting up camp with “rogue” nations like Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Syria,...
The kidnapping of a Jewish mother in Cape Town has shaken the community to its core. The woman, who cannot be named at this point, is...
Though many of us have moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, some families are still embroiled in its devastating effects. Cape Town mother Lauri Berman’s family...
It took only a few seconds for two-year-old Nathaniel ‘Natey’ Canter to wander to his family’s swimming pool on a hot Cape Town December day in...
It’s one thing for the South African government to have an anti-Israel stance, but it’s a whole different ball game when the department of international relations...
Israeli marketing guru Klil Kimhi (32) was enjoying a swim at a party in Karmei Yosef (central Israel) on 21 July when the unthinkable happened: a...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has criticised a particularly ugly post by local extremists Africa4Palestine (A4P) which the SAJBD said clearly showed the...
“Should South Africans be tolerant of Zionists is a question we have yet to answer as a society because some could equate them with South Africans...
It was an emotional moment for Israel Premier Tech (IPT) cyclist Hugo Houle when he won Stage 16 of the Tour de France (TDF). The Canadian...
A group of senior, experienced and committed leaders have formed an advisory group in Cape Town, calling themselves The Elders Group, to guide the community through...
Twelve years in prison was the sentence that a former senior executive of El Al’s security division received on Tuesday, 19 July, for his part in smuggling...
Yehudah Amir Kahalani keeps kosher, is shomrei Shabbos, and goes to shul. His community has a mikveh, practices brit milah, and teaches their children Jewish history....
Saul Singer studied Accounting Science at the University of Johannesburg, and is in his final year of articles. It sounds like a common path for a...
“I’ll never forget the toxic fumes from the UPL [United Phosphorous Limited] factory fire engulfing our home; staying awake listening to gunfire and chanting; our emergency...
Leaders from around the world have spoken out against appropriation of the term “apartheid” from its historical South African context with the goal of defaming and...
