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With thanks to the generosity of Brian and Ros Jossel, Jewish food fund Yad Aharon & Michael celebrated the opening of its revamped soup kitchen in Johannesburg’s Rouxville. The space redefines what a community soup...
No-holds-barred sex coach Nicki Brivik has launched her first book, SEXponential: Transform Your Sex Life, a practical guide to revving up things in the bedroom. The SA Jewish Report talks to her. How...
As Israel heads to an election at the convergence of multiple crises Howard Sackstein discusses Israel’s future with Amit Segal, one of Israel’s top journalists and...
King David High School Grade 12 pupil Noah Greenblatt will represent South Africa at the prestigious International Mathematical Olympiad in China. He is one of only six pupils chosen to represent the country at the premier...
Graduates of the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) Sewing Empowerment School walked the red carpet last week in beautiful outfits they had designed, patterned, and stitched themselves. The graduation ceremony at Johannesburg’s Oxford Shul was the culmination of four...
Fifty years ago, on 16 June 1976, thousands of young people in Soweto rose up against injustice, marching for their right to a better education and a better future. To...
Around 15 Batmitzvah girls and their mothers joined Great Park Synagogue Rabbi Dovid Hazdan to hand out blankets and jackets at Uthando, the Afrika Tikkun centre in Johannesburg, last week. The B’not Mitzvah group was also involved...
It is a special mitzvah for a Barmitzvah boy and his family to donate money to give wheelchairs to pupils at the Hope School in Johannesburg. Helping them...
At every dinner table people are talking about Ozempic, Mounjaro, Retatrutide, and which peptides they are using for weight loss, brain fog, injury repair, and glowing...
Fifty years after the 1976 Soweto Uprising, the SA Jewish Report asked Jewish youth what young people today are fighting for. Here are the responses from three King David High School...
Holocaust survivors and members of the second and third generations gathered at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) on Thursday, 4 June, to mark International Holocaust Survivor...
A taste of South Africa came to Mill Hill, London, when Sharon Lurie, author of The Kosher Butcher’s Wife series, presented a cooking demonstration to a sold-out audience in...
Journalists and authors Gus Silber and Jonathan Ancer recently brought out The Three Comma Club: How Billionaires Think, Act and Shape Our World. They spoke to the SA...
Fifty professionals made time in their busy schedules to talk to Grade 11s at the King David KonnecteD: Careers Conversations. What made the morning especially powerful was...
Communal leader and entrepreneur Reeva Forman described former South African president Jan Smuts as a visionary in his support of Israel. Forman represented the Jewish community at the annual General Jan C Smuts Memorial Parade, held on...
Mambo’s is Changing the Home Game Guess what? The Western Cape’s favourite home living secret has officially landed in Gauteng, and it’s a total gamechanger. Mambo’s...
Painting and cheesecake-tasting sound like a good way to prepare for Shavuot. That’s exactly how the women of the Pretoria Jewish community spent Sunday, 17 May, at the Hebrew Congregation Shul. They created...
Rabbi Jonathan Fox, the group rabbi of the Chevrah Kadisha, has recently published The Bible Challenge. The SA Jewish Report chats to him about it. What inspired you to write this book? As the Bible is...
Ilana Zelkin’s vanilla cinnamon phyllo cake Ingredients 1 packet phyllo pastry 500g butter 250g flaked almonds 2 tsp cinnamon and sugar 2 packets vanilla instant pudding ...
JNF helps launch One Billion Tree campaign The Jewish National Fund South Africa (JNF SA) has joined the campaign to plant a million trees across South Africa in a single day in September. It’s part...
🚨Municipal elections are proclaimed for 4 November. Can a 75 year old grandmother save Joburg? And what about the rest of the country? On Sunday 10...
Founder and chief executive of Discovery Adrian Gore has authored a book called The Four Principles – Multiply Your Impact in Life and Leadership, which is to...
Albie Sachs, Fathers, Sons and Soft Vengeance is on at Theatre on the Square in Sandton from 7 May. The SA Jewish Report speaks to its playwright, Gail Louw, and Graham Hopkins, who plays the role...
Last week, 32 pupils from King David and Herzlia high schools took part in the first South African scholar tour to Poland since 2019. It was a deeply moving journey into...
With The Story of 702 – In Touch, In Tune and Independent recently launched, the SA Jewish Report speaks to its publisher, Batya Bricker. Why and how do you believe...
“Loss does not fade with time; it changes shape, but it remains,” Naama Scop told the Yom Hazikaron gathering at the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on Tuesday morning. Scop,...
South African expat and author Joanne Fedler recently brought out her latest book, Bring Us Home From Sorrow: A Love Letter, which focuses on her experience of losing her...
Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ), in partnership with the Glenhazel Residents Association and CAP Green, launched the upgraded Galliot Park on Tuesday. It says the park is a powerful example...
Join EYLON LEVY, GIL HOFFMAN (HonestReporting), and TAL HAGIN (Open Source Intelligence Disinformation Analyst) For Media Wars: the battle for truth. We delve into the murky...
Nearly 2 000 Joburg Jews gathered at The Teatro at Montecasino on Tuesday evening, not just to watch two international music stars, Simcha Leiner and Nachman...
A powerful initiative inspired by the memory of two young Israeli children is capturing the imagination of Jewish high school pupils across South Africa. The Bibas...
Mosiuoa Lekota was a friend who remained present, not only in easy moments but also in times of challenge and adversity, said South African Jewish Board...
You can’t get a more war-hardened journalist than Paula Slier: Blacklisted by the SABC for being Jewish War correspondent for Russia Today First-hand witness to every...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies met with the new United States Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, on Wednesday, 4 March, to...
This Purim, Yad Aharon & Michael dressed up as “Where’s Wally” (an illustrated character in a series of children’s puzzle books featuring detailed chaotic illustrations where the reader must locate ‘Wally’). Yad...
With the Middle East once again in flames, join us for an essential security briefing with two of Israel’s most respected defence experts: Colonel Miri Eisin...
Eli and Jill Rabinowitz, former South Africans now based in Perth, Australia, are visiting the country to promote their educational initiative, “In My Pocket”, for local students. The project centres on...
King David Primary School Sandton has unveiled a vibrant new multipurpose court designed to accommodate netball, basketball, futsal, soccer skills, hockey drills, as well as fitness and...
Israel’s leading non-governmental humanitarian aid agency welcomed former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel to Kakuma Refugee Camp and surrounding communities in Turkana County, Kenya, last week on...
South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) KwaZulu-Natal Council President Alana Pugh-Jones Baranov was invited to attend the 77th Republic Day of India on Tuesday, 27 January. The event, which...
