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The Yom Hashoah Vehagevurah memorial ceremony in Cape Town on Thursday, 24 April, focused on youth in recognition of how important it is for the next...
President Herzog on passing of Pope Francis I send my deepest condolences to the Christian world, especially Christian communities in Israel, the Holy Land, on the...
Not even the unseasonal autumn chill could keep the community away from the Jewish National Fund’s (JNF’s) annual Pesach Picnic at Ethel Grey Park on Friday,...
Yeshiva College High School announced its 2025/2026 student leaders at an assembly held on Wednesday, 9 April. Mazeltov to head boy Doron Simon, head girl Ella...
More than two million people take part in Israel’s Yom hama’asim hatovim (Day of good deeds) every year, a day centred on the idea, “Feels good...
South Africa’s Constitutional Court refused leave to appeal against the judgment that allowed the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to sing “Kill the Boer”, ruling that it...
Need some chol hamoed cooking inspiration? Look no further, we have you covered with two delicious mid-week Pesach recipes. Lauren Boolkin Pesach burgers These are my...
Filmmaker Wayne Kopping created the documentary Tragic Awakening – A New Look at the Oldest Hatred which tackles antisemitism since 7 October. The SA Jewish Report...
South African-born television presenter and author, Nadia Bilchik, is heading to Cape Town for the Jewish Literary Festival on 28 April. The SA Jewish Report speaks...
Bestselling international novelist Richard Zimler, whose most popular work is a series of novels about a Portuguese-Jewish family, will be attending the Jewish Literary Festival on...
Plastic surgeon, philanthropist, and environmentalist Professor Laurence Chait has had a parallel career as a sculptor for 45 years, with no less than 10 solo exhibitions...
South Africa is once again on the edge as the Government of National Unity teeters on the brink of collapse. Can the GNU survive? The Rand...
Matzah & Magic – Whipping up a Pesach feast Sunday 6 April 2025 at 19:00 SAST Pesach is a time to spend with family and tell...
Should you want to print your own SA Jewish Report on your home printer, we have made it easier for you to read it in A4 format....
NOT FOR SENSITIVE READERS “Jewish people murder, rape, and eat children,” claims aspiring South African comedian Thomas Torr in a recent YouTube video. He is one...
Myra Egdes, 90, has made history at Pretoria Jewish retirement home Jaffa by being the first resident to have written and published a novel there. The...
Actress Micaela Jade Tucker is about to take to the Johannesburg stage with her show, A Doll’s Life – Confessions of a Quarter Life Crisis. The...
South African-born author Joanne Fedler has just released her latest book, The Whale’s Last Song. The SA Jewish Report discusses it with her. What inspired you...
Having just passed the three-year mark since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, we speak to Ukrainian Ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova about this unpleasant...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 6 February. Esteemed journalist Mandy Wiener was there. Was there anything unpredictable...
A stunning 164-square-meter apartment for sale with a 30-square-meter terrace facing the Mediterranean Sea, just 300 meters from a wonderful sandy beach in one of the...
Joel Pollak has had an incredible life journey. Born in Johannesburg, raised in Chicago, and married into South African anti-apartheid royalty, Joel began as a typical...
With United States President Donald Trump’s first weeks in the White House being highlighted in the news, the SA Jewish Report asked former American diplomat and...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) met Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, the national head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, known as the...
The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre (CTHGC) marked the International Day of Commemoration of the Holocaust on Monday, 27 January, and the 80th anniversary of...
Ella Blumenthal is a Holocaust survivor and at 103 years old, lives in Cape Town. She was born in Poland, and survived the Holocaust and three...
As the matric students of 2025 begin their final year of school, the SA Jewish Report asked them to tell us their expectations. Here are a...
Not many rabbis can boast that one of their regular classes has been going uninterrupted for nearly 40 years. Rabbi Yossy Goldman, life rabbi emeritus of...
South African Rabbi Oshy Deren was chosen out of 6 500 Chabad rabbis and lay leaders who attended the 41st International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (shluchim)...
The former managing director of Yeshiva College, Rabbi Leron Bernstein, who now lives in Israel, was project director of One Day in October, a book about...
Home grown, Johannesburg-born stand-up comedian Gilli Apter, who now lives in London, is back on stage this week with The Hilarious Deep Amazing Johannesburg Comedy Show....
The “Goodtime lowdown rock and roll radio show” with the man who made radio in South Africa – Stan Katz, one of the great genius behind...
This is an excerpt from South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola’s speech at the 47th United Nations (UN) International Day of Solidarity...
Photojournalist Ilan Ossendryver is launching his book, Israel After 7th Oct this week. The SA Jewish Report speaks to him. What inspired you to create this...
SA Jewish Report welcomes you to an evening of inspiration and story telling as we celebrate the heroes of the South African Jewish community and the...
Many of our children grew up listening to Beautiful Creatures. Now, Gallo Records and Paul Choritz, Alan Glass, and Ed Jordan – the Beautiful Creatures team...
Richard Mendelsohn has recently launched his book, The Jews of Parow. The History of a South African Community as a part of a three-pronged project to...
Soon after 7 October, SA Jewish Report photographer Ilan Ossendryver spent time in Israel, capturing the pain of the massacre and how Israelis kept going. He...
A silent protest by women outside Parliament on 7 October conveyed a tangible sense of feminine strength. The women represented the Women’s Action Campaign South Africa...
Join Howard Sackstein and Dina Diamond as well as culinary wizards celebrating Jewish food across the globe in preparation for the New Year. Sarah Sassoon –...
