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Jewish organisations and academics are criticising the University of the Western Cape (UWC) decision to confer honorary doctorates on four prominent figures who have taken an anti-Israel...
For a family that’s travelled to more than 30 countries, South Africa had to offer something special to leave an impression. Daniel and Raizel Namdar, the Chabad couple behind...
What happens when an art festival asks visitors to leave the gallery behind and explore Johannesburg through the people who make its art? That’s the idea behind Contra Joburg,...
Retirement is often treated as a finish line. But for people who live into their 90s or beyond, it can mark the beginning of several decades...
Tanya Silverman and Janine Berzen are still pinching themselves after winning gold at an international pickleball tournament in Vietnam. The South African-born pair danced and sang on the...
When Harel Iluz returned to an apartment destroyed by the recent Sea Point fire, he expected to find nothing intact. The roof had collapsed, the heat had destroyed most of the contents, and...
For observant Johannesburg Jewish rugby fans, getting to Ellis Park for the Springboks’ clash with New Zealand on Saturday, 22 August, meant walking kilometres, joining friends and family along the...
Just days after receiving a national lifetime achievement award, Selwyn Nathan is looking back on more than five decades in South African golf. Nathan was handed the Steve Tshwete Lifetime...
Errol Anstey has been awarded the title of Alderman after 16 years as a City of Cape Town councillor. It recognises a political career that began decades before...
For most of their lives, Batyah* and Gila* understood themselves to be Muslim. Yet, woven through generations of their family was a Jewish identity they did not fully understand. The...
For Israel, the battle is no longer only a military one. Dan Feferman told Limmud Cape Town that the information space is as strategic a battlefield, capable of shaping public opinion, political decisions,...
Investing can seem like something reserved for people with substantial savings, financial expertise, or a high tolerance for risk. A Limmud Cape Town session challenged all three...
Right-wing voters who no longer want Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to be in power could decide Israel’s election in October. It could also hinge on the cost of living, military service, and whether Netanyahu can...
For decades, the Nazi extermination camp at Sobibor in Poland was deliberately hidden beneath trees, earth, and silence. Now, archaeological discoveries are revealing the physical traces of the people...
When 11-day-old Angel needed an urgent heart procedure, an Israeli doctor kept a promise to a Rwandan cardiologist he had trained. Dr Sagi Assa flew more than 4 000km to Kigali to help Dr...
For generations, Jews have been associated with professions such as medicine, law, accounting and business. Yet, beyond these stereotypes are people whose working lives look very different. A game ranger tracking lions before sunrise, a...
For more than a decade, Pastor Jenny Pillay has travelled across Africa and beyond with one goal: to get Christians to understand why they should stand with Israel and...
When South African-born Israeli reservist Eyal* returned home after weeks of fighting in Gaza, the war refused to leave him. His body was back in Modi‘in, but his mind remained...
When South African student Avi crossed the stage to collect his qualification at Ariel University last week, he wasn’t just celebrating three years of hard work. He was part...
Black smoke poured through the stairwells of the Dorchester as residents fled for their lives. Harel Iluz had just escaped the burning Sea Point apartment block when people outside shouted...
Mark Regev, former Israeli ambassador and senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offered a rare glimpse into diplomatic decision-making during war when he addressed a packed audience in...
For years, Rabbi Rogério Cukierman built a career helping organisations plan for the future. Today, he is applying the same strategic thinking in a very different setting, Bet David Progressive Synagogue...
For years, people have been packing up their lives in Johannesburg and heading to the Western Cape, drawn by the promise of beaches, better municipal services, and a slower pace...
For years, small Orthodox Jewish communities across East Africa have practised their faith largely in isolation. They have struggled to access Jewish education, kosher food, religious items, and...
For most girls, a Batmitzvah ends when the party is over. For 30 Johannesburg girls, it marked the beginning of a year-long mission that has left a...
Every night before she goes to sleep, Ella Blumenthal leaves her curtains open. Having turned 105, she still wants to ensure she sees the sun rise. It’s a simple ritual, but one that...
A routine morning coffee turned into tragedy when a balcony crashed onto a popular Jerusalem café, killing South African-born oleh Barry Levitt and leaving his wife, Janet, and two teenagers...
Colombia’s decision to withdraw from South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has reignited debate over the future of Pretoria’s legal challenge, with...
Justine Isaacson-Connelly is hellbent on finding out how her older brother, Marc Isaacson, died suddenly in Johannesburg in February. She is convinced that crucial forensic evidence will give answers, but...
Many patients and medical practitioners in Australia are hiding their Jewish identity amid an increasing number of reports of widespread antisemitism in the healthcare system. The publication of an investigation...
Authoritarian leaders are no longer united by ideology but by a shared determination to protect their power, wealth, and influence, warns Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Anne Applebaum. She spoke with Centre for...
For decades Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph has composed music that has been performed in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls. She helped shape South Africa’s national anthem, represented Africa at a...
South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) is demanding that the government and the African National Congress (ANC) publicly condemn Hamas after a senior United Nations (UN) official accused its “armed personnel” of obstructing humanitarian aid in Gaza. Dr...
As the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto closed in and death became an ever-present reality, a group of Jews made an extraordinary decision. They believed preserving...
Nearly two decades after Mandela Day was introduced, many charities say the challenge is not persuading people to give 67 minutes to a good cause. It is encouraging them to...
Just weeks ago, Aviva Zartz considered herself healthy. Then a routine doctor’s visit led to the finding that her kidneys were functioning at just 3%. Within hours, she...
The hora is one of the most memorable parts of a Jewish wedding. It’s energetic, emotional, and often chaotic in the best possible way. Circles form, music swells, and...
The appointment of Gauteng local government stalwart Dr Jack Bloom as Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation has triggered a stream of antisemitic, antizionist, and anti-white comments on social...
South Africa shed 80 000 jobs in the first three months of 2026, with the largest losses concentrated in community services and trade. Amid anti-immigrant rhetoric across the country,...
The attack by former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen on Tony Leon, executive chairperson of Resolve Communications, has highlighted the vast differences between the business of public relations, political lobbying,...
