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In spite of immense social turmoil over the past few decades, the teenage experience of angst and uncertainty remains largely unchanged. Just Now Jeffrey is a...
From the popular 2003 comedy film starring Jack Black to the 2015 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, or even the 2016 television adaptation, School of Rock is...
King David High School Linksfield’s production of We Will Rock You, directed by Debra Mizrachi, underscored the power of technology, while drawing upon the nostalgia of...
“A defining moment of my high school experience was the first day of Grade 8, walking into the hall to put on our blazers for the...
After a series of misdiagnoses of chronic pain, King David Victory Park matriculant Yocheved Saksenberg was diagnosed in Grade 10 with fibromyalgia, a nerve condition which...
Samuel Hertz says being on the leadership teams at Redhill High School helped him to get involved in the community and facilitate things that he wanted...
Saul Fox, a Yeshiva College matriculant, fondly remembers his introduction to high school life – his Grade 6 camp – when they were joined by the...
When Redhill matriculant Joshua Brooking chose to take the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme route to matriculation, he did it because he wanted to challenge...
As another year of loadshedding comes to an end, it seems we’re unlikely to see another Chanukah miracle anytime soon. Unlike the drop of oil that...
For many, it’s a Chanukah family tradition to attend the menorah lighting ceremonies at Sandton City and Norwood Mall. Unfortunately, both centres have cancelled these ceremonies...
Ann Nurock, the winner of the Financial Mail Adfocus Lifetime Achievement Award, described it as “an affirmation of close to 40 years of work within the...
Levels of antisemitism are a test of how stable a society is, says Holocaust-studies specialist Professor Michael Berenbaum, dissecting the rise in antisemitism exacerbated by the...
She was sitting in a safe room in the middle of Ashkelon while rockets were fired overhead, but Debbie Gross remained calm as she advised South...
Rabbi Dovid Hazdan; Rabbi Menachem Mendel Popack; Hannah Ben Moshe; Isla Feldman; Darren Bass; Mazal Sacks; and Sheila Sklaar are some of the gold award winners...
When David Teeger, 18, accepted his award as the inaugural Rising Star of the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards, he dedicated it to the young soldiers fighting...
“I’m so grateful and proud to be just one of many Jews in this country who have devoted so much of their lives and resources to...
Having been a “subsidy kid” herself, Mann Made Community Service Award winner Raelene Tradonsky, the executive director of the King David Schools Foundation, was able to...
On Monday evening, 16 October, Ponte was illuminated in blue and white with the Israeli flag. It was short lived, not much more than 10 minutes,...
Many South Africans want to know how they can help Israel. Here’s what the SA Jewish Report has found. The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) has...
Actress, teacher, writer, singer, dancer, and chorographer Talia Kodesh has performed in many acclaimed musicals, but she’s now about to launch her first “musical dramedy”, which...
Finding Rosetta, a new one-woman play by Paul Slabolepszy, paints a picture of a midlife crisis turned self-discovery journey with an alien twist. The play, directed...
King David Primary School Victory Park (KDVP) transported audiences to a world of pure imagination in its production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from 4...
“When I was exhibiting in Hong Kong, I met a brilliant curator who made a comment which stuck with me – that the soft arts are...
“I was getting pretty irritated with being in South Africa and everyone complaining about the African National Congress government and, quite honestly, doing nothing about it,”...
Jewish women faced a “double risk” in trying to survive the Holocaust, Dr Yaron Nir Freisager told the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, citing various testimonials....
As much as you try to understand the ways in which teens and children use technology and social media, the ever-growing disparity between yourselves and your...
When Sydenham Shul’s Rabbi Yehuda Stern drove into the Shell Garage in Sandringham last week, he wasn’t expecting to be greeted with the words, “Shalom, boker...
When 15-year-old Owethu, a pupil at Hope School for the physically disabled, was for the first time about to hold something with the 3D printed prosthetic...
Benoni Shul, which served the once thriving local community for 90 years, officially closed its doors for the last time on Sunday, 23 July, with a...
“You don’t need to donate thousands to make a difference,” says Dr Efrat Barnes, a medical doctor at the Teddy Bear Clinic, “you just need a...
Weekend markets abound, but Picnic and Thrift is unique in that it’s a sustainable thrift market curated by young people for young people. And it’s the...
The SA Jewish Report Online Film Festival’s Share the Light campaign has distributed the first 1 300 rechargeable lights and hot water bottles to those in...
When 10-year-old King David Linksfield Grade 4 pupil Caiden Distiller steps onto stage in Dr Seussical Jr at the People’s Theatre, he may initially be a...
Friday, 16 June, marked 47 years since the Soweto uprising, and 47 years since the tragic death of Dr Melville Edelstein, a Jewish sociologist who was...
The SA Jewish Report’s first Online Film Festival has raised almost R150 000 towards supplying hot water bottles and rechargeable lights for those in need. The...
Behind Africa’s first physical digital fine art gallery in Johannesburg, called USURPA Gallery, are a few innovative Jewish guys. And chief executive and former photographer, Steve...
Anatevka, the latest production by the Joburg Jewish Women’s Theatre, is an adaptation of the story of Tevye’s Daughters by Sholem Aleichem which explores life in...
Restaurants advertise all the time, but few market three-course kosher meals for “up to R72 if you can, free if you can’t”. Such was a recent...
“Behind the mask of every soldier – German, South African, Jewish – lies a human being. We can never forget what real people went through fighting...
Acclaimed international actress Mayim Bialik is more than just a neuroscientist, Jeopardy host, and Emmy nominee, she’s also a proud Jew who regularly shares aspects of...
