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For members of the community, an unexpected Rosh Hashanah gift carried a message that went far beyond the turning of the Jewish year. Calendars created and...
Every teacher hopes to leave a lasting mark on their pupils. For Tal Kattan, deputy head of school and head of Hebrew at King David Primary...
Maccabi South Africa turned the disappointment of not being able to play in the Maccabiah in Israel into a brand-new exciting and inclusive tournament called the...
For many children, singing along to Disney songs happens in front of the TV or in the back seat of the car. For Redhill pupils Rafael...
When the Yom Kippur War broke out in October 1973, South African musician Dennis Feldman was on the Greek island of Crete. After reading about the...
Waverley Shul and Chabad of Savoy have taken the first step towards a potential merger, signing a Memorandum of Understanding that could see the two Johannesburg...
Ask someone who was in New York on 11 September 2001 where they were when the first plane struck the World Trade Center and chances are they won’t have to...
Apples and honey may symbolise a sweet new year, but there’s nothing particularly sweet about the bill at the supermarket checkout. With Rosh Hashanah bringing family,...
Rosh Hashanah signals the beginning of a new year. For those who’ve recently made aliya, it marks their first Jewish New Year in a new country, a new home, and...
What was meant to be a few months in South Africa turned into three years, a marriage, and a connection to the country that Rabbi Yisroel Binstock...
Booking the flights, packing the bags, and planning the itinerary may be the easy part of going on holiday. For pet owners, there’s another important question to...
“Never Again” has become one of the most recognisable phrases associated with Holocaust education. But what does it mean when antisemitism continues to evolve? This is what...
Leaders of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) are reassured that the police are taking antisemitic incidents seriously and want the local Jewish community to feel safe. They...
For the first time in about 25 years, a Jewish student is on the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Stellenbosch University. Ethan Epstein-Kay, a third-year law student from...
Who is left, right, or centre on the political spectrum is insignificant in the coming Israeli election, according to Haaretz reporter Linda Dayan, who spoke at Limmud Johannesburg. “When we talk about left and...
Education is often understood as a pathway to opportunity. But what happens when a child’s education is shaped almost entirely by the religious community into which they are...
The animated characters of Bart and Lisa Simpson are unlikely to be front of mind when considering the Talmud, but in one classic episode of The Simpsons, the siblings turn to Jewish texts to...
From a queer-centred yeshiva to an artist-driven synagogue and young adults turning their homes into Jewish gathering spaces, new models of Jewish life are challenging traditional...
Who is left, right, or centre on the political spectrum is insignificant in the coming Israeli election, according to Haaretz reporter Linda Dayan, who spoke at Limmud Johannesburg. “When we talk about left and...
“We want to take the rabbis’ authority seriously because the rabbis spend their lives immersed in and devoted to this law, trying, putting what they perceive as...
Just days after making Commonwealth Games history, Chad le Clos returned to a very different kind of reality. His home at the Dorchester in Sea Point had been gutted...
After three years of living in their car in Cape Town, Jolene Erasmus and her Jewish husband and son were given more than just R20 when they crossed paths with Gary Meyers. They were...
The name Jeffrey Wolf will always be synonymous with King David Victory Park. Now, with the loss of this educational icon on 17 August, his legacy lives on in his...
Seventy Jewish women artists and 100 artworks with one shared purpose: helping individuals and couples in the community who are facing infertility. This is the premise behind the Malka Ella Fertility Fund’s annual art exhibition...
Snatched from their mothers while they were still suckling, two lion cubs endured the cruelty of the illegal wildlife trade, one found tied by a painfully short rope, and both...
“What’s happened since 7 October is that something we may have known before but which was latent and not so clearly revealed, has become very apparent: just how...
A hole-in-one is rare enough, but for father and son, Mandy and Shaul Yachad, to have achieved this feat on the same hole at the same...
Before the walls are finished and the doors officially open, the prayers have already begun. On Sunday, 2 August, Pine Street Shul held its first service...
Women are not only central to Jewish communal life, but they run the main communal organisations, too. Wendy Kahn is the national director of the South African Jewish Board...
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the way people work, learn, and communicate, the need for diverse perspectives has never been greater. Women working in AI say that greater...
Forget card games; Mahjong is rapidly becoming the game of choice for many South African Jews. The ancient Chinese tile game has experienced a recent boom in...
While most Grade 8 pupils were settling into high school, Herzlia’s Yoni Melnik was testing himself against some of Israel’s best young swimmers at the Israeli National Swimming Championships in Netanya from...
Thousands of kilometres from Johannesburg, a slice of South African Jewish culture has found a home in the heart of New York. Jack’s Wife Freda, the...
What do a Christian Lebanese-Israeli activist, an Arab-Israeli public diplomacy advocate, and a Jewish Ethiopian content creator have in common? They happen to be in South Africa this week to offer...
No matter how many times a mother or father explains that they were once a teenager, their child is still likely to believe that their parents won’t understand what they’re going through. This, according to a clinical psychologist, is perfectly...
Hubo Studio has put South African architecture on the global stage. Its design of the Klaff Family Sports Complex at King David High School has been shortlisted in the sport category of the...
For foreign nationals at the Lindela Repatriation Centre, the days are marked by uncertainty. But beyond the centre’s gates, a small network of mostly Jewish volunteers is determined to ensure those...
The Afrika Tikkun Group – which was the brainchild of late Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris and philanthropy and business icon Bertie Lubner, created to uplift South Africa’s disadvantaged...
Rather than waiting for a matchmaker to make you a match, you can match with a matchmaker to help you find your perfect match. With more than 100...
There are few things more awkward than a first date. Unless that first date is interrupted by your mother’s best friend, your cousin, and three family...
