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“We are Christians, we’ve been quiet for too long, and we’ve made South Africa a new Palestine.” These words were shouted loud and clear on 30 January outside the...
When Rebbetzin Aviva Rabinowitz approached a group of street dancers on the corner of Oxford Road and Jan Smuts Avenue four years ago, she never imagined that she would help take them...
When second-generation Holocaust survivor Luc Albinski approached Bulgarian director Ilina Perianova to direct the play he wrote about his family’s experience, she jumped at the chance...
At just 21, South African-born powerlifter Avishai Eilim has already claimed national and African titles, broken multiple records, and placed among the world’s elite. Now, instead...
As the early morning traffic crossed the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Braamfontein on 29 January, commuters saw hundreds of blue balloons and posters of former Israeli hostages in...
Two members of a criminal gang linked to more than 50 business robberies across Johannesburg were arrested and a crime in progress interrupted in the early hours of 18 January, following...
Walking through Beneath the Skin, an exhibition at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), part of its week of international Holocaust remembrance, visitors are confronted with history and the lingering echoes of lives lost. Artist Mike Fisher, whose...
An Israeli entrepreneur saved the life of his former Zimbabwean employee, Chance Chitima’s, baby son, Takudzwa, by connecting the family with Save a Child’s Heart, an Israeli humanitarian organisation specialising in paediatric cardiac care. When all other options to...
South Africa’s Film and Publications Board (FPB) has refused to classify the documentary Hebrews to Negroes – Wake Up Black America because it contains antisemitic and harmful content. The ruling this week follows a formal complaint from...
In a small community like South Africa’s, you’d imagine that Jewish 20-somethings would easily find one another. Yet for many young adults, the opposite is true. Once school, youth...
“For the survivor who chooses to testify, it’s clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right...
Writing about family is never simple, especially when the story spans generations. For Luc Albinski, bringing his mother and grandmother’s lives to the stage was both a creative challenge...
For many matriculants, results day brings pride, relief, and anxiety, often all at the same time. While some schools publicly celebrate top performers, others are moving away...
When King David Victory Park (KDVP) matriculant Benjamin Terner started high school after moving from King David Sandton, he barely spoke and avoided the spotlight. But, by his final...
For Yeshiva College matriculant Benji Goldstein, the most fun in matric was being able to showcase his love for performing rather than studying. As a drama student, Goldstein loved the fact that he was able...
When King David Linksfield (KDL) 2025 matriculant Chad Goldberg started primary school, he was selectively mute. In other words, he wouldn’t speak at school. By the time he matriculated at KDL with...
King David Victory Park (KDVP) matriculant Eitan Klein lost his dad tragically in his Grade 11 year, and thought his academic career was over. The tragedy occurred at the start of his Grade 11 year,...
If Yeshiva College matriculant Ella Trope had to redo her school career, she is convinced she would do it exactly the same way because every experience made her the person she is...
When King David Linksfield matriculant Jacob Pimstein began matric last year, all he wanted was to play rugby, which had come to a halt after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in Grade 11. ...
Learning to survive after they lost their mother to breast cancer in Grade 8, the Lyons triplets, Cameron, Eden, and Tana, believe they can do anything they set...
On top of being deputy head boy and a Diller Teen Fellow, King David Victory Park (KDVP) matriculant Ross Raven also represented South Africa three times at the World Shotokan Karate-Do...
For King David Victory Park (KDVP) matriculant Teghan Shaer, finishing matric was like summiting a challenging climb. Navigating noisy classrooms, social misunderstandings, and hearing difficulties tested his resilience, but with determination and...
Doing what you love and getting paid for it sounds like a dream. Yet for some individuals, that dream has become reality through hard work, creativity, and the courage...
Most families leave leadership of school at school, but for one mother and daughter, Jocelyn and Danni Angel, this is complicated by both having recently been chosen for leadership positions at King...
More than 40 years after philanthropist powerhouse Wendy Fisher began studying for her doctorate of psychology at Yeshiva University, she was honoured with an honorary Doctorate...
It’s almost time to “Put on your yarmulke; here comes Chanukah; so much Fun-ukah to celebrate Chanukah,” as Adam Sandler famously sang in his iconic 1994 Chanukah Song, a playful reminder that...
South African Holocaust educator Tali Nates, the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), received one of Austria’s highest civilian honours at the end of October. Nates...
“For six decades, this campus has been more than bricks and mortar. It’s been a living, breathing tapestry. Woven into its fabric are the threads of...
The atmosphere was electric at the Motsepe National Day of Prayer on 30 November, a gathering of leaders from across South Africa’s faith communities. Among them, Chief Rabbi Dr...
After years of developing talent across the globe, Cape Town-born Cricket South Africa (CSA) Level 3 certified coach Ryan Maron has come home to Western Province to help steer the provincial side through the high-stakes...
It seems unthinkable for someone who is fit, active, and healthy to collapse mid-run or during a sports game. Yet each year, this nightmare strikes a small number of people. However,...
At just 15 years old, Herzlia student Leah Grace Roytowski this week achieved a dream many dancers only fantasise about, becoming world champion at the International Dance Open Ballet Championships in...
As King David Victory Park enters its final weeks and the community prepares to say goodbye, there’s a sense that the dust has settled, and people...
Decades after the original Chassidim shul that served as a spiritual hub for the community in Yeoville, Johannesburg, closed its doors, a new chapter began this week with the opening of a new shul at the...
Just days before the last Shabbat at Pine Street Shul on 29 November, before the congregation moves from the location it occupied for 65 years to its new home, members spoke of a sense of new beginnings not...
“When I began examining why I hated Jews and realised how deeply Hezbollah had shaped my perceptions, I became angry. I understood that we had been intensely...
At 12:00 on Friday, 21 November, Jewish women will join women across South Africa in lying down for 15 minutes to honour the 15 women murdered every day in this country. “It’s to...
When Israel Centre Director Dafi Forer Kremer went through with her decision to come to South Africa on shlichut two years ago following the 7 October...
It was Rabbi Yitzchak Wagner’s shul in Krefeld, Germany, that was one of the first buildings to be torched on Kristallnacht – the Nazi government-sponsored pogrom...
Under the moonlight in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of Cats, when the Jellicle cats come out to dance, Tannah Levick will be among them. Cast in...
