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Many people I know dismiss miracles as something biblical that don’t happen today. But then, many are generally negative about the world around us and aren’t looking for goodness or miracles. For most, miracles would literally have to...
Saying farewell to your children as they fly out to machaneh at the end of the year is bittersweet. As a mother, it’s never easy for me – no matter...
It seems that all eyes are no longer just on Israel, as we were led to believe in the past two years. All eyes are on anyone who doesn’t slate Israel as...
When a planeload of Palestinians arrived in Johannesburg last Thursday and were initially told they couldn’t disembark or enter the country, there was an outcry. The...
There weren’t any losers at the Investec Jewish Achiever Awards on Sunday night. We were all winners, and walked out of the Sandton Convention Centre feeling...
This week has been jam-packed with news. There was the story of the visit of Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories,...
When I arrived in Israel just days after all the living hostages were returned, I expected to feel elated and in a country in the midst...
We all get angry and frustrated. There are few of us who never lose our tempers. We are all human. It is, however, how we choose...
Six people were brutally slaughtered by terrorists in Jerusalem this week, and more than 20 were wounded. I’m pointing this out here though the story is...
We all have our problems, some bigger than others. However, when someone whose life was a living hell reminds us of the need to smile and...
Loay Alshareef is a breath of fresh air! This proud Muslim has been in South Africa this week, espousing peace in the Middle East, something that...
It is awesome to witness hundreds of Johannesburg Jews descend on the Indaba Hotel for the annual Limmud experience. I looked around me on Friday evening...
Was there anyone in our community who didn’t have a reaction to the announcement that there was a good chance that King David Victory Park was...
As Israeli Embassy chargée d’affaires Adi Cohen Hazanov flies home to Israel from South Africa this week, she leaves a changed person. “It’s hard to think...
Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa stood up at a Liberations Movement Summit to proclaim that he was “particularly horrified by the deliberate starvation” of Palestinians in...
It is true. There are people in Gaza who are starving. Many of the photographs that are going around the world showing the malnourished state of...
The story of Joseph and his brothers is fundamental to the biblical history of the Jewish people. Joseph was one of the 12 sons of Jacob,...
Those who dislike us can be quite absurd. Last week, we ran a really positive story about the South African Jewish community raising money to renovate...
Israeli Ambassador David Saranga’s visit to Soweto last week, where he met the sister of Hector Pieterson – the little boy shot and killed during the...
We have a majority party in South Africa that took Israel to the International Court of Justice on charges of genocide, so we can be certain...
Antisemitism cannot be tolerated – not on social media, at music concerts, at protest marches, or anywhere. Verbal or social media-driven antisemitism is just one step...
British-South African business leader and proud Zionist, Sir Mick Davis, said growing up in apartheid South Africa, he stayed silent in the face of what he...
In the past few weeks, every day has aged the news of the day before. So, while one day, we were writing about people being devastated...
Israelis are feeling “stretched to the brink” what with the bombardment from Iran; ongoing war with Gaza; and the hostages; not to mention trying to find...
The human spirit is incredible, and it doesn’t take much for so-called ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Granted, being stuck in a country at war...
While people in Israel may have a sense of déjà vu to the COVID-19 pandemic when they were forced to stay in their homes, we in...
The image of the once international teen-environmental-activist darling with a silly grin on her face as she happily accepts what was said to be a pastrami...
What makes this edition of the SA Jewish Report different to the many that have come before it? It does have some new voices, but that’s...
Bullying is unacceptable on every level. Ganging up on someone if you don’t agree with them, don’t like them, or don’t approve of what they did,...
Sometimes being old-fashioned is spot on. Here’s the thing. These days, it seems it’s acceptable to say whatever comes to your mind about someone on social...
Our imagination or fears are often much worse and possibly less manageable than reality. In the past week, one of our favourite radio hosts and columnists...
The misreading and denigrating of what it means to be Jewish is particularly hurtful in this week of Yom Hazikaron, when we commemorate those who have...
I just so happened to be looking for matzo at Pick n Pay Hypermarket in Norwood the day before Pesach, and searched up and down aisles...
As we count down to Pesach this weekend, many of us are furiously clearing out our homes of chometz to put in place this annual eight-day...
Former Israeli hostage Amit Soussana’s bravery at being the first person to speak out publicly about the sexual abuse and torture she suffered at the hands...
Israel is a master at innovation because it deals with its own problems by finding smart solutions, says Aharon Aharon, the former chief executive of the...
Do you believe you have heard enough or too many hostage stories? I’ve heard people say that it’s enough with the hostages in the SA Jewish...
I lost a friend this week. Not a close friend by any means, but someone I shared a connection with. Standing at his funeral, it was...
The United Nations (UN) – an organisation founded to uphold peace that has been turned into a brutal weapon against Israel – is on its way...
It is astonishing that it has been more than 30 years since South Africa became a democracy, and political leaders are still abusing each other because...
