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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...
Young Johannesburg businesswoman and Jewish activist, Danny Mofsowitz, represented world Jewry at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) 58th session last week, from 5 to...
You may have noticed that, of late, we are allowing some people who write opinion pieces for us or are quoted in stories to change their...
Within the past week, I found myself in need of urgent help. I became a crime victim, but fortunately, nobody was physically harmed. The person who...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has called President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “callous disregard for Jewish life” in his address at the G20 gathering of...
Oded Lifshitz was a journalist. He was a dedicated father and grandfather. He was a kibbutznik through and through, having helped to start Nir Oz 70...
Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two children were murdered in a terrorist attack during Pesach 2023, says he believes “antisemitism in the diaspora is G-d’s...
We’re living through Jewish history. When my colleague, Tali Feinberg, messaged to say this in reference to the hostages returning, it rang true although we imagine...
There are some who believe that if you can visualise it, your dream will come true. But when Anthony*, 68, and his wife, Helen*, 69, were...
Asking for money is an extraordinarily difficult thing for most of us to do. But the alternative, not asking for financial assistance to sustain the SA...
A colleague of mine this week told me of a Jewish family that had been planning to emigrate to Australia for years and were finally leaving...
Isaac Moritz was the boy most likely to do and be whatever he wanted until his fateful accident in the sea in Sea Point on Christmas...
Seeing those three young Israeli women hugging their mothers for the first time in almost 16 months was heartbreaking, but beautiful. I’m sure that we all...
As my car pulled onto the gravel road towards the Habonim machaneh campsite, I had a sense of residual excitement, a memory from days gone by,...
There’s nothing better than downtime to reassess where we are at, how we see the world, and how the world sees us. And there’s no better...
In planning this week’s edition, our last of 2024, we had hoped to have an uplifting, lighthearted publication that would herald the beginning of our December...
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire. It sounds like incredible news, but is it really? How do we ensure that Hezbollah stops its war with...
Am I the only person who gets incensed when the truth is twisted out of all proportion to fit a narrative specifically created to make Israel...
Attending the Absa Jewish Achiever Awards is undoubtedly the best medicine any one of us could ask for. How can you feel depressed and downhearted when...
When I think of the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, I picture beautiful canals, people cycling around safely, neat rows of tall narrow homes, and...
As Israel haters and antisemites rear their ugly heads more and more, we cannot sit back and ignore it. We must take them on in whatever...
