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The tzitzit worn by former Proteas batsman Mandy Yachad in his cricket match against India in 1991 has been described as the most unique item on...
The new Israeli government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has committed itself to judicial reform, which has become a populist cause in the country, said...
Human rights across the globe have been threatened by people with ill intentions. We must recognise this, and counteract it appropriately, António Guterres, the United Nations...
The new SA20 cricket tournament and other live sport has enticed many of us out of “lockdown mode” into the magic of going to the games....
Holocaust survivor Herman Rothenberg, who passed away in South Africa at the age of 101 last year, was a sports fan who would have been touched...
Yeshiva College Girls High School’s head girl for 2022, Liat Lew, collected multiple distinctions in matric last year, and was an all-round achiever throughout her school...
Torah Academy Girls High School matriculant Rachaeli Hurwitz, who got five distinctions in matric last year, says COVID-19 made being a student leader difficult, especially at...
Being a twin is like being born with your number one fan. So say King David High School Victory Park’s two pairs of twins who collected...
King David High School Victory Park (KDVP) matriculant, Tallin Kaplan, was profoundly affected by his dad’s passing on 22 January last year, but he still managed...
During his matric year at King David High School Linksfield (KDHSL) last year, Joseph Joffe was part of a committee that organised a sandwich initiative called...
Gina Shankman was always afraid she would never matriculate, and Ilan Hodes was ridiculed at school, but they both overcame these setbacks at King David High...
Torah Academy Boys High School matriculant Ariyeh Zetisky commuted from Pretoria to the school in Johannesburg and then back every day during high school, including matric...
Jonathan Hazi won a silver medal for Gauteng in the U19 National Volleyball Games during matric last year, while his fellow 2022 Yeshiva College Boys High...
Success in life isn’t dependent on how well you did in matric. In fact, for some, it has nothing whatsoever to do with it. South African...
Former South African number-one tennis player Ilana Kloss says it was a dream come true to win Junior Wimbledon in 1972 as a teenager, and now,...
The last remaining Holocaust survivor in KwaZulu-Natal, anti-apartheid activist Carmela Heilbron, passed away in the early hours of 13 January in Durban. Heilbron, her mother and...
Former musical director Benny Michel, who will turn 100 this year, is a legend in his own lifetime. Although he’s now battling health issues, his name...
A significant number of people have suffered injuries while playing padel, but experts say it’s not because the game is more dangerous than other sports, but...
Jews come from all over South Africa and the world to be a part of the Lion’s Head Minyan in Cape Town in December, climbing Table...
Fighting for Israel with healing rather than hate won the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) an international award at the end of last year....
King David Primary School Linksfield pupil Sami Levin is no ordinary ballet dancer. She was named second best 12-year-old ballet dancer at the International Dance Organisation...
South African-born Professor Harry Ben Zion Brand was awarded the prestigious Bonei Zion Prize in the field of Culture, Art, and Sport in Israel for his...
Since Capetonians Steve Liptz and Warren Fialkov started working tirelessly to professionalise the 36ONE Openwater Swim Series in Cape Town earlier this year, the number of...
The gift of enabling children from Soweto to create crafts at a former dump site in Freedom Park is not lost on Moshe Singer, a multidisciplinary...
Eighteen-year-old full-time boxer Joshua Feldman has proven to award-winning boxing trainer Colin Nathan that Jews aren’t “too soft” to succeed in boxing. “This is a rarity...
Peter Lindenberg, former South African barefoot water skier, powerboat driver, and car racer, describes himself as a “born risk taker”. “I was abnormal,” he says. “I...
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Professor Karen Hofman was awarded the Science for Society Gold Medal in October for work to improve the health of South...
The Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which the British government announced its support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel, would have been meaningless...
Gareth Shackleford, the great-grandson of the late Jan Smuts, unveiled the Jewish Guild War Memorial Building Cornerstone at Westpark Cemetery on 27 November, one century after...
No amount of preparation and training could prevent the fire that brought runners like Steven Berman to a halt in the 100km RMB Ultra Trail Cape...
Kosher bagels are available for fans attending the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, thanks to New York-based Rabbi Marc Schneier and Istanbul-based Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, who...
Jewish Greek American Dr Albert Bourla knew that his multinational corporation, Pfizer, had saved the world when he heard that the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had a...
“The field of sport and exercise medicine is about getting people to perform at their best. It’s a challenge and a balancing act which sometimes I...
Grant Friedman and brothers Justin and Greg Blend of Africrest Properties took a gutsy move at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it paid off....
“There are many successful and talented nominees here today. I really can’t see how I deserve to stand out,” said Rob Leon, 38, the youngest ever...
“I’m overwhelmed with emotion,” said the owner of Fremax Farms, Fred Kadish, aka the potato king of South Africa, on receiving the Absa Business Icon Award...
Antisemitism is on the rise throughout the world, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the United States (US) Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, told the audience at...
The team which won the 13-year case against Bongani Masuku had the challenge of proving that Masuku’s statements targeting the Jewish community were antisemitic although he...
The new South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) Gauteng Council is focusing its attention on improving the South African Jewish community and broader South African...
The Nazis “tried to destroy and erase the Jewish nation. Even more than that, they tried to destroy the memory of the Jewish nation”, said Israeli...
