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Worldwide WIZO sisterhood in Israel in 2019

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

One hundred Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) leaders from across the globe assembled in Israel last month for the 2019 Meeting of Representatives. This week-long event expresses solidarity and support for the work WIZO does to advance all sectors of society in Israel. It sets the policies for the coming year in WIZO’s 800 institutions, projects, and programmes, and offers an excellent opportunity to share ideas.
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Judaism and the death penalty

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

Capital punishment was abolished in South Africa in 1995 by a ruling of the Constitutional Court, but the jury is out on whether South African Jews believe this is just.
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Jill Katz, a regal presence who touched many lives

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

Jill Katz, a renowned, respected, and beloved matriarch and rebbetzin, passed away last week at the inspiring age of 91.
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Campaign to vilify board has no basis in truth

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

In response to the various comments and allegations made by Dennis Wiener, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) in the first instance wishes to point out that certain of the issues he raises are the subject of an upcoming court hearing. Since the matter is sub judice, it is our intention that they be addressed in the appropriate legal forum rather than playing out to no good purpose in the press.
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Nothing ‘above board’ about management of country communities

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

I refer to a column which appeared on page 19 of your 1-8 February edition, written by Shaun Zagnoev.
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Capetonians escape roaring Lion’s Head fire

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

When local artist Beezy Bailey evacuated his Cape Town house on Sunday night, it brought back memories of his holiday home in Plettenberg Bay, which burned down in runaway fires a year and a half ago.
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African Jewish communities get mainstream recognition

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) At a conference on Jewish life in Africa held in New York at the end of January, Magda Haroun spoke of being only one of a handful of Jews left in Egypt, a country that was once home to a Jewish community of 80 000.
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Van Heerden’s anti-Israel op-ed ‘dishonest and ignorant’, say experts

Jan 31, 2019 2 Comments

South African academic and columnist Oscar van Heerden has defended the blatantly anti-Israel opinion piece he penned on the Arab-Israeli conflict. The piece, which appeared in the Daily Maverick on 24 January, received widespread criticism from experts in the community this week.
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Why I needed to stand up against anti-Semitism

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

British television presenter Rachel Riley speaks at the Holocaust Education Trust Reception in Westminster on Sunday about standing up to anti-Semitism. This is an edited version of what she said.
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Orthodox activist created an international Jewish sex-offender list

Jan 31, 2019 1 Comment

A website containing an international register of more than 770 alleged Jewish orthodox sex offenders is claimed to be the world’s largest database of its kind.
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Venezuela – why it matters

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

David Akinin is carefully watching the crisis in his birth country, Venezuela, from his adopted home in Namibia, feeling deep concern for the South American community.
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How Jewish is Jewish enough?

Jan 31, 2019 1 Comment

What does it mean not to be Jewish enough? Surely, you are either Jewish or you aren’t. And if somebody thinks that another person is not Jewish enough, what exactly does that mean about them?
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The powerplay behind the proposed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

American President Donald Trump’s much touted “ultimate deal” to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is on hold. But only until “immediately” after the Israeli elections (slated for April 9), according to United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The announcement is interesting for two reasons.
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Protecting children from sexual misconduct at yeshivot

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

When we send our teenagers and young adults on study and leadership programmes in Israel, we assume they are in the safest of hands. But an incident that took place in Israel involving a prominent rabbi has brought this issue to the fore.
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Bibi’s Africa strategy picks up steam

Jan 31, 2019 1 Comment

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to the north-central African nation of Chad. The roundtrip took 23 hours. He met Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno in the vast landlocked country’s sweltering, dusty capital, N’Djamena (Arabic for “place of rest”).
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Chabad rescues Jewish Studies at Crossroads

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Chabad House has come to the rescue of Jewish children at Crossroads School who were about to lose their weekly Jewish Studies lessons.
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Cape board brings anti-hate campaign to corridors of government

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

While countries across the world observed international Holocaust memorial day on Sunday, the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies held its commemorative ceremony in the Cape Town Council Chambers.
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Is a BA ‘bugger all’, or essential future-proofing?

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

Amid talk about the fourth industrial revolution and the jobs of the future, there has been a resurgence of the debate about whether Bachelor of Arts or humanities degrees are worth doing.
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Big house benefits – Israelis list the pros of living in South Africa

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

The number of South Africans making aliya may be higher than ever, but what of the many Israelis who call South Africa home? Whether here for adventure, love, or a new life, three Israeli expats contrast their lives in the two countries.
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French historian debunks myths at Holocaust memorial

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

“The rise of anti-Semitism is an international – not French – phenomenon,” said Professor Renee Poznanski, a Jewish French-born Israeli historian.
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