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Lithuania doubles down on Holocaust revisionism

Tali Feinberg

Tide turning for Cape Town Jewish population

Staff Reporter

Opera doyenne enjoys the challenges of A Little Night Music

Nicola Miltz

Zero evidence that Israel is stoking SA xenophobia

Lee Tankle

Teens keeping spiked-drink experiences from parents

Saul Kamionsky

Broken ribs don’t stop Gliksman from riding glory

Gillian Klawansky

Finding faith in the face of serious illness

Howard Feldman

The peptides we really need

Peta Krost

Don’t let hatred hide behind Israel

Karen Milner

Promoting unity

Own correspondent

JNF makes mark on conservation in Mamelodi

Steven Gruzd

Fiery Iran debate makes clowns of Parliament

Grace Gilson

Americans’ views of Israelis have grown more negative, survey finds

Jordan Moshe

Fixing SA starts with belief in potential to change

Claudia Gross

‘Singling out my Jewishness is offensive’

Philissa Cramer

Former Israeli hostages Sasha Trufanov and Sapir Cohen wed in emotional ceremony

Peta Krost Maunder

Living in a time of miracles

Gilana Lab

Business Icon Award honours leaders of commerce

Rolene Marks

Silenced no more

Mirah Langer

Much ado about studying Shakespeare

Shaun Zagnoev

SA community still world envied

Hanna Resnick

King David’s got talent, Culture Fest shows

Paula Slier

Jewish advice for surviving the information wars

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

When was your last spiritual?

Howard Sackstein

Julius’s courtroom minyan

Rabbi Yossi Chaikin

It’s good to be together

Andrew Lapin

Jewish, LGBTQ+, and progressive groups denounce Pride harassment of Jewish politician Scott Wiener

Ron Kampeas

Khamenei long obstructed peace for Israel. But his influence was waning before his assassination.

Julie Leibowitz

Community – the gold thread in ‘Mzansi Strong’

Shira Li Bartov

Ireland advances ban on imported goods from Israeli settlements

Elka Cohen

One man’s quiet archive of Israel news

JTA Staff

Iran ceasefire teeters as IDF continues to pound Hezbollah in Lebanon, Strait of Hormuz stays closed

Andrew Silow-Carroll

A New York Times map tells America’s immigration story. So where are the Jews?

Deborah Danan

At Entebbe reunion, former hostages say 7 October shattered their faith in Israel’s promise of rescue

Jackie Hajdenberg

Half of Americans think the US is ‘too supportive’ of Israel

Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein

Sharing a personal memory

Rabbi Greg Alexander

Alexander and Gruzd

Rabbi Levi Avtzon

The shoes

Asaf Shalev

Many peptides sound like Yiddish words. Here’s why

Lula Pencharz

Koleinu SA steps in to educate about sexual grooming

Rabbi Sam Thurgood

A blessing that grows with the child

Harry Joffe

Why was ceasefire easier with Hezbollah than Hamas?

Rabbi Pini Pink

We are more than our number

Benji Shulman

Gayton versus Goliath – ANC cultural propaganda

Dylan Berger

Marais Road Shul remodelled and ready for future

Dani Sack

Israel – why it’s home from home for SA youth: Bnei Akiva

Ben Sales

In a first, Israeli rookie Robert Shwartzman wins pole position at Indy 500

Cnaan Liphshiz

British special-needs school a rare meeting point for haredi and secular Jews

Rabbi Ryan Goldstein

The thought doesn’t count

Rabbi Moshe Taragin

The debate and the deeper value

Adina Roth

Light in the darkness

Rav Ilan Herrmann

Operation Rising Lion

Rabbi Ari Kievman

Holding our heads high: From Naso to Eurovision

Dr Daniel Israel

Milligram of prevention worth a kilogram of cure

Dr David Brock Katz

The fog of war and the myth of Iranian victory

Joseph Strauss

Jewish groups plan to protest Ben-Gvir’s arrival in NYC. Will he show?

Michael Kransdorff

Joburgers want a city that’s golden, not holey

Mike Abel

Greg Blank: A man of humility and friend to many

Kelly Hartog

European regulators loosen restrictions on flights to Israel

Rowan Polovin

Spirit over statistics: protecting SA Jewry’s outsized voice

Heather Djunga

Local musician encourages Jews to ‘dance again’

Alana Baranov

SA’s pandemic of hate and our responsibility to act

Lauren Boolkin

Smoked salmon Spoons

Professor Barry Schoub

COVID-19 no longer an emergency, but still dangerous

Rabbi Danny Sackstein

Our insatiable hunger for honour

Rabbi Dr David Nossel

The G-d of Abraham, take 2

Dan Diker

Trump’s Gaza plan: can the arsonists become firefighters?

Diane Wolfson

Former Pretorian honoured with the Order of Canada

Juan Melamed

The iconic crest worn by Messi and Argentina’s soccer team was designed by a Jewish superfan 50 years ago

Wendy Kahn

Jewish community has its say on rising xenophobia

Jacob Gurvis

Team Israel wins twice at World Baseball Classic, qualifying for 2030 tournament

Rabbi Rodney Richard

Rolling Stones

Allan Wolman

Deafening silence about Afghanistan, hue and cry about Israel

Kenneth Kgwadi

Why did South Africa’s ICJ case go from urgency to delay?

Luke Alfred

‘This Bafana side has the makings of something special’

Toby Axelrod

Antisemitic incidents in Germany remained elevated in 2025, fuelled by rise in far-right cases: Report

Rabbi Julia Margolis

From baseless hatred to groundless love

Rozanne Sack

Kinocide ‒ when families become targets

Batya Bricker

’Tis the season for superb holiday reading

Anonymous

Time to reveal the real Nazi connection

Glen Segell

‘War of Redemption’ far from over

Ilan Ossendryver

Desolate streets, devastating destruction

Vic Alhadeff

Sugihara the hero, and the sporting mouse that roared

Zvika (Biko) Arran

The SA we leave; and the Israel we return to

Larry Luxner

Armenia’s Jews hope Israeli recognition of 1915 Ottoman genocide will jumpstart bilateral ties

Michael Bagraim

Too few workers to celebrate Workers’ Day

Rabbi Yuval Cherlow

Pesach 2026: The complex dynamic of Jewish survival

Rabbi Shmuel Ozhekh

Conquering Mount Sinai: a spiritual roadmap

Rebbetzin Aidel Kazilsky

The clarion call of redemption

Gabe Friedman

Two killed in Yom Kippur attack on synagogue in Manchester, England

Baruch The Balanced

Deciphering the ceasefire

Daniel Schay

There’s a hole in your bucket, dear Dada

Jessica Conné

Tu B’Shvat helps us see the wood for the trees

Rabbi Motti Hadar

Counting towards something greater

Rabbi Pini Hecht

Is anything okay here?

Rabba Sara Hurwitz

Women have won the right to sit for Israel’s rabbinical exams. It’s a victory – but to what end?

Shelley Trope - Friedman

A sacred opportunity for renewal

Simon Apfel

Generation Sinai inspires Jewishness for 15 years

Theia Chatelle

‘This is sort of their normal’: Israelis confront yet another wartime flare after Iranian fire

Rabbi Ricky Seeff

What is an international, world-class school?

Rebbetzin Temmi Hadar

Stones and souls

Romi Rabinowitz

Coffee Marble Bundt Cake

Nicola Miltz and Tali Feinberg

South Africans take nerve-wracking trips to get home

Charisse Zeifert

Eurovision talent and enjoyment win the popular vote

David Saks

Celebrating the story of 702

Ian Schwikkard

Ford’s 2018 Mustang GT can do 0-to-60 mph in under 4 seconds

Rabbi Asher Deren

Is it night time in Africa?

Rebbetzin Wendy Hendler

Learning from Columbia sex abuse cover up

Benjy Porter

Our Jewish future thrives on vision and courage

Dan Brotman

Similarities between Venezuela and SA

David I. Klein

Sarajevo Jews celebrate a second Purim

David Shapiro

SA is off the starting block but still not in the race

Grant Gochin

The enormous cost of SA’s ‘genocide’ case

Wendy Hendler

Hermanus case exposes global safeguarding risk

Lisa Hack

Balancing our pain and hope is the heart of Pesach

Rabbi Levi Silman

Purim’s timeless message: faith before diplomacy

Tony Leon

Endangered GNU the tip of the iceberg

Kenneth Moeng Mokgatlhe

SA faces ‘ides of September’ as US relations sour

Marc Lubner

Serving the mantra: “To give, to love, to live”

Mark Oppenheimer

Reinstating tennis fixture not the same as restoring trust

Martin Zagnoev

New kashrut authority could divide community

Menachem Z. Rosensaft

Herzog stands up for what Israel could be

Rabbi Kalman Green

Do we believe in G-d because it works?

Rabbi Matthew Liebenberg

Think before you text

Rabbi Yehuda Stern

An open letter to a friend: why South Africa still feels like home

Rabbi Alon Friedman

Up close and meaningful

Saul Jassinowsky

In the shadow of sorrow, a wedding of hope

South African Zionist Federation

Updated factsheet: Israel-United States joint military operation – Operation Roaring Lion / Epic Fury

Rabbi Ari Shishler

Fight, flight, pray: Jewish options in a crisis

Moira Schneider

Death doula assists at the end of life

Anne Herzberg

South Africa bet on the wrong horse in its ICJ ‘genocide’ gambit

Ben Levitas

Right-wing intransigence takes heavy toll on Israel

Rabbi David Stav

Why we celebrate the day before we received the Torah

Gilana Lab

Lauren Boolkin and Sharon Lurie’s Pesach Recipes

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Rosh Hashanah and the robots

Rabbi Ramon Widmonte

A soulistic, holistic matric hits the mark

Aidel Kazilsky

Is there a future for us?

Craig Snoyman

Doubling down on a failed conversation

Dr Hussein Solomon

Steven Gruzd: My friend, my brother

Dr Carron Zinman

Kingdoms rise and fall, but cheesecake rules on

Erin Berman-Levy

Survival guide to Joburg’s wettest drought

Gavin Rome

Human rights commission remains viable avenue for protection of Jewish community

Joanne Fedler

And still, we have not lost hope

Judge Dennis Davis

Partisan education does our kids no favours

Mandy Wiener

The centre holds, democracy the winner

Michael Kransdorff and Laura Sassoon

Expats beware: SARS can hold your inheritance for ransom

Michele Engelberg

It’s a sin to remain silent – report abuse

Muzi Kuzwayo

Dysfunctional South Africa is fertile ground for xenophobia

Myron Michel

SA Maccabi rugby brings home the gold

Nkateko Muloiwa

South Africa needs its own ‘Never again’

Paul Mirbach

Our sons pay price for endless war

Professor Milton Shain

SA’s ‘Zionist problem’ an ominous portent

Rabbi Doron Perez

Jewish anti-Zionists: The wayward sons of our generation

Rabbi Dov Lipman

Making the move to Israel

Rabbi Dovid Wineberg

Terror attack goes to head and heart

Rabbi Levi Lipskar

Pesach in a time of uncertainty: Freedom, faith, and the eternal story

Saul Joseph

Home is where the heart is for revamped Bnei Akiva bayit

Shalom Lindhorst-Grays

Talk therapy puts medication on the shelf

Shelley Glaser

Mimouna maxes out the blessings

Spencer Schwartz

Do’s and don’ts of terminating a lease before expiry 

Stephen Silver

Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘colour barrier’

Terence Corrigan

Steven Gruzd: a sharp-witted, big-hearted man who cared

Various

From the pens of youth

Wayne Sussman

The ballot is stronger than the barricade

Yosef Kaufmann

SA’s unique connection to Israel makes Israelis feel at home

Rabbi Dovid Hazdan

From lamb to leader in three stages

Ilana Stein

Song of creation praises interconnectedness of life

Adam Thal

The privilege you don’t notice until it’s missing

Amir Mizroch

Generative AI goes to war. And Iran is discovering what it’s like to fight without it.

Angie Segal

The silence of selective outrage

Anthony Chait

Sin tax, state-owned companies, and sugar – the Budget breakdown

Ariellah Rosenberg

Let’s refocus on helping the jobless

Brad Gottschalk

Time to end faribles with Habonim

Casey Shevel

Latkah’s survival inspires newborn hope in Chanukah miracles

CSO

CSO community update

Daniel Bloch

Jewish leaders put their heads together at AJC Global Forum

Dave Bloom

Smoky Simon, a man who grabbed life by the wings

David E Kaplan

Proudly part of Israel’s ’madding crowd’

Dr Sheri Fanaroff

Why teens shouldn’t exercise after vaccination

Ambassador Eli Belotsercovsky

Blaming Israel is an insult to humanity

Emma Gordon Blass

Sweet and spicy chicken

Ezra Stone

A Palestinian state already exists – it’s called Jordan

Gershon Baskin

There’s no deal without ending the war

Gina Shmukler

The Line that’s crossed when people do evil

Glynne Wolman

Supporting broader South Africans, but proudly Jewish

Gus Silber

A walk in the city of balagan

Ilanit Liberman

Too close for comfort: 12 days under fire in Be’er Sheva

Jacob Judah

‘Not in Britain’ – Sunak condemns antisemitism in the UK

Jocelyn Angel

All the fun of the elective fair

Joel Pollak

Trump’s deals with Iran are not a betrayal of Israel

Kim Hatchuel

The activist who created a kibbutz in Kliptown

Limmud Advertorial

It’s complex – that’s why you need Limmud

Mandy Gruzd

The final flame: matrics honour a 61-year legacy

Mary Kluk

Horror and hope for Holocaust survivors

Melissa Mayo

Cinnamon raisin bulkas

Michael Belling

‘Consummate mayor’ Magid left his mark on Johannesburg

Rabbi Hillel Bernstein

It’s OK to be obsessed with the Holy Land

Rabbi Gidon Fox

A great nation despite its government

Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

The uneasy road between the drowned and the saved

Rebbetzin Gina Goldstein

Five lessons we never forget

Robyn Sassen

Zaidel-Rudolph’s composition in UN concert

Samuel Hyde

Netanyahu’s pandering undermines Israel’s protection

Shira Hanau

Black Eyed Peas lead singer says being in Israel is like mishpocha

The UJW

A new generation of women giving back in Joburg

Tovah Lazaroff

Rahm Emanuel: Democrats who support Israel can still lead the party to the White House

Kim Kur

The Stockdale Paradox has lessons for locked-out South Africans

Lauren Boolkin and Romi Rabinowitz

Creating tantalising Pesach treats

Lauren Shapiro

Durban’s first Jewish marathon sprints off starting blocks

Linda Mark

William Smith sums up inspirational teaching

Lorraine Srage

Personal growth cannot be plotted on a graph

Madeleine Hicklin

Healthcare a basic human right that needs championing

Marc Falconer

Writing matric – a rite of passage for parents

Mazal Sacks

Hebrew – it’s not a subject, it’s a love story

Nikki Temkin

Time for KDVP tears is over – looking forward

Paul Bacher

Showing up may be the bravest thing you do this week

Paul Berkowitz

ANC decline heralds fragile coalition government

Penny Schwartz

New crop of high holy days children’s books take place in Uganda, Hong Kong, and a Sephardic home

Peta Krost Maunder and Saul Kamionsky

Farewell to simchas’ life and soul, Benny Michel

Phylissa Cramer and Grace Gilson

Standing Together founders launch Arab-Jewish party, prompting fears of a fractured Israeli left

President Isaac Herzog

The song of soldiers

School principals

Resilience, excellence, values define class of 2025

Rabbi Gavriel Abramson

Love, light, and faith

Rabbi Gilad Friedman

Ancient miracles, modern resilience, keep candles burning

Rabbi Ilan Herrmann

Why am I here and what must I do?

Rabbi Jonathan Fox

How have we survived?

Rabbi Leo Dee

Haggadah’s coded message: bring them home now!

Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

Shavuot calls on us to resist polarisation

Rabbi Osher Feldman

Campaign for Judaism gets our vote

Rabbi Ralph Genende

Betrayed in our beloved Australia

Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi

Stop fighting antisemitism with facts – start telling our story

Ray Hartley and Greg Mills

SA’s repair of US relations starts with Israel

Rina Broomberg

Radio 702 pioneers praise broadcasting icon Issie Kirsh

Rob Katz

Singing the praises of SA’s financial market ‘force of nature’

Sara Gon

South African Jewish history refutes the libel of Israel as a ‘settler/colonial’ state

Sharon Glass

Oven roasted raisin rib with vegetables

Shervin Ghorbani

Seven hundred voices, one cry: Free Iran

Sheva Messias

Social emotional learning puts kids on winning track

Simone Somekh

Rome’s Pride parade bars Jewish LGBTQ float over refusal to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Sonny Myerson

Reversing Israel hatred starts with young minds

Stella Hanan

Spanish Orange Chiffon Cake

Steve Linde

Morris Kahn, billionaire Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist, dies at 95

Sydney Kaye

Introspection on Trump long overdue

Tim Flack

The media has buried the hostages, here’s why

WIZO South Africa

WIZO displays philanthropy with glittering Garden Day

Zev Krengel

Perez family turns grief into call for unity

Alice Friedman

K’siva ve Chassima Tova!

Rebbetzin Aviva Thurgood

Communities need rebbetzins. Let’s empower them

Adam Marcus

Shrinking community demands consolidation not duplication

Alistair Anderson

Beating cancer created a calling to help others live

Allan Joffe

Bondi showed what happens when untruths go unchallenged

Alon Sackstein

The war with Iran is not a regional conflict. It’s a message to the world.

Rabbi Andrea Kuti

Being present to presence

Andrew Levy

Power and protest – a tale of two democracies

Ant Katz

Eric Samson talks to Howard Sackstein about his life

Arthur Goldstuck

DeepSeek and TikTok: unlikely duo has world in thrall

Ben M Freeman

Dogs of war – why Jews stand against Israel

Bethia Milner

Jewish youth camp – answer for anxious generation

Bev Goldman

SA Jews leave their mark – and will do so wherever they are

Chantal Kur

Divorce doesn’t have to break the family

Chief Rabbi Dr Warren And Rebbetzin Gina Goldstein

A prayer for Jewish women everywhere

Craig Pantanowitz

Message from the South African Zionist Federation

Danella Cassel

Matric 2025: the year of endings

Daniel Yakcobi

Lead from the front with just your smartphone

Daniel Silke

SA’s second new dawn – but clock ticking

Darryl Egnal

Outcry over UN silence on Hamas’ rape and torture

David Benatar

Herzlia’s Minyan Yosef reaches a century

David Saranga

Relief but a long road ahead

Delores Fouché

Three easy ideas and crowd pleasers

Dina Diamond

Bnei Akiva machaneh – from camping to glamping

Don Krausz

Islamophobia in Western world unsurprising

Dorianne Weil

Mental health – the pandemic behind the pandemic

Dr Anton Meyberg

Peptides: Friend or foe?

Dr Robyn Rosin

Finding solace in the South African summer

Eliyahu Freedman

Eylon Levy earns admirers – and reportedly one serious enemy

Gabriella Farber-Cohen

SAUJS turns anti-Israel hostility on its head

Gabriella Farber

If I am only for myself, then who am I?

Gary Rosenblatt

Why Benjamin Netanyahu treats the Jewish media with contempt

Gilad Stern

Victim shaming in vacuum of condemnation

Glen Heneck

The ties that blind, and why I’m staying put

Guy Lieberman

Pastoral bliss amidst the blasts

Hilit Milner

Veganism is good for the planet, but is it a healthy choice?

Iddo Gefen

Ahmed al Ahmed’s bravery at Bondi Beach reminds us of our own humanity in a world that seeks to erode it

Isaac Herzog

President Isaac Herzog’s message on 28 February:

Ittay Flescher

40 days of war, and a wish for peace

J. Brooks Spector

Reasoned, thoughtful, articulate

Jack Lubner

Starmer showed how to fight left-wing antisemitism

Jack Bloom

Start with rot at the top

Jakub Nowakowski

Kurt Landauer Youth Cup: Using sport to remember, and to unite

Jason Plotkin

A month after our synagogue was attacked, the hardest part has been everything that came after

Jessica Goldblatt

Time to take women’s Torah study seriously

Joel Block

South Africa slips and slides while alleging genocide

Jonathan Altman

We have every reason to celebrate Yom Yerushalayim

Jonathan Ancer

Shirley Ancer – the activist for whom everyone mattered

Jordyn Haime

Banker’s heirs sue for restitution of famed Van Gogh painting

Joseph Gerassi

Why high school students should participate in the arts

Joshua Woolf

Storytelling: Judaism’s greatest gift

Julia Gergely

Orthodox Jewish model struts stuff for disability

Julian Resnick

The law of the land is the law

Rabbi Shmuli Kagan

Believing in Hashem; believing in ourselves.

Adam Gordon

Moving mountains – SA architect honoured with blue plaque

Adam Sachs and Daniel Fisher

The case for Trump in 2020

Adam Midzuk

Volunteering at Brakpan Shul an unexpected blessing

Adam Sachs

Queers for Palestine? I prefer Pride in Israel

Addy Joffe

Emerging victorious through suffering

Adi Cohen-Hazanov

Incite, attack, repeat – Hamas’ calculated strategy

Adina Mermelstein Konikoff

NYC’s yeshivas can offer a well-rounded education. Will Mayor Mamdani help them get there?

Adriana Altaras

A pause for thought: intermezzo of a Jewish traveller

Adrienne Gelbart

Ode to the “Joykie” who built KDVP Pre-Primary School

Alan Fischer

A man who gave beyond measure

Alana Zeitchik

Nothing could have prepared me for the loneliness of a Jewish community divided

Alexa Shneier

1941 South African Jewish War Appeal adverts resonates today

Alice Friedman

Tell us about those in need

Alison Goldberg

The biggest losers in violent acts are the perpetrators

Grace Gilson, Asaf Shalev, Jackie Hajdenberg and Joseph Strauss

A gunman rammed a Michigan synagogue. Its security preparations may have saved lives.

Alon Sackstein and Dr Roie Yellinek

Israel-Somaliland – part of a geopolitical chess game

Amanda Blankfield-Koseff

How to put active citizenship in the curriculum

Ami Eden

The Mamdani effect: Democratic incumbents now have to worry about being too pro-Israel

Andrea Goldblatt

Remedial education helps children thrive in the mainstream

Andrew Baker

Matric is over, now what?

Andy Koton

Values of KDVP won’t crumble with building’s closure

Angie Richardson

Antisemitic tropes vault the political spectrum

Ann Bernstein

Priorities for SA’s emergency resuscitation

Anonymous Doctor

“Clearly you’re a Zionist, going around demanding shit”

Anthony Sacks

The truth behind the lockdown Next Door

Anton Harber

Israel losing battle for global opinion

Antony Seeff

The ultimate Joburg staycation

Antony Arkin

A legacy of goodwill: farewell to the Zulu king

Antony Radomsky

Cyber addicts slip under COVID-19 radar

Ariel Seidman

Don’t look, don’t ask – the campaign against seeing Israel for yourself

Arielle Berger

The long shadow of COVID-19 on education

Arnold Levy

Looking for Bessie

Avi Kumar

Boats and bullets – South African veterans remember 1948 war

Avi Mayer

Time to ban Iran from the Olympics for abuse of athletes

Avinoam Bar-Yosef

Netanyahu’s challenge in Congress to unite frayed Jewry

Ayala Sifris

Camping out with Hashem – why I love Bnei Akiva

Barbara Schuble

Help me trace a missing friend

Barry Shaw

UN agency’s bias skews data, damages Israel’s reputation

Belinda Sussman

The past feels uncomfortably present

Ben Caspit

Israel at crossroads conjures ghosts of SA

Ben Friedman

Big move in a small town: recognition, reconciliation, and restitution

Ben Harris

Henry Kissinger dies at 100

Ben Lynfield

Settler leaders unmoved by attack on Palestinians

Ben Atie

Jewish students shouldn’t cringe from IAW

Bendeta Gordon

Israel is hurting. It’s up to us to help

Benjamin Pogrund

Sharpeville and Sobukwe: the day the world turned

Benji Falkson

Chatting for change in 2024

Beryl Heyns

Seeking descendents of Levin and Maisel

Bini Seeff

The Jewish spirit: from Egypt to today

Blessing Mathabela

HerStory: deafening silence on 7 October sexual attacks

Brenda Lasersohn

Why abuse should be dealt with by professionals

Brian Slon

Conflation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism starts with Jews

Brurya Katz

7 October Poem

Bryan Opert

Paarl – proof of Jewish life beyond the ‘boerewors belt’

Byron Sheperd

South Africa’s education minister needs a history lesson

Carin Lichtenstein

Isaacson not just an activist, but an awesome Torah scholar and teacher

Advocate Carol Steinberg

Words can harm, Concourt rules

Caron Levy

COVID-19: the crisis that changed us forever

Caron Melamed

Rubies Amongst the Greens Salad and Chopped Lentil Liver

CEN GROUP (Pty) Ltd

“Uncompromising skill in crime intelligence and security”

Chad Nathan

Raw and real: Holocaust story gets new lens

Chaya Singer

Yarmulkes and peace building in the UAE

Choni Davidowitz

Why seek citizenship of murderous Lithuania?

Chris Eden

SACC and Africa4Palestine two sides of the same coin

Clair Jaeger

One night in Alex makes us humble

Clinton Fein and Bryan Schimmel

Beyond the rugby field: when bullying becomes a crime

Clive Varejes

We are losing support due to incompetent public relations campaign

President Cyril Ramaphosa

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA CALLS FOR DIALOGUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND CONDEMNS INTERNATIONAL LAW VIOLATIONS 

Dalya Abromowitz

I will never forget

Dan Elbaum

Outpouring of support: global Jewry one year on

Dan Goldberg

As we mark shloshim for Bondi Beach, we also ask: Can Australia’s multicultural project survive?

Dan Stillerman

Our greatest institutions were built by us – what else could be?

Dana Cohen

October 7 TV series – a Red Alert for Jewish nervous system

Dani Sack and Levi Marx

Feeling strong: reframing masculinity and mental health

Daniel Browde

Six decades of caring: Selma Browde’s extraordinary life

Daniel Chamovitz

In shadow of war, university focuses on renewal

Danielle Ogus

Shape the future, rather than just wait for it

Darren Bergman

Great initiative, but will leaders respond to feedback?

David Abrahamsohn

A Father’s Day gift for sons

David Akinin

The lesser of two evils

David Benjamin

ICJ genocide case – a slam dunk for Israel

David Berman

Yom Ha’atzmaut and the mazel of the Mauser

David Bloom

Habonim gets a much delayed HUG

David Bryfman

Jewish educators must go beyond slogans and statements – even when it comes to war with Iran

David Gerbi

Psychoanalyst refuses to be silenced on Israel trauma

David Hatchuel

The tragic fate of a Jewish heroine in Morocco

David Jacobson

Farewell to visionary Jewish leader, Li Boiskin

David Klatzow

The murder of Ashley Kriel

David Zidel

Batmitzvah book just a coincidence – or something more?

David Zvi Kalman

The antisemitic spree by Elon Musk’s Grok xAI makes it clear: AI poses a real threat to Jews

David Abrahamsohn

What would the aliens say?

David Jaffe

Weapons of mass creation

Dean Lutrin

No moral high ground in this pandemic

Debby Edelstein

World peace? Women’s Day dialogue that actually matters

Deborah Danan and Philissa Cramer

A smaller, scarred Maccabiah Games opens in Israel, carrying the weight of 7 October and war

Diane Fine

Only those on the frontline should be vaccinated

Diddy Mymin Kahn

Eritrean riot intensifies exclusion of asylum seekers

Dina Goldfein

Remarkable young women step into the world

Dina Leah Kay

From runways to red flags: hate always in fashion

Dina Bloom

Rosh Hashanah, COVID-19, and the time for change

Dinah Spritzer

Jewish Ukrainians gear up for fierce Russia fight

DIRCO

South Africa extends condolences to Australia following Sydney attacks

Professor Barry Shoub, Dr Richard Friedland, Professor Efraim Kramer

Going back to shuls in safety

Don Krausz

Media bias regarding bombing of Israel puzzling

Doron Gavronsky

Sticky Sesame Worcestershire Chicken with Basmati Rice and Honey-Glazed Butternut

Douglas Cohen

Joburg, Liverpool and beyond

Rabbi Dovi Goldstein

Beth Din works to make Pesach “lesstressingmoreblessing”

Dr Carolyn Fedler Batzofin

Deaf Miss SA speaks volumes about changing norms

Dr David Hirsh

Corbyn part of long history of antisemitism on the left

Dr Efrat Barnes

Childhood abuse does long-term damage

Dr Ehud Eiran

Amidst expanding war, what are the chances for peace?

Dr Einat Wilf

Stop surrendering over hostages. We need a new policy

Dr Ernst Roets

Reflections of an Afrikaner at Auschwitz

Dr Frans Cronje and Dr James Myburgh

ANC’s history of trading foreign policy for cash

Dr Martin Sherman

Orwellian dystopia descends on the Jewish state

Dr Ruth Benjamin

While in lockdown, go for excellence

Dr Yvette Alt Miller

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