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Ambassador braais with SA Union of Jewish Students

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Ahead of their departure for Israel to attend a Student Leadership Development Programme, the new 2017 SA Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) national leadership were invited to meet with Israel’s Ambassador to South Africa Arthur Lenk, who with his family, entertained them at a braai on Sunday.
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Israel approves acquisition of more F-35 fighter jets

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JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last Sunday announced that Israel will purchase 17 additional F-35 state-of the-art fighter jets from the US. Israel’s diplomatic-security Cabinet unanimously approved the acquisition, saying American Defence Aid funds would be used to finance the deal.
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Jewish journo honoured for unmasking 'monster'

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Forty years after his reporting exposed one of the worst war criminals in Dutch history, Hans Knoop is still celebrated in his native Netherlands as a hero.
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Every Jew should learn to physically protect him- or herself

Nov 30, 2016 1 Comment

I share Geoffrey Freeman’s “disgust” and “anger” at the “Anti-Semitic graffiti at Wits”. He says: “Action needs to be taken” in the form of protest marches, concerts, advertising campaigns, “protection” groups on campus, etc.
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Yom Hashoah: communal harmony restored

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Last week, the Gauteng Council took a decision that future Yom Hashoah ceremonies in Johannesburg will essentially take the same format as that agreed to in Cape Town earlier this year.
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Plenty good reads to keep you occupied during the holidays

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Magical Jewish mystery novel wins 2016 Best Book Award

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JERUSALEM - Author Dan Sofer’s debut novel, “A Love and Beyond”, has won the 2016 Best Book Award (for the category Religious Fiction).
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What does it take to become a native?

Nov 30, 2016 1 Comment

Will Jewish and white nerves be calmed and urgent immigration papers for Australia and Canada be withdrawn now that EFF leader Julius Malema has clarified that under his party’s land policies whites may own land in South Africa and will not be “driven into the sea”?
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Artist is Blessing Ngobeni and not Kemang Wa Lehulere

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‘Trombone Man’ carries a satirical (but timely) dark message

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Ron J Hutter has written a provocative, entertaining and thoughtful novel that explores the problem of anti-Semitism in a very original way. In “The Trombone Man: Tales of a Misogynist”, he uses misogyny both as a protest about the treatment of women in various parts of the world and as a metaphor for what the late scholar Robert Wistrich called “the longest hatred”.
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Wainstein: champion pugilist and gentleman

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Many of the first recognised Jewish sportsmen were boxers. They generally lived in tough neighbourhoods and many had to learn how to take care of themselves. They just had no choice...
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7 moments defined Castro, Jews and Israel

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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, whose death was announced late last Friday, had a complicated history with Jews.
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Koshary - an Egyptian vegetarian dish to die for

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Koshary, an Egyptian specialty, is one of the best vegetarian dishes I have ever tasted. It's a street food, sold everywhere you look, including carts and stalls in Cairo - along with everywhere else in Egypt. It’s carb-loaded and comforting, bountifully flavourful and rib-sticking.
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Sweet n spicy sweet potato soup - a winner

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This is one of my favourite recipes to make and to share with others. Every time I make it people ask for the recipe and simply cannot believe it’s non-dairy - it’s so rich and creamy and pretty easy to make.
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Litany of Zumaesque nonsensical responses in parliament

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We were recently treated to a modern-day equivalent of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in parliament when President Jacob Zuma appeared for a question and answer session.
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Kol isha: Jo'burg SAJBD decision welcomed by Sacred

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The South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity (Sacred) is pleased to see that the 11-year-old ban on women singing at communal events hosted by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies appears at last to be ending.
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Pleasure to see coverage of New York exhibition in SA media

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I noticed with surprise (and pleasure) a short article in the latest issue of Jewish Report about a document from the Inquisition in Mexico on display at an exhibition in New York.
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Jacob’s noble in-tents

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The Torah introduces us to our forefather Jacob as a “yoshaiv ohalim” - one who sits in tents. What on earth is a tents-sitter? And why is this specific quality singled out in the Torah to introduce us to and perhaps even epitomise Jacob?
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Kahn flies community’s flag at Directors' Forum

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More than 50 senior Jewish community professionals, including SAJBD National Director Wendy Kahn, attended the third annual meeting of the World Jewish Congress National Community Directors’ Forum in Dublin on November 21-22.
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Thank goodness for Zuma!

Nov 30, 2016 1 Comment

President Jacob Zuma has been widely criticised by large sections of the public, the parliamentary opposition, trade union federation Cosatu and even factions within the ANC. He has been accused of being corrupt, inept and indifferent to the welfare of his country.
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