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DIRCO – cream on top of the Clover deal
“There is no economic ban on Israel whatsoever,” International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Minister Lindiwe Sisulu told a packed media briefing on Tuesday.
Jewish News
Whatever you’re feeling, there’s a psalm for it
In much the same way that there is an app for everything, there is a psalm for every requirement as well. So says Chabad House Director Rabbi David Masinter.
South Africa witnesses a spike in anti-Semitism
Cosatu’s Refugee Day faux pas brings Jewish history to light
‘Comprehensive’ investigation delays Stan & Pete probe
Once vibrant Rosettenville Shul breathes its last
Organisations
For them, the battle has just begun…
The SA Friends of the Beit Halochem Zahal Disabled Veterans Organisation was established in Johannesburg in 1982, its primary goal being to help and support Zahal disabled veterans by raising funds to help them return and resume their normal lives as soon as possible.
Hatzolah’s aim is that it should end well
Limmud wins a prize for uniting Jews
‘Sounds of Summer’ raises much-needed funds
Sasco Israel ‘directive’ shows closed-mindedness
Lifestyle / Community
Killarney Mall cares
Generous Killarney Mall shoppers and retail sponsors have managed to collect one-years-worth of stationery for Thembelenkosini Care Givers in Soweto, part of an ongoing initiative to support the centre.
Abby the robotic nurse jet fuelled by ORT
Jill Katz, a regal presence who touched many lives
Eight-year-old soccer star shines in Brazil
Maccabi table tennis has fans on the edge of their seats
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Israelis watch the rising star of Gantz
There’s a popular weekly satirical show in Israel called Eretz Nehederet. In a recent episode, an actor playing Benny Gantz, the former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and newcomer to Israeli politics, is asked how he’s feeling.
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Israel has true Christian friends in Mozambique
Devotion to the cause of the State of Israel flourishes in the most unlikely places, even in societies where the Jewish presence is small to non-existent. Such is the case in Mozambique, where the work of Beth-El Associacao Crista Amigos De Israel - Mozambican Christian Friends of Israel - testifies to how much can be achieved by those inspired by their Christian faith to promote the Israeli cause, despite adverse conditions.
Israelis vow their future will be decided in and by Israel
Israel's door swings both ways for Africa
Swazi, Israeli PMs meet on expanding relations
4 young soldiers die in J’salem truck-ramming
Zionism
Touch his kippah and Blue Boy Box nods
JNF’s unique “Blue Boy Box” now lives at King David Linksfield Pre-Primary so that children of each generation learn the importance of tzedakah (charity or welfare). It is the responsibility of Jews all over the world to build Israel, develop it and nurture it as the home of the Jewish nation
Kerry and Netanyahu continue to duke it out
'Who is a Zionist?' - an ever-present question
Invigorated Fed gets noticed on world stage
Roro's anti-BDS toolkit for World Wizo
Lifestyle / Community
Being schooled in a new school system
“Knowledge is Light” was our school motto when I was a child in Durban. The importance of education was made clear to us from as far back as I can remember. It wasn’t taken for granted. A good education was a privilege.
Pretoria girl with 7 distinctions off to Israel
November tourism to Israel up almost 40%
Do something special with Rebbetzen Tap
How Israel is courting tourists from India and China
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Another fight over Holocaust memory threatens ties between Israel and Poland
(JTA) It was meant to be a diplomatic triumph for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: a much-touted diplomatic summit in Jerusalem on Monday with four central European states.
Jewish News
Ben Helfgott: From concentration camp to knighthood
Among the hundreds of British subjects on the Queens Honours List this June was Ben Helfgott, a holocaust survivor, an Olympic weightlifter, holocaust educator par excellence, and now a knight.
Chassidic lego on offer
17 Jewish centers had bomb threats yesterday
Dershowitz hopes Trump will make him proud
US Senate/Congress weigh in on embassy move
Middle East
How to show that terror doesn’t pay
How to fight terrorism while at the same time not encourage it is a challenge Israel continues to grapple with. Last Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that he was enacting the so-called “terrorist salaries law” for the first time. It allows Jerusalem to deduct from the monthly taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) those monies it claims go towards terrorism.
True relevance of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution
Interesting friends of Israel and Trump
Golan Heights rises from international backburner
Netanyahu fighting to maintain coalition government
Lifestyle / Community
Is Julian Edelman the best Jewish football player ever?
(JTA) After the New England Patriots beat the favoured Kansas City Chiefs to reach their third straight Super Bowl – their amazing ninth in less than 20 years – CBS sports analyst Boomer Esiason made an intriguing statement, namely that Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Israeli gymnasts competing to fly flag in Doha
Israeli gymnasts fly through world competitions
Israeli equestrian pulls out of world championships over Yom Kippur conflict
FIFA suspends and fines Palestinian soccer boss for threats against Messi
Opinion
The Jewish Report Editorial
No place for bullying
I can’t bear bullies! I know I am not alone in having a serious aversion to anyone or any group who tries to make themselves feel better by making others feel bad about themselves. I can’t stand people who push others around just because they are not able – for whatever reason – to stand up to them.
Cutting off your nose to spite your face
To be brave and bold and stand up for what is right
How Jewish is Jewish enough?
Fight hatred with family values and caring
OP-EDS
Why Israel and apartheid can never be the same thing
We have all heard the term before, and either flinched, cringed, or nodded our heads. The words “apartheid Israel” have become a term so often used in the discourse around Israeli-Palestinian conflict that we have somewhat lost our ability to think critically about its use.
Mboweni rings the changes with ‘aloesterity’
When the lights go out, and you can’t look on the bright side
The Israeli elections and the politics of the individual
Growing ties in Africa
Letters/Discussion Forums
Will foot and mouth affect kosher meat prices?
Thank you for your informative and great journalism.
Women must speak out against abuse
Van Heerden plays fast and loose with the facts
Campaign to vilify board has no basis in truth
Nothing ‘above board’ about management of country communities
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Hatzolah’s aim is that it should end well
When you think of Hatzolah, you imagine ambulances, accidents, sick people - you don’t equate it with a fun YouTube game that is going to inspire you not to text and drive at the same time.
Live blog: The #ZumaMustGo protests
Alternative education where wriggle room is the name of the game
Should the Hebron shooter be pardoned?
On this one, maybe Trump is not so far off the mark
Religion
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The connections between the British royals and the Jews
With Prince William’s historic visit to Israel this week, all eyes have been trained on the Jewish capital. It may have taken 70 years, but the first official visit by a member of the British Royal family began in Israel on Monday, when William, the Duke of Cambridge, arrived in Tel Aviv.
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R. Hazdan keynote speaker at Chabad-Lubavitch event
Some 5 600 emissaries (shluchim) from Chabad-Lubavitch from all over the world gathered at the Pier 8 warehouse in Brooklyn, New York this week for the opening of their four-day annual international conference and banquet, 75 years after the arrival of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, from Europe.
South Dakota to get a permanent rabbi
No trial for Berland who'll serve little time
Mexico fires envoy, but changes its vote
Religious leaders pledge support to Pravin Gordhan
Parshot/Festivals
Torah stories for grown-ups
It boggles the mind. Why is so much Torah-coverage given to the subject of an elaborate tent-structure called the tabernacle? The verses that relate to the tabernacle’s construction seem to go on and on. They fill not one, but four weekly portions.
Ain’t it a joy to complain?
Make 2019 a year of reconciliation and celebration
Is religion still relevant?
Emerging from darkness – Yitro’s legacy
UOS/Congregations
SA in ‘titanic fight between good and evil’
“The greatness of our nation is that our people are great. We are a nation of heroes, of people with good and decent moral fibre who will not tolerate our country being plundered!” So said Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein in Pretoria this morning.“This is a struggle for accountability and justice,” Goldstein told the crowd (which included prominent Jewish CEOs like Adrian Gore, Stephen Koseff and Michael Katz). “This struggle is about sovereignty. The power of the people always triumphs in the end.”
Chief’s varsity fee input sits well with Blade
Gardens Shul - glorious past, bright future
Cemetery in sad state & no funds for repair
SA rabbis on a solidarity mission to Israel
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Killarney Mall cares
Feb 21, 2019
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Generous Killarney Mall shoppers and retail sponsors have managed to collect one-years-worth of stationery for Thembelenkosini Care Givers in Soweto, part of an ongoing initiative to support the centre.
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Abby the robotic nurse jet fuelled by ORT
Feb 21, 2019
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Josh Lasker, an ORT Jet beneficiary, is a founding partner and head of development of a robotic nurse named Abby – an automated, self-service, health-screening kiosk.
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Jill Katz, a regal presence who touched many lives
Feb 07, 2019
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Jill Katz, a renowned, respected, and beloved matriarch and rebbetzin, passed away last week at the inspiring age of 91.
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Eight-year-old soccer star shines in Brazil
Jan 31, 2019
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The South African SuperSport Football Academy Under-9 team won the Silver Playoffs in the recently held IberCup in Brazil, and eight-year-old Dylan Friedland of King David Sandton was part of the successful South African side.
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Maccabi table tennis has fans on the edge of their seats
Jan 31, 2019
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Table tennis fans were given a unique opportunity to watch the game played at an extremely high level last Sunday at the Maccabi Top 16 Table Tennis Tournament in Fairmount, Johannesburg.
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UJW brings cheer to scholars by paying for uniforms
Jan 31, 2019
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Instead of giving Christmas presents, the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) in Port Elizabeth opted to fund lay-byes for school uniforms instead. In this, they followed the example of Professor Jonathan Jansen, the former Vice Chancellor of the University of the Free State (now at Stellenbosch University), who did the same thing.
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WIZO-Magimix partnership puts food on the table
Jan 31, 2019
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Helen Keller said, “Alone, we can do so little; together we can do so much.” When we work together on a common goal, we can achieve things beyond our wildest dreams.
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Caleb named SA’s junior chess player of the year
Jan 24, 2019
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Caleb Levitan, 8, became the youngest chess player to be named Junior Chess Player of the Year by Chess South Africa in December last year. While he is ranked number one, his twin brother, Judah, is number two. And these two just keep breaking South African chess records.
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Geoff Ramokgadi’s covenant with Judaism
Dec 13, 2018
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Wearing a yarmulke, Geoffrey Modise Menachem Ramokgadi draws stares from most people he encounters, whether in his adopted country of Swaziland, his home town of Rustenburg, or in the synagogues and Jewish shops of Johannesburg.
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Tough, teasing, enigmatic: Abramowitz’s debut novel is a stunner
Dec 13, 2018
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FutureLife: A Protea is not an Artichoke is not a book about horticulture. It’s not a book about breakfast cereal. In some sense, it’s not even a book. It’s a work of paper-and-print performance art written by one of South Africa’s best new authors. It’s also, beguilingly, an autobiography of someone else – who, as it happens, doesn’t exist.
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New novel dwells on Jerusalem’s dark side
Dec 13, 2018
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Like a city in the shadow of an oncoming storm, a novel can be dark, brooding, and forbidding. In spite of being set in the Jerusalem of 1961, Zvi Jagendorfs Coming Soon: The Flood features none of the city’s brightness.
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KosherWorld Chanukah bash the icing on the doughnut
Dec 13, 2018
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KosherWorld hosted its annual community Chanukah Party on Thursday, 6 December.
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Record-breaking Chanukah doughnut tower
Dec 13, 2018
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It is not every day that Johannesburg sees a Guinness World Record attempt – and this one was extra sweet.
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Gap-year seminar for youth leaders cements unity and identity
Dec 13, 2018
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The Israel Centre – Jewish Agency’s Partnership2gether Peoplehood Platform hosted its second gap year seminar in November for Jewish youth who are on year-long programmes in Israel. The seminar aims to foster co-operation and understanding between South African youth movements and peer movements in the Israel partnership region of Beit Shemesh Mate Yehuda.
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Education ‘change maker’ honoured in Switzerland
Dec 13, 2018
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While global citizens gathered in South Africa over the weekend to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s centenary and raise money for deserving causes, a South African citizen was being celebrated in Zurich, Switzerland, for his work in the field of child and youth development.
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New Beit David shul consecrated in Durban
Dec 13, 2018
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The new Beit David Synagogue was consecrated at the Durban Jewish Club in Durban on Sunday, 2 December. A mincha service led jointly by Rabbis Sa’ar Shaked and Emma Gottlieb was followed by the consecration service and ceremony at 20:00.
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South Africa Friends of Sheba off to a flying start
Dec 13, 2018
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Ivan and Lynette Saltzman hosted an event to celebrate the launch of South African friends of Sheba in their home in Johannesburg on 6 December. The initiative aims to strengthen the relationship between the South African Jewish community and Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Silk Butterfly Project a soulful way to celebrate Jewish heritage
Dec 13, 2018
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When psychiatrist Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross visited the Maidenek concentration camp in 1946, she found hundreds of butterflies etched on the walls of the children’s barracks. Some had been engraved with pebbles, and others scratched with fingernails, but all of them represented a message which took Kübler-Ross 25 years of working with dying patients to fully comprehend. In spite of the awareness that their young lives were drawing to a close, the children left the butterflies as representations of their eternal souls, which would live on forever.
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UJW celebrates another capacity year of Brain Boost
Dec 13, 2018
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Brain Boost, a stimulation group run by the Union of Jewish Women (UJW), celebrated the end of 2018 with a farewell tea held at Friends Restaurant on 4 December. Brain Boost was established in 2016 after the UJW identified the need to establish a group to support those affected by memory loss. It has since grown to full capacity.
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A healthy stomach is a healthy mind
Dec 13, 2018
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If you have a healthy stomach, you have a healthy physical, mental, and emotional approach to life.
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