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Joburg CSO threatened by lack of funding
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) exists to secure South African Jewry, but right now, this vital community organisation needs rescuing.
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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
‘Dolling’ up a treat for little women
The Our Generation Doll Hairstyling Event for “little women” at the Selwyn Segal gift shop on Women’s Day catered for more than 130 little girls, each of whom brought their dolls (and their moms) for a morning of pampering and partying.
Winning words at ORT Jet Women’s Day breakfast
UJW’s hand-knitted baby clothes a blessing
South Africans swim to victory at European Maccabi Games
Cecile celebrates turning 100
Israel
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Ayelet Shaked’s rising star in Israeli politics
It’s been 45 years since Israel’s fourth prime minister, Golda Meir, resigned from the country’s top job. Often described as the “iron lady” of Israeli politics, she was strong-willed and straight-talking.
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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
World
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Author David Grossman eulogizes murdered settler teen
(JTA) The body of Dvir Sorek, the 19-year-old student who was murdered last Thursday in a West Bank terrorist attack, was found clutching a book by David Grossman, a staunch opponent of Israeli settlements.
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
Any wonder why Israel doesn’t buy into UN investigations?
Did Israeli soldiers violate international law by deliberately targeting unarmed children, journalists, health workers, and people with disabilities during the past year of violence along the Israel-Gaza border?
Who is sticking their nose into Israeli politics?
How to show that terror doesn’t pay
True relevance of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution
Interesting friends of Israel and Trump
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
Stop fighting and start working together
The last thing any of us would want is for the CSO (Community Security Organisation) to be under threat – or so it would seem.
Fighting for those rights we don’t have
Being a part of the world Jewish club
Singing our journey and hopes for SA
Shooting from the hip
OP-EDS
Fleeing anti-Semitism in Iraq, only to encounter it in the UK
My family and I managed to escape from Iraq and the hell of Saddam Hussein 48 years ago to the day on 15 August 1971.
Missing Israeli soldiers an international outrage
Welcome to our American visitors
Just how long do we have?
For the woman who makes your bed
Letters/Discussion Forums
Jewish tomb raider causes anger and sorrow
The article “Tomb raider caught out in Cape cemetery” in the 26 July edition of the SA Jewish Report elicited emotions of sorrow and anger that a fellow Jewish stonemason could vandalise and desecrate graves for his personal financial gain.
Beth Din ruling on Limmud out of step with world Jewry
We need to know the truth – even if it makes us uncomfortable
Exposing Jewish crooks is not ‘lashon harah’
Judaism caught between a rock and a hard place on gay issue
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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.
News
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
Seeing light where others see darkness
The Talmud tells us that Rabban Gamliel, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria, Rabbi Joshua, and Rabbi Akiva went up to Jerusalem. When they reached Mt Scopus, they tore their garments as an act of grief and mourning for the Temple that had been destroyed there. When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox emerging from the place where the Holy of Holies was situated.
Are we really independent?
Danger of making incidental significant
It’s wiser to be an activist than a critic
Crouched in wait for destiny
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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‘Dolling’ up a treat for little women
Aug 15, 2019
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The Our Generation Doll Hairstyling Event for “little women” at the Selwyn Segal gift shop on Women’s Day catered for more than 130 little girls, each of whom brought their dolls (and their moms) for a morning of pampering and partying.
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Winning words at ORT Jet Women’s Day breakfast
Aug 15, 2019
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Lynn Joffe, the chief executive and founder of Creatrix, an agency which cultivates brand and edutainment storytelling for South African consumers, was guest speaker at an ORT Jet Women’s Day breakfast at Frangelicas on 9 August.
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UJW’s hand-knitted baby clothes a blessing
Aug 15, 2019
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BabyLoversBlessings (BLB), an organisation which assists less fortunate mothers and newborns, recently received a stunning donation of hand-knitted jerseys, baby clothes, pads and more from the Union of Jewish Women in Port Elizabeth.
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South Africans swim to victory at European Maccabi Games
Aug 15, 2019
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“Off the charts,” is how Elan Sawitzky, #TeamMaccabiSA’s head of delegation, describes the team’s 51 swimming medals at the recently-completed 2019 European Maccabi Games (EMG) in Budapest, Hungary.
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Cecile celebrates turning 100
Aug 08, 2019
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Cecile Raphaely celebrated her 100th birthday in Sandton on 31 July with family from around the world, and a special message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Jewish Agency emissaries heading to King David
Aug 08, 2019
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Four young Jewish Agency shinshinim (service-year emissaries) will soon arrive in Johannesburg for 10 months of service, working within the King David school network.
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WIZO donates wheelchairs to Red Cross and Tygerberg Hospitals
Aug 08, 2019
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WIZO (the Women’s International Zionist Organisation) Cape Town donated four wheelchairs to the paediatric oncology wards at the Red Cross and Tygerberg Hospitals this week as part of its local outreach programme.
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ORT SA day an all-round winner
Aug 08, 2019
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One hundred and twenty scholars from five high schools in Alexandra spent the day at King David Victory Park High School (KDVPHS) for the first ORT SA day.
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TeamMaccabi SA puts pedal to the metal in Budapest
Aug 08, 2019
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As the largest-ever European Maccabi Games (EMG) wound to an end in Budapest this week, so #TeamMaccabiSA and their leaders reflected on an experience to be cherished.
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Beit Luria – Joburg’s newest progressive congregation
Aug 01, 2019
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Beit Luria Shul in the Willows Estate in Johannesburg has joined the South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ), becoming the youngest and newest progressive congregation in southern Africa.
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#TeamMaccabiSA in the swim in Budapest
Aug 01, 2019
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On Tuesday night, on a balmy evening in Budapest’s Nándor Hidegkuti Stadium, the 15th edition of the European Maccabi Games (EMG) swung into action with the traditional opening ceremony.
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Temple Israel donates blankets to Hillbrow homeless
Jul 25, 2019
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Temple Israel Heritage Centre Hillbrow, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day, The Outreach Foundation Hillbrow, and the Mercy Church in Kensington joined forces in Kensington on 18 July to donate blankets to the homeless in Hillbrow and African migrants in Kensington.
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More than 101 smiles on Bet David’s fun day
Jul 25, 2019
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Bet David in Morningside has a tradition of inviting children from the Alexandra Orphanage and child-care initiative, Look and Love, also situated in Alexandra, to an annual outing and fun day on 18 July.
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Celebrities help NCCF honour Madiba’s legacy
Jul 25, 2019
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The Nashua Children’s Charity Foundation introduced former Miss South Africa Kerishnie Naiker and singer Danny K to the foundation’s 72 young representatives and their caregivers before Mandela Day commenced in Woodmead on 18 July.
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Mandela mitzvah perks up patients in Klerksdorp
Jul 25, 2019
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Women from the Klerksdorp Jewish community visited the oncology department, wards, and chemotherapy room of Klerksdorp Hospital on 18 July to hand out hand-crocheted blankets, cupcakes, and scones.
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Rebbetzin Lipskar honoured at 70th birthday party
Jul 25, 2019
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Chabad Hyde Park-Sandhurst held a surprise birthday brunch recently to celebrate Rebbetzin Mashi Lipskar’s 70th birthday.
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Medicare Percelia Pharmacy donation drive
Jul 25, 2019
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Emfundisweni Primary School in Alexandra Township was the beneficiary of Medicare Percelia Pharmacy’s Mandela Day donation drive on 18 July, part of the organisation’s focus on caring for the wider community.
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Soup and sarmies for the soul
Jul 25, 2019
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Johannesburg’s Norwood Mall was abuzz on Mandela Day on 18 July with hundreds of volunteers making sandwiches for those in need.
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SA Jewish sportsmen in healing hands
Jul 25, 2019
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On Sunday night, Evan Speechly, one of South Africa’s leading physiotherapists, will be jetting off to the European Maccabi Games in Budapest as part of the support staff for the South African team.
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The Bullet who showed his metal on the Tour de France
Jul 18, 2019
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The Tour de France, one of the most-watched sporting events with an average TV viewership of 2.6 billion, currently has cycling fans fastened to their sofas.
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