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CSO warns community to be vigilant about kidnapping
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) has warned parents and caregivers to be hyper-vigilant about children’s safety because of an increase in suspicious activity in public places.
Jewish News
South Africa witnesses a spike in anti-Semitism
Lawyers are preparing criminal and civil charges following one of the darkest weeks of anti-Semitism in South Africa. There have been a slew of vile incidents that sent shock waves through the community.
Cosatu’s Refugee Day faux pas brings Jewish history to light
‘Comprehensive’ investigation delays Stan & Pete probe
Once vibrant Rosettenville Shul breathes its last
PJ Library encourages kids to explore their Jewish identity
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
Doyen of furniture industry reaches his century
Isaac Jankelowitz celebrated his 100th birthday on 2 September surrounded by family and friends. Always a wonderful storyteller, he recounted his life for those celebrating with him. He told how he grew up in the shtetl of Lubtch (Lubza), in what is Belarus today, how he arrived as a poverty stricken migrant in Johannesburg in the early 1930s. He then spoke of running what was the largest furniture factory in South Africa at the time.
MMA fight raising funds CSO funds to lower risks
Victory Park alumnae take art and philanthropy to new heights
Sydenham Shul hosts Israeli ambassador for dinner
Soweto school supported with fun and generosity
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Taking you through some of Israel’s firsts
1952 High-school dropout Stef Wertheimer sets up a small metal shop and tool-making company in the backyard of his home in Nahariya. His company, ISCAR, is today one of the world’s largest manufacturers of carbide industrial cutting tools used by carmakers like Ford and General Motors, employing 6 000 people in branches in 50 countries.
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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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Ben Kingsley kept photo of Elie Wiesel close while portraying Adolf Eichmann
Ask Ben Kingsley about why he was keen to portray Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new film Operation Finale, and he describes a traumatic childhood incident in which he first learned about the Holocaust.
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
The humanitarian cost of throttling funds for refugees
A few years ago, while visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, I asked a 17-year-old boy where he came from. I was taken aback by his reply. Although he’d never set foot out of Lebanon, he told me he came from Haifa. I asked him again, and again he insisted, “my home is in Haifa”. He’d never seen Haifa, nor that home.
Time for Netanyahu to stop fence sitting on the Wall
The danger Corbyn raises for British Jews
Living in anticipation of that deadly siren
The law that devastated Israel’s minorities
Lifestyle / Community
Israeli equestrian pulls out of world championships over Yom Kippur conflict
An Israeli equestrian has withdrawn from next month’s world championships because the competition will take place on Yom Kippur.
FIFA suspends and fines Palestinian soccer boss for threats against Messi
Israeli gymnast bags second gold after breaking world record
Israeli athlete misses a second medal by miscounting the laps
Beitar Jerusalem soccer club sold to Blockchain entrepreneur
Opinion
The Jewish Report Editorial
Take time to reassess and smell the roses
As a community, we punch way above our weight. Our contribution to the economy, the country, and its people is quite phenomenal. This was evident on Sunday night at our Absa Jewish Achiever Awards. I was so very proud of our community. We have every reason to be proud. It is not often that we actually take time to consider the good we do as a community and as individuals.
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OP-EDS
Israelis and SA Jews need to stop and listen…
In recent times, there has been heated debate over the law of nationality. One can argue about the nature and essence of the law, but I do not want to argue about its social implications and the stormy debate about the results.
Objective journalist a lone soldier in anti-Israel media war
Taking the poetic route to seeing our way forward
Netanyahu’s silence helps to hide Lithuanian Jewish genocide
A time of spiritual growth and renewal
Letters/Discussion Forums
We need to talk about our successes, not lay low
I have a burning question. Why do we not stand up and loudly and proudly tell all of South Africa what sort of a role we play in society? We seem to hide. We have many successes, from charity to the business world. They are publicised in this newspaper, and circulated amongst ourselves.
Limmud entitled to shun unacceptable BDS
Championing pro-BDS speakers’ rights reeks of hypocrisy
No comparison between Limmud censorship and BDS
Ponary Forest massacre inexplicable
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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
What is the difference between hearing and listening?
Why is it that music has such a deep effect on us? Sometimes it seems as though music has a direct line to our souls. It affects our mood and our emotions. It can make us laugh or cry. It can make us get up and dance, and it can make us stop and think. It can soothe us, uplift us, and stir us to the depths of our being.
Shofar an almighty alarm clock
New year brings new light, new life
Facing our potential as we face our creator
Making our world Hashem’s home
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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Doyen of furniture industry reaches his century
Sep 06, 2018
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Isaac Jankelowitz celebrated his 100th birthday on 2 September surrounded by family and friends. Always a wonderful storyteller, he recounted his life for those celebrating with him. He told how he grew up in the shtetl of Lubtch (Lubza), in what is Belarus today, how he arrived as a poverty stricken migrant in Johannesburg in the early 1930s. He then spoke of running what was the largest furniture factory in South Africa at the time.
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MMA fight raising funds CSO funds to lower risks
Sep 06, 2018
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It seems fitting that the Community Security Organisation’s fundraiser’s entertainment was a Mixed Martial Arts contest on a boxing ring in the midst of an elegantly decorated hall.
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Victory Park alumnae take art and philanthropy to new heights
Sep 06, 2018
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In honour of Women’s Month, the King David Schools’ Foundation host alumnae Kara Stoler and Anthea Pokroy (both KDHSVP 2003) at King David Victory Park on the last day of August, bringing them back to where their love for art began. They were joined by Benon Lutaaya, one of South Africa’s top selling artists, enthralling the audience with their knowledge and enthusiasm about the South African art world.
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Sydenham Shul hosts Israeli ambassador for dinner
Sep 06, 2018
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Israeli Ambassador Lior Keinan was guest speaker at Sydenham Shul’s popular Young Adults Friday Night Dinner recently, a social and educational event attended by more than 100 young Johannesburg Jews.
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Soweto school supported with fun and generosity
Sep 06, 2018
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A convoy of cars arrived at the JB Marks Primary School in Soweto on Sunday for an outreach project, organised by Lisette Datnow, the Chairperson of the Do Good and Have Fun branch (DGHF) of the Union of Jewish Women of South Africa.
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Argentinian soccer player fights to stay in Israel
Sep 06, 2018
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Prior to the FIFA World Cup in Russia, Israel were scheduled to play a friendly against Argentina in Jerusalem. Palestinians and politicians then got involved, and at the last minute, the game was called off.
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Birzh massacre memorial searches for names of victims
Aug 30, 2018
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The shtetl of Birzh in Northern Lithuania was home to 2 500 Jews at the end of the 19th century. It was a bustling town of business and industry, synagogues and schools, in the tradition of Litvak Jewry. There were political parties, youth movements, and as in most of Russian-controlled Lithuania, emigration to America and South Africa.
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Strong Jewish interest at US Open
Aug 30, 2018
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There is quite a lot of Jewish interest at this year’s US Open Tennis Championship, the final Grand Slam of the year which is taking place from 9 August to 9 September.
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DL Link lays foundation for holistic cancer support centre
Aug 23, 2018
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The DL Link is laying the foundation for the creation of a support centre for cancer patients in Johannesburg. The project, named the DL Link Refoel Centre after beloved Johannesburg doctor, the late Rodney Unterslak, was unveiled at the DL Link Gala Dinner at Summer Place on Tuesday.
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Camp Gan Yisrael accommodates three-term schools
Aug 23, 2018
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More than 50 children from Johannesburg schools on a three-term schedule had the opportunity to attend Gan Yisrael Camp in August, run under the umbrella of Chabad House.
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Novelist puts stars in students’ eyes
Aug 23, 2018
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South African author Lori-Ann Preston recently visited Orange Grove Primary School’s library in Johannesburg, bringing a “rocket” of enthusiasm for her new novel, Thabo, the space dude.
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Golf Day a hit for WIZO
Aug 23, 2018
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August 14 proved to be a perfect day for golfing. WIZO Johannesburg’s annual Golf Day at Killarney Country Club was testimony to this.
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Levitan twin triumph at African Chess Championship
Aug 23, 2018
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Proud father Shaun Levitan puts it best of all when speaking about his chess playing twins, Judah and Caleb: “The chess adventure continues”.
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SA Youth Movements Advertorial
Aug 23, 2018
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Machaneh 2018. Have a look at what our youth camps have to offer this year.
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Chev honours man who moved mountains
Aug 16, 2018
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Lionel Stein, a volunteer at Selwyn Segal for more than 40 years, was honoured with a special service by the Chevra Kadisha at Sandringham Gardens Shul last Shabbat.
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Schröder makes surprise appearance at Goldmann Fellowship
Aug 16, 2018
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Delegates to this year’s Nahum Goldmann Fellowship for young Jewish leaders in August were treated to a surprise visit from Germany’s former Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, who happened to be staying at the hotel where the conference was taking place.
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Choirmaster returns to roots at Pine Street Shul
Aug 16, 2018
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Richard Shavei-Tzion, once choirmaster at Pine Street Shul in Orchards, Johannesburg, returned to the shul recently to talk about his travels and choral work around the world.
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President Rivlin praises Telfed its contribution to aliya
Aug 16, 2018
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In celebration of 70 years of service to the olim community, representatives from Telfed, the Israeli branch of the South African Zionist Federation, were honoured to meet President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s residence on 7 August 2018.
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Drawing inspiration from Chassidus Summit
Aug 16, 2018
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Hundreds attended Chabad’s Chassidus Summit at The Capital Hotel in Sandton last weekend, engaging in spiritual insight prior to Rosh Hashanah.
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Austrian Herzog to coach Israel’s national soccer team
Aug 10, 2018
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Austrian Andreas Herzog has been named Israel’s new football manager. The 49-year-old takes over from Elisha Levy, who was told last month his contract would not be renewed.
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