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Nazi salute never okay nor innocent, says esteemed editor
Adriaan Basson, one of South Africa’s most respected Afrikaans journalists and editors, this week said that the Nazi salute and other symbols of racism were never okay or innocent.
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
Sydenham completes a book of Talmud
Rabbi Yossy Goldman’s weekly Talmud shiur group held a catered dinner at the Sydenham Youth Bayit on 18 February to celebrate the completion of the entire Tractate Sotah, which deals primarily, but not exclusively with marital infidelity and the ceremony of the bitter water. It was attended by students and their wives, as well as the gaboim (supervisors) of Sydenham Shul.
Help for Kliptown flood victims
Ada turns 104
Joburg city councillor honoured for Hillbrow regeneration
Ghana’s history brought to light
Israel
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Third Israeli election in a year – one big yawn
Israel has never held two successive elections, let alone three. And with most people in Israel believing next Monday’s ballot won’t break the deadlock, the country seems headed to a fourth election. Maybe I can just re-publish this column again next week? And then again in a few weeks’ time?
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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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Former POW, Gilad Shalit, gets engaged Gilad Shalit, 33, the Israeli soldier who was held prisoner by terrorist group Hamas in Gaza for five years, is engaged.
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
Former ISIS members and families – an international headache
The name Jihadi Jack was splashed across British newspapers this week as the story of 24-year-old Jack Letts was again brought to the public’s attention.
Any wonder why Israel doesn’t buy into UN investigations?
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
Lifestyle / Community
Israel’s championship dreams reach a cul de sac in Slovenia
Israel’s dream of reaching next year’s European Championship finals all but ended in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana on Monday, when their footballers conceded a third Slovenia goal to lose 3-2 agonisingly late in the game.
Is Julian Edelman the best Jewish football player ever?
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
Opinion
The Jewish Report Editorial
The challenge of being inspirational
This week, a former editor of mine, who inspired me to pursue great journalism and to make a difference through the work I do, passed away suddenly. And while Shaun Johnson wasn’t a part of this community, remembering him invoked in me what it means to inspire others. Also, I realised how important it is for us to have people in our lives who inspire us to be better.
Reframing our vision
Hold leadership accountable
Holocaust remembrance more poignant than ever
Keep our children safe, but don’t curtail their freedom
OP-EDS
Budget a pre-Purim gift
It is indeed a good omen that Minister of Finance Tito Titus Mboweni delivered his budget speech in Cape Town on Rosh Chodesh, the first day of the month of Adar. Within the next two weeks, we celebrate Purim and the minister had plenty of mishloach manot (gifts) for all – or almost everyone.
Never again, says Lithuanian ambassador
Gay, equal – and married
Writing a column is easier, but a book is better
COP relationship top of board’s agenda
Letters/Discussion Forums
Anti-Semitism figures based on detailed records
In the 14 February 2020 edition of the SA Jewish Report, Darren Bergman expressed his concern that the “SAJBD had politicised the situation to create a sense of calm and an image that the SAJBD is in control” and that we are “complacent and/or out of touch”. To allay Mr Bergman’s fears, I would like to provide him with some information. The purpose of our reporting isn’t to “pat ourselves on the back” as he suggests, it’s a globally recognised resource used within academic and international Jewish parameters. For many decades we have worked with universities, foreign governments, and the United Nations Human Rights Council utilising our monitoring techniques.
Climate change nothing new
Tunnel vision
Beware of false sense of complacency on anti-Semitism
Hitler’s typewriter should be destroyed, not displayed
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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
What makes you happier?
Great news! From this week onwards, we’re going to be happier.
Theatre of miracles
Hashem’s ultimate justice
Life’s most precious jewels
Rebbe’s army marches victorious
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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UJW celebrates volunteers and donors
May 23, 2019
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Lilian Kallmann was awarded volunteer of the year at the Johannesburg Union of Jewish Women’s (UJW’s) 87th annual general meeting on 7 May. Kallmann works in the UJW’s flagship project, Kosher Mobile Meals.
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WIZO discusses ‘agony and ecstasy’ of marriage
May 23, 2019
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Psychologist and couples therapist, Connie Valkin, spoke recently to the Women’s International Zionist Organisation’s (WIZO’s) Women Inspired branch about the intricacies of marriage.
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West Street Shul in Johannesburg received a new Torah two weeks ago.
May 16, 2019
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The Torah was donated by the Genn and Mielke families in honour of their father, the late Dave Genn. It was presented to the shul on Wednesday, 1 May. Dave was a regular member of the minyan (quorum) at the shul.
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Rugby dream fractured at the touch of an elbow
May 16, 2019
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Daniel Ackerman can be forgiven for thinking that he’d cornered the market on bad luck. On the eve of the Touch World Cup in Malaysia a couple of weeks ago, he fractured his nose in a “freak accident” in a warm-up match against Ireland.
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Black and white about Israel at Emmarentia Shul
May 09, 2019
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In the lead-up to Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Deputy Ambassador Ayellet Black visited Emmarentia Shul to talk about the latest Gaza rocket attacks on Israel.
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Chabad shatters fundraising target for new home
May 09, 2019
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Chabad of Greenstone managed to raise more than R1 million in 24 hours to renovate its new home.
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Klerksdorp Yom Hashoah celebrates courage and resilience
May 09, 2019
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In a moving ceremony, Klerksdorp community members commemorated Yom HaShoah on 1 May with readings about dehumanisation, and candle lighting in remembrance of the victims.
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WIZO honours survivors and rescuers
May 09, 2019
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WIZO Johannesburg honoured Madeleine Heitner, who passed away recently at the age of 100, among other survivors and righteous individuals at its Yom HaShoah commemoration at Beyachad in Johannesburg on 29 April.
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‘Until I can’t stand I will be playing the game’, says Dimant
May 09, 2019
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Simon Dimant, a life-long “table-tennis addict” as he describes himself, speaks English with a quaint flourish. This is because he is of Latvian descent and English is his third language behind Russian and Latvian itself. He arrived in Johannesburg from Latvia - he still remembers the day, on 19 February 1991 - unable to speak a word of English, but slowly, his vocabulary expanded, and he began to understand the rules of English grammar.
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Succession a weighty issue in powerlifting family
May 02, 2019
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Two of the 200-odd participants at the National Powerlifting Championships in Potchefstroom in March were the father-and-son duo of Ian and Justin Furman. Ian, now nudging just beyond 50, is the father, while Justin, a 6 ‘4, 112km young giant, is his son.
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Weird and wacky world of the weekend heart attack
Apr 18, 2019
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Ever had a heart attack? It’s actually easier than you think. I had one on a beautiful summer morning one Sunday.
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Arts students visit Holocaust Museum
Apr 18, 2019
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School children from the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg visited the newly opened Holocaust Museum at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in Forest Town in April.
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Gruzd a master at Scrabble
Apr 18, 2019
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Steven Gruzd won the South African Masters Scrabble Championships at Huddle Park Golf Club on 22 March.
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International ORT Day celebrates 139 years of education
Apr 18, 2019
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ORT South Africa joined students and teachers of the Jewish educational organisation around the world on 10 April to celebrate ORT’s establishment in St Petersburg on that day in 1880. ORT is the largest Jewish educational organisation in the world.
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‘Beware India and Australia – they’re the most rounded’, says Yachad
Apr 18, 2019
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A thoughtful man and a thoughtful former cricketer, Mandy Yachad begins our telephone interview with the verbal equivalent of a prod into the covers for a single. “I don’t follow the game that fully anymore,” he confesses, saying that, in spite of this, he’s managed to keep tabs on the vicissitudes of the Proteas at home this summer.
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Israeli star sings praises of Roodepoort rugby and braaivleis
Apr 11, 2019
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Ori Abutbul is a rugby pioneer. The former Tel Aviv security guard and Israeli international is currently playing club rugby in Roodepoort on the West Rand after being persuaded to come to South Africa by Kevin Musikanth, the current Israeli national coach.
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Moses Moyo honoured
Apr 11, 2019
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The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) asked ChaiFM Chief Executive Kathy Kaler to plant a tree in one of the Jewish National Fund forests to honour late social activist and pro-Israel lobbyist Moses Moyo. Kaler did so when she was in Israel to run the Jerusalem Marathon.
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Sports Quiz raises roof for charity
Apr 11, 2019
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With 36 teams and five sporting categories, the annual Bidvest Sports Quiz is a highly competitive event, but the greatest winner of the night was the Selwyn Segal Society, which received a donation of R400 000.
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Torah Institute shows gratitude at gala dinner
Apr 11, 2019
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Rabbi Shmuel Moffson cited the importance of Torah study at the Johannesburg Torah Institute’s (JTI’s) first gala dinner at its learning centre in Oaklands, Johannesburg, on Wednesday night.
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Help to make special for old souls
Apr 11, 2019
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During the late 1960s and early 1970s, members of the Union of Jewish Women (UJW) assisted Meals on Wheels, which was being run by a church in Yeoville. They discovered that there were Jewish recipients who felt forced to accept non-kosher food as there was nowhere they could get kosher food. Most of them were housebound and lonely.
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