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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
Israel
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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
World
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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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SAUJS sweeps leadership awards
The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) won best student society at the annual Leadership Awards Ceremony at the University of the Witwatersrand last Tuesday.
https://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2018/11/01/saujs-sweeps-leadership-awards
SAUJS
sweeps leadership awards, Moreover, 2018
SAUJS
Chairperson Yanir Grindler was runner up for best leader of a community organisation.
SAUJS
wishes a massive mazeltov to him and the entire
SAUJS
Wits 2018 committee for this major achievement
Taking on SAUJS leadership
Rachel Raff is the newly-appointed South African Union of Jewish Students national chairperson. She grew up in the heart of Jewish Johannesburg as the oldest of seven children. She went to Torah Academy Primary, Beis Yaakov High and did her matric at Eden College.
https://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2017/11/02/taking-on-saujs-leadership
Taking on
SAUJS
leadership, for Birthright (a
SAUJS
annual trip to Israel which ignited my Jewish identity and is something I can speak, on different aspects of Jewish identity and Israel. What drew you to take on a leadership role in
SAUJS
, Jewish identity. It is this passion that started my involvement in
SAUJS
, as I believed in being, ’s really important to me right now. Through my time in
SAUJS
I’ve been given exposure to local, to further relationships and take
SAUJS
to the next level of Jewish and South African activism. What do
SAUJS wins international award
The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) won the Israel Engagement Award at the 44th annual World Union of Jewish Students congress in Jerusalem on December 31.
https://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2018/01/18/saujs-wins-international-award
SAUJS
wins international award, This award is given to the union or group of students who’ve organised a unique programme that connects Jewish students to Israel in an innovative and meaningful way. The award acknowledges the great efforts
SAUJS
undertook during their 2017 #SeeIsraelForYourself campaign across university campuses. The campaign aimed to make Jewish students feel more comfortable on campus during the BDS’s, on campus where
SAUJS
members were there to chat about contentious topics. They used this event
SAUJS election renews commitment to students
The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) recently held elections and selected the organisation’s 2019 national committee.
https://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2018/10/11/saujs-election-renews-commitment-to-students
SAUJS
election renews commitment to students, The incoming committee will focus on making
SAUJS
a more inclusive organisation, and ensure that every Jewish student has the space and ability to express themselves within the organisation
SAUJS leaders want to meet their elders
The SA Union of Jewish Students has invited the community to attend a Gala Dinner next month. While its billed as an “Alumni” event, SAUJS’ special project portfolio head, Cayla Urdang, assured SAJR Online today that “everyone's welcome.” They hope to “recapture the spirit of previous generations of student activists,” and SAUJS is asking the community's help “to track down as many SAUJS Alumni as possible.” They are also looking for memorabilia. Read how you can help SAUJS, and all about that Banquet, too.
https://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2015/06/16/saujs-leaders-want-to-meet-their-elders
SAUJS
leaders want to meet their elders, Whether you hear it billed as the “
SAUJS
Gala Dinner” or the “
SAUJS
Alumni Gala Dinner,”
SAUJS
, of young Jewish leaders and activists wanting to make connections their elders. RIGHT:
SAUJS
' Cayla Urdang The past chairs and committee members of
SAUJS
reads like a Who’s-Who of the community, the Apartheid regime back in the day. “As part of the
SAUJS
special project portfolio for 2015, a conversation with the current leadership.” What a great idea! Urdang says that the history of
SAUJS
Summer U in Luhačovice for SAUJS execs
SAUJS execs, Natan Pollack (national treasurer, pictured) and Cayla Urdang (vice chairman) went to the small town of Luhačovice in the Czech Republic last month for the annual European Union of Jewish Students’ Summer U conference. The EUJS is an umbrella org for over 200 000 Jewish European students from 34 countries. Why were the SAUJS pair there and what did they do?
https://www.sajr.co.za/sa/organisations/2014/09/10/summer-u-in-luhačovice-for-saujs-execs
Summer U in Luhačovice for
SAUJS
execs, On August 24,
SAUJS
executive members Natan Pollack (national treasurer) and Cayla Urdang (vice, participants from various European and other countries.
SAUJS
' role at Summer U “The role of
SAUJS
, a session on Israel Apartheid Week in South Africa, and share techniques
SAUJS
used to combat Israel Apartheid Week – namely ‘Give Peace Wings’,: Cayla Urdang told Jewish Report.
SAUJS
aimed, continued post the session, and the feedback
SAUJS
received was outstanding. Both Natan and Cayla feel
SAUJS on Wits support for 'Solidarity Week'
SA Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) National Chairman Natan Pollack issued a statement about the Johannesburg City's aligning with BDS and Wits' SRC to host a "Palestinian Solidarity Week". In a widely-circulated letter, Natan said that an "e-mail released by the University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday announced the commencement of a Palestinian Solidarity Week hosted by the university’s Student Representative Council (SRC) . "SAUJS," he said, was" fully aware of the event as well as the many concerns of our members regarding it." Read what else he had to say...
https://www.sajr.co.za/sa/organisations/2015/03/25/saujs-on-wits-support-for-solidarity-week
SAUJS
on Wits support for 'Solidarity Week', Dear
SAUJS
member, An e-mail released by the University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday, Representative Council (SRC). The SA Union of Jewish Students (
SAUJS
) is fully aware of the event as well as the many concerns of our members regarding it. RIGHT: Natan Pollack While
SAUJS
fully supports, personal ideological agendas.
SAUJS
has no issue with an event of this nature being organised, Wits student communit, rather than push the agendas of a particular sector of it.
SAUJS
is deeply
SAUJS elects 2015 national executive
The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) held elections on Sunday October 12 to select their new national executive for 2015. Natan Pollack, pictured, is the hew national chairman
https://www.sajr.co.za/sa/organisations/2014/10/14/saujs-elects-2015-national-executive
SAUJS
elects 2015 national executive, Gabriella Blumberg, the national media officer for
SAUJS
, Also among the aims of
SAUJS
, says, Projects Manager - Cayla Urdang Read more about
SAUJS
on this website: Read more on new chairman, click: NATAN POLLACK (5 content items) More about
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Closeness between Board and SAUJS advantageous
With the new academic year about to get underway, the focus is shifting once more to our university campuses. Orientation week commenced at Wits, with SAUJS using the opportunity to introduce itself to first-year students and sign up members.
https://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2017/02/02/closeness-between-board-and-saujs-advantageous
Closeness between Board and
SAUJS
advantageous, environment,
SAUJS
provides a wide range of social, educational, religious and outreach activities in which they can remain connected to and build on their heritage. Where required,
SAUJS
stands up, and
SAUJS
. We regularly collaborate in running various community outreach projects, an example being, in Sharpeville. The national chairman of
SAUJS
sits on the Gauteng Council and National Executive Committee, in touch with what is happening on campus. The Board, working with
SAUJS
, also assists
SAUJS at Tuks off to a promising start
Chad Posner, a second year B Com Business Management Student at Pretoria University (Tuks), was instrumental in forming a branch of the SA Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) at the beginning of the year.
https://www.sajr.co.za/sa/organisations/2015/05/13/saujs-at-tuks-off-to-a-promising-start
SAUJS
at Tuks off to a promising start, for a signature”, 67 students signed on! RIGHT: The
SAUJS
committee at Tuks: Chavah Barit (vice-chairman); Jaden Kramer (national director); Chad Posner (chairman); Natan Pollack(
SAUJS
national chairman, of Tuks
SAUJS
, has been in regular contact with Wendy Kahn of the South African Jewish Board,
SAUJS
” and any Tuks student can sign up through contacting Posner by e-mailing
[email protected]
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