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“I don’t care how you get me there, but I have to be in Israel for Pesach,” the woman near me this week at the Norwood...
For most people, the idea of getting into and out of Israel during a war could pose a minor inconvenience when the skies effectively close to air transport....
There is something surreal about Israel being under attack and seeing visuals of the horrific destruction in the Jewish State, knowing it is our people being bombarded...
When I walk into a room with other people in it, I do it with confidence. Sometimes I may not feel so self-assured, but those in the...
I was sure that Roedean School apologising for the antisemitism behind its refusal to play tennis with King David High School would make everything right. I believed it would put a full stop at the end of what was an ugly rigmarole concerning...
Sorry seems to be the hardest word, as Elton John sang in the song of that name. It’s so true, because saying sorry requires humility, vulnerability, and a willingness to accept...
Last Friday morning started with a sense of calm, celebrating the warm reaction that our community got on the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg, when its members went back after...
Thousands of civilians being mowed down in the street by the national guard. Thousands being detained without trial and, in some cases, simply disappearing. Communication with the outside world has been shut off. ...
Many people I know dismiss miracles as something biblical that don’t happen today. But then, many are generally negative about the world around us and aren’t looking for goodness or miracles. For most, miracles would literally have to...
Saying farewell to your children as they fly out to machaneh at the end of the year is bittersweet. As a mother, it’s never easy for me – no matter...
It seems that all eyes are no longer just on Israel, as we were led to believe in the past two years. All eyes are on anyone who doesn’t slate Israel as...
It’s such a strange situation that we’re relieved – almost grateful – that Grammy Award-winning South African DJ, Black Coffee, decided to perform in Israel. I...
When word got out in the community last week that someone from our community had been kidnapped and was being held hostage, for many of us...
There’s so much happening in our world, but when tragedy strikes too close to home, the rest becomes a blur. There are a few people within...
I had a conversation with an Israeli grandson of a Holocaust survivor this week. It gave substance to thoughts that were ruminating in my head all...
We have our national president on our front page today. It’s wonderful to read that President Cyril Ramaphosa and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies...
We have so much to be grateful for. That may sound like such a trite thing to say when there’s still coronavirus around us after two...
As we’re gearing up for Pesach in a world where COVID-19 is becoming part of our day-to-day lives and the war in Ukraine continues, we asked...
Years ago, I was talking to a female editor of an important mainstream newspaper, someone I held in high esteem, a mentor of sorts. She was...
As South Africans, we are pretty famous for saying sorry. We say sorry if we want to get past someone, if we want to ask the...
If a former Nazi, his relative or friend, wants to express remorse for the slaughter of European Jews in the Second World War, to whom should...
GEOFF SIFRIN Israel Apartheid Week will test Habib’s resolve GEOFF SIFRIN Wits University was aflame last year with demonstrations around the Palestinian-Israeli conflict when its new...
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