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This year, many of us are staying home or looking for activities for our children that will be COVID-19-safe. While we can’t list all the activities...
How will we fill our time? That’s a question designed for boredom! Looking at the lockdown this way, we see a long period of utter boredom,...
It’s been more than a hundred days since some children last went to school. Some briefly attended classes before returning to online learning, and others are...
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Omicron: hoping for a storm in a teacup
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SA Jewish leadership confront Israeli PM over travellers’ ordeal
Orthodox spiritual leaders in South Africa have express...
“Let my people in” – chief rabbi takes on travel ban
South Africa’s chief rabbi, Dr Warren Goldstein, has ta...
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Community urged to be cautious as wave gathers speed
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Heartbreak and loss as the world slams doors on SA
Sarah Cohen* was woken by banging on the door at 04:30...
Teacher fired for pro-Israel status heads to labour court
Pretoria teacher Sudesh Mooloo’s life was turned upside...
A new play opens debate on playing Wagner
Many Jewish musicians will not play or listen to the mu...
Citizens take government to court over Miss SA bullying
Citizens for Integrity (CFI) has accused the government...
Miss SA cartoon shows ugly face of antisemitism
Amidst the virulent reaction from the South African gov...
Rabbi pays it forward with life-saving kidney
A few minutes before undergoing life altering surgery...
Omicron: hoping for a storm in a teacup
An avalanche of panic calls, contact questions, and qua...
UCT has become ‘University of Capitulation’, says professor
The chaos, vandalism, and destruction that reigned at t...
Taking centre Srage: the principal who grew with KDL
Few principals can say they have been immersed in every...
Absa Jewish Achiever Awards winners – painting a masterpiece of hope
The extraordinary personalities who won the 2021 Absa J...
SA Jewish leadership confront Israeli PM over travellers’ ordeal
Orthodox spiritual leaders in South Africa have express...
Miss SA future uncertain as Israel hatred boils
It’s touch and go whether Miss South Africa will get on...
World mourns Eli Kay, son of SA Jewry
At the beginning of November, the Kay family celebrated...
“Let my people in” – chief rabbi takes on travel ban
South Africa’s chief rabbi, Dr Warren Goldstein, has ta...
Netanyahu’s speech to Hamas a hoax
A hoax mail has travelled world Jewry in the past 24hrs...
Be your own president, and lock yourself down to level 5
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Wedding leads to a number of COVID-19 cases
Buffets of canapés and dessert, the sharing of snacks a...
Kramer quits COVID advisory over “community flouting protocols”
One of the community’s top COVID-19 advisors this week...
Jeweller’s senseless murder leaves community reeling
The hearts of a Johannesburg family have been ripped ap...
Couple caught in crossfire of attempted mall robbery
A young couple attempted to flee the scene of a botched...
A day in the night of a Hatzolah volunteer
It’s 17:20 on Tuesday, and I have just finished a full...
A life-saving friendship that lives on after death
A Johannesburg doctor is battling to come to terms with...
Biden’s daughter-in-law in SA for mom’s funeral
The daughter-in-law of United States President Joe Bide...
Farewell to Mr Wolf – a King David legend
Johannesburg Jewry and former King Davidians around the...
