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They have almost 79 000 ancestors and descendants and count among their relatives Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Gene Wilder, Kirk and Michael...
In spite of its reputation for being the “engine room” of the country, Johannesburg has many elegant, experimental buildings designed by Jewish architects. Johannesburg Heritage Foundation’s...
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Community mourns passing of humble hero
A community hero who had been in a coma for three years...
Largest Jewish family tree in world has famous names
They have almost 79 000 ancestors and descendants and c...
Late popstar Olivia Newton-John – the granddaughter of Jewish Nobel laureate
JTA - Olivia Newton-John, the iconic pop singer of the...
Forty years and going strong
Few shuls in South Africa can celebrate 40 years with t...
Farewell to the sensei who inspired generations of warriors
When judo grandmaster Michael “Mickey” Davidow passed a...
Jewish farmers’ Boran bull sold for Jumbo price
Simeon Hurwitz, the co-owner of Hurwitz Farming, didn’t...
Leaving abusive partners “tough but empowering”
Walking away is the toughest but often the most empower...
SA’s anti-Israel hypocrisy held to account
“Massacre, carnage, butchering, and ethnic cleansing,”...
ANC can act fast
It has taken the African National Congress (ANC) 14 yea...
“How’s that for romantic?” – lessons from long-lasting love
Who better to give advice on love and marriage than tho...
Community mourns passing of humble hero
A community hero who had been in a coma for three years...
Kidnapping in Cape Town ‘an isolated incident’
The kidnapping of a Jewish mother in Cape Town has shak...
Shabbos rescue of baby girl inspires global festival film
When a newborn, abandoned baby was miraculously picked...
Court victory for Jewish mother in sordid custody battle
A Jewish mother whose weeks’ old baby boy was kept from...
Levick pays back fleeced elderly couple, but it’s not all
Sequestrated businessman Martin Levick has paid back mo...
From ventilator to vitality: COVID-19 survivor finally comes home
Though many of us have moved on from the COVID-19 pande...
Finding unknown family 70 years on
Little did Brian Lurie know that, at the time of his de...
Navigating the singles scene
After a series of failed relationships and disastrous d...
Israeli sinkhole victim made huge impact in Cape Town
Israeli marketing guru Klil Kimhi (32) was enjoying a s...
SA chiropractor in Melbourne jail pleads guilty to drug trafficking
A former head boy of King David Victory Park (KDVP) has...
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
If you struggled to imagine what was going on in Wuhan...
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...
SA businessman knighted by the Queen
It isn’t often that South African businessmen are knigh...
‘Conman’ Levick leaves elderly couple penniless
The Beth Din rarely encourages people to go to secular...
‘Happy-go-lucky’ twins’ tragic deaths raises questions
Identical twin brothers Leonard and Jason Rom – insepar...
A day in the night of a Hatzolah volunteer
It’s 17:20 on Tuesday, and I have just finished a full...
