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What should have been a simple farewell for a group of olim leaving South Africa unfolded under the shadow of uncertainty, as the reality of life in Israel...
Life in Israel at the moment moves between tension and routine. Sirens interrupt the day; people pause, look around, and head to shelter if needed – and then,...
JTA – Germany, an early defender of Israel against allegations of “genocide” in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has pulled support as it faces its own...
An incident that unfolded on a remote Eastern Cape road four years ago came full circle this week when a South African police officer reached out to an...
Videos showing Tel Aviv flattened into a wasteland of collapsed buildings and burning streets are spreading rapidly online. And in some corners of the internet, people...
South African olah Kim Bash was sitting in her miklat (bomb shelter) in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday, 17 March when she heard a massive explosion. She thought a missile had...
As sirens interrupt life, young South Africans on programmes across Israel are having to navigate a reality few imagined when they arrived – and without their...
JTA – The man who attacked a Michigan synagogue on Thursday was the brother of a Hezbollah commander who oversaw efforts to shoot rockets into Israel...
JTA – Israel won’t advance to the single-elimination stage of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), but the team surpassed expectations by winning two games and finishing in third...
Pro-Israel activists gathered outside Cape Union Mart at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Saturday, 7 March, in response to weekly pro-Palestinian protests that have...
JTA – Natalie Silverlieb’s go-bag looks a little different from the last time she ran to the bomb shelter with Iranian missiles incoming. Since last summer, she has...
JTA – In playgrounds around Tel Aviv it’s no longer unusual to meet a child who splits time between two homes, not because their parents divorced, but because they...
JTA – No matter what happens when Israel’s bobsled team hits the ice at the 2026 Winter Olympics, team captain Adam “AJ” Edelman has already had...
He was the first winner of Idols SA and became a local star, but today Pastor Heinz Winckler is outspoken about his commitment to the state of Israel...
Israel’s offer to assist the Eastern Cape with water, healthcare, and agriculture expertise on Friday, 23 January, was flatly condemned by provincial Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane as soon as he heard about it. Rather than being grateful for an offer of unconditional...
JTA – Several European carriers cancelled flights to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, 14 January, as turmoil over a potential United States (US) strike on Iran roiled...
JTA – In the weeks after Hamas’s 7 October attack, religiously charged videos started circulating on social media. Dozens of young women posted videos of themselves...
Morris Kahn, the South African-born Israeli entrepreneur whose business success helped shape the country’s modern economy and whose philanthropy transformed fields ranging from medicine to the...
JTA – The vast majority of Israelis – nearly eight in 10 – say they are concerned about a decline in support for Israel among the...
JTA – The Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is halting the operations of more than three dozen humanitarian groups in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders. The...
Nelson Mandela’s cousin, King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo, visited Israel for the first time this week, in stark contrast to the ANC’s hostile stance towards the Jewish state. The trip comes just weeks after Mandela’s granddaughters, Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, visited...
In the aftermath of the most recent – and seemingly enduring – Gaza ceasefire, Israel finds itself in an invidious and deeply uncomfortable position. On the battlefield, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) achieved...
The number of Israeli visitors to South Africa has more than doubled since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with 2025 marking the highest level recorded in seven...
When Israel Centre Director Dafi Forer Kremer went through with her decision to come to South Africa on shlichut two years ago following the 7 October...
When Devorah Freedman, a young South African woman living in Israel, posted on Facebook that her wedding to her Israeli fiancé would be without family and...
JTA – When Israeli pop star Yoni Bloch created a music video in January depicting scenes of the Israeli hostages returning through the use of artificial...
Best known for her precision in an operating room and her powerful presence online, Dr Sheila Nazarian has also become a prominent voice for Jewish pride...
History has a way of exposing hypocrisy, if only we care enough to read it. When people chant, “Free Palestine,” they never mean Jordan. And yet,...
As we remember what was lost on 7 October 2023, Jewish people around the world are still feeling the pain of that day two years later,...
When Israeli filmmaker and peace activist Yair Qedar showed his film on the life and work of Sigmund Freud in Johannesburg on 26 September, he was...
Making aliya, deciding to leave behind one country and start anew in Israel, is one of the most significant choices a Jew can make. At this...
Despite being warned by the Israeli government not to travel to South Africa, on a recent visit, Israeli influencer Aaron Morali made a point of heading...
Since 7 October 2023, Israel has been fighting multiple wars. Amazingly, its economy still looks relatively unscathed. An article in the Financial Times, published on 14...
Despite progress made in deepening relations between Israel and African countries, the war in Gaza has put these efforts on the back burner. Not enough academic...
A few weeks ago, I found myself stuck in Israel during a war. What began as a short work trip for a conference in Tel Aviv...
The international community’s response to conflicts and human rights violations reveals a troubling pattern of selective moral outrage, where actions by certain states, Israel in particular,...
The Ethiopian Airlines flight path unusually approached Ben Gurion Airport from the east – a sign of the times perhaps to avoid Houthi missiles? As the...
The events of 7 October 2023 shocked the world. That day revealed not only the savagery of the Arab enemies of the Jewish people, but also...
Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two children were murdered in a terrorist attack during Pesach 2023, says he believes “antisemitism in the diaspora is G-d’s...
While the world sees Israel as a country at war, it’s quietly sending humanitarian aid and vital relief to help save lives in countries in dire...
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