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The controversial head honchos of the Patriotic Alliance (PA), Gayton McKenzie and Kenny Kunene, are heading to the Holy Land next week. Political pundits have predicted...
As Liat Amar Arran, who has run the Israel Centre in South Africa for the past four and a half years, packs to return to Israel,...
The West Bank settlement of Eli is reeling in shock following last week’s terrorist attack, which claimed the lives of four Israeli civilians. Eli resident, Noa...
Most of the weekly parashot (Torah portions) we read lately, including this Shabbat, are full of the people of Israel complaining on their desert journey. They...
Bring your popcorn and snuggle under the covers with The SA Jewish Report Online Film Festival The Second World War was over, the United Nations voted...
The cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, in recent weeks, has resulted in the deaths of more than 20 people from an entirely preventable illness....
With the myriad of practicalities that need to be addressed in the process of making aliya, many often neglect the psychological impact of such a life-changing...
Since the launch of the newly-elected Netanyahu-led coalition several months ago, Israel’s politics have been roiled by a profound internal debate over a series of judicial...
If the so-called “champions of democracy” succeed in obstructing the judicial reforms, democratic rule will be replaced by mob rule, and Israel will teeter on the...
“We have our granddaughters here, three and five years old, so I have to act brave,” said South African olah Jolleen Hayon, from her home town...
Imagine you’re walking into a supermarket. Your shopping cart is empty, and the shelves are bursting with products. But this supermarket isn’t like the one around...
In the run-up to Israel’s 75th Yom Ha’atzmaut this week, Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced the establishment of consultations among world Jewry to precede the launch...
A few years ago, an important shift occurred in the distribution of world Jewry. Israel became the country with the world’s largest Jewish population, taking over...
Before Israeli water-tech company BlueGreen Water Technologies intervened at Setumo Dam on the Molopo River in South Africa’s North West Province in 2020, the water had...
I believe it is a privilege to have been born before 1948. As contentious as that may sound, let me explain why. I take tours of...
It’s hard to imagine a world without a Jewish state, but for most of Jewish history, this was the reality. Yet a small number of our...
My favourite Israeli word – the one that best sums up the spirit of the place, its hustle, bustle, and jostle, its teeming intersection of cultures,...
Sought-after Tel Aviv chef Danna-Lee Berman (32) is about to open her own restaurant in the heart of Tel Aviv, and is bringing her African heritage...
South African photojournalist Ilan Ossendryver, who has lived in Israel and visited it many times over the past 25 years, shows the country’s growth through his...
Many innovations have originated in Israel, but whisky isn’t one that immediately comes to mind in the land of milk and honey. However, when the World...
Conspiracy theories work. Not just as clickbait but as political instruments. And when lies generate violence and reap rewards for their propagators, fanatics like the Hamas...
When the daughter of a South African oleh, Galya Sackstein, went to sleep last Sunday night, 26 March, she was worried. “I didn’t know if I...
Olim form a vital part of Israeli society, yet their voices are often overtaken by the loud, proud voices of those born in Israel. But olim...
On Sunday evening, I was having dinner with friends in Tel Aviv during my short business trip to Israel. Obviously we discussed the judicial overhaul because...
“Unity is more important than any legislation. Such legislation should come to an immediate halt. We must stand as one nation for Israel’s 75th year of...
JTA – When Daniel Schleider and his wife, Lior, leave Israel next month, it will be for good – and with a heavy heart. “I have...
The heated debate on Israel’s judicial reform played out at the South African Zionist Federation’s webinar, “Courting controversy: the debate on Israel’s judicial reforms” on 9...
Ignoring the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement’s call for artists to boycott the Jewish state, 2023 Grammy Award winner Zakes Bantwini (born Zakhele Madida) played at...
I have great empathy for Israeli demonstrators protesting against legal reform. The feeling that democracy is being taken away from you and that the rules of...
The radical legal reforms introduced by Israel’s new government in January, a few days after taking office, and the accompanying legislative blitz the ruling coalition initiated...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has joined an international call to stop the Israeli government from changing the more than 70-year-old Law of...
The Israeli government is fuming and frustrated after a senior Israeli official was forcibly removed from the opening of the annual African Union (AU) summit in...
An independent judiciary played an important role, along with the public protector and the media, in preventing the collapse of South African constitutional democracy into a...
“What are you doing this Saturday night?” For many Israelis, the answer is simple and obvious. It’s a long time since so many thousands upon thousands...
Though aliya numbers from South Africa were lower in 2022 than the previous year, about 1% of the South African Jewish community is making aliya annually....
JTA – An Israeli parliamentary committee voted to advance parts of the government’s proposed judicial reform on Monday, 13 February, as tens of thousands of Israelis...
In the space of less than 24 hours on 2 February, there was a sea change in relations between Israel and two predominantly Muslim African states...
Israel’s supporters have long claimed that it’s “the only democracy in the Middle East”. But a new study by the United Kingdom-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)...
In spite of a possible backlash from the anti-Israel lobby, two South African artists have decided to share their genius with Israeli audiences in 2023. Former...
The granddaughter of South African olim was stationed at an army base just 5m away from the senseless terror attack in Jerusalem on 27 January, International...
