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For me, commemorating Mandela Day this year was a wakeup call, an “aha moment”, when I came face to face with some of the most serious crises...
We have Mandela Day on Saturday, 18 July, and Tisha B’Av from sundown on 22 July, and I wonder why they are so close together and whether there is some universal message in...
There are moments when silence feels like complicity. This is one of them. We have watched, with growing anger and sadness, as a small but politically connected element of...
In the days leading up to Tuesday, 30 June, there was a heaviness in the air. It wasn’t overt, but sat quietly niggling in our heads as we got on with our daily...
Safe, clean, and affordable drinking water is not a commodity, a gift, or a matter of charity. It is also not something we should be hugely grateful for. It is a human right, designated as...
On Monday morning, waking up to news that Iran had fired missiles towards central Israel again sent shivers up my spine. Not again, was my first thought. The idea that the...
When CSO Johannesburg – those smart fabulous people who are out there protecting Jewish lives – warns of an increase in aggravated antisemitic incidents, it is hard not to become a tad concerned. On Monday, CSO explained that these incidents “included...
A young idealistic man travels the world, running marathons in memory of two little ginger-haired Israeli boys who were brutally murdered in Gaza after being taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on 7 October. The...
“They came to kill us because we are Jews. Knowing this, it makes it really hard to feel safe as a Jew in Australia.” These are the words...
Like everyone else this week, we at the SA Jewish Report had the cathartic experience of removing our yellow ribbons and took off our “Bring them home” dog tags. The SA Jewish Report team has also finally removed the yellow ribbon we...
When a planeload of Palestinians arrived in Johannesburg last Thursday and were initially told they couldn’t disembark or enter the country, there was an outcry. The...
This week has been jam-packed with news. There was the story of the visit of Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories,...
Steering clear of trouble or challenges is much easier than facing problems head on with the clear intention of finding a solution. As we approach Rosh...
Throughout the election campaign, the ANC made it clear that its love and care for Palestinians far outweighed its love and care for its own people....
Pesach is a time when we look back on our past as slaves and how we broke free of our shackles, but this year is almost...
I woke up in the early hours of the morning before this newspaper was put to bed wracking my brain for an inspiring front-page story with...
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” This phrase, of disputed origin, is so apt in relation to Israel, Gaza, and Jews....
On the night of 6 October last year, more than 3 000 young, vibrant partygoers in Israel went down south to dance, hang out with friends,...
I’ve been on countless protest marches in my life, but there was something about marching alongside other Jewish women that was so empowering, emotive, and heartwarming....
International Women’s Day on 8 March is a farce! How can we celebrate women while the world hasn’t acknowledged the violent sexual crimes perpetrated against Jewish...
There are no winners in war, especially not a war that’s still being waged five months later with no end in sight. Though so many denigrate...
On Sunday, I happened to stumble on yellow ribbons on a fence in the James & Ethel Gray Park in Johannesburg, and I immediately recognised that...
While the war between Israel and Hamas continues unabated and there are more deaths of soldiers and civilians, the world hasn’t stopped debating, arguing, and discussing...
Last Wednesday and Thursday night, all the issues in the world were set aside for 2023 matriculants and their parents, as they waited for that SMS...
David Teeger has just matriculated and yet this young man, no more than 19 years old, has become a symbol of what’s happening to South African...
As we move into Chanukah, the festival of miracles and victory, it’s not easy to find the joy to celebrate. Generally, at this time of year,...
I’m incensed by the revolting abuse that the winner of our inaugural Absa Jewish Achiever Rising Star Award, David Teeger, has been subjected to in the...
In one week, Israel recalled the Israel ambassador to South Africa and the South African government declared it was bringing home its diplomatic staff from Israel,...
It’s deeply shocking to watch as the world around us appears to be becoming progressively more antisemitic. Perhaps we were naïve all along and the sentiment...
I contemplated going to watch the unedited footage of the massacre that was taken from the Hamas terrorists’ bodycams because I believed it was my duty...
In Europe, people are painting blue Magen Davids on the walls of Jewish homes as a form or antisemitism. A mob of hundreds in Dagestan, Russia,...
How is it that there are people questioning whether 1 400 Jews were killed on 7 October in the south of Israel? How dare people challenge...
“Don’t take me, I’m too young!” This desperate plea keeps playing in my head. I went cold on hearing the mother of two children, aged 12...
How does one fully understand the horrific violence and degradation that our Israeli brothers and sisters endured last weekend? How do you forget the image of...
It’s a new year, the flowers are blossoming, and summer is well on its way. Then, why oh why do we all seem so exhausted and...
As we count down to Yom Kippur this weekend, I cannot help wondering why the University of Cape Town (UCT) doesn’t just apologise to the South...
As we are about to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, I have been marvelling at how fast the year has flown by, not necessarily happily as nobody wants...
It’s difficult to imagine the depth of devastation and horror of last week’s inner-city fire in Johannesburg, in which 77 people including women and children were...
When I hear that Jewish people outside of South Africa feel sorry for us as they believe we’re all miserable, negative, and our lives are awful,...
When people take risks to save lives, they are heroes. They may escape public exposure or even the notice of their friends and family, but that...
