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On Sunday morning, as thousands walked through our beloved, battered but still beautiful Jozi, something happened that we can’t take for granted. Or perhaps it wasn’t extraordinary at all. Perhaps it was simply South Africa as it is. ...
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...
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...
It was a real coup for us to get an interview with the new United States Ambassador to South Africa, L Brent Bozell III. The ambassador has hardly...
There are some disastrous events that we cannot control, nor can we prevent them happening. There was nothing anyone could have done to prevent the severe storms that hit the Garden Route last week and then Cape...
For the past few years, it’s felt so much easier to commemorate Yom Hazikaron and feel the pain of loss than to celebrate on Yom Ha’atzmaut. The devastating and ongoing losses seem interminable and way...
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