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JTA – A string of recent synagogue attacks across North America and Europe has security officials sounding the alarm bells. “We are in the midst of...
JTA – Two more Toronto synagogues were hit with gunfire on Shabbat, making it three struck since last week. A shooter fired through the glass doors of Beth...
JTA – A suspect has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire that tore through Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in...
It sometimes seems as if everybody I meet either belongs to Pine Street Shul, once belonged to Pine Street Shul, or has a close family member...
It was the middle of the night when Cape Town Progressive Jewish Congregation’s (Temple Israel’s) Rabbi Greg Alexander (Rabbi Greg) heard that a fellow faith leader...
There were 43 breathtaking synagogues in Johannesburg at the turn of the 20th century and, tragically, not one of them is still standing. They were, indeed,...
The South African Association of Progressive Rabbis (SAAPR) has made the decision to recommend that its progressive shuls remain closed for the time being. “The Jewish...
I have no idea if I will be going to shul this Rosh Hashanah. I have no idea where I will hear the shofar, and even...
After five months of silence and stillness, the sound of prayer is once again reverberating around shuls across South Africa as doors are opened to welcome...
Shuls, shuttered since 18 March, are to reopen this month in some provinces, but they will have to comply with strict safety protocols, says Chief Rabbi...
When community members saw the former Robertson shul in the Western Cape advertised for sale as a one-bedroom cottage this week, many were shocked. But the...
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