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Scrabble South Africa has renamed its prestigious Masters Tournament after the late political analyst and SA Jewish Report writer Steven Gruzd, recognising his role in elevating the local game on the international stage. ...
For generations of South African families, Dr Cyril Karabus was more than a doctor; he was a lifeline. The pioneering paediatric oncologist, who later became the...
Many wonderful friends and colleagues have written about Steve’s brilliant career and the impact he made in the world in the last decades of his amazing...
“Rhymes With Bruised”. This was Steven Gruzd’s byline, social media handle, and something he would often say. It captured him perfectly: funny, intelligent, descriptive, and reflective of his love...
Perhaps it was an unlikely bond between a Jew and a Muslim that developed and was sustained for almost three decades. I met Steven for the first...
It is incredibly difficult to find the right words to write about Steven Gruzd because he wasn’t just a friend; he was one of the constants of my life. ...
Steven taught so many of us about Spiny Norman the Hedgehog. It is hard to fathom and process the devastating news of his murder. Gentle and...
In 2006, having just returned from a four-year stint in Taiwan and looking to get back on a career path, I accepted a part-time job helping out at...
Like so many other people in South Africa and far beyond this country, I join in mourning the loss of Steven Gruzd from our public space. He was...
Every birthday and celebration, the SA Jewish Report team sends a card with messages to the person celebrating. It seemed fitting for us to create space to write...
There are moments when words fail you because language is inadequate to express the pain, the disbelief, the anguish, and the trauma of loss. This is...
At 11:44 on Friday morning international analyst Steven Gruzd – an integral member of the SA Jewish Report team – committed to writing a feature for the next...
It is with deep sadness that we remember Professor Monica Singer CA(SA), who passed away on 16 November after a brave and long battle with cancer. Her life was one...
Li Boiskin was rav chesed – filled with loving kindness that she poured out onto all, no matter age, stage, gender, race, or class. She was...
Dr Brian Jude’s dream was to save lives and serve the community with compassion and excellence. He fulfilled it by creating Hatzolah Johannesburg in the late...
It’s impossible to truly contextualise in words the enormity of what Issie Kirsh z”l was as a businessman, a visionary, a leader, and above all, a...
Sowetan community leader and social activist Bob Nameng, who passed away at 54 on 19 April, was so influenced by a visit he had to Israel...
Geoffrey Klass’s life was books of every different discipline and subject matter, and his knowledge about them was encyclopaedic. So, it’s no wonder that he leaves...
Strong and sprightly until only recently, Solly Krok, the 95-year-old larger-than-life legend, has now rejoined his beloved wife, Rita, and his dear identical twin brother, Abie,...
My father, Dov Fedler, loved the spotlight but abhorred grandiosity, so I’m not sure how he’d feel about being described as a “legend” or “national treasure”....
This is the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to write. There’s so much to say, and then there’s nothing really, except, “I love you.” My...
Rose Norwich, who held a Masters in architecture, passed away on 26 August 2024 at the age of 103, having lived her life in service to...
Not for sensitive readers The phone rang, the German accented woman said, “I’ve just landed. I’m having a massage, come collect me in an hour.” “But...
Lieutenant Yaron Chitiz, 23, had the best weekend of his life when he surprised his mother, girlfriend, and friends on the Shabbos before he was shot...
What started as a seaside picnic ended in tragedy for a Johannesburg family, when, on 14 December 2022, father of five Dovi Hochstadter (39) rushed into...
“When I think of the word ‘mensch’, it’s you who comes to mind.” This was how Anthony ‘Tony’ Raphaely’s granddaughter described him, shortly before he passed...
JTA- Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose reforms, including allowing massive numbers of Jews to emigrate to Israel, changed his country and the world, has died...
A community hero who had been in a coma for three years after tragically being stung by bees was this week laid to rest. Father of...
JTA – Olivia Newton-John, the iconic pop singer of the 1970s and 1980s, died at her home in Southern California on Monday of the breast cancer...
After three emigrations in less than two years, 12-year-old Doris “Dossy” Ehrenstein (who became Lurie) arrived in South Africa with her mother. They were destitute, but...
Polish-born Miriam (nee Teitelbaum) Lichterman would have been 100 in September had she not passed away on 18 July. With her long life, she graciously defied...
Bruce Wolov was more fearful of the ‘sharks’ in business than he was of sharks in the ocean, friends say. That was until this prominent Johannesburg...
Dr Shirley Siew was trailblazer in everything she did, especially in medicine and aviation. She was known for her academic excellence and enquiring mind, and won...
Rhoda Kadalie, a passionate human-rights supporter, strident critic of the corruption of the South African government, and lover of Israel, was remembered at a service at...
A week before business icon and the former chief executive and chairperson of SA Breweries (SAB), Meyer Kahn, passed away on 2 June, he imparted one...
When 18-year-old Hanna Green delivered the keynote address at cancer-support organisation the DL Link’s fundraising dinner three weeks ago, she held the attention of everyone in...
Rodney Mazinter was a passionate Zionist throughout his life who believed in the power of the written word to affect change. On reflection on his long...
“He had integrity, moral courage, independence, and experience in the law, all the attributes of the ideal judge.” Close friend, Judge Phillip Levinsohn’s, words capture the...
He was a real all-rounder, full of life, and dedicated to the well-being of others, and his sudden death has left family, friends, and the community...
My father, Hymie Bloom, passed away on Sunday evening, 27 March, at the age of 93. He was born in Wales in 1928, the youngest of...
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