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‘’If you want this, or are doing this now, then you need to join me,” says Shelley Trope-Friedman, the new president of WIZO (the Women’s International...
The Elise WIZO Gift Shop sadly closed its doors at the end of 2020 after being a well-known feature of Johannesburg Jewish life for many decades....
The Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO), accompanied by the South African Friends of Israel (SAFI), on 8 October handed over four wheelchairs to the Kutullo Disability...
Lorraine Rosmarin, a past president of WIZO SA and honorary life vice-chairperson of WIZO Johannesburg, died on Yom Kippur, 27 September. However, her illustrious titles don’t...
As Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman ends her decade-long term as head of department of diaspora affairs at the World Zionist Organization (WZO) in October, she is more determined...
Rosh Hashanah has brought new beginnings for all of us and the hope that the special connections and support of family, friends, and community, will continue...
An exhilarating, informative, and nostalgic day enthralled a full busload of participants on a tour of “Remembering the Jewish Contribution to the Struggle” recently.
WIZO held competition for kids to design labels on tzedakah boxes. Entries flooded in & 3 girls, one each from Durban, Joburg and Cape Town scooped...
Wherever there is a WIZO branch in SA, members & friends will be celebrating Shabbat together as a community or at home. The weekly parsha is...
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Netanyahu’s speech to Hamas a hoax
A hoax mail has travelled world Jewry in the past 24hrs...
Jumping the queue in vaccine free-for-all at Charlotte Maxeke
Members of the community – among others – this week fl...
SA olim hunker down under a rain of rockets
As rockets rained down on most of Israel from Monday t...
What really happened in Israel this week
It’s just gone 03:00 in the morning on Wednesday, 12 M...
SA government and politicians show bias as Israel conflict escalates
As Israel faced a steady bombardment of deadly rockets...
Mount Meron tragedy devastates South African family
Yohanatan Hevroni was so excited about going to Mount...
Israel travel ban leaves SA olim high and dry
On Monday, Israel implemented a ban on its citizens tr...
A portrait of PE through a life of service
As Port Elizabeth community stalwart Isaac Rubin refle...
The Jewish woman behind CJ Langenhoven’s legacy
They say that behind every great man is a great woman...
It’s Shavuot: Let them eat milchik
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The Woolies cream cheese in the...
Netanyahu’s speech to Hamas a hoax
A hoax mail has travelled world Jewry in the past 24hrs...
Lost Barmitzvah boy finally finds his way home
When Stephen “Sugar” Segerman started searching for th...
Johannesburg shul robbed in broad daylight
Following what appears to be one of the first armed ro...
Mount Meron tragedy devastates South African family
Yohanatan Hevroni was so excited about going to Mount...
Israel travel ban leaves SA olim high and dry
On Monday, Israel implemented a ban on its citizens tr...
BDS attack on Unterhalter ‘defamatory and shameful’, says SAJBD
The South African Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)...
UCT lecturer’s Hitler comment causes outrage
The fact that a high-level University of Cape Town (UC...
Jumping the queue in vaccine free-for-all at Charlotte Maxeke
Members of the community – among others – this week fl...
Community fights fire on all fronts
Jews across the Mother City watched in horror as an un...
“Lucky to be alive” says Melrose Arch gunshot victim
Brandon Regenbaum, who was shot in the face following...
Netanyahu’s speech to Hamas a hoax
A hoax mail has travelled world Jewry in the past 24hrs...
Wedding leads to a number of COVID-19 cases
Buffets of canapés and dessert, the sharing of snacks...
Kramer quits COVID advisory over “community flouting protocols”
One of the community’s top COVID-19 advisors this week...
Couple caught in crossfire of attempted mall robbery
A young couple attempted to flee the scene of a botche...
A life-saving friendship that lives on after death
A Johannesburg doctor is battling to come to terms wit...
Second wave surges over community
The second wave of COVID-19 is currently crashing over...
SA chiropractor in Melbourne jail pleads guilty to drug trafficking
A former head boy of King David Victory Park (KDVP) ha...
Student barred from gap year speaks out
Demi Putziger, a King David Victory Park (KDVP) matric...
Arsonists destroy family’s Mpumalanga bush hotel
When a group of marauding arsonists torched and destro...
Jews around the world call for Moshiach
For 3 000 years, Jews have been praying for Moshiach (...
