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Vilnius synagogue dispute lays bare tensions over leadership
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (896+ words) That she survived is a miracle" A shift we can feel": South African Jews in London respond to ambulance attack Fiery Iran debate makes clowns of Parliament Iranian ambassador asks SA people for support Life in Israel during the war…...
Jewish youth camp – answer for anxious generation
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (434+ words) For the'past'12'years of my life, I spent every December at the'Habonim'campsite. Year after year, I returned to the same dusty fields and tents to learn about Judaism and Israel, to build lifelong friendships, to connect deeply with others,'and,…...
Pesach 2026: The complex dynamic of Jewish survival
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (422+ words) Vehi'Sheamda, in the Haggadah, reminds us of the tragic but all too recognisable aspect of Jewish national identity that in every generation we face'enemies'intent on our destruction.' While this is a reality that needs little reminder in our current times,…...
Traditions practised differently
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (542+ words) Passover is often called the holiday of tradition, but traditions differ in various communities, and marrying across them is never easy. When an Ashkenazi Jew marries into a Sephardi or a Lubavitch family, for example,there'sa lot to learn. That…...
Light in the darkness
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (292+ words) Of all the difficult conversations one has,this is one I never imagined: discussing with my husband what we each might include in our submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, a nationwide amassing of people's experiences…...
Living in a time of miracles
10+ hour, 2+ min ago (666+ words) As our families and friends in Israel run for their lives many times a day, they are unable to find any semblance of normality'almost a'month into this war with Iran. As ballistic missiles are being fired from Iran directly into…...
Rabbi Yossy Goldman: 50 years of building SA Jewish life
9+ hour, 45+ min ago (913+ words) When the young and determined New York Rabbi'Yossy'Goldman arrived in South Africa in 1976, he never imagined he would celebrate half a century on the southern tip of Africa.' He came as part of the global network of emissaries of the…...
Birthright travellers look different after 7 October – but the effect remains the same, study shows
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (713+ words) JTA " Len Saxe, a researcher at Brandeis University, has been studying the impact of Birthright trips to Israel since the initiative launched in 1999. Last year, he noticed something unusual in the data." At a rate far outpacing anything"he'd"detected…...
At Temple Israel, both security training and sacred relationships prepared us for the worst
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1005+ words) Iran conflict updated factsheet South Africans take nerve-wracking trips to get home "Our country has been held hostage for decades: Iranian Jews in SA react to Israel-Iran war Pro-Israel church groups and activists rally outside Cape Union Mart An evil…...
South African teens step up in the Bibas Children Youth Impact Challenge
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1031+ words) Iran conflict updated factsheet South Africans take nerve-wracking trips to get home "Our country has been held hostage for decades: Iranian Jews in SA react to Israel-Iran war Pro-Israel church groups and activists rally outside Cape Union Mart An evil…...