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What pledges Eisenkot and Netanyahu need to break to become PM
JTA – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent Gadi Eisenkot will have to break their promises to their constituents if they want to form and lead Israel’s next government. Their potential political allies will have to do the same. Netanyahu’s Likud and Eisenkot’s…
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Two years after a judge’s order, a Spanish dictionary still defines ‘Jewish’ as ‘miserly’
JTA – BUENOS AIRES – Two years after an Argentinean judge ordered a Spanish dictionary to drop a definition of “Jewish” as “miserly or usurious”, the institution responsible for the dictionary has yet to comply, frustrating the Jewish groups that brought the case. The definition…
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At Nuremberg, women helped make history. Then history forgot them
JTA – When I began writing The Nuremberg Women, I thought I was writing about a trial. The deeper I went, the more I realised I was writing about hope – the bravest kind of hope: the belief that even after humanity has done its very worst, we can still choose truth over lies,…
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Sacha Baron Cohen wants to fight bigotry. But is Ali G part of the problem?
JTA – When Marvel offered Sacha Baron Cohen the role of Mephisto, the demonic figure he played in the 2025 series Ironheart, the creative team behind the show had a concern. The mostly black team, he recalled, was aware of the long history of associating Jews with the devil and…
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A famed rabbi’s Belarus yeshiva reopens for students for the first time since World War II
JTA – Dovid Hofstedter was visiting Belarus five years ago when he discovered that a historic Jewish school had turned into something else. Hofstedter, a Canadian rabbi, was joining a group of rabbis from around the world at the Radin Yeshiva, nestled in the small town of Radun…
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Netherlands reverses course, will sit out Eurovision again over Israel’s participation
JTA – The Netherlands is withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest, reversing an announcement that it would join the event and citing “sensitivity” over Israel’s participation. The Dutch organisation that oversees public broadcasting, the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, or NPO,…
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Noah Wyle, TV’s nice Jewish doctor, is People’s Sexiest Man Alive
JTA – Noah Wyle, the Jewish actor who both mends and steals hearts as a doctor on the hit HBO Max medical drama The Pitt, has been named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. Tuesday’s announcement described the actor’s “smouldering intensity” and “leading-man looks”, while…
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A new era for Yeshiva College
Yeshiva College is embarking on an ambitious turnaround strategy to boost enrolment and rejuvenate its campus. This week the school appointed veteran sports executive Stan Matthews as its new executive director and Rabbi Daniel Kaplan as rosh hayeshiva in a bid to spearhead a…
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Israelis vote for the country’s neshama
To call this election consequential would be an understatement. This election is more than a decision of choice for the next government of Israel; it is a battle for the country’s soul. On Saturday night, more than an estimated 100 000 people gathered in Tel Aviv to rally for…
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Legal battle over ‘soul’ of Zionist foundation
Dianna Yach, chairperson and director of local Jewish charity the Mauerberger Foundation Fund (MFF), has once again overseen a donation of R1 million to a South African organisation, yet categorised it as a donation to Israel, according to new documents in court. It’s believed…
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Voting so vital it’s worth a flight home
For some Israelis living in South Africa, voting in this election meant spending thousands of rands, crossing continents, and returning to a country whose future they believe is too important to leave to others. As Israelis headed to the polls on 27 October, three people who…
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South African olim weigh in on their future
For South Africans who have made aliya, voting in Israel meant more than choosing a political party. It was a chance to influence the future of a country they’ve chosen to call home, amid uncertainty about its security, economy, leadership, and place in the world. As Israelis…
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More parties, less certainty, except in Cape Town
With dozens of political parties competing for voters and established political loyalties under pressure, the local government elections could deliver significant changes across the country. But Cape Town may be heading in a different direction from other major cities, according…
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Is Israel a factor in SA elections?
South Africans have learnt not to take running water, working traffic lights, or reliable electricity for granted. You would think that, with municipal elections approaching, the argument would be about who can actually fix these problems. But it’s Israel that’s being debated.…
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The SA legacies of those who fled Germany
The story of the SS Stuttgart, the last ship to sail from Germany with Jewish refugees before the start of World War II, can be told through numbers. There were around 500 Jewish refugees, one ship, and an arrival in Cape Town in October 1936. But Professor Shirli Gilbert…
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Raphaely kept the door to SA open for Jewish refugees
When Leo Raphaely wrote to his cousin in Berlin in the 1930s, asking her to spread the word that there were opportunities for Jews in South Africa, he could hardly have known how important that message would become. As conditions for Jews in Nazi Germany deteriorated and…
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Here’s what politicians are promising
With the local government elections on Wednesday 4 November, the SA Jewish Report asked candidates and political parties where they stand on issues affecting the Jewish community and the country more broadly. Representatives of the ANC, Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus), and the…
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The green pedigree of Cape Town’s only Jewish candidate
For Danielle Klaff, protecting Cape Town’s environment and improving food security aren’t new political promises. They’ve shaped decades of community work, from environmental education to vegetable gardens in vulnerable communities. Now, the environmentalist and DA member hopes…
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Young Jews invested in SA elections
Young Jewish South Africans are under no illusion that the decisions made at the ballot box next week won’t affect them. From service delivery and safety to jobs, the future of Johannesburg, and concerns facing the Jewish community, young voters told the SA Jewish Report what…
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Barring of antisemitic film a victory against dangerous hate speech
More than three years after the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) lodged a complaint against the antisemitic film Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America, the Film and Publication Board (FPB) decision to refuse it classification has been formally gazetted,…