This week, we’ve taken the unprecedented step of printing a blank front page of the newspaper. The reason is simple, without YOU, there is no SA Jewish Report, there is no news, and our community has no voice. Since 7 October, our community has learned an important lesson about South Africa. While we have many The post A blank front page? Here’s why appeared first on Jewish Report.

Back in December 2023, in a meeting with the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his assurance that the South African embassy in Israel would reopen once there was a Gaza war ceasefire. The ceasefire is now more than a month old, but the embassy is still firmly closed. The The post Ramaphosa’s promises worthless as embassy still shuttered appeared first on Jewish Report.

Free State University’s Professor Hussein Solomon was selected to a prestigious list of the world’s top 100 terrorism experts (at number 93) by ScholarGPS, a body that ranks global academic excellence through publication, citations, and impact. Solomon, who is professor at the university’s Centre for Gender and African Studies, said his colourful family tree, including The post South African terrorism expert globally recognised appeared first on Jewish Report.

With tensions between Pretoria and Washington at breaking point, a high-powered South African delegation is preparing for a crucial diplomatic mission to the United States (US), with additional stops in other key countries, in an effort to mend fraying ties and clarify South Africa’s foreign and domestic policies. The identities of the prominent envoys remained The post SA defiance of US puts it in foreign territory appeared first on Jewish Report.

Five hundred days have passed since 7 October, and despite the passage of time, the changing of days into weeks and into months and then years, we are still stuck on that Black Saturday, the day when time stood still. Time continues to stand still for us, at least emotionally. We cannot take that first The post Five hundred days appeared first on Jewish Report.

Half a year after Israeli soldier Staff Sergeant Nitai Metodi (23) fell in battle in Gaza, his legacy continues in South Africa, where his mother and grandparents lived before they made aliya decades ago. In Johannesburg, Tali and Elchanan Nudelman decided to bestow their newborn son with an everlasting gift: they named him Nitai, after The post Fallen soldier’s gifts live on in SA baby’s name appeared first on Jewish Report.

Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two children were murdered in a terrorist attack during Pesach 2023, says he believes “antisemitism in the diaspora is G-d’s way of calling his people back home”. Dee, who is in South Africa this week, told the SA Jewish Report, “Sending people down the streets, shouting, ‘Kill the Jews’ The post Grief and geulah – Israel gives Rabbi Dee hope appeared first on Jewish Report.

Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant presented a rare glimpse into the mechanics of modern-day warfare in an interview with Dan Senor recently, showing the political paralysis that defines its most decisive moments. Gallant recounted a missed opportunity four days after the 7 October massacre and three days after Hezbollah launched its attacks in the The post Netanyahu’s pandering undermines Israel’s protection appeared first on Jewish Report.

“The past 500 days have been a time of grief, defiance, and resolve for the Jewish community in South Africa,” says South African Zionist Federation National Chairperson Rowan Polovin, marking the period since 7 October 2023 when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and killed more than 1 200 people and took 240 hostages, of whom they The post Days of war leave SA Jews in fighting spirit appeared first on Jewish Report.