Local academic, Oscar van Heerden, has made it clear in his regular opinion pieces on News24 that he wants Israel and its population to be obliterated, he doesn’t want peace in the Middle East, and he supports terrorism. News24 is South Africa’s most popular online news source. South Africa, according to his most recent piece The post News24 opinionista attacks local ‘Zionists’ appeared first on Jewish Report.

Sigmund Freud created the psychoanalytic theory of a “screen memory”. By this he meant a seemingly innocuous childhood memory that unconsciously serves to mask or hide a more significant, even traumatic, memory from view. The current Budget standoff which threatens the end of the African National Congress/Democratic Alliance coalition at the heart of the Government The post Endangered GNU the tip of the iceberg appeared first on Jewish Report.

Diplomatic relations between Washington and Pretoria have slid further following a new bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives last week by two Republican legislators. The bill calls for a sweeping review of the US-South Africa bilateral relationship and for the possible imposition of sanctions on senior African National Congress leaders. It also The post US bill puts SA under the microscope appeared first on Jewish Report.

Everyone is talking about Adolescence, the latest Netflix miniseries created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham. And so they should be. This gripping four-part drama has sparked a widespread wake-up call by confronting an uncomfortable truth: do we really know what our children are being exposed to online? Are they really safely tucked up in The post Adolescence brings teens’ plight to the attention of adults appeared first on Jewish Report.

I’ve always been a storyteller: someone who picks up a camera to capture what I see to bring experiences to life. Growing up, it was never about words on a page for me or my generation, it was about being there, feeling it, and seeing it. My job is to record those moments so you The post Raw and real: Holocaust story gets new lens appeared first on Jewish Report.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court refused leave to appeal against the judgment that allowed the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to sing “Kill the Boer”, ruling that it wasn’t considered hate speech. The SA Jewish Report spoke to advocate Mark Oppenheimer about this case that was finalised on 27 March. What does the Constitutional Court’s ruling mean? The post ‘Kill the Boer’ sanction could influence antisemitism cases appeared first on Jewish Report.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has an uncanny ability to cling to power. From corruption trials to public protests, the man often dubbed “King Bibi” seems to always come out on top. Yet, a new scandal, ominously termed “Qatargate”, threatens to unravel his carefully crafted image and potentially his political career. What began as whispers The post Netanyahu in crosshairs of Qatargate scandal appeared first on Jewish Report.

Gerald Leisner was one of the great towering figures of South African Jewry. He raised money to build almost every major Jewish institution in the country, including the Holocaust & Genocide Centre in Johannesburg. It was a worthy life’s work of passion. I once told Gerald that he had “the worst job in the world”. The post We raise four cups of wine to you with gratitude and thanks appeared first on Jewish Report.

South Africa could have avoided having its ambassador disgraced and thrown out of the United States (US) said Sara Gon, the director of the Free Speech Union of South Africa at last week’s Taste of Limmud discussion with political analyst Wayne Sussman. “It could have been avoided if the African National Congress [ANC] hadn’t been The post ANC’s weak diplomacy made Rasool’s expulsion ‘inevitable’ appeared first on Jewish Report.