Judaism

Jewish resistance to Zionism is on the right side of history

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Sep 2019

Confining people in effective Bantustans forces us to see Israel for what it is: a European project of domination

For justice: SA Jews support the academic boycott of Israeli universities

Article Open Letter - 13 Sep 2019

As South African Jews, we cannot sit by idly while the Israeli government commits similar atrocities to the former South African apartheid regime

Pupils punished for taking a knee during Israeli national anthem

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Nov 2018

Herzlia School says the two students face “disciplinary and educational” consequences

Einstein’s ‘God letter’ to go on sale for $1-million

Article Agency - 3 Oct 2018

A handwritten letter from Albert Einstein about his thoughts on God, religion and his search for meaning is to go on sale in New York

Finding G-d in small things

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Mar 2018

Orthodox Judaism’s rituals can provide divine connection, even in a Highveld thunderstorm

Make the bat mitzvah more than ‘lite’

Article Adina Roth - 23 Mar 2016

The very act of a girl reading from the Torah can shake Judaism out of its patriarchal stronghold and inspire her to become involved in the religion.

Row over messianic red heifer divides Jewish activists

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Aug 2015

Agriculture researchers, US exporters and Jewish activists clash over plans to breed a holy cow.

Into the afterlife

Article bogdan TagDiv - 28 Mar 2013

To find out what's next, after death Aneesa Fazel went soul searching, with the help of religious experts.

Busting the ‘right-or-wrong’ mentality on Israel

Article Amir Mizroch - 8 May 2012

Amir Mizroch takes on Kevin Bloom's claim that SA's Jewry needs a messiah to lead them out of the darkness of their mentality on Israel.

Jerusalem engulfed as pilgrims mark Good Friday, Passover

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Apr 2012

Christians and Jews in the Holy Land are set to begin marking their most important festivals as Good Friday and Jewish holiday of Passover coincide.

The rise of the Afrikaner Christian Jew

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Apr 2012

A growing number of South Africans have started exploring Christianity's origins in Jewish scripture and ritual, under the term Messianic Judaism.

Latest

National

Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

National

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

National

Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Special Reports

Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it