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Sally Ann Friedland (left) and Dana Markus in 'Zebra, A Duet for Two Women' premiering June 24, 2023 at Suzanne Dellal's Studio Zehava & Jack. (Courtesy: Sharon Zindany)
June 23, 2023, 4:09 pm
At 71, a dancer tangos with time for comeback after 30 years
Sally-Anne Friedland, who has been teaching and directing in the interim, returns to choreograph and perform autobiographical ‘Zebra,’ with partner 40 years her junior
By Jessica Steinberg
Jeremy Gordin offers a toast in an undated family photo. (Courtesy/Gordin family via JTA)
May 2, 2023, 4:28 am
South African Jewish journalist Jeremy Gordin murdered in home burglary at 70
Prominent reporter killed in March robbery after decrying crime in Johannesburg; he studied in Jerusalem, headed local version of Playboy and a working-class tabloid during career
By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ
File: South Africans protest against Israeli actions in Gaza, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
March 10, 2023, 2:42 pm
South African parliament symbolically votes to downgrade Israel ties
Resolution calling for embassy to become liaison office must be adopted by government to come into effect; Foreign Ministry slams ‘shameful and disgraceful’ vote
By Michael Horovitz
South African activist, lawyer, writer and a former judge appointed by Nelson Mandela to serve on the first Constitutional Court of South Africa, Albert 'Albie' Louis Sachs, poses for a portrait inside of the Constitutional Court of South Africa building in Johannesburg on February 8, 2022 (GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)
February 10, 2022, 12:11 pm
Anti-apartheid hero Albie Sachs: South Africa isn’t fair, but people can speak out
Jewish former justice, who lost an eye and arm in bombing by white supremacist regime, says he believes progressive constitution will help country withstand challenges
By AFP and ToI Staff
Cyril Ramaphosa (right) is sworn in as South African President by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, February 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Mike Hutchings / Pool)
February 4, 2022, 12:25 am
South African ex-chief justice ordered to apologize for pro-Israel comments
Mogoeng Mogoeng ordered to walk back 2020 remark in which he said country was depriving itself of opportunity to be ‘game-changer’ in conflict due to pro-Palestinian stance
By AFP
Actor Antony Sher poses for photographers after winning the best Shakespearean performance award at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in central London, on January 27, 2015. (Grant Pollard/Invision/AP, File)
December 3, 2021, 6:44 pm
Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72
After winning renown, Sher began to explore both his Jewish and his South African heritage, including adapting Primo Levi’s Auschwitz memoir into a one-man show
By Jill Lawless
South African author Damon Galgut poses with his book 'The Promise' on October 31, 2021. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)
November 5, 2021, 8:10 am
Novel about South African Jewish mother picks up prestigious Booker Prize
‘The Promise’ by Damon Galgut spans 40 years of recent South African history
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
In this March 4, 2018, file photo, MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
June 16, 2021, 2:59 pm
MacKenzie Scott donates to Jewish charities in US, South Africa
Ex-wife of Amazon’s Bezos gives funding to HIAS, Repair the World and Afrika Tikkun as part of her latest $2.74 billion round of high-profile philanthropy
By Asaf Shalev
Screenshots of two anti-Semitic tweets that have since been removed (screen grab)
October 27, 2020, 6:34 pm
South African Jews celebrate first criminal conviction for online anti-Semitism
Local man had tweeted at Jewish umbrella group that the Holocaust would ‘be like a picnic when we are done with you Zionist bastards’; sentence to be handed down Friday
By Raphael Ahren
The video of Bibi Shapiro singing "Avinu Malkeinu" was played during online Yom Kippur services through New York's Central Synagogue, September 28, 2020 (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)
September 30, 2020, 8:29 am
Kid whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral sings at NY synagogue Yom Kippur service
6-year-old Bibi Shapiro from South Africa participates in online service at Central Synagogue after video circulates widely of him singing a children’s version of the prayer
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Rosalie Wolpe speaks to a relative on the phone on her 111th birthday at a retirement home in Cape Town, South Africa on August 25, 2020. (David Wolpe via JTA)
August 30, 2020, 7:28 pm
Jewish woman celebrates 111th birthday under lockdown in South Africa
Rosalie Wolpe, who says secret to her longevity is never having a car, speaks on the phone with her daughter in Australia from her retirement facility
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The aftermath of vandalism at the Oudtshoorn Jewish cemetery in South Africa. (Cape SAJB via JTA)
August 22, 2020, 6:12 am
More than 30 headstones damaged at South African Jewish cemetery
Vandalism at the Oudtshoorn graveyard is the 1st incident of its kind in the area, community leader says
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, queue to walk through disinfecting spray booths aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19, before doing shopping at Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
August 7, 2020, 10:53 pm
As South Africa’s virus cases surge, MDs apply tough lessons from HIV epidemic
Doctors Barry Schoub and Lucille Blumberg are among medical leaders confident that a COVID vaccine won’t be hindered by ‘political’ issues, as the yet undiscovered AIDS vaccine is
By Rich Tenorio
Benjamin Pogrund, center, next to Nelson Mandela (courtesy Benjamin Pogrund)
June 5, 2020, 6:47 am
Annexation will mean apartheid, warns Mandela ally who always fought comparison
Cape Town-born Benjamin Pogrund, an early confidant of Mandela, wrote a book arguing ‘A’ word doesn’t apply to Israel. Now he fears state will become ‘mirror of what apartheid was’
By Raphael Ahren
A general view of Long Street, usually one of the busiest and most popular entertainment areas in Cape Town, South Africa, with bars, clubs and restaurants, under a billboard reading 'Stay Home' amid a coronavirus lockdown, on April 3, 2020. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
April 29, 2020, 7:43 pm
South African Jewish community records first COVID-19 death
Head of umbrella group warns of ‘long and hard road ahead’ as Africa’s worst-hit country continues to battle the coronavirus
By ToI Staff
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