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Oct 9, 2024, 9:42 PM

Called-Up to Serve

Our “call-up papers” didn’t arrive by mail. They didn’t reach us in a phone call, or by way of a community announcement. Nor did we receive them at the same time. Some of us were notified early, and for...

Sep 19, 2024, 8:12 PM

You’re fired!

There is a first time for everything. Yesterday was my first time being fired. From an unpaid position. For reasons unclear. Before I tell you my story of woe, I want to tell you about bees. You probably know this,...

Aug 25, 2024, 3:20 PM

Remembering Yachad Nenatzeach

I am old enough to remember the world before October 7th and young enough to remember the phrase “Yachad Nenatzeach.” And whereas there is no way to return to a prior October world, there is a possibility of bringing...

Aug 14, 2024, 9:01 PM

You can’t read the label from inside the bottle

This combination of pictures created on July 22, 2024, shows US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US president Donald Trump. (Brendan Smialowski and Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)

As US Jews take up political arms for their respective candidates and against each other, I'm out of the fray, but foresee antisemitic ire from both sides

Nov 10, 2019, 10:16 AM

KFC and the Shabbos project

A couple walks into a KFC. Nonhhlanhla Soldaat and Hector Mkansi are a young South African couple who very clearly in love. Before the meal is over, Hector has gone down on one knee and has proposed marriage to...

Mar 28, 2019, 2:32 PM

A Jew Unfriendly University

The academic boycott of Israel by the University of Cape Town is closer than it has ever been. The current status is that the boycott has been passed by the students and by the Senate and now will go...

Mar 18, 2019, 3:03 PM

We crashed along with Ethiopian flight ET302

Illustrative. Israeli relatives hold the national flag at the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, seen here on March 14, 2019. (Mulugeta Ayene/AP)

The Jewish mourners reacted strongly when retrieving the bodies didn't happen quickly, and they are apologizing for it now

Dec 4, 2018, 8:07 PM

Searching in the Dark

One of my favorite stories is attributed to Sigmund Freud. He tells of a man who had lost his pocket watch while walking in the street. It was night time, and so, under the light of a street lamp he...

Nov 30, 2018, 1:59 PM

Leila Kahled Drive

I thought it was a joke when the City of Johannesburg debated changing the name of one of its main streets, Sandton Drive, to Leila Khaled something or other. Leila Khaled is a well-known Palestinian plane hijacker who actively supports...

Nov 15, 2018, 4:09 PM

Taking a Knee In Cape Town

I did not want to engage this story. I did not want to write about it. I certainly did not want to speak about it on my morning show and I had zero intention of tweeting about it. My...

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Howard Feldman is the author of 3 books, a weekly columnist across both Jewish and mainstream publications he also hosts the MorningMayhem morning show on ChaiFm. He is an outspoken, often derided, much unloved by South African politicians and haters of Israel.

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