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Jun 2, 2026, 11:59 AM

Satan visits South Africa

Satan was getting bored. He had spent several weeks idly twirling his globe of the world, noting with glum satisfaction the number of countries which had recently fallen under his sway, but now he was beginning to feel that...

Grant Arthur Gochin

May 29, 2026, 5:28 AM

When Israel Is the Desired Villain

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A South African critique of my article exposed how easily accusation replaces evidence. I wrote an argument. It was turned into an operation. That is the problem. My Times of Israel blog post, Africa Must Fragment, South Africa First, argued about sovereignty,...

May 20, 2026, 8:40 PM

Ruth and the refugees

With the approaching holiday of Shavuot the Jews read about the giving of the ten commandments. We also read the Book of Ruth and commemorate the Yahrzeit (anniversary of death) - of her great-grandson, King David. Moses, the lawgiver,...

Mohamed Elbaikam

May 15, 2026, 10:38 PM

Western Sahara: Policy or Propaganda?

In Washington, distant unresolved conflicts can easily become files on a national-security map. But when such conflicts are read only through the language of security, investment, alliances, and geopolitical competition, the risk is that political narrative replaces legal fact....

Apr 27, 2026, 9:11 AM

South Africa’s 1994 lesson in leadership for Israel

Former South African presidents Nelson Mandela, left, and FW de Klerk, right, with Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, center, at de Klerk's 70th birthday party in Cape Town, South Africa, March 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Obed Zilwa, file)

Mandela and especially de Klerk showed how a visionary leader can reshape history simply by knowing when to step aside

Apr 9, 2026, 10:12 PM

Look back in languor: A South African Jew visits the languages of his childhood

I was born into the South Africa of the apartheid era, where every white child was educated in two spoken languages - English and Afrikaans. The latter was a language which unfurled itself from its Dutch origins at the...

Lawrence Nowosenetz

Mar 27, 2026, 7:29 PM

University of Cape Town’s Ultimate Degradation – Honouring Dr. Sooliman

The University of Cape Town (UCT) a formerly venerable university in South Africa, respected worldwide, has announced that it will be awarding an honorary doctorate to Dr Imtiaz Sooliman at its graduation ceremonies in March/April 2026. The Doctor of Philosophy...

Mar 26, 2026, 10:00 AM

From Isolation to Renewal: Israel’s Path

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

From Isolation to Renewal: Israel’s Path For decades, South Africa stood as one of the most isolated nations in the international system. The root cause of this isolation was its policy of Apartheid, a rigid system of racial segregation and...

Mar 6, 2026, 7:44 PM

My adventures at the piano keyboard

My mother being a piano teacher and my sister an accomplished pianist, I grew up to the sound of classical piano music. However, my own attempts to master the instrument were not successful, despite strenuous efforts on the part...

Feb 22, 2026, 7:06 PM

The language of antisemitism

My woodwork teacher in a Johannesburg high school, Mr Richards, a small, blond-haired man with a ginger moustache, occasionally admonished the boys (mostly gentile) not to complain ‘like little Jewboys’. So too did his fellow manual training teacher, Mr...

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