News Round Up and Happy Shavuot!
The Weekend News Round Up with news about Gaza, Guatemala and a cure for cancer!? And what does a fun water fight have to do with Shavuot? Read on to find out.
The Unending Battle for Jerusalem
Jerusalem is home to three of the main religions in the world and yet, instead of celebrating this, Jerusalem is used as a tool for hatred, division and revisionist history.
News from Israel ~ week of March 12, 2018
Weekly News Round-Up~ Welcome to our first News Round-Up of news from Israel, about Israel and how it will affect the rest of us. We value your opinions and questions, so feel free to comment and let us know what you think. 86-year old guide helps discover section of Incense Route lost for millennia Yehoshua […]
The Evil that Seeks to Destroy the People of Israel
For their nearly 4,000 years of history, the people of Israel have been dispersed and displaced to the outermost parts of the earth. And yet they have survived and thrived.
Under the Shadow of the Shoah
After the horrors of the Holocaust, the shadow of this terrible event follow Jews around the world and into their lives today. They aim to better the world.
Fair Weathered Friend
Storm hits Joburg, SA dials Jerusalem While South Africa voted against the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, it did not hesitate to call the Jerusalem-based ZAKA headquarters when the ‘Mother of all Storms” hit the city on New Year’s Eve. No matter how inebriated Jo’burg folk were on the 31st December […]
The Gamechangers – From Truman To Trump
Separated by nearly 70 years, a Democrat and Republican President transformed the political landscape of the Middle East There is a street in Israel named after President Harry S. Truman, not after F.D. Roosevelt, will probably never be for Barak Obama and most assuredly will be one after President Donald Trump.* As Jews for 2000 […]
Conquest by Subterfuge ~ The Plan to Eliminate an Entire Race
A clear and unapologetic look at the origins of the Palestinian people.
The Writing Is On The Wall
From communicating with God to messaging the world Approaching the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, one rarely fails to be in awe. Its stature, both physically and spiritually, is all-embracing, and the nearer one approaches the most revered structure in Judaism, its finer details come into focus, such as the immense size of its […]
Trump’s emotive Jerusalem announcement
People from Israel and South Africa offer their views on the Trump announcement by Monessa Shapiro Trump’s announcement to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been met with mixed emotions. There has been much joy, especially amongst Jews, but overwhelming anger from both the media and world leaders. His action has been seen as […]
A ‘Capital’ Idea
Kneejerk reaction to Trump’s ‘Jerusalem recognition’ of Israel’s capital, smacks less of concern for the pursuit of peace and more an exposé of anti-Semitism Amazing, the world seldom agrees with each other on any issue, but when it comes to Israel, they unite WITHIN MINUTES – against. Its instinctive; its reflexive; its vile and its anti-Semitic. […]
On The Streets Of Jerusalem
As the world today spitefully refuses to recognize a Jewish connection to its capital, one South African recalls that same hateful expression 34 years ago as body parts were strewn across a street in Jerusalem. Living today in Cape Town, Soprano, Futurist and Mystic, Belinda Silbert (Metlitzky) is a household name in South Africa, having […]
Christians Flock to Jerusalem – For Feast of the Tabernacles
While Jews around the world celebrate each year in October Sukkot – the biblical Feast of Tabernacles – it is no less a meaningful holiday for many Christians. Every year, thousands of Christians from all over the world – including South Africa – visit Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles and to show their […]
Jiving in Jerusalem
No visit to Israel’s capital is complete without visiting its magical marketplace – Machane Yehuda. From shopping to enjoying authentic Israeli cuisine, this iconic market invites you to discover a microcosm of the ‘REAL’ Jerusalem. While there are several internationally recognized places of interest in Jerusalem whose names are synonymous with the city – the […]
Stories Set in Stone – Israel’s past revealed within its fortress walls
Carpeting Europe’s verdant landscape are majestic castles alluring tourists by their magnitude, splendor and history. South African TV viewers of the 2017 Tour de France would have noticed some of these impressive castles, fortresses and splendid Chateaus along the route watching out for their cycling compatriots – Janse van Rensberg, Jaco Venter and Louis Meintjies. […]