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I would like to share with you an essay I wrote - 'I Believe - Faith in a world of doubt' - that was distributed as a booklet in shuls in South Africa for Yom Kippur. I have a feeling that this may be the most important essay that I’ve ever written. What could be more important

God will remember The actual yahrtzeit of those murdered on October 7 is tonight and tomorrow, the Yom Tov of Shemini Atzeret, which in Israel combines with Simchas Torah. How do we mark this painful yahrtzeit on a day that is a chag - a festive holy day set aside for

Imagine 25 hours of peace, family, faith and connection. Watch: Shabbat as you’ve never seen it. The Shabbat Project. 15-16 November, 2024 theshabbosproject.org

With broken hearts mixed with outrage, we grieve with the widow and parents of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan, hy”d, who was murdered in an antisemitic terror attack commissioned by Iran in the UAE. And yet, instead of standing with Israel, the United Nations joins the international hunt for

youtu.be/D2qVIK98oVw We are living in historic and miraculous times. Take a moment to reflect how far the world has come since last year Hanukkah when everything seemed so much darker and more dangerous. The world has been transformed in ways we could hardly imagine a year

The events of October the 7th had a profound effect on me, causing me to understand with renewed clarity that my role as Chief Rabbi is to protect and defend the Jewish community from the varied threats we face. I have done my very best to live up to this obligation and I pledge

There is an ancient custom to learn a passage of Mishna for the elevation of the souls of those who have passed on to the next world. Given the heart-rending week we’ve been through, it would be especially meaningful if, at the Shabbos table tonight, we could all learn the

The recent beheadings of 70 Christians in a church in the DRC is not an isolated incident. There is a continent wide war being waged by Jihadists against Christians in Africa. Each year, thousands of Christians are murdered, raped, kidnapped and beheaded for their faith, burned

The Trump Administration’s policy to focus on white-Afrikaners by offering them refugee status in the United States, now supported by a bill just introduced into Congress, falls into the same trap as the ANC does—understanding South Africa as a conflict between black and white.

The power of ‘What if?’ The Haggadah opens with a radical thought experiment. #Pesach #Gratitude #Dayenu #JewishWisdom #JewishLeadership #Faith #Values #Torah #Freedom #Haggadah

Today in Pretoria at the Israeli Embassy Yom Hazikaron service, I called for a reset of the relationship between Israel and South Africa. A “wind of change” is blowing through South Africa again, and now is the time to act.

I sat down with South Africa’s most respected political analyst, Dr Frans Cronje, to talk about where this country is going. Here is the recording of our conversation. We discuss all the big issues of the day: the GNU’s survival, the decline of the ANC, Trump’s approach to SA,

As President Ramaphosa and the delegation of senior South African government officials, including John Steenhuisen, meet with President Trump, later today, here is a piece that I wrote for the Jerusalem Post about the importance of not seeing South Africa as a conflict between

The Oval Office confrontation between President Ramaphosa and President Trump served to highlight the appalling failures of South Africa’s ruling elite.