By: Ben Mordecai resided in Susa (a.k.a. Shushan), the metropolis of Persia. He adopted his cousin Hadassah (Esther), an orphan child, whom he tenderl...
I never used to make a point of reading the social and personal columns of The Jewish Chronicle. In fact, I didn't read much of the paper at all but, ...
Parshat Chayei Sarah is one of my favorite parshas in the entire Torah... but not really. Let me explain. The parsha is kind of short. The main story ...
Genealogy is the study of your family history and if you are a Jew, you are bound to want to find out more about your cultural heritage, past and fami...
There has been a Jewish presence in Cape Town since the early days, but it was not until the occupying British introduced freedom of worship in 179s t...
