This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. (JTA) — When she was in ...

A Jewish publication in South Africa apologized for an Op-Ed that compared Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Adolf Hitler. The online publication South African Jewish Report posted the apology Friday on its ...

After years of tension between South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and the country’s Jews, matters seemed to be approaching a boiling point in recent months, leading many ...

To be born a Jew is to be born with a target on your back. You go to the same movies others do. Enjoy similar foods, although — if you play by the rules — you restrict yourself to kosher ingredients ...

(This is Article 4 of the seven-part series, “Bridges of Liberation: Jewish & African Paths to Freedom.” The full disclaimer regarding the author’s independent views is contained in the preceding ...

An average of 220 Jews are leaving Lithuania every month to settle in countries overseas, according to a report received from the Hias-Ica-Emigdirect. The Jewish emigrants constitute 30 percent of the ...

Ten Jews are candidates for Parliament in the national elections to be held in the Union of South Africa on April 16. Seven are members of the United Party, one is on the Labor ticket, another has ...

I never thought I’d be hosting a Passover Seder for one of the survivors of the Rwanda genocide, a tragedy in which almost a million people perished in 1994. The survivor, a sweet-looking woman named ...

(This is Article 5 of the seven-part series, “Bridges of Liberation: Jewish & African Paths to Freedom.” The full disclaimer regarding the author’s independent views is contained in the preceding ...

She wanted them to feel connected to their origins by helping them start businesses and open synagogues and schools. By Joseph Berger In the summer of 2001, Harriet Bograd decided to visit her ...