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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Warren Goldstein

Eliyahu David Kay, killed in a terror attack in Jerusalem on November 21, 2021. (Instagram / HaShomer HaChadash)
November 28, 2021, 11:43 am
Visitors to terror victim’s family turned back at airport, forced to violate Shabbat
Two friends from South Africa, who flew out before new restrictions were announced Thursday night, say they were ‘treated like criminals’
By ToI Staff
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, takes the Oath of Office alongside Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, left, at the Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
July 29, 2020, 6:29 am
Under fire for pro-Israel comments, South African chief justice cites the Bible
In affidavit replying to formal complaint, Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng says religious obligation to pray for peace of Jerusalem and not hate Israel must not be seen as a political stance
By Raphael Ahren
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, takes the Oath of Office alongside Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, left, at the Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
June 26, 2020, 5:36 pm
South Africa’s top judge under fire for pro-Israel remarks
Ruling ANC party, which openly voices solidarity with Palestinian cause, slams judge for venturing into politics with ‘unfortunate’ comments
By AFP
Adi Greenberger, left, and Nadav Freeman at a Shabbat Project event in New York's Times Square last year. (Ido Simantov/Courtesy)
October 25, 2018, 11:21 pm
Over 1 million to ditch phones for Day of Rest, says South Africa’s chief rabbi
Encouraging people to unplug, take a walk, and eat with friends, the Shabbat Project, starting Friday at sundown, says it has participants in 1,400 cities across 98 countries
By Yaakov Schwartz
Women and girls participate in a challah bake in Costa Rica as part of the world-wide Shabbat Project 2017. (Courtesy: Shabbat Project via JTA)
October 30, 2017, 7:02 pm
Shabbat Project reaches more than 1 million people in 97 countries
Events include an interfaith unity bake bringing together Muslim and Jewish children at a local preschool in a suburb of Sydney
By JTA
South Africa's Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein in a Passover YouTube message on April 4, 2017. (YouTube screen capture)
April 7, 2017, 4:36 am
South Africa’s chief rabbi joins calls to protest against President Zuma
In Passover video message, Warren Goldstein lines up with church groups in decrying ‘corruption and injustice’
By JTA
Rabbi Eliezer Berland participates in a mass prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
April 7, 2016, 10:45 pm
Fugitive Israeli rabbi arrested in South Africa
Eliezer Berland will likely be extradited to the Jewish state, where he is wanted for sex offenses
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Eliezer Berland participates in a mass prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
January 31, 2016, 10:21 am
Fugitive rabbi threatens life of South African chief rabbi
Followers of Eliezer Berland, on the run from sex charges, invoke Talmudic ‘law of the pursuer’ after police raid
By Lee Gancman
An ad in New York City's Times Square for the Shabbos Project. (courtesy)
October 24, 2014, 12:52 am
You don’t need to be religious to observe the Shabbat Project
This weekend, Jews in some 460 cities all over the world have signed up to turn off their phones and tune in to the Jewish day of rest
By Caroline Lagnado
Former South African president Nelson Mandela celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, July 18, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
July 1, 2013, 7:55 pm
South African Jewish community prays for Mandela
Rabbi Warren Goldstein asks people to recite special prayers for the health of iconic 94-year-old ex-president
South Africa's flag (photo credit: CC BY SA Privatemusings/Wikipedia)
December 18, 2012, 7:21 pm
Ruling South African party may pass Israel boycott resolution
Coalition of Jewish and Christian leaders lobbies ANC to maintain even-handed approach to Arab-Israeli conflict
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim (photo credit: South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation)
August 17, 2012, 7:13 pm
South African chief rabbi calls government minister who discouraged visits to Israel ‘unfit to serve’
Deputy minister of international relations said citizens should refrain from coming to Israel unless they are involved in peace efforts
By JTA and ToI Staff
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (photo credit: United Synagogue)
June 27, 2012, 12:09 pm
As Britain’s chief rabbi, Lord Sacks is proving a very hard act to follow
The search for a new spiritual head of the community is not going smoothly, and the absence of a heavyweight Orthodox figurehead might boost the influence of Liberal and Conservative leaders
By Miriam Shaviv
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