A dispatch from the front lines of the racially charged, vocal, violent, identitarian, anti-Zionist, anti-oppression, anti-Semitic, cultural touchstone battles over Jews, Israel, and the future of ethno-nationalist states

Boysie Dikobe, a South African-born dancer with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, prepares for his conversion—when he’s not performing in drag

In South Africa, protests supposedly aimed at Israel target the country’s Jewish institutions

How a grueling 56-mile ultramarathon in South Africa became a stage for racial reconciliation—and national belonging for immigrant Jews

More than 200 academics from South Africa have followed in the footsteps of hundreds of scholars from the U.K., who declared a similar boycott in October

Line between anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitism thins in Johannesburg

A South African goes home to Israel

In a new memoir, the controversial ‘New York Times’ columnist connects dots between dislocation and his mother’s depression

Meet the koeksister, a South African cookie

And now their sons live in the shadow of the great South African leader, who died one year ago today

The NYC restaurant will be serving honey and red wine-braised short ribs

In Payback: The Case for Revenge, law professor Thane Rosenbaum considers our desire for vengeance