Posts Tagged: South African Jews

South African Court’s Guilty Verdict Against Antisemitic Writer for Online Rant Hailed by Jewish Community
A court in South Africa has pronounced the first-ever criminal verdict in a case of antisemitism, after it found a freelance journalist guilty of posting...

South African Jewish Leaders Condemn ‘Alarming’ Antisemitic Attacks in Recent Days
JNS.org - South African Jewish leaders condemned “alarming” amount of antisemitic attacks this week. According to the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, there has been a...

1,500-Plus South African Jews and Christians Learn to Counter the BDS Movement
JNS.org - More than 1,500 Jews and Christians attended four pro-Israel events throughout South Africa focused on strengthening the local pro-Israel community, and countering BDS and...

South African Jewish Leader Tells Parliament: Anti-Israel Sentiment in Country Often Degenerates Into Antisemitism
Anti-Israel sentiment in South Africa often degenerates into antisemitism, a South African Jewish leader told a parliamentary committee in Cape Town last week. “Fostering hatred and...

South African Jewish Community: Dual Citizenship Ban Intends to Target IDF
JNS.org - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) political party is considering a change in the country’s policy on dual citizenship. The South African Jewish...

Wits University Vice Chairman Rebuffs ‘Jewish Puppet’ Critics: ‘It’s Racist and Antisemitic’
The vice chancellor of a major Johannesburg university struck back on Thursday at critics who claimed he had bowed to Jewish pressure over the sacking...

South African Jewish Leaders Charge Local Labor Chief With Incitement and Hate Speech Over Call for Revenge Attacks
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) said recently it will lay criminal and civil charges against COSATU labor union leader Tony Ehrenreich for inciting...

South African Union Leader Calls for Violence Against Country’s Jews in Response to Gaza Civilian Deaths
JTA - A South African union leader wrote a Facebook post calling for "eye for an eye" attacks on Jewish communal officials in retribution for civilian deaths in...

African Union Summit Under Fire After Jewish Delegation Incident
JNS.org - The African Union Summit in Equatorial Guinea is receiving criticism over an incident Thursday involving a Jewish delegation from the Conference of...

South African Jews Pray for Mandela
JTA - South Africa's chief rabbi, Warren Goldstein, conveyed the Jewish community's prayers and support to the daughter of ailing former President Nelson...

South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein: I Know Apartheid Firsthand (INTERVIEW)
Rabbi Warren Goldstein grew up in South Africa. He is also a regular visitor to Israel. With those two experiences, he is quick to respond...

Responding to South African Charges that Israel is An Apartheid State
Arriving in South Africa for a lecture tour - the second in a year - I popped on the TV to watch President Jacob Zuma's...

American Jews and Israel Have Never Been Closer
Despite occasional media warnings of a "distancing" between American Jews and Israel, there is nothing like actually visiting the Jewish state to feel...

Guardian’s Chris McGreal Suggests IDF ‘Killing’ of Corrie no Different than Hamas Suicide Bombing
While Chris McGreal may be the Guardian's Washington correspondent, he is certainly not a "reporter". His shrill, tendentious activist journalism - which arguably makes Harriet Sherwood...