The SAJBD and Angel Network continue to assist the people affected by the Boksburg disaster. Clive Mashishi has been working with builders and electricians to repair damages to the old age home caused by the explosion. In the coming days we will continue to assess and assist those impacted by this tragedy including providing counseling to families who lost loved ones in this tragedy.

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) is committed to assisting the victims and families of the Boksburg tragedy as they start rebuilding their lives. Through the SAJBD Relief Fund, together with our partners on the ground, the Angel Network, the Clive Mashishi Foundation, the Sibambisene Foundation and Fingertips of Africa are working tirelessly to help those in need. The various organisations are assessing the needs and responding accordingly. Clive Mashishi ha

We were saddened to learn of the passing on Friday of our treasured friend and esteemed colleague Goldie Goldsmith. For over forty years, Goldie worked for the SAJBD in various capacities, primarily as administrative secretary of the Board’s journal Jewish Affairs as well as of its Afrikaans language publication Buurman which appeared during the 1970s and early 1980s. She was well into her eighties when, by her own choice, she decided to finally retire. Goldie Goldsmith, née

The SAJBD mourns the passing of Michael Schneider, a great Jewish South African who risked his life in the fight for justice in his country of birth and went on to render outstanding service to global Jewry. Schneider died in New York aged 83 last Shabbat from complications of diabetes. As one of the world’s foremost Jewish communal leaders and professionals at the time of his retirement in 2011, he was secretary general of the World Jewish Congress, although the greater part

Alana Baranov calls for condemnation on gender oppression in Iran and South Africa’s silence https://www.dailymaverick.co.z ...

We are aware of heightened emotions that have emerged as a result of the recent Dischem letter. Unfortunately we have noted that this outrage has manifested into blatant aggression towards Jewish South Africans, including comments referring to the `gassing of Jews’ and threats to boycott Jewish businesses. We condemn these vile social media posts.

President Ramaphosa wishes the Jewish community well for Rosh Hashanah. Read here

BOOK NOW This year, we are honoured to have Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt as our guest speaker. Deborah Lipstadt is a historian, academic and the author of award-winning books: “ The Eichmann Trial ”; “ Denial: Holocaust History on Trial ”; and “ Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory ”. Thursday, 10 November Sandton Convention Centre 6.30pm BOOK NOW

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Britain at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. During her long reign, Queen Elizabeth represented the British people with dignity, grace and unswerving devotion. We join them and those around the world in remembering her remarkable legacy, in which she always put duty and service to her country before herself. MHDSRIP

Alana Baranov, our political and social justice liaison spoke to Thabiso on Channel Africa yesterday about the xenophobic incidences happening at Kalefong Hospital. Take a listen to her views on the rising xenophobia and why political figures need to speak out against it here

The politicization of healthcare and scapegoating people is dangerous writes Alana Baranov. That people are being turned away from hospitals and clinics by vigilante mobs based on their skin colour and language in South Africa today is truly abhorrent. The SAJBD condemns in the strongest terms the hostility to migrants and foreign nationals accessing healthcare care facilities in our country, with incidences of xenophobic protests by Operation Dudula outside our hospitals and

Academic denigrates Jews under the guise of ‘criticising’ Israel by Prof Karen Milner Read here

'We say 'Ag Shame Africa4Palestine.' Read the Opinion Piece here

David Saks responds to the scurilous and grossly antisemitic article by Oscar Van Heerden in News24 this week. It is regrettable that such overtly offensive and hurtful material should have been published in a mainstream South African publication. https://www.news24.com/news24/ ...

Minister Naledi Pandor sinks to a new low Six months and tens of thousands of civilian deaths later, we are still waiting for our Department of International Relations & Cooperation (DIRCO) to condemn Russia's barbaric war of aggression against the Ukrainian people. By comparison, within hours of armed clashes breaking out on the Israel-Gaza border, Dirco Minister Naledi Pandor had rushed to issue yet another virulent denunciation of the Jewish state and ignored the indiscrim

We congratulate The Chinese Association on the hate speech judgement in the Equality Court today The SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) congratulates The Chinese Association (TCA) on the successful outcome of their Equality Court Judgment in the Johannesburg High Court in respect to hate speech against the Chinese community. The SAJBD welcomes this important judgment, which represents another significant advance in the ongoing fight against racist hate speech and unfair disc

DIRCO Minister Naledi Pandor showed her true colours yesterday when she scoffingly dismissed Jewish concerns over antisemitism during an address to Palestinian Ambassadors. In the course of yet another propaganda tirade against Israel, Pandor flippantly remarked that she was mentioning the ‘two state solution’ because if she did not, many people would seek to paint her as antisemitic. By this, she not only implied that Jews level baseless charges of antisemitism in response t

Alana Baranov writes in the Daily Maverick: In the smouldering ashes of our social cohesion “If we fail to take a stand against xenophobia, South Africa’s fragile social cohesion will become a tinderbox which the smallest spark could set ablaze”. Read here

David Saks fascinating history of Lilieslief Farm and the Jewish connection in the Mail & Guardian https://mg.co.za/opinion/2022- ...

“David Saks responds to attack on Durban Holocaust Centre” https://www.iol.co.za/opinion/ ...