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

Charisse Zeifert writes in politicsweb on the legal mechanisms to protect communities against prejudice. https://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/taking-a-stand-against-hate

Prof Karen Milner was on SABC TV to explain why Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s comments about Hitler were antisemitic and offensive Watch the video at SABC TV The Globe http://www.ornico.co.za/editor ...

In her latest attempt to justify South Africa’s morally bankrupt stance on the Ukraine invasion Minister Naledi Pandor can do no more than resort to her usual knee-jerk Israel bashing. Addressing the Heads of State on Friday, she chose to make outrageous comparisons between the devastation that Russia is wreaking on the Ukrainian people and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Apart from being a weak and obvious attempt to dodge the question by dragging in a completely unrelated

Join us as #WeRemember. Thursday, 28 April | West Park Cemetery 11:45 - family testimony, solo by Melissa Krawitz 11:55 - reading of the names 12:00 - traditional ceremony with Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert

One week, three terrorist attacks, 11 dead, including Jews, Arabs, Druze & 2 Ukrainian refugees. We join the people of Israel in mourning the victims of these appalling crimes. Those who foster hatred & glorify the murder of innocents must not be allowed to prevail

At the SAJBD’s meeting with Ukrainian Ambassador Liubov Abravitova, she appealed for assistance with her fund towards humanitarian relief for those suffering in Ukraine. Please see a letter from the Ambassador below If you would like to contribute to her fund: Embassy of Ukraine-Donation Account Bank FNB Account number 62938629849 Branch: Brooklyn 251345

Agonising images fill our television screens, as we learn of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine. As other Jewish communities open their hearts and their homes to refugees from war torn Ukraine and provide them with shelter, food and relief, we as South African Jewry also want to assist in alleviating the suffering. We have identified 5 organisations that we work with that are providing relief to those trapped in Ukraine and the refugees who are fleeing. The internat

We applaud the bravery of Sarah Idan and those like her who are prepared to put themselves at risk by challenging the poisonous narrative on Jews and Israel that is so tragically prevalent in so much Middle East discourse and so frequently deteriorates into antisemitism. We look forward to engaging with the former Miss Iraq, now a global peace activist, and hearing her experiences in working for peace & promoting human rights in the Middle East to youth & women's groups, the

Jewish Board won, Cosatu’s Masuku lost, finish and klaar It is astounding that even after successive rulings culminating in a unanimous Constitutional Court judgment finding Cosatu spokesperson Bongani Masuku guilty of antisemitism, Steven Friedman (“The real trick to Bongani Masuku’s case”, 25 February) persists in deriding the case brought by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and even to portray the outcome as a defeat for the pro-Israel lobby. The bald facts tell a d

OPINION More AU countries are choosing closer ties with Israel, to their benefit SA's grandstanding about Palestine and the world's sole Jewish state is leaving it increasingly irrelevant 06 March 2022 - 00:00 BY CHARISSE ZEIFERT A growing number of Arab countries have chosen to normalise their relations with Israel, and clearly more and more African countries are forging stronger ties with it, to the mutual benefit of all, says the writer. Stock image. A growing number of Ar

The SAJBD welcomes apology from Bongani Masuku, Cosatu The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) welcomes the apology to the Jewish community from Bongani Masuku and the Congress of South African Trade Unions. In terms of the judgment handed down last week by the Constitutional Court, Mr Masuku and Cosatu were required to apologise for a statement that the court ruled to be hate speech against the Jewish community. The apology received on the 23rd of February reads:

CHARISSE ZEIFERT: The line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is clear Constitutional Court ruling means the likes of Bongani Masuku can no longer hide behind the cloak of legitimate criticism to propagate racist hate speech against Jews Last week Bongani Masuku, the former international relations secretary for the country’s biggest trade union federation and member of the country’s governing tripartite alliance, was found guilty by SA’s apex court of having crossed the l

‘Death and life are in the tongue’ – lessons from the Bongani Masuku hate speech case Given the enduring legacy of the Nazi horrors inflicted on European Jewry, it has become commonplace for antisemites of every stripe to level baseless, insulting and profoundly demeaning charges against Jews that they themselves have become like Nazis. After 13 years, a case that first came before the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and from there progressively worked its way t

ConCourt judgment confirms freedom of expression not a license for racism David Saks says ruling is likely to resonate widely in the ongoing battle against global anti-Semitism Masuku judgment confirms freedom of expression not a license for racism “The comments and statements made are of an extreme nature that advocate and imply that the Jewish and Israeli community are to be despised, scorned, ridiculed and thus subjecting them to ill-treatment on the basis of their religio