SAJBD participates in the G20 Interfaith Forum This past week, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) had the profound privilege of representing the South African Jewish community at the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) held in Cape Town. We joined religious leaders, community representatives, and policymakers from around the world to ensure that the voice of faith is included in some of the world’s most important decisions made at the G20 level. Our National Director,

SAJBD attends the National Dialogue Conference in Pretoria on 15 August

The SAJBD are grateful for the invite to join traditional leaders, religious leaders, majesties and experts from around the world at the G20 Interfaith Forum- IF20 in Cape Town. Watch our social media pages to follow our attendance over the next few days.

Above Board 31 July - 7 August It is profoundly difficult to keep our community strong, hopeful and united in the face of a war which elicits such strong emotions. We are also trying to establish truth in the midst of the fog of war. Like everyone I know, I feel a great depth of despair over the war in Gaza. My heart has not healed from the October 7 devastation, and the recent pictures of the hostages and the cruelty they have been subjected to, leaves me, as I have no doubt

On the 30 June, the SAJBD submitted a response to an article by Kevin Bloom that appeared in the Daily Maverick Zionism untethered — inside the legal battle for the soul of UCT In his article, Bloom claims that rising antisemitism at the University of Cape Town as well as other university campuses globally were being fabricated as a way of silencing criticism of Israel. A lengthy reply from the SAJBD was needed to unravel the inaccuracies and falsehoods contained in the Bloo

Mandela Day Magic with Vino Snaps & the Teddy Bear Clinic 🧸⚽ This #MandelaDay, the SAJBD had the joy of spending 67 minutes (and more!) making a real difference alongside the incredibly gifted sports photographer @VinoSnaps and the compassionate Dr. Efrat Barnes-Wald from the Teddy Bear Clinic. To honour Madiba’s legacy by pouring love, hope, and opportunity into the lives of our youth - the heartbeat of South Africa’s future we donated to two ongoing projects. We donated so

The SAJBD is extremely pleased to confirm that we have been able to arrange a repatriation flight from Tel Aviv for over 200 South Africans citizens of many religions touring in Israel who contacted us after being stranded in Israel due to the war. This has been a Herculean effort and we are so grateful for the assistance of so many phenomenal people at the Jewish Agency, the Israel Min of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopian Airlines and the wonderful travel agent Ingrid Zahavi. The S

On 10 June, Gary Nowosenitz, Chairman of the Pretoria Council and Charisse Zeifert, Deputy Director, participated in an oversight visit to the Paul Kruger Street Synagogue. The aim of the meeting was to see how the synagogue could be restored to its former glory as a museum and heritage site.

The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on Sunday issued a travel advisory urging South African citizens in Iran to exercise caution and register with the South African Embassy in Tehran. It is outrageous that DIRCO did not offer similar assistance or services to its citizens in Israel. With the Advisory the Government and DIRCO have clearly shown disinterest and abandoned the many South Africans, be they Christian, Jewish or Muslim who

DIRCO supports terror regime once again South Africa’s expression of concern and condolences for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran serves once again to show their decision to always side with dictators, terror organisations and human-rights abusers. DIRCO supported the Assad regime in Syria, Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir in Sudan, Sadam Hussein in Iraq, Hamas in Gaza and now Ali Hosseini Khamenei in Iran. All these dictators have a strong

The SAJBD team joined the Vishwa Hindu Parishad - SA and Shree Ayyappaa Kshetram for a Yoga Event, in the lead up to International Day of...

DIRCO supports terror regime once again South Africa’s expression of concern and condolences for the Government of the Islamic Republic...

The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on Sunday issued a travel advisory urging South African...

On 10 June, Gary Nowosenitz, Chairman of the Pretoria Council and Charisse Zeifert, Deputy Director, participated in an oversight visit to the Paul Kruger Street Synagogue. The aim of the meeting was to see how the synagogue could be restored to its former glory as a museum and heritage site.

The SAJBD team joined the Vishwa Hindu Parishad - SA and Shree Ayyappaa Kshetram for a Yoga Event, in the lead up to International Day of Yoga, which is celebrated on June 21 every year. It was a beautiful morning of breathing, health awareness and interfaith collaboration.

Comrades Marathon Association condemns abuse towards Israeli runners Read article here

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies condemns the scenes of anti-Israel protestors tracking and harassing Israeli runners during the Comrades Marathon. We are equally dismayed by the ANCYL in KwaZulu-Natal’s statement calling for the exclusion of Israeli athletes, identified by name and race number to facilitate targeted harassment. This is a form of doxing which is reprehensible. The Comrades Marathon, named to honour the camaraderie and unity among diverse participant

SAJBD’s National Chairperson Prof Karen Milner and Vice President Mary Kluk speak out against the misuse of the term genocide. Read article here