Rebuilding Life amidst the ashes. SAJBD National Director Wendy Kahn visits communities that had been brutalised by Hamas in Israel. Read her article in the Jewish Report here .

SA's lawfare against Israel Faryn Kantor deconstructs what the ANC govt's legal team got up to at the ICJ Read article here

The new dawn has evaporated for South Africa’s Jews Read article here

I vote for you, SA, not the ruling party writes SAJBD national chairperson Karen Milner in the Jewish Report Read article here

Statement by SAJBD and SAZF on the discontinuation of ELAL flights to SA ELAL Airlines has announced that they will be discontinuing...

SAJBD response to Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam’s comments at Sona On 14 February, the chambers of Parliament once again echoed to the sound of bigoted hatred targeting the South African Jewish community. And once again the culprit wasOn 14 February, the chambers of Parliament once again echoed to the sound of bigoted hatred targeting the South African Jewish community. And once again the culprit was National Freedom Party representative Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam. Speaking during t

Hundreds of enthusiastic protestors gathered outside the headquarters of Cricket SA (CSA) this afternoon to vent their outrage at the...

SAJBD comments following meeting with Cricket SA, 16 January 2024 At a meeting held today, Cricket SA (CSA) categorically failed to...

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The SAJBD picketed outside the offices of the Department of Justice to protest against Minister Lamola’s refusal to acknowledge that there is antisemitism in South Africa. Wearing t-shirts `The Lamola Deception’, we delivered a memorandum of understanding calling for the Minister to recognise that antisemitism is not `a figment of the imagination’ as he suggested in his interview on BBC HardTalk. We called for antisemitism to be taken seriously as they do with all other forms

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Antisemitism in South Africa between October and December increased by 631% compared to same period last year. Justice Minister Ronald Lamola stated on BBC HardTalk that “There is no antisemitism in South Africa against the Jewish People.“ Read here 1. Here are the facts: • In 2023, antisemitic incidents in SA reached the highest levels since the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) began compiling detailed lists from 1993. For Oct-Dec 2023 there were 139 recorded incidents co

Statement by SAJBD and SAZF on the discontinuation of ELAL flights to SA ELAL Airlines has announced that they will be discontinuing their weekly flights between South Africa and Israel. During our meeting with El Al last year, it became apparent that operating a once-a-week flight was economically challenging for them. Unfortunately, even increasing the frequency to three times a week did not attract the expected passenger numbers. As a private company, El Al's operations ar

SAJBD Response to the ICJ Ruling at the Hague The SAJBD welcomes the International Criminal Justice’s (ICJ) recognition of Israel’s right to defend its citizens by denying the ANC Government’s request for a ceasefire. This court was never asked to determine the merits of the charge of genocide. It was only asked to provide interim measures, two of which were granted. The court’s call for the hostages to be freed is a fundamental requirement for the end of the conflict. It is