top of page
Communal leaders ask Israel not to forsake SA.
Communal leaders ask Israel not to forsake SA. Read about their trip to Israel in the Jewish Report here .
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Rebuilding Life amidst the ashes. Article by Wendy Kahn
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 .
Feb 29, 20241 min read
SA's lawfare against Israel
SA's lawfare against Israel Faryn Kantor deconstructs what the ANC govt's legal team got up to at the ICJ Read article here
Feb 28, 20241 min read
The new dawn has evaporated for South Africa’s Jews
The new dawn has evaporated for South Africa’s Jews Read article here
Feb 28, 20241 min read
I vote for you, SA, not the ruling party writes Prof Karen Milner
I vote for you, SA, not the ruling party writes SAJBD national chairperson Karen Milner in the Jewish Report Read article here
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Statement by SAJBD and SAZF on the discontinuation of ELAL flights to SA
Statement by SAJBD and SAZF on the discontinuation of ELAL flights to SA ELAL Airlines has announced that they will be discontinuing...
Feb 26, 20241 min read
National Freedom Party representative Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam's bigoted hatred
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
Feb 20, 20242 min read
Hundreds of enthusiastic protestors gather outside the headquarters of Cricket SA (CSA)
Hundreds of enthusiastic protestors gathered outside the headquarters of Cricket SA (CSA) this afternoon to vent their outrage at the...
Feb 18, 20241 min read
SAJBD comments following meeting with Cricket SA, 16 January 2024
SAJBD comments following meeting with Cricket SA, 16 January 2024 At a meeting held today, Cricket SA (CSA) categorically failed to...
Feb 16, 20241 min read
Durban Holocaust and Genocide Centre
Durban Holocaust and Genocide Centre
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Protest outside the Department of Justice
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
Feb 12, 20241 min read
HERBER HOUSE: "A HOSTEL FOR JEWISH CHILDREN" (Part III)
The "Cane Mutiny", a "Feral Culture", rawfers and shluppers, Boarding School Syndrome and liedjies on the school bus - All this and more in the concluding part of Stuart Buxbaum's history of Herber House hostel for country kids attending King David School in Johannesburg. Stuart Buxbaum holds an honours degree in Sociology from Wits University (1970) and an honours in Judaica from UNISA (1984). After working in the social research unit of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies in t
Feb 12, 20249 min read
Antisemitism in South Africa has increased by 631%
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
Jan 31, 20243 min read
Statement by SAJBD and SAZF on the discontinuation of ELAL flights to SA
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
Jan 26, 20241 min read
bottom of page