Posts Tagged: South Africa Jews
Ramaphosa at the White House: South Africa’s Double Standard on Genocide
On May 21, President Donald Trump confronted visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with evidence that his country is committing genocide against white farmers. Ramaphosa...
South Africans Slam Government for Using Taxpayer Funds for ‘Politically Motivated’ Genocide Case Against Israel
A leading pro-Israel organization in South Africa has condemned the government's "appalling misuse of taxpayer funds" to finance what it called a "politically motivated and...
Condemn Israel, Starve Miners: South African Hypocrisy Makes a Mockery of Human Rights
According to the Talmud, Rabban Gamliel banned any student whose deeds were not in keeping with their values (Brachot 28a). This left him with an...
South Africa Is Becoming Another Front in the War Against Israel
Amid growing instability across the world, South Africa is playing a key role in the tectonic geopolitical shifts underway, recently supporting Iranian membership in BRICS,...
South Africa Is Not Pro-Palestinian, It’s Pro-Hamas
On October 5, 2024 Sheikh Riad Fataar declared, “We are all Hamas.” Fataar -- who is the president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), a large...
A Jewish Prayer for the New Unity Government of South Africa
South Africa’s Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein, delivered the below remarks and prayer last week at an inauguration ceremony ushering in the country's new government of...
‘Settler Terrorists’: Academic Smears South African Jewish Community
Writing in the South African Daily Maverick, Alexander O’Riordan makes some bizarre and unfounded claims concerning the relationship between the South African Jewish community and...
South African Rabbi Asks God for Forgiveness as He Closes Synagogue Due to Coronavirus
A South African rabbi can be seen asking for forgiveness from God for closing his synagogue due to the coronavirus pandemic in a video later...
The Positive History of Israeli-African Relations
Just last month Israel scored another big diplomatic win in Africa, when Israeli President Reuven Rivlin successfully toured Ethiopia. He took along a massive entourage,...
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Antisemitism
When I was young, I always thought that antisemitism had died in the burning wreckage of Berlin, or the smoldering remains of Hitler’s body. I...
South Africa: Dark Clouds of Diaspora Dreams
If the Jews do one thing well, it’s to imprint their mark on new lands. And if that imprint describes one pattern, it would be...
In ‘Holy Flash Mob,’ Shabbat Project Rallies 5,000 Partners Across 500 Cities
JNS.org - Hundreds of thousands of Jews. Hundreds of thousands of challahs, candlesticks, and zemirot (Jewish songs). Havdalah. From Oct. 23-24, Jews of all ages, levels of...
South Africa’s ANC Party Urges Citizens Not to Travel to Israel
JNS.org - South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has urged its citizens not to travel to Israel unless it is to promote “solidarity...
South African Chief Rabbi Counters Dual Citizenship Proposal, But Not Panicking (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Anti-Zionists are targeting South Africa, but hold tight and wait to see what happens, South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein tells JNS.org regarding reports of...
