Posts Tagged: south africa
South African BDS Activists Target Woolworths Kosher Food Section With Severed Pigs Head
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel took another step into open antisemitism today when student activists in South Africa placed the severed...
South African BDS Activists Storm Woolworths Store in Johannesburg
Scuffles broke out at a Woolworths store in the South African city of Johannesburg on Saturday, after Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists staged a...
Advocacy Group Draws Support for Israel From Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Yemen, Qatar, Iran
Israel advocacy group StandWithUs on Wednesday said that when it asked social media followers to send a picture of their passports in support of Israel, readers...
Jewish Human Rights Group Says Royal Institute of British Architects Reliving Nazi Boycott Campaign
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center called out the Royal Institute of British Architects for allowing "itself to become the victim of an extremist...
South Africa’s Wits University Sentences 11 Students to Community Service for Anti-Israel Riot
Administrators of the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, said the school sentenced 11 students to community service for disrupting a performance of Israeli concert...
Jewish Artists Celebrate Nelson Mandela in New London Exhibit
Several Jewish artists are participating in a new art exhibit in London that celebrates the life of South African icon Nelson Mandela. South African Jews...
Britain’s Prince Charles to Attend Induction of New Commonwealth Chief Rabbi
Charles, Prince of Wales, will be attending the induction ceremony of Rabbi Ephraim Mervis as he becomes the new Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, this...
South African Jews Pray for Mandela
JTA - South Africa's chief rabbi, Warren Goldstein, conveyed the Jewish community's prayers and support to the daughter of ailing former President Nelson...
South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein: I Know Apartheid Firsthand (INTERVIEW)
Rabbi Warren Goldstein grew up in South Africa. He is also a regular visitor to Israel. With those two experiences, he is quick to respond...
Responding to South African Charges that Israel is An Apartheid State
Arriving in South Africa for a lecture tour - the second in a year - I popped on the TV to watch President Jacob Zuma's...
South Africa’s Ruling Party Makes Israel Boycott Part of its Policy
The ANC, South Africa's ruling party, formally adopted the boycott of Israel as part of their policy on Thursday. At the party's 53rd National Conference a...
South African BDS – or Just BS?
The government of South Africa has defined the State of Israel as not including Beersheva, Yad Mordechai, Acco, Afula, and Nahariya. It creates...
As U.N.’s Durban III Approaches, Where Are the Moral Leaders?
Today, Germany became the latest country to pull-out of a UN "anti-racism" conference scheduled for New York on September 22, 2011. Dubbed "Durban III" after...
U.N. ‘Anti-Racism’ Conference Bringing Unseemly Characters to New York
Plans for the U.N.'s "anti-racism" event known as Durban III, which will be held in New York City on September 22, 2011, just got a...
