Anything regarding antisemitism
This Friday, 9 April at 12:00, as part of the annual Holocaust Commemoration Day (Yom HaShoah), six Holocaust survivors will each light a memorial candle, give testimony and provide a…
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SAJBD Presents Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony: Friday 9 April at 12:00
You are cordially invited to listen to experts unpack the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism for us on Thursday night 4 March from 19:00 to 20:00. But that's not all they'll do.
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Antisemitism: Does the IHRA Working Definition Work for South Africa?
You are cordially invited to attend our 'COPING WITH COVID: Thoughts of the Interfaith Community' event on Thursday 4 February. This event takes place during the United Nations Interfaith Harmony…
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Coping with COVID: Thoughts of the Interfaith Community
Today (14 December), the former Wits SRC President Mcebo Dlamini and the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) engaged in mediation facilitated by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). The…
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SAJBD Welcomes Mcebo Dlamini Apology for Antisemitic Comments
by Gwynne Robins Many years ago, I was one of many in the packed auditorium who had come to listen to Jewish Chilean playwright and human rights activist Ariel…
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Reconciliation Day 2020 Through a District Six Lens
From top to bottom, left to right. Rabbi ES Rabinowitz's book, Ascend the Mountain; Rabbi David Rosen; Rabbi Selwyn Franklin & Rabbi Jack Steinhorn.
Written for and originally published on DafkaDotCom on 5 August 2020 as part of the 'Communal Matters: Exploring the Concerns of the South African Jewish Community' series. Click for original.…
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Outspoken Rabbis: Speaking Truth to Power in Apartheid South Africa
Over the last few months, the board has witnessed engaged debates and discussions among our community — about COVID-19 and what we should do about it, about PPE, about schools…
The My Rights on Campus - For Matrics booklet aims to provide university students with skills to respond effectively and appropriately to the variety of ways antisemitism manifests itself, from…
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My Rights on Campus – For Matrics
As issued by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) [national] Today, the Randburg Magistrates Court sentenced Matome Letsoalo to three years imprisonment, suspended for five years, for threatening…
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Sentencing of Matome Letsoalo: Magistrate says hate speech will not be tolerated
As issued by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) [national] Last Friday, a major step forward in the battle against online antisemitism was taken when the Randburg Magistrates…
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First-ever criminal verdict in an antisemitism case: Matome Letsoalo