Mandela Day 2022 Global Cook-A-Thon
Happy Mandela Day! “Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs”- Nelson Mandela. 1 in 4 South Africans are food insecure without affordable, nutritious food. This year…
Anything regarding antisemitism, hatred, racism, hate speech, diversity, religion, secularity, lgbtqia+, human rights
From Miss Iraq to global peace activist – meet Sarah Idan
"Governments may be enemies, but people are not." This was the statement made by former Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan who turned global peace activist. She joined us and some of…
Cape Town Interfaith Initiative Prayers for the City
We are committed to working with other faiths and communities to create a united, equal and prosperous Western Cape. Promoting harmony, goodwill and peace among different people allows us to…
Know Your Rights on Campus
Our Know Your Rights on Campus booklet aims to provide university students with the skills to respond effectively and appropriately to the variety of ways antisemitism manifests itself, from insensitive…
Cape SAJBD condemns violence and looting in KZN and Gauteng
The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies condemns the unrest that has broken out in KZN and Gauteng. South Africa’s people will only be safe when we accept the…
#VotesMatter Campaign
As the representative spokes body of the Western Cape Jewish community, Cape SAJBD will engage with Local Government to protect and advance the rights, status and welfare of the Western…
SAJBD Presents Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony: Friday 9 April at 12:00
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…
Cape SAJBD Welcomes Canadian Decision Declaring Uyghur Genocide
Tuesday 2 March 2021 | 21 Adar 5781 The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape SAJBD) welcomes the passage of a motion in Canada’s House of Commons…
Reconciliation Day 2020 Through a District Six Lens
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…
From top to bottom, left to right. Rabbi ES Rabinowitz's book, Ascend the Mountain; Rabbi David Rosen; Rabbi Selwyn Franklin & Rabbi Jack Steinhorn.
Outspoken Rabbis: Speaking Truth to Power in Apartheid South Africa
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.…