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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

South African Jews

South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein speaks at an Israeli Memorial Day ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, April 30, 2025. (Screenshot/ Facebook)
May 16, 2025, 4:18 pm
South Africa’s chief rabbi lauds Trump but calls his Afrikaner refugee policy a ‘mistake’
As the US turns away all refugees aside from white South Africans, calling their persecution at home a ‘genocide,’ Warren Goldstein says the portrayal is a mischaracterization
By Shira Li Bartov
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, first row left, listens in Johannesburg on January 26, 2024, to the ruling from the top UN court that harshly criticized Israel's war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza. (AP Photo)
April 28, 2025, 6:05 am
South African Jews hopeful teetering coalition will be forced to temper anti-Israel stance
Some community leaders believe the solution to domestic challenges and a diplomatic crisis with the US begins with the Jewish state – but will the government agree?
By Zev Stub
File: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa listens in Johannesburg, South Africa, to the ruling from the top UN court that harshly criticized Israel's war against Hamas, on January 26, 2024. (AP Photo)
April 20, 2024, 6:37 am
South Africa Jewish leader: President used meet with us on antisemitism to attack Israel
SA Jewish Board of Deputies requested talks with Ramaphosa to discuss rising Jew hatred, but Wendy Kahn says he instead went on about ‘the genocide that Israel is committing’
By Ron Kampeas
Protesters hold placards and an Israeli flag during a demonstration denouncing the South African government's silence on abuse of hostages held by Hamas, in Johannesburg on March 8, 2024. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
March 8, 2024, 2:42 pm
South African Jewish women rally against government’s silence on abuse of hostages
Marking International Women’s Day, protest organizer says Jewish women held to extra burden of proof, calls out hypocrisy of president for not speaking out for captives
By AFP and ToI Staff
David Teeger is the captain of South Africa's under-19 national cricket team. (Screenshot from YouTube/The South African Jewish Report via JTA)
December 14, 2023, 12:53 am
Rising South African cricket star who praised IDF cleared of hate speech allegations
Jewish sportsman David Teeger, 18, vindicated after he dedicated his ‘rising star’ award to Israel and a Palestinian advocacy group filed a complaint that led to his suspension
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa listens during the BRICS group of emerging economies three-day summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
November 22, 2023, 12:38 am
South Africa’s shift on Israel: From Mandela-era acceptance to ‘genocide’ allegations
Unprecedented anti-Israel statements by the African nation’s head appear to be part of a broader geopolitical shift, but the country’s Jews report feeling safe and comfortable
By Canaan Lidor
Sally Ann Friedland (left) and Dana Markus in 'Zebra, A Duet for Two Women' premiering June 24, 2023 at Suzanne Dellal's Studio Zehava & Jack. (Courtesy: Sharon Zindany)
June 23, 2023, 4:09 pm
At 71, a dancer tangos with time for comeback after 30 years
Sally-Anne Friedland, who has been teaching and directing in the interim, returns to choreograph and perform autobiographical ‘Zebra,’ with partner 40 years her junior
By Jessica Steinberg
Jeremy Gordin offers a toast in an undated family photo. (Courtesy/Gordin family via JTA)
May 2, 2023, 4:28 am
South African Jewish journalist Jeremy Gordin murdered in home burglary at 70
Prominent reporter killed in March robbery after decrying crime in Johannesburg; he studied in Jerusalem, headed local version of Playboy and a working-class tabloid during career
By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ
File: South Africans protest against Israeli actions in Gaza, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
March 10, 2023, 2:42 pm
South African parliament symbolically votes to downgrade Israel ties
Resolution calling for embassy to become liaison office must be adopted by government to come into effect; Foreign Ministry slams ‘shameful and disgraceful’ vote
By Michael Horovitz
South African activist, lawyer, writer and a former judge appointed by Nelson Mandela to serve on the first Constitutional Court of South Africa, Albert 'Albie' Louis Sachs, poses for a portrait inside of the Constitutional Court of South Africa building in Johannesburg on February 8, 2022 (GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)
February 10, 2022, 12:11 pm
Anti-apartheid hero Albie Sachs: South Africa isn’t fair, but people can speak out
Jewish former justice, who lost an eye and arm in bombing by white supremacist regime, says he believes progressive constitution will help country withstand challenges
By AFP and ToI Staff
Cyril Ramaphosa (right) is sworn in as South African President by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, February 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Mike Hutchings / Pool)
February 4, 2022, 12:25 am
South African ex-chief justice ordered to apologize for pro-Israel comments
Mogoeng Mogoeng ordered to walk back 2020 remark in which he said country was depriving itself of opportunity to be ‘game-changer’ in conflict due to pro-Palestinian stance
By AFP
Actor Antony Sher poses for photographers after winning the best Shakespearean performance award at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in central London, on January 27, 2015. (Grant Pollard/Invision/AP, File)
December 3, 2021, 6:44 pm
Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72
After winning renown, Sher began to explore both his Jewish and his South African heritage, including adapting Primo Levi’s Auschwitz memoir into a one-man show
By Jill Lawless
South African author Damon Galgut poses with his book 'The Promise' on October 31, 2021. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)
November 5, 2021, 8:10 am
Novel about South African Jewish mother picks up prestigious Booker Prize
‘The Promise’ by Damon Galgut spans 40 years of recent South African history
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
In this March 4, 2018, file photo, MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
June 16, 2021, 2:59 pm
MacKenzie Scott donates to Jewish charities in US, South Africa
Ex-wife of Amazon’s Bezos gives funding to HIAS, Repair the World and Afrika Tikkun as part of her latest $2.74 billion round of high-profile philanthropy
By Asaf Shalev
Screenshots of two anti-Semitic tweets that have since been removed (screen grab)
October 27, 2020, 6:34 pm
South African Jews celebrate first criminal conviction for online anti-Semitism
Local man had tweeted at Jewish umbrella group that the Holocaust would ‘be like a picnic when we are done with you Zionist bastards’; sentence to be handed down Friday
By Raphael Ahren
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