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Cape Times Editorial Condemns Deputy Minister Marius Fransman’s Snub of SAJBD and SA Human Rights Commission

by The SAJBD on 13 June 2013

in General

CT editorial Fransman

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Press Statement: Fransman Rejects Mediation over SAJBD Complaint

by The SAJBD on 11 June 2013

in Press Releases

A mediation meeting between Deputy Minister of International Relations Marius Fransman and the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) failed to take place when the Deputy Minister informed the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that he would not be attending after all. The meeting, the date of which had been mutually agreed upon a month before, was scheduled to take place under the auspices of the SAHRC on Friday, but when the SAJBD representatives arrived, they were informed not only that Fransman would not be attending but that he had no interest in participating in any future mediation process. [read more]

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Ramokgadi Hopes for More Swazi Jews

by The SAJBD on 3 June 2013

in Articles

The Swazi Observer, Swaziland http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=51487

29 May 2013

By Fanyana Mabuza

WJC

Geoff Ramokgadi (fourth from left) with members of the South African Jewish community during the congress in Budapest, Hungary

 

Recently Geoff Ramokgadi, a local black Jew, was invited to a 14th World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly in Budapest, Hungary.

The congress was held in support of Jewish and Roma gypsies, oppressed and threatened by that country’s Fascist Jobbik Party, which has vowed to oust them from their motherland for the simple fact that they are a minority. [read more]

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SAJBD National Director Presents at ADL Conference in Washington DC

by The SAJBD on 9 May 2013

in Conferences

Aldo Donzis (Argentina), Richard Prasquier (France) and Wendy Kahn (SA) on a panel discussing “Challenges to World Jewry Today” at the ADL Conference in Washington DC

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Antisemitic Incident in Sandringham

30 April 2013

Earlier this week, two swastikas were daubed on the wall of a Jewish residence in Sandringham, Johannesburg. The incident was reported to the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), which is currently investigating the matter. The SAJBD investigates all antisemitic incidents very thoroughly and so long as there remains any possible avenue to explore will [...]

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Gandhi and Kallenbach – Kindred Spirits in a Great Struggle for Equality

24 April 2013

In the pantheon of heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle, the names of many Jewish South Africans loom large, from Helen Suzman, through to Lionel Bernstein, Arthur Chaskalson and Joe Slovo, amongst many others. Far less well known are those Jews who participated in an earlier campaign against institutionalized racial injustice in the country, the Indian [...]

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SAJBD Represents All Jews

22 April 2013

The Mail&Guardian newspaper this past week (M&G 19/04/13) in an article on Gay and Lesbian rights focused on how the various religions viewed homosexuality.  The SA Jewish Board of Deputies would like to clarify that the statement given on the Jewish view of homosexuality does not reflect the broad spectrum of opinions within the wide [...]

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Press Release: Ludicrous Charges Against Zev Krengel Reinforce Desperation of BDS Movement

18 April 2013

Zev Krengel, President of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, has categorically denied accusations that he was present at and involved in the alleged mistreatment of a protester at Monday night’s Yom Haatzmaut celebrations. Such claims, he said, were just one more example of BDS-SA activists seeking to smear the Jewish communal leadership by fabricating malicious and unfounded [...]

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Press Release: Jewish Community Entitled to Celebrate Without Intimidation and Our Rights Being Trampled On

16 April 2013

The charges of violent assault on protesters at Monday’s night’s Israel Independence Day celebrations at Gold Reef City are false and defamatory. On the contrary, it was the protesters who engaged in illegal disruptive actions at a private function, thereby blatantly infringing the right of the Jewish community to celebrate its culture and heritage.

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Press Release: Unpoliticised Labelling of Goods Welcomed by SAJBD

10 April 2013

The SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and SA Zionist Federation (SAZF) welcome the new regulations concerning the labelling of imported goods emanating from Jewish/Israeli settlement areas in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In terms of the new measures, such products must henceforth be identified as either “West Bank: Israeli Goods” or “East Jerusalem: [...]

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