Press Releases
Joint statement by the SAJBD and SAZF following their meeting with Minsiter of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile
Monthly Column by Wendy Kahn, National Director of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies
The SAJBD will meet with Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile to discuss comments attributed to him in the New Age newspaper on 2 February 2012.
Meeting with Executive Mayor Mpho Parks Tau
The decision to fight against apartheid, according to Benjamin Pogrund, was easy. In spite of the personal risks he took in exposing the brutality of the former South African racist regime while he was deputy editor of the Rand Daily Mail, Pogrund believed that the choice was clear. Apartheid was wrong, and everyone knew that.
The keynote speaker that the South African Jewish Board of Deputies is bringing out from the UK for this year's Yom Hashoah ceremony in Johannesburg truly epitomises the indominatable Jewish spirit. Ben Helfgott emerged from the living hell of a Nazi death camp as a destitute, emaciated, and homeless orphan. Incredibly, he refused to allow these harrowing experiences to break him. Instead, he forged a successful new life for himself in the United Kingdom, and eventually - amongst many other achievements - came to represent his adopted country in the field of weightlifting on the world's highest athletic stage, the Olympics. Ben will relate some of his experiences during and after the Holocaust.
Date, Time and Venue: Sunday 1 May at 11h30, West Park Cemetery
Media statement concerning Market Theatre dismissal over antisemitic statements
The SA Jewish Board of Deputies welcomes the decisive action of the Head of the Market Theatre Laboratory Matjamela Motloung following his racist and antisemitic statements that he made on Facebook (as reported in the Sowetan today, 09/03/2011).
Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions. We were disappointed that the visit of Tzipi Livni was postponed due to the strike in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but we were delighted with the announcement yesterday evening by Hawks’ spokesperson McIntosh Polela, “After much deliberation, the office of General Anwar Dramat has decided to turn down the request by the two organisations. There are insufficient grounds for us to obtain a warrant of arrest against the former Israeli foreign minister. We have concluded that it would be highly irresponsible for us to obtain a warrant of arrest without following the letter of the law".
We regret to inform you that, due to an unresolved labour dispute within the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we have had no choice but to postpone the scheduled visit to South Africa of Tzipi Livni.
In response to the mounting humanitarian crisis in
Article from JTA Newsdesk, 2nd May 2010
(The Global News Service for the Jewish People)
Goldstone to attend grandson's Barmitzvah : Jewish Board
It has been widely reported in the media that Judge Richard Goldstone has been barred from attending his grandson’s barmitzvah as a result of pressure from certain sectors of the Jewish leadership. While it has not been involved in this matter, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies was concerned that it would turn into a divisive issue within the Jewish community, and has therefore carefully investigated it to establish the correct facts.
Claremont Wynberg Hebrew Congregation received a new Torah
The below article is a broad overview of their exciting trip to SA
Academic response to Steven Friedman on PoliticsWeb
South African Jewish Board Of Deputies Rejects Portrayal Of South Africa As Being Anti-White
Historic Broadcast of SAJBD Conference
Irwin Cotler Public Address on Genocide Convention
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