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Maurice Ostroff has been having a tête à tête with Haaretz editor Ehud Ein-gil all week. Ostroff, an expat SA Zionist and prolific writer, lives in...
The former South African president wanted good ties with Israel, dependent on freedom for the Palestinians writes Israel’s ambassador to South Africa between 1992 and 1994....
The delightful story of how a youthful Howard Sackstein engineered a dinner for Euro-Jewry with Nelson Mandela in Brussels – en route home from addressing the...
Now that the “father of our nation” is gone, asks Jewish Report editor GEOFF SIFRIN, the question peering at South Africans from every corner is: What...
2 books dedicated to the relationship between madiba & SA Jewry are both still available & worthwhile for every Jewish household
The larger question in the minds of SA Jewish leaders was not answered satisfactorily: Why was it not Netanyahu talking to them in this room, why...
On behalf of the King David Schools’ Foundation that represents thousands of King David alumni worldwide, Wolf extends to Madiba’s family “our deepest condolences on their...
Israel sent a high-powered delegation for the Madiba Memorial, including Speaker of Parliament Yuli Edelstein & 5 other parliamentarians.
“We invited members of the Government but as I look out upon you all I cannot see any,” said Ambassador Sisa Ngombane. "WOW!" writes Dave Kaplan...
SA Jewish Report Online has posted almost 50 stories on the unique relationship between SA Jewry & Madiba. We’ve followed community-related events since the tragic news...
It can't be often a non-Jew is honoured by being referred to as a mensch in the Israeli media, in his case, it was a no-brainer!
Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein is renowned for delivering deeply meaningful speeches and Prayers at the best of times. But today, before what was arguably the...
Golda Meir tried to help Nelson Mandela avoid the death penalty in 1964 according to newly-declassified documents this week. Then-Foreign Minister Golda Meir urged Israeli diplomats...
The South African Union of Progressive Jewry (SAUPJ) will be holding a special memorial Tuesday afternoon at a private home in Houghton.
Professor David Bilchitz delivered the obituary, headlined: “In Memory of a Great Man,” and spoke of Madiba’s unflinching commitment to reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable diversity of...
In my previous post I asked the question whether the US was preparing “to throw Israel under the bus?” I answered by outlining the issue as...
Bev's pick of the week's best in Zionist reading
Thabo Mbeki told the gathering at Oxford Shul in Killarney yesterday evening that there is a need for strong leadership in SA - and for honouring...
One of the first to issue condolences, Peres has since penned this deeply thoughtful and insightful message issued Friday. "Mandela was an example to us all....
"We need to say thank you to Madiba and his generation,” Thabo Mbeki said. “After centuries of conflict, we come together now ... to celebrate his...
Comparison of the incarceration of Marwan Barghuti to that of Nelson Mandela is both odious and wholly out of context writes VICTOR GORDON
“In BGU we have a centre of excellence which represents the best in the traditions of the Jewish people: a sense of mission; internationalism; inventiveness. It...
It seems that everyone in Jewish SA and World Jewry is following events on SAJR Online. Between Friday and mid-day Sunday SAJR Online had more visitors...
Update notices have been issued today (Sunday) by the Office of the Chief Rabbi, Board and the Fed to advise that former President Thabo Mbeki will...
He taught the world the true meaning of a hero. His teachings of bravery and compassion will live on, particularly in the hearts of the Palestinian...
It is with great sadness that we record the death of (the) revered ‘tata’ of the SA nation. In “Long Walk to Freedom” (Madiba) wrote, “I...
We stand “together with our fellow South Africans we mourn this loss,” says Board ‘s national director Wendy Kahn
Memorial services for Madiba will be held at a single Shul in each SA city – with Bloemfontein, Durban, East London, Johannesburg, and Port Elizabeth holding...
It is unfair to deify Mandela; he was flesh and blood like the rest of us, capable of suffering and erring. Imagine the loneliness and fear...
The Fed, together with countless Jews in SA, Israel and the diaspora, mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, an exceptional leader and indefatigable fighter against discrimination...
"Madiba was a great friend to me and to Afrika Tikkun as an organisation. I fondly remember the day he visited our project in Orange Farm,...
His enduring legacy of selfless fortitude will provide confidence to future generations of leaders and hope to millions of citizens on earth.
Today we are all mourners for we have lost a great leader. Our world is a sadder and emptier place without Nelson Mandela writes CHIEF RABBI...
Israeli President Shimon Peres (pictured) issued a special statement this morning on the passing of Nelson Mandela. "The world lost a great leader who changed the...
US-based Englishman Michael Grabiner, chair of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (pictured) who was in SA for the SAUPJ’s 80th Anniversary last year, was quick...
"It is with much sadness and regret that we note the passing of President Nelson Mandela at the age of 95" -The South African Union for...
Over the coming weeks this website will explore the close relationship and partnership formed between SA Jewry and Madiba, with the ANC and their allies. Relationships...
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The Sunday Times RICH LIST 2013 published last weekend had SA Jewry WITH 26 percent of the wealthiest & 11 percent of top SA earners. The...
