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JTA – Three weeks after a prominent pro-Israel activist accused the University of California, Berkeley, of creating “Jew-free zones”, two trucks rolled into town to address...
JTA – It started with a shirt and ended in a conflagration over antisemitism and Republican politics. Such is the extended news cycle over multiple antisemitic...
Jewish South African parliamentarians last week challenged executives from social media platforms about what they were doing to combat online antisemitism during an Inter-Parliamentary Task Force...
Ever been confronted by antisemitism, and instead of arguing logically, simply kept quiet out of shock or for fear of responding inadequately? As the piercing sounds...
Four Jewish South African members of parliament have laid the blame for an uptick in online antisemitism on the national government, particularly Foreign Minister Dr Naledi...
“It’s clear that the SAJBD [South African Jewish Board of Deputies] is a lobby group for a foreign regime and works closely with the Israeli spy...
To fight antisemitism effectively, we need to understand common misconceptions about it, American journalist Yair Rosenberg said. “The problem,” said Rosenberg, “is that more people than...
The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape SAJBD) has decided to accept a formal apology from Chief Aùtshumao Mackie, a member of the Western...
Antisemitism experts are disgusted by a meme posted on social media last week by local anti-Israel lobby group Africa4Palestine which compared Israel to Nazi Germany. Africa4Palestine,...
Antisemitism experts say it’s a sad day for South Africa after Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, spouted anti-Jewish tropes that could have come from...
In a shocking turn of events, antisemitic posts written on a fake Facebook profile are believed to have been written by a member of the Cape...
Amidst the virulent reaction from the South African government and media to Miss South Africa choosing to compete in Miss Universe in Israel, one cartoon took...
Local Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) group Africa4Palestine has taken its hatred for Israel to a new low, comparing the Jewish state to the Nazis. In a...
Mandela Day, celebrated on 18 July each year, is designated as a day of giving to others and building bridges between communities, but one anti-Israel group...
“Relief and elation” describes the emotions of Professor Karen Milner, the Gauteng chairperson of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) on obtaining a final...
One week after Ben & Jerry’s announced that it would stop selling ice cream in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory”, the company’s board chairperson for the first...
Eighty-six percent of viewers of a recent SA Jewish Report webinar said they thought antisemitism in South Africa was getting worse but the South African Jewish...
Antisemitism Mutations of the Eternal Virus “In every generation they rise up to destroy us.” Racist antisemitism is the one constant in every generation. It’s the...
In October, one day after Facebook announced that it would ban Holocaust denial, Izabella Tabarovsky received an unexpected message from the platform. A 2019 post of...
Anti-Israel incidents continued to occur around South Africa in spite of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with many turning antisemitic and targeting individuals and businesses....
Like Jews around the world, Cape Town business owner Aimee-Leigh Koff was horrified at the wave of misinformation online as Israel was subjected to a rain...
(JTA) The ceasefire declared by Israel and Hamas after 11 days of fighting seems to be holding, but the after effects on Jews in Europe –...
The fact that a high-level University of Cape Town (UCT) lecturer told his students that “Hitler committed no crime” seems too unbelievable to be true, but...
“Antisemitism is an international problem that is a threat to democracy.” So said Dr Ahmed Shaheed, special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, office of...
The infamous World Conference Against Racism held in Durban in 2001 set the standard for much of the anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric of today. Numerous so-called...
What do you get when you combine antisemitism, conspiracy theories, and COVID-19 denial? While white supremacists and QAnon supporters feel like they are far off, this...
Six years ago, infamous campus rabble rouser and Fees Must Fall student activist Mcebo Dlamini was a fiery, Israel-bashing antisemite prone to hurtful and divisive words,...
Wherever political, social, or economic dislocation manifests, the longest-standing hatred in history – antisemitism – rears its ugly head, and unless we do something about it,...
Professor Karen Milner, the Gauteng chairperson of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), was shocked when she opened a threatening email at the end...
In sentencing Matome Letsoalo, a South African magistrate has sent a clear message that antisemitic statements won’t be tolerated. In the Randburg Magistrates Court on 30...
The first criminal conviction in an antisemitism case in South Africa may have an impact on how the courts will rule in pending cases where Jews...
A billboard hangs over the highway on the way to OR Tambo International Airport loudly proclaiming: “Churches Against Israeli Annexation of Palestinian Land.” It displays the...
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has always insisted that it isn’t antisemitic, but the newly-formed SA BDS Coalition (South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition)...
(JTA) Facebook has announced that it will now ban any posts that deny or distort the Holocaust, a landmark change from its previous policy. For years,...
Tony Ehrenreich, the former Western Cape provincial secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has finally apologised, six years after his Facebook post...
Controversial broadcaster Gareth Cliff has come under fire for hosting a notorious antisemite and conspiracy theorist on his current-affairs television show, resulting in a heated online...
Some items appear to have been on the agenda of the council of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) forever, and one of these...
A host of politicians, celebrities, high-profile figures, and other social-media users took part in a two-day boycott of Twitter from Monday morning to protest antisemitic hate...
Funding anti-Israel activity denies vital funds required for human rights issues – so says respected think-tank “NGO Monitor” who released a comprehensive new report Monday in...
