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“The Jewish community has always played an invaluable part in making Cape Town a city of hope,” said Cape Town Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, speaking at...
“I just wish the Iron Dome malfunctions,” wrote Cape Town businesswoman Mariam Jakoet-Harris on the social media platform Instagram on 9 December 2023. She is one...
When Kosher SA, the kashrut department of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS), announced on 28 July that Avron’s Place, an iconic kosher restaurant in Sea...
In the first six months of this year, there were a number of concerning incidents of antisemitic threats and intimidation against the Jewish community and its...
A Cape Town landlord who told his Jewish tenant that “Hitler should have roasted you mother-f**kers” has apologised to his victim, and agreed to a tour...
Cape and national representatives of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) participated in a memorable evening on 24 May to celebrate the opening of...
The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has had enough of anti-Israel protests that are now clearly threatening Jewish life in the Mother City....
Over the past two months, the Cape Town Jewish community has been targeted by a series of threatening, inflammatory, and not infrequently overtly antisemitic demonstrations, both...
For Gauteng residents considering emigration, “semigration” to Cape Town can offer new hope within South Africa’s borders. So said Cape Town Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and...
Though the Johannesburg Jewish community faces the perennial question of whether it’s time to “pack for Perth”, the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape...
The Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape Board) described “terrible scenes at the Oudtshoorn Jewish Cemetery” in a Facebook post on Wednesday, 24 August, “where...
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...
A group of senior, experienced and committed leaders have formed an advisory group in Cape Town, calling themselves The Elders Group, to guide the community through...
“The distinctive characteristic of Jewish ethics is the social concern for all.” This simple yet deeply meaningful statement appears on a sign planted in a vegetable...
Few communal organisations are such sticklers for democratic elections as the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape SAJBD or Cape Board), which is once...
The African National Congress has challenged Western Cape Premier Alan Winde for allowing a Jewish charity event to be streamed from his official residence in spite...
Stuart Diamond has been the executive director of the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Cape Board) for only two and a half years, but...
