Jewish History – South Africa – Page 19

The SA Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth ‘Jewish life in the South African Country Communities’ Project

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(Author: Adrienne Kollenberg, Vol. 71, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2016) This year marks the 175th anniversary of Tikvath Israel - the first congregation and synagogue in South Africa. We salute the Jews of Cape Town who, from that time onwards, have had a vibrant

The Jewish communities of Limpopo/Northern Transvaal

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(Author: Charlotte Wiener, Vol. 71, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2016) The northern part of South Africa was the last area of the country to be explored and occupied by Europeans. It was an untamed area, with wide open spaces teeming with animals. The first Trekkers1

A glimpse into the role of Jewish farmers in the South African economy

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(Author: Eli Goldstein, Vol. 71, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2016) Feature image: Emil Lazarus Training Farm, Bethal Rather than following the style of a historical treatise, this article aims to briefly show how Jews have contributed to and continue to play a role in

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion comes to South Africa (Part III)

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(Author: Hadassa Ben-Itto, Vol. 71, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2016) Editor’s Note: This is the final instalment of a three-part feature reprinting (with slight editing) Chapter 10, as well as the relevant section of Chapter 12, of Hadassa Ben-Itto's The Lie That Wouldn’t Die: The Protocols

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion comes to South Africa (Part II)

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(Author: Hadassa Ben-Itto, Vol. 71, No. 1, Pesach 2016) Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part feature reprinting (with slight editing) Chapter 10, as well as the relevant section of Chapter 12, of Hadassa Ben-Itto’s The Lie That Wouldn’t Die: The Protocols of

The Jewish connection in the Rivonia Trial, 1963-4

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(Authors: Gene Eisen, Les Glassman, Vol. 71, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2016) Jews were involved in “The Struggle” against South Africa’s apartheid mainly because it is part of our DNA. In Deuteronomy (16:20), we are commanded “Justice, Justice you shall pursue.” Even before the

The Poetry of David Fram Revisited

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(Author: Maurice Skikne, Vol. 71, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2016) I have a particular fascination for the Yiddish language, one cultivated since toddlerhood. In later life, there has been born in my ‘Neshoma’ a desire not only to speak it, but also, a will

Reuben Musiker

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(by Naomi Musiker, Vol. 71, No. 1, Pesach 2016) Editor’s Note: In December 2015, the editorial board of Jewish Affairs lost one of its most loved and esteemed members, and South African Jewry one of its most venerated academics, with the passing of Professor

South Africa Then and Now: Belligerent Nationalism, Ethnic Scapegoating and the Politics of Xenophobia

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(Author: Tony Leon, Vol. 71, No. 1, Pesach 2016) In a recent essay, entitled ‘Fear’, published in The New York Review of Books, the prize-winning US novelist Marilynne Robinson accused certain extremist strands in contemporary American Christianity of being ‘unchristian’ in that they pedal

Milton Shain’s A Perfect Storm – Historical and Contemporary Angles

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(Author: David Saks, Vol. 71, No. 1, Pesach 2016) In the 1930s and ‘40s, radical antisemitism in South Africa reached heights of virulence never before attained, and never to be equalled thereafter. In the introduction to his acclaimed new book, A Perfect Storm: Antisemitism

The SA Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth ‘Jewish life in the South African Country Communities’ Project

The Jewish communities of Limpopo/Northern Transvaal

A glimpse into the role of Jewish farmers in the South African economy

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion comes to South Africa (Part III)

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion comes to South Africa (Part II)

The Jewish connection in the Rivonia Trial, 1963-4

The Poetry of David Fram Revisited

Reuben Musiker

South Africa Then and Now: Belligerent Nationalism, Ethnic Scapegoating and the Politics of Xenophobia

Milton Shain’s A Perfect Storm – Historical and Contemporary Angles

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