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Palestine: Why do those who were shaped by the European Holocaust so readily replicate its atrocities?

The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre and Jewish Board of Deputies are failing to fulfil their mandates

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Protesters hold a banner with a Star of David during a rally to condemn the alleged anti-Semitic gang rape of a 12-year-old girl, during a rally, in Paris on June 19, 2024, following the indictment of two 13-year-olds for gang rape, death threats, anti-Semitic insults and violence. (Photo by MAGALI COHEN/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Debunking tired misconceptions: Anti-Semitism and Zionism on campus

We, the South African Jewish community, as represented by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, know who we are and we will speak for ourselves

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Protest: Jews for a Free Palestine demonstrate in support of Gaza in Cape Town shortly after the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s counter-attack. Photo: Rodger Bosch/AFP

Is Zionism growing in South Africa?

Some say support for Zionism is growing and equate criticism of Israel as antisemitic, while others say their religion doesn’t mean they support Tel Aviv

  • Umamah Bakharia
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South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack. (Cornel van Heerden/Gallo)

Durban woman murdered in alleged Islamophobic attack

Halima Hoosen-Preston was killed in her home apparently after an altercation with a local man whose relatives were killed in Israel

  • Eyaaz
5 min read