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Leaders of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) are reassured that the police are taking antisemitic incidents seriously and want the local Jewish community to feel safe. They...
It has been a week in which the South African Jewish community has stood in full view of the country, in the courts, on the street, and...
I was in my happy place last weekend. Together with hundreds of fellow participants, I attended the annual Limmud event in Johannesburg, following on from the Cape Town gathering a...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) is a national body with a presence around the country. The majority of South African Jews live in Johannesburg and Cape Town,...
This weekend, we witnessed a momentous moment for our community. Rabbi Doron and Mrs Shelly Perez met President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings to express their appreciation...
The J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism reveals a harrowing story that is unfortunately no longer a surprise to any Jew in the diaspora. However, we feel a deep empathy...
Women are not only central to Jewish communal life, but they run the main communal organisations, too. Wendy Kahn is the national director of the South African Jewish Board...
Every so often, we get to open our doors and show gratitude to the people who have stood beside us. On Shabbat, the Board hosted an...
Imagine walking through the centre of almost any major city in the diaspora in 2026 wearing a T-shirt celebrating your Jewish identity. For many Jews, that would...
On Sunday 26 July, more than a hundred members of our community pulled on shirts that proudly declared “Jews 4 Jozi” and joined the tens of thousands who took part...
Last Friday, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) had a rare and important opportunity. We sat down with the heads and commissioners of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC),...
On Mandela Day, more than 5 000 people from Johannesburg’s inner city gathered to break bread in Education Town. For many, it was a warm meal. For...
This week, alongside our incredible community volunteers, we packed and delivered hundreds of food parcels to members of the Congolese community in Johannesburg who are facing...
Inclusivity is a principle that the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), as the representative voice of the Jewish community as a whole, has always scrupulously abided by. Its affiliate...
Any relief we feel following 30 June should be qualified, as the rhetoric and intimidation left a sense of real fear across our country. We also need to...
“Every morning, when you wake up, you see a traumatising video telling people that they’re going to kill you before 30 June. When people say they’re going to kill you, you can’t sleep.” Those...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), like many South African civil society and faith groups, is concerned about the worsening rhetoric and threats against foreign migrant communities. We have...
There is a sense of anxiety that has gripped not only our community but all of South Africa this week. The fear that xenophobic violence will...
Fifty years ago, on 16 June 1976, thousands of young people in Soweto rose up against injustice, marching for their right to a better education and a better future. To...
A strong South African delegation, including the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and the South African Union of Jewish Students, joined around 2 000 Jewish communal leaders, advocates, policymakers, students, and activists...
Next week, South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the 16 June Soweto Uprising, a day that is a defining part of the moral architecture of this country’s history. Few...
This week, members of the Gauteng and Cape Town leadership of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) represented the South African Jewish community at the American Jewish Congress...
Sandton Shul recently opened its doors to a group of final-year Catholic seminary students eager to learn more about Judaism and the Jewish community. In partnership with the South...
Every so often, a community does more than simply show up. On Sunday, 24 May, in Cape Town, ours did exactly that. British fitness coach and marathon runner Yoel Levy...
Last week brought concerning news from a place where young minds are meant to be nurtured and challenged. St Mary’s School in Johannesburg postponed an address by...
It is with profound sadness that we learnt this week of the passing of Abraham Foxman, former director of the Anti-Defamation League, tireless campaigner against antisemitism...
The finding in the long-running litigation South African Human Rights Commission versus Agro Data CC and Another [2026] has confirmed that the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) doesn’t possess binding remedial powers. That is to...
This week brought confirmation of something our community has long been anticipating: 4 November will be election day. Following the watershed national elections of last year, these municipal elections...
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Edith Eger at the age of 98. Sent to Auschwitz at 16, she lost both her parents on...
This past week began, once again, with news that no community should have to absorb as routine. The firebombing of Kenton United Synagogue in northwest London,...
In an unprecedented victory for the community, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) KwaZulu-Natal Chairperson, Mongezi Wellbeloved Twala, has apologised for antisemitic remarks he made outside the Durban Magistrate’s Court...
This is a week of profound communal significance. On Tuesday evening, we gathered to mark Yom HaShoah and, in doing so, made history. For the first...
For a people long accustomed to persecution, patience had worn thin by 1940. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies had grown increasingly frustrated with the...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies is undertaking a significant archival project in partnership with the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel. Its...
The story of Pesach echoes through the generations: the journey of a people from oppression to freedom, from persecution to liberation, from bondage to dignity. Our...
Ambulances aren’t political. They save lives, Jewish and non-Jewish alike. Hatzolah doesn’t discriminate. In fact, no organisation better demonstrates the positive impact of Jewish communities on their surroundings than Hatzolah, a volunteer...
Mosiuoa Lekota was a friend who remained present, not only in easy moments but also in times of challenge and adversity, said South African Jewish Board...
This week, I’m writing from Australia, where I’m visiting family. While here, I’ve had the privilege of meeting with Daniel Aghion KC, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Daniel and...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies met with the new United States Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, on Wednesday, 4 March, to...
How swiftly the world can shift. Just last week, as we prepared to welcome Purim, I reflected on the festival’s powerful examples of women’s leadership. I...
