South African Jews for a Free Palestine

South African Jews for a Free Palestine

We are an organisation of South African Jews working towards a just and peaceful end to the conflict in Historic Palestine

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Siddur 18/10/2024

Oct 18, 2024

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SAJFP

in Statements
A Harsh Year

Oct 16, 2024

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in Member Voices

Recently Ha’aretz ran an article called ‘”Scary Time to be a Zionist:” Is Africa’s Top University No Longer a Welcoming Place for Jews’. It began…
Kol Nidre

Oct 9, 2024

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SAJFP

in T’filah
Why we must support UCT’s Israel boycott in the face of external threats

Sep 18, 2024

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SAJFP

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https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/columnists/guestcolumn/opinion-why-we-must-support-ucts-israel-boycott-in-the-face-of-external-threats-20240917

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A common question we get asked is how our families

A common question we get asked is how our families have reacted to our anti-Zionism. Merlynn Edelstein shares her personal experience, elements of which reflect the experience of many SAJFP members. Her explanation of why she continues to do this work regardless is both poignant and powerful.

#antizionistjew #palestine #notinourname

Due to the massive demand, there will be another C

Due to the massive demand, there will be another Cape Town screening of Israelism on November 20! It will be followed by a Q&A with former Herzlia students.

Get your tickets now at the link in our bio!

https://www.quicket.co.za/events/282866-israelism-screening-cape-town/

Every Jewish South African is familiar with the bl

Every Jewish South African is familiar with the blue and white JNF tins. We were told that the money we donated helped to “make the desert bloom.” Merle was among a group of SAJFP members who saw firsthand the nefarious use to which this money was put.

#antizionistjew #palestine #notinourname

A question we often get asked is how we became suc

A question we often get asked is how we became such committed anti-Zionists. The dignity of the Palestinian people - and the love cultivated between Jewish anti-Zionists, Palestinians, and the Palestinian Solidarity Movement - drives us to persist, but it is the fact that this is done in our names that opened the door to activism for many of us.

The common question posed by Zionists - “What about the Holocaust?” - is baffling. The very parallels we see between the oppression of the Palestinians by Israel and the oppression of the Jews by Nazi Germany makes it impossible to stand idly by. The fight is so personal precisely because of the atrocities committed against our families and our education therein.

Thanks once again to Shereen for her powerful words.

#antizionistjew #palestine #notinourname #alutacontinua

Cape Town comrades: Please join us this coming Fri

Cape Town comrades: Please join us this coming Friday (1st of November) at Masjidul Ghurbaah in Wynberg for our next Shabbos Against Genocide which will have a particular focus on Queer Palestinian voices 🏳‍🌈🇵🇸

After our Shabbos Service, there will be Maghrib prayers, three short speeches (by Tareq Baconi, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, and Imam Muhsin Hendricks), and then a communal vegetarian bring and share meal.

Though this has been in the works for a while, with the recent Tel Aviv bid to host the next ILGA conference, it is extra timely and urgent to centre queer Palestinians!

For many members who grew up learning Zionist hasb

For many members who grew up learning Zionist hasbara, learning about Israel’s true nature was a gradual process. It can take time to internalise, but often an experience or piece of information leads everything to fall into place. Suddenly, fighting this system is no longer an option but a moral imperative.
#antizionistjew #palestine #notinourname #alutacontinua

Some visuals from our Shabbat against Genocide in

Some visuals from our Shabbat against Genocide in Claremont on Friday night. As Israel escalates its genocide, these interfaith spaces give us a chance to reflect on our activism. The pro-Palestine movement is growing, and we need to regularly connect and find new ways to reach people and put press on all who support the brutal Zionist endgame. We take these opportunities to re-energise, knowing that we will need to fight on for the foreseeable future, not stopping until Palestine and all oppressed peoples are free ✊

📹 @tams.wilson

#freepalestine #alutacontinua

This week's Shabbos Spotlight focuses on"The Beat

This week's Shabbos Spotlight focuses on"The Beat Never Goes Off" by Tamer Nafar @tamer_nafar featuring young rapper MC Abdul @mca.rap and singer-songwriter Noel Kharman @noelkharman . It's a great track, and its context sheds light on the mechanisms of separation and the role of art in breaking them down.

Stream "The Beat Never Goes Off" on all platforms now.

#palestine #hiphopmusic

Watch Naila and The Uprising by Julia Bacha in Cap

Watch Naila and The Uprising by Julia Bacha in Cape Town, Bertha House and Johannesburg, The Forge, and learn more about “Administrative Detention” from @visualizing_palestine

Screenings: www.aflamuna.org/PCD24Map
Infographic: https://visualizingpalestine.org/visual/administrative-detention/

شاهدوا “نائلة والانتفاضة” للمخرجة جوليا باشا في كيب تاون، بيرثا هاوس وجوهانسبرغ، ذا فورج، واطّلعوا على “دليل الاحتجاز الإداري” من @visualizing_palestine.

العروض السينمائية: www.aflamuna.org/PCD24Map
البيانات المرسومة: https://visualizingpalestine.org/visual/administrative-detention/?lang=ar

Join us on the somber centenary of the Balfour Dec

Join us on the somber centenary of the Balfour Declaration, a pivotal moment in history, as we stand in solidarity in an effort to amplify Palestinian voices. Together, we will screen "Naila and The Uprising," a powerful film by Julia Bacha that highlights the ongoing struggle for justice. This is not just a screening; it is a call to acknowledge and confront the realities of genocide. Your presence matters.

When: Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 - 4:00 pm SAST
Where: Bertha House, 67 - 69 Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Town South Africa
The screening is free of charge.
RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/NailaCapeTown

When an uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 1987, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom.

"We can’t be free as women unless we’re in a free country. And even if we are free of the occupation, we can’t know freedom as long as we are subjugated in our own society." - Sama Aweidah, film protagonist, Naila and the Uprising.

Palestine Cinema Days Around the World, Cape Town edition, is brought to you in partnership with Filmlab Palestine, supported by Cinema Solidarity and hosted by Bertha House Mowbray.
شاركونا في الذكرى 107 لوعد بلفور، وهي لحظة مفصليّة في التاريخ، حيث نتضامن ونحرص على إيصال الأصوات الفلسطينية. سنعرض معاً فيلم "نائلة والانتفاضة" للمخرجة جوليا باشا، وهو فيلم قوي يسلط الضوء على النضال المستمر من أجل العدالة. ليس هذا عرض فيلم فحسب؛ بل دعوة للاعتراف بالإبادة الجماعيّة ومواجهة حقائقها. حضوركم مهم.

التاريخ: السبت، 2 تشرين الثاني 2024 - الساعة 4:00 ب. ظ. بتوقيت جنوب أفريقيا
المكان: "بيرثا هاوس" 67-69 الطريق الرئيسي، موبراي، كيب تاون، جنوب أفريقيا.
الدخول مجاني.
للتأكيد على الحضور، نرجو التسجيل: https://tinyurl.com/NailaCapeTown

عند اندلاع الانتفاضة الأولى في الأراضي الفلسطينيّة المحتلّة عام 1987، تجد شابّة من غزّة نفسها أمام خيار صعب بين الحب والعائلة والحريّة.

"لا يمكن أن نكون أحرارًا كنساء ما لم نكن في بلد حرّ. وحتى لو تحرّرنا من الاحتلال، لن نعرف الحريّة طالما أنّنا مقهورات في مجتمعنا."
– سما عويضة، بطلة فيلم "نائلة والانتفاضة".

أيام السينما الفلسطينية حول العالم، في كيب تاون، بالشراكة مع Filmlab Palestine، وبدعم من Cinema Solidarity، واستضافة Bertha House Mowbray.

Reposting for clearer sound!

Shereen Usdin is one

Joburg SAJFP member Josh Marcus @the_queer_jew spe

Joburg SAJFP member Josh Marcus @the_queer_jew speaks about the messianic nature of Zionist education in schools like King David. The recent News24 article on King David alum and “elite sniper” Aaron Bayhack has raised the question of how a South African ends up participating in a genocide. This is how - Israeli exceptionalism is a fundamental aspect of the hasbara taught to Jewish children from the moment they enter a Zionist school. History is taught to frame Israel not just as a Jewish project but as a destiny promised by God. In this narrative, Israel can only ever be “the good guys” and anyone who is opposed to them is framed as an enemy of Judaism and the Jewish God.

#freepalestine🇵🇸 #antizionism #antizionistjews

In this week in our Shabbos Spotlight, we aim to b

In this week in our Shabbos Spotlight, we aim to bring more attention to the atrocities perpetrated by Israel in Northern Gaza. It is only through the work of incredible Palestinian journalists that we are aware of much of what is taking place.

Let us know in the comments about any additional journalists reporting from Northern Gaza on social media. Follow the above journalists at:

@hossam_shbat
@wissamgaza
@anasjamal44
@mohammedzaanoun

Yom Kippur is the day of atonement. It is the clim

Yom Kippur is the day of atonement. It is the climax of a period of soul-searching and an admission of past mistakes. But atonement is not complete with just an apology. We need to work to right our wrongs through reparations, giving of our time and resources. It involves difficult sacrifices that come through a commitment to humanism and justice.

Many SAJFP members were raised in Zionist communities. It would have been easy to excuse actions and beliefs we held in the past by saying "we didn't know." But excuses help no one. Advocacy comes at a cost, but true accountability always does. It also requires continual growth.

In the process of atonement this Yom Kippur, we commit to looking back, taking an accounting of the present, and learning so as to revitalise our energy in the spirit of struggle until Palestine is free.

#freepalestine🇵🇸 #yomkippur

SELICHOT DAY 10

In the ‘ten days of awe’ betw

In the ‘ten days of awe’ betwe

Cape Town: Our next Shabbat against Genocide is ta

Cape Town: Our next Shabbat against Genocide is taking place at the Claremont Main Road Mosque on Friday 18 October. As always, this interfaith event will be a powerful space for solidarity, reflection and revitalisation in the fight for a free Palestine.

In the ‘ten days of awe’ betwe

Thanks to all who came to yesterday's Interfaith V

Thanks to all who came to yesterday's Interfaith Vigil at UCT.
📹 by @tams.wilson

#freepalestine🇵🇸 #neveragainforanyone

In the ‘ten days of awe’ betwe

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