News & Information
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The SAJBD’s Zionist Rhetoric is disconnected from Judaism and endangers Jews
Josh Michelson responds to David Saks’ (writing for the South African Jewish Board of Deputies) February 2024 critique of the SAJFP…
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South Africans were Invited to an Evening of Commemoration and Solidarity for Palestinian Rights
SAJFP and the Nelson Mandela Foundation host an interfaith Shabbat with distinguished guests Minister Ronald Lamola, Adv. Adilla Hassim and Prof.…
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Intervention – “Progeny of Empire: Defining Moments of Nation Formation in South Africa and Palestine/Israel”
In this essay Gillian Hart examines some of the underlying historical dynamics, events and persons that connect the state of Israel…
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Joshua Marcus: SAJFP Part of a Proud History of Anti-Zionist Judaism
Joshua Marcus responds here to a critique of anti-Zionist Jews and the SAJFP by Saks on behalf of the South African…
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‘There are Many Jewish Voices’ Shabbat Against Genocide Held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Nelson Mandela Foundation and SAJFP host an interfaith Shabbat reflecting on the interim verdict of the International Court of Justice. Professor…
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Making Home, not taking it: Anti-Imperialism and Anti-Zionism from South Africa today
Koni Benson, on how the holocaust was a manifestation of imperialism and how it is now being used to further imperialism;…
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An Open Letter to South African Jewish Zionists
Megan Choritz Dear South African Jewish Zionists, (because, embarrassingly, there are also fringe Christian Zionists) This is a personal response to…
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All Eyes on Rafah
As South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP), we are heartbroken and horrified by the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing…
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Nelson Mandela Foundation host Gaza solidarity event in Johannesburg
In the wake of the interim verdict at the International Court of Justice, SAJFP together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, hosts…
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SAJFP Rejects Claims of an Environment of Antisemitism in South Africa
South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) rejects the SAJBD’s claims about antisemitism in South Africa and their accusation that…
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Mensches say no to militarism – SAJFP calls on South African Jews not to serve in the IDF
“I think that for 70 years we’ve been seeing the same policy of occupation, of siege and of Jewish supremacy between…