Category: Antisemitism

11/26/2020 0 Comments

Antisemitism in South Africa: What does the data say?

by prof. karen Milner

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exploring the concerns of the south african jewish community

In this article, Prof. Karen Milner looks at what the research suggests about antisemitism in South Africa, arguing that the data shows antisemitism to be relatively low.

IN 2019 the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), published a report identifying South Africa as the second most antisemitic country in the world. South Africa was second only to Poland and scored well above France, a country in which Jews fear being publicly identified as Jews and in which two elderly Jewish women were murdered in antisemitic attacks in 2017 and 2018 respectively. The ADL report caused a minor furore in the South African Jewish community, and its findings have been roundly challenged by the organised Jewish community (see here and here) and community members.

"... the ultimate test of levels of antisemitism in a country is the extent to which Jews can live their lives openly and authentically as Jews without being harassed, attacked or discriminated against. Anecdotal evidence suggests that South African Jews can and do live openly Jewish lives".

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8/27/2019 0 Comments

ANTISEMITISM IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE ERA OF DEMOCRACY

by David Saks

communal matters
[trends & Prospects]

exploring the concerns of the south african Jewish community

In this article David Saks explores levels of antisemitism in a post-Apartheid South Africa, while looking at comparatives of antisemitism in other countries.

The 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) – or strictly speaking, the NGO/civil society component that preceded the official inter-government meeting – is generally considered to be a pivotal event in the evolution of modern-day antisemitism. In addition to arguably marking the launch of the so-called ‘Durban Strategy’, which aimed at isolating Israel in the international arena by depicting it as a racist, apartheid and colonial state, the event frequently spilled over into more explicit manifestations of anti-Jewish hatred.

"The fact that the WCAR took place in Durban ... has created the perception abroad that South African Jewry has been especially affected by the steep rise in global antisemitism... ".

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4/25/2018 0 Comments

where does the boundary Lie between Anti-Zionism ANd Antisemitism?

BY DAVID SAKS

COMMUNAL MATTERS [TRENDS & PROSPECTS]:

EXPLORING THE CONCERNS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY

In this article David Saks argues that the current surge of anti-zionism in South Africa has antisemitic influences.

PERHAPS the most fiendishly difficult question that Jewish rights groups must grapple with today is where the boundary lies between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. A perception has been created by anti-Israel activists that the Jewish community rushes willy-nilly to label as antisemitism that which is in fact legitimate criticism of Israel. This is untrue. Instead there is an acute awareness of the need to make a clear distinction between the two, and so far as the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) is concerned, the record shows that it has been scrupulously careful in this regard.

This being said, it is inevitable that attacks ostensibly only against Israel sometimes spill-over into hatred against Jews. No-one can reasonably accuse Jews of ‘crying antisemitism’ when they take action in such instances (although many do). And when anti-Israel sentiment takes on so extreme a form as to amount to inflammatory propaganda, it is understandable that the Jewish community should come to the defence of Israel. It is an attack on something that the great majority of Jews around the world passionately identify with.

"What purports simply to be anti-Zionism frequently turns out to be fuelled to a greater or lesser extent
by residual anti-Jewish feeling".

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Antisemitism in South Africa: What does the data say?

by prof. karen Milner

communal matters

exploring the concerns of the south african jewish community

ANTISEMITISM IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE ERA OF DEMOCRACY

by David Saks

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where does the boundary Lie between Anti-Zionism ANd Antisemitism?

COMMUNAL MATTERS [TRENDS & PROSPECTS]:

EXPLORING THE CONCERNS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY

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ANTISEMITISM IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE ERA OF DEMOCRACY

by David Saks

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EXPLORING THE CONCERNS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY