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Grant Arthur Gochin

Jun 10, 2025, 6:53 AM

Proposed Case for South African Jews to Emigrate

(Courtesy of author)

South Africa’s Jewish community, a mere 0.05% of the population, faces a critical question: Is the country still a viable home for them and their children? Systemic dysfunction, rising antisemitism, and collapsing infrastructure have created an environment where emigration...

Jun 8, 2025, 5:02 PM

The Wretched Rainbow Nation

Tapelo Amad

South Africa, Zionism, and the Moral Collapse of a Post-Colonial Dream Unlike in the United States or Western Europe—where anti-Zionism thrives under the camouflage of academic theory, progressive rhetoric, and elite institutional tolerance—in South Africa, it has been raised to...

Jun 6, 2025, 2:52 PM

An open letter to Piers Morgan

Dear Piers, You're probably scratching your head right now, wondering what on earth just happened. How someone who prides himself on being balanced, outspoken, and unafraid to challenge any orthodoxy could suddenly find himself labelled an enemy of the people—a...

Jun 5, 2025, 12:34 AM

South Africa’s chief rabbi gets it wrong when he calls crime ‘genocide’

South Africa has a shockingly high murder rate, but without the intent to destroy a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, it's just not genocide

May 21, 2025, 9:59 AM

My grandfather’s last will and his grandson’s first one

My maternal grandfather, Dov Ber Levin, whom I remember simply as ‘zeide,’ was a devout Orthodox Jew and passionate Zionist. He was a man of stocky build, with a neatly trimmed white moustache and beard, who, according to my...

May 6, 2025, 3:06 PM

South African Jews’ Lasting Impact on Israel

Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem has a plaque marking its restoration with the generous support of SA Jewry.

From the sunburnt plains of the Karoo to the bustling streets of Tel Aviv, the story of South African Jewry’s bond with Israel reads like an epic of passion, grit, and imagination. For over 70 years, this close-knit community...

Apr 23, 2025, 4:28 PM

Reflections on antisemitism in South Africa and Britain

Antisemitism in the South Africa of my childhood played a significant part in shaping my personality. It was crude and confrontational but I seldom felt threatened by it and I regarded its barbs simply as an unpleasant aspect of...

Apr 18, 2025, 5:44 PM

South Africa’s BDS Intimidation Tactics

The South African BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement is exceptionally talented at irking both Jews and Israelis. Their networking seems unrivaled as they aim to send out provocative Anti-Zionist messaging in every local public area including Sports, Academics,...

Apr 15, 2025, 8:40 AM

Diaspora Jews, the Mother: Israel, the Baby

Understanding the ombilical interdependency between Diaspora Jews and Israel - by Frederic Eger - The Jewish Diaspora has played an indispensable role in the existence and development of the State of Israel since its creation until today. This relationship is...

Apr 9, 2025, 2:53 PM

On not visiting Auschwitz

Is it a good thing that busloads of schoolchildren and hordes of tourists continue to troop through Auschwitz to gape in horror at relics of the atrocities perpetrated there? I have never been to Auschwitz or to the site...

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