News Round Up and Happy Shavuot!
The Weekend News Round Up with news about Gaza, Guatemala and a cure for cancer!? And what does a fun water fight have to do with Shavuot? Read on to find out.
Vanity Fair
Out of favour news network Al Jazeera resurrects limelight seeking Ronnie Kasrils to demonise Israel It’s an old cast, old script of Israel bashing and ‘Red Ronnie’ as he was once known for his Communist affiliations has found an audience with Al Jazeera, who these days itself is battling “to be seen and heard”. Where […]
Legacy of a Ledger – Figuring out the bleak past
For two years during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) the small South African town of Rouxville was deserted. All its male residents had been called up for active duty, and soon it was a ghost town. Forty years later, it was only the Jews who left the Orange Free State town of Rouxville. The very descendants […]
Hate Speech In South Africa Dealt A Major Blow
Every now and then a court case comes along and shakes the foundations in its aim to set a legal precedent. One such example is the landmark ruling in the case of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies vs COSATU’s (Council of South African Trade Unions) Bongani Masuku, for hate speech against the Jewish […]
The Myth of “Safe Space”
The term “safe spaces” has become the latest hot buzzword. It is “on fleek” with the trendy kids on campus who trot it out whenever they have an occasion to engage on a variety of divergent opinions and positions. There are safe spaces for every conceivable student organisation. Except for the Jewish or Pro-Israel groups, […]
The Mutation of Antisemitism
Yom HaShoah – the day in the Jewish calendar set aside for Holocaust remembrance – takes place on 27th Nisan which this year corresponds to the evening of Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th April 2017. But how has antisemitism mutated over time? And why does its return today present a danger not just for Jews, […]