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Articles
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Talk about Change!
By David E. Kaplan
Following Isaac Herzog’s election as Israel’s 11th President, the writer looks back on his interview in 2007 with the then ‘Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism’, and reflects how he can now use the weight of his new high office to tackle many of the issues then discussed that remain no less monumental challenges today.
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In Every Generation
By Rolene Marks
In every generation they rise up to try and destroy us. Jews know too well the dangers of antisemitism as it changes from generation to generation. What makes this latest iteration of antisemitism different and what are the contributing factors?
Spoiler alert: we will overcome this one as well! Read more here:
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A Rabbi and a Self-Hating Jew walk into court with a Newspaper
By Adv. Craig Snoyman
ANC stalwart, Ronnie Kasrils, who has publicly renounced his Jewishness happily traffics on his abandoned identity to attack South Africa’s Chief Rabbi. The writer, a practicing advocate, exposes the former Cabinet Minister’s hypocrisy and welcomes the rabbi having a go at the rogue in court!
A Rabbi and a Self-Hating Jew walk into court with a Newspaper
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