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A memorial stone at the site of an old Jewish synagogue in the French city of Strasbourg was vandalized, following the Feb. 19, 2019 discovery of swastikas on 80 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the village of Quatzenheim, also near the border with Germany, March 2019. Credit: EJP.

Jewish graves vandalized in South Africa

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The Jewish community in Strand, South Africa, filed a police complaint recently after four gravestones in the local Jewish cemetery were vandalized. Last week, two other Jewish cemeteries in the same district of Western...
The Arthurs Road synagogue in Cape Town was set ablaze on Dec. 4, 2018, destroying four Torah scrolls. Credit: Screenshot.

Cape Town synagogue set ablaze, valuable Torah scrolls completely burnt

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Torah scrolls worth more than half a million dollars were burned and damaged in a fire on Tuesday night at the Arthurs Road synagogue in Cape Town, South Africa, the congregation’s rabbi, Sam Thurgood,...

First-ever delegation of MKs visits South Africa

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A group of Israeli Knesset members returned from a visit to South Africa this week, the first-ever such delegation of lawmakers to visit the country, the Jewish Agency said in a statement Thursday. During their...

South African ruling party wants to downgrade embassy in Israel

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South Africa’s ruling party this week announced its intention of downgrading its embassy in Israel to an “interest office.” At a major policy conference in Johannesburg, the African National Congress’s international relations committee decided on...