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After the war, the situation began to improve, and a large number of South African Jews emigrated to Israel. South African Jews in Israel number around 20,000 in the 21st century. [3] [21] During this time, there were also two waves of Jewish immigration to Africa from the island of Rhodes, first in the 1900s and then after 1960. [22] [23]
Afrikaner-Jews (Afrikaans: Afrikaner-Jode, also called Boerejode) are Jewish Afrikaners. [1] At the beginning of the 19th century, when greater freedom of religious practice was permitted in South Africa, small numbers of Ashkenazi Jews arrived from Britain and Germany. They established the first Ashkenazi Hebrew congregation in 1841. [2]
The most ancient communities of African Jews are the Ethiopian, West African Jews, Sephardi Jews, and Mizrahi Jews of North Africa and the Horn of Africa. In the seventh century, many Spanish Jews fled from the persecution which was occurring under the rule of the Visigoths and migrated to North Africa, where they made their homes in the ...
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Many of the following articles relate to Jewish history in Southern Africa: History of the Jews in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; History of the Jews in Madagascar; History of the Jews in Mauritius; History of the Jews in Seychelles; History of the Jews in Tanzania
People of South African-Jewish descent (3 C, 1 P) S. South African Sephardi Jews (2 P) South African Ashkenazi Jews (3 P) South African secular Jews (8 P)
Antisemitism in South Africa is the manifestation of hostility, prejudice or discrimination against South African Jews or Judaism as a religious, ethnic or racial group.This form of racism has affected Jews since South Africa's Jewish community was established in the 19th century.
Pages in category "Jewish South African history" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...