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A South African Jew asks: Is it time to go?

JL;DR SUMMARY Howard Sackstein, the chairperson of the SA Jewish Report, reflects on the uncertain future of the Jewish community in South Africa, given the rising antisemitism and government's radical Islamist sympathies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Places mentioned

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
"Cape Town, South Africa Please consider supporting our mission to help everyone better understand and become smarter about the Jewish world."
White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa
"Pandor is currently attending the seventh Africa-Cuba Solidarity Conference in White River."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"the obscurity of New Zealand, and more recently, the damp of Amsterdam."
United States
"the plasticity of the United States, the tundra of Canada, the misery of London, the bareness of Australia, the obscurity of New Zealand, and more recently, the damp of Amsterdam."
Canada
"the plasticity of the United States, the tundra of Canada, the misery of London, the bareness of Australia, the obscurity of New Zealand, and more recently, the damp of Amsterdam."
London, United Kingdom
"the plasticity of the United States, the tundra of Canada, the misery of London, the bareness of Australia, the obscurity of New Zealand, and more recently, the damp of Amsterdam."
Australia
"the plasticity of the United States, the tundra of Canada, the misery of London, the bareness of Australia, the obscurity of New Zealand, and more recently, the damp of Amsterdam."
New Zealand
"the plasticity of the United States, the tundra of Canada, the misery of London, the bareness of Australia, the obscurity of New Zealand, and more recently, the damp of Amsterdam."
Israel
"Many went back to claim their birth right in Israel, learning how to do their own laundry."

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