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Roots, Identity, and Belonging: A Journey Through African Jewish Heritage

JL;DR SUMMARY Jessica Jantjies, a Cape Town-based writer, delves into her complex heritage as a colored South African with Jewish, Indigenous, and African roots, highlighting hidden narratives and enriching traditional Jewish identity. 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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Tags

Jewish IdentityDiasporaApartheidInclusionSouth AfricaRacial IdentityIndigenous HeritageAfrican JewsLembaColored South Africans

Places mentioned

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
"Jessica is a Cape Town based writer, researcher and storyteller with a deep interest in African Jewish identity."
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
"the participants were from cape town and johannesburg"
Limpopo, South Africa
"a gathering that happens every year in Limpopo province, which is north, in Northern South Africa."
Greater Accra, Ghana
"When Europeans arrived, they were mostly the Khoi Khoi and the San peoples here in the Western Cape, who have First Nation status in South Africa."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"I'm Rivka Campbell coming at you with my guest Jessica Youngkiss once again thank you thank you it's time we talk about more than just the tragedy the hardship we've overcome."
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