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South African Jews Struggle With Legacy of Apartheid

JL;DR SUMMARY South African Jews continue to grapple with the complex legacy of apartheid, where the community was divided between those who supported the regime for perceived safety and those who opposed it at great personal risk, asserting alignment with Jewish values of justice. 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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Jewish CommunityHuman RightsPalestinian ConflictApartheidJewish ValuesSouth African Jewish Board Of DeputiesSouth African JewryArthur GoldreichAnti Apartheid ActivistsIsrael South Africa Relations

Places mentioned

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
"who played the role of a prosperous designer for a Johannesburg department store who owned a rural estate maintained by an outwardly subservient black staff that included key ANC leaders."
Liliesleaf, Gauteng, South Africa
"hosted a preliminary event, at Liliesleaf, the legendary farm outside Johannesburg where, in the early 1960s, Goldreich sheltered fugitive guerrillas who belonged to the military wing of the anti-apartheid African National Congress,"
Jerusalem, Israel
"returned to Israel, where he became the head of the Industrial and Environmental Design Department at Jerusalems Bezalel Academy of Art and Design "
Gauteng, South Africa
"South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, himself a veteran of Umkhonto we Sizwe."
United Kingdom
"Paul Goldreich, today a psycho-analyst based in England, was interested in promoting healing."

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