South African Zionist Federation

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South African Zionist Federation
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Website www.sazionfed.co.za

The South African Zionist Federation is an organisation formed in 1898, responsible for coordinating all the Zionist activities throughout the country. [1]

It is based in Johannesburg, with additional branches in Cape Town, Durban, and Port Elizabeth.

Historically, it has been one of two most important Jewish communal institutions in South Africa, along with the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SABJD). [2]

History

The Federation predates the SABJD, which Dan Jacobson explains: "It is a measure of the enthusiasm of South African Jewry for the Zionist cause that it had a single body uniting its various Zionist groups some years before a similar body [SABJD] devoted to local affairs could be formed." [3]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Jewish Community in South Africa". www.jewishsa.co.za. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Sachs, Bernard (June 1950). South Africa: Life on a Volcano:The Jewish Community in a Caste Society Commentary. Retrieved on 27 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Jacobson, Dan (January 1957). The Jews of South Africa: Portrait of a Flourishing Community Commentary. Retrieved on 27 January 2026.