Back Jode in Suid-Afrika Afrikaans تاريخ اليهود في جنوب إفريقيا Arabic Geschichte der Juden in Südafrika German Historia de los judíos en Sudáfrica Spanish Histoire des Juifs en Afrique du Sud French יהדות דרום אפריקה HE История евреев в Южной Африке Russian Історія євреїв у Південній Африці Ukrainian
Suid-Afrikaanse Jode | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 South Africa | estimated 52,300 - 75,000[1][2] |
| City of Johannesburg | 30,000 (57.5%) |
| City of Cape Town | 12,500 (23.9%) |
| Durban/Umhlangla - eThekwini | 3,400 (6.5%) |
| East Rand – Ekurhuleni | 3,400 (6.5%) |
| Western Cape Province (other than Cape Town) | 1,000 (2.0%) |
| Pretoria – City of Tshwane | 900 (1.7%) |
| Gauteng Province (other than Johannesburg, Pretoria and East Rand) | 700 (1.3%) |
| Eastern Cape Province (other than Port Elizabeth) | 700 (1.4%) |
| Free State Province | 500 (1.0%) |
| KwaZulu-Natal Province (other than Durban) | 400 (0.8%) |
| Other (In South Africa) | 300 (0.9%) |
 Israel | 20,000[3] |
 Australia | 15,000[4] |
| Languages | |
| First language South African English (vast majority) and Afrikaans, of religious: Yiddish, Hebrew Minority | |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox Judaism (80%)[5] Reform Judaism (20%)[5] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Afrikaner-Jews Lithuanian Jews Dutch Jews British Jews Portuguese Jews Israelis | |
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South African Jews, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion, form the twelfth largest Jewish community in the world, and the largest on the African continent. As of 2020, the Kaplan Centre at the University of Cape Town estimates 52,300 Jews in the country. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies estimates that the figure is closer to 75,000.[2]
The history of the Jews in South Africa began during the period of Portuguese exploration in the early modern era, though a permanent presence was not established until the beginning of Dutch colonisation in the region. During the period of British colonial rule in the 19th century, the Jewish South African community expanded greatly, in part thanks to encouragement from Britain. From 1880 to 1914, the Jewish population in South Africa grew from 4,000 to over 40,000. South African Jews have played an important role in promoting diplomatic and military relations between Israel and South Africa.[6] South Africa's Jewish community peaked in the 1970s with an estimated 120,000 Jews living in the country. The Soweto uprising in 1976 and racial tensions led to an increase in Jewish emigration.[7] Since the end of apartheid, Jews have continued to emigrate mostly to developed countries in the English-speaking world, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as a significant number emigrating to Israel.[8] As of 2021, it is estimated that 92% of the Jewish population on the African continent is concentrated in South Africa.[9]
- ^ The Jews of South Africa in 2019 (PDF). Cape Town: Kaplan Centre, UCT. 2019. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b SA Jewish history South African Jewish Board of Deputies. Retrieved on 18 December 2023
- ^ "Immigration and absorption - The Council of Immigrant Associations in Israel - מועצת ארגוני העולים בישראל". mio.org.il (in Latin). Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Goldberg, Dan (10 December 2013). "South African Jews in Australia Recall Life in the Shadow of Apartheid". haaretz.com. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Racial Unrest Spurs White Emigration From South Africa Washington Post. 14 May 1977
- ^ "World Jewish Population - Latest Statistics". simpletoremember.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Dashefsky, Arnold; Della-Pergola, Sergio; Sheskin, Ira, eds. (2021). World Jewish Population (PDF) (Report). Berman Jewish DataBank. Retrieved 4 September 2023.