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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (2045)	7/21/2005 2:38:42 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 542130

If there is money or land involved, morals can be dismissed until further notice by some. Jews & South African Apartheid Apartheid Regime "With the institutionalization of apartheid agenda, anti-Semitism was no longer a major issue. Jewish/Israeli involvement in the apartheid era was mixed; as a whole the South African Jewish community did not speak out against the apartheid system, although a number of small organizations and individuals were involved in anti-apartheid activities. One organization, the Union of Jewish Women, sought to alleviate the suffering of blacks through charitable projects and self-help schemes. An example of individual Jewish involvement in anti-apartheid movement is the arrest of 17 members of the African National Congress, in 1963, for anti-apartheid activities, all five whites arrested were Jewish. Israel maintained diplomatic relations with South Africa throughout the period, although, various Israeli leaders publicly condemned the apartheid system. During the early 1960's, Israel aligned with other African countries against the apartheid system straining its relationship with South Africa. After the Six-Day War in 1967, most African countries broke diplomatic ties with Israel, except for South Africa, leading to increased relations between the two. Despite the arms embargo, Israel sold arms to the South Africa during the apartheid era and there have also been reports of nuclear cooperation. Violence in South Africa during the 1970's led to an exodus of Jews fearful of their future in the country; many children were sent to live and study abroad and remained in their host countries. Two Jewish organization were formed in 1985, Jews for Justice (in Cape Town) and Jews for Social Justice (in Johannesburg), to reform South African society and to build bridges between the white and black communities. Most of the members were young and refused to become bystanders in the apartheid regime. Also in 1985, the South African Jewish Board passed a resolution rejecting apartheid. Jews prospered during the apartheid era and were more educated than their white counterparts. More than 50 percent of the Jews were matriculated, compared to the average 23% in the total white population. Ten percent of the Jewish community had university degrees, compared to only 4% of the total white population. Jews were disproportionately represented in the commercial and financial sectors of society. The Jewish population peaked in the early 1970's reaching nearly 119,000 people." jewishvirtuallibrary.org