Reports on Zimbabwe and its Jewish Community


African
rabbi in Britain tells of crisis faced by Zimbabwe Jews

Jewish Chronicle - Jun 19,
2008

But following last week’s exclusive JC
report on an emergency evacuation plan made by the Jewish Agency, the
Zimbabwe Jews we contacted said that, despite the deteriorating
situation, they feel secure and have no plan to leave.
Zimbabwe:
'Jews to Be Airlifted Out'

AllAfrica.com - Jun 13,
2008

He is reported as saying, "In terms of
personal security, they feel protected. So I can understand why they are not in
a rush to leave.

Zimbabwe:
Run-Off Pullout - Morgan Dancing to Master's Tune

AllAfrica.com - 2 hours
ago

It is meant to work for Zimbabwe
today. The propaganda frightened the Germans and many thought they were
defending themselves against the Jews and the Bolsheviks. The US held
about 120 000 American citizens of Japanese descent on the basis of this same
...

'Zimbabwe
Jews
are safe'

Totally
Jewish -
Jun 19, 2008

Sources
close to the Jewish Agency said: “The Jewish Agency is not planning to send
aeroplanes to Zimbabwe to take out the Jews. Who says they want to
leave anyway? Zimbabwe is a country where you can enter and leave at your
own will.


Afrik.com

Jewish community in
Zimbabwe faces repatriation

Afrik.com - Jun 13, 2008
On Thursday it was reported that an Israel group called Jewish Agency is
one such formation that wants to rescue the remaining Jews from the
violence. It is estimated that there are close to 400 Jewish community still
resident in the southern African ...

A
shtetl in Africa

Jerusalem
Post -
Jun 13, 2008

Once the
bread basket of Africa, Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) today is a basket
case, unable to feed even its own people. From a peak of some 7500 Jews
in the 1970s - comprising some 80 percent Ashkenazim - the country's community
today numbers only ...
 
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