#MakeUsCount with the Great Debate 2019

Join us for our annual Yom Hashoah commemorative event.

We are honoured to be joined by survivor Miriam Lazarus and to hear a survival testimony from Rena Quint.

9 May

11h45

Westpark Cemetery

New York Times bestselling author of The Choice: Embrace the Possible, Dr Edith Eva Eger is a pioneer in the field of psychology – teaching people how to use their pain to help them heal.

Rising from the brink of death in Auschwitz, her incredible story, deep insight and mind of steel have seen her enrapture audiences around the world, on CNN, the Oprah Winfrey Show and the TED stage.

Join us for her South African debut on 16 August, where she will address us at the SAJBD Gauteng conference.

SAJBD National Conference: South Africa: Unpacking Reality
10 November 2019
The Venue, The Houghton Hotel
From 4pm onwards

This Yom Hashoah, let’s come together as Jews, stronger than ever before.

The Johannesburg Genocide and Holocaust Centre in partnership with the Embassy of the Russian Federation and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies invite you to a screening of "Sobibor". 

Remembering the 10 year anniversary of the 2008 xenophobic attacks and its victims with #AfrikaAwake #NoToHate

Join us on 31 May at 4pm, 56 PIM Studio.

Remembering the 10 year anniversary of the 2008 xenophobic attacks and its victims with #AfrikaAwake #NoToHate

Join us on 31 May at 4pm, 56 PIM Studio.

75 Years on, we remember the uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Join 60 global Jewish leaders from 50 countries and their ambassadors for a memorable evening at the World Jewish Congress National Community Directors' Forum.  

Join us as we remember and pay tribute to the six million Jews whose lives were brutally cut short at the 2017 Yom Hashoah ceremony.

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies invites you to our Gauteng Conference: 175 Years of South African Jewry.

With the hilarious Harry Sideropoulos, and guest speakers Chief Rabbi Mirvis of the UK and family representative of the late Dr Melville Edelstien.

The 2016 Yom Hashoah Ceremony was held at the West Park Cemetery. Holocaust survivor, Veronica Phillips, shared her story with the crowd which consisted of hundreds of school students, community members are press. 

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies biennial conference "Combatting Racism and Global Antisemitism" was held at the Gold Reef City Lyric Theatre on 22 November 2015. 

With guest speakers:

H.E President Jacob Zuma
Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder
Dr. Bernard-Henri Levy