Collection of recent articles on the Zim Jewish Community and general situation

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 - 1 hour 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.

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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 ...