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What is the history of the South African Jewish diamond industry?

Once a desirable trade for a nice Jewish boy, diamond cutting and polishing in South Africa no longer is - here's why.

|ByLIONEL SLIER
The Eureka Diamond, the first diamond discovered in South Africa near Hopetown by Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs, 15, in 1867.
Chaim Weizmann and Jan Smuts, circa 1915

Smuts and Weizmann

My great-grandfather’s love of Israel and South African Jews

|ByPHILIP WEYERS
A VENDOR sells newspapers in South Africa.

South African Buzz: The country in a state of flux

|ByLIONEL SLIER
Nelson Mandela South Africa billboard

The ANC’s stand

South Africa’s Jewish community is less than half its size of 40 years ago and its today are leery of criticizing the government much, lest they be accused of racism.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL