The South African Jewish Beard of Deputies convened here last night for a previously scheduled inter-provincial conference, adopted a resolution expressing “profound shock” over the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd. The resolution wished Mr. Verwoerd “a speedy and complete recovery.”
The resolution was passed after the chairman of the Board of Deputies, Namic Philips, expressed his personal condemnation of the assassination attempt, and declared that “the Jewish community, along with other sections of the country, is horrified” by the attack on the Prime Minister,
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
