Abba Solomon Meir Eban was a South African-born Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages.
Abba Eban
Israeli UN delegation: (L–R) consul general A. Lourie; counsellor J. Robinson; Eban; Avraham Katznelson; Gideon Rafael (1950)
(L–R) U.S. President Truman, Eban, and Israeli PM Ben-Gurion (1951)
Israeli PM Ben-Gurion (center) giving U.S. President Truman a Hanukkah menorah in 1951 when Eban (right) was Israel's ambassador to the U.S.
History of the Jews in South Africa
South African Jews, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion, form the twelfth largest Jewish community in the world, and the largest on the African continent. As of 2020, the Kaplan Centre at the University of Cape Town estimates 52,300 Jews in the country. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies estimates that the figure is closer to 75,000.
A painting by Charles Davidson Bell depicting Jan van Riebeeck's establishment of a colonial settlement of South Africa; a number of Jews came to the colony in the following decades.
Abba Eban, born in Cape Town, was Foreign Minister of Israel from 1966 to 1974.
Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore
Kosher meal approved by the Beth din of Johannesburg
