Remembering Entebbe, 50 years later
We were in the middle of morning prayers at the Chassidim Shul in Yeoville, Johannesburg, in the district of Gauteng, South Africa, on the morning of July 4, 1976. The minyan began promptly at 8…
Assessment
A personal remembrance of the Entebbe rescue captures how the news broke in a Johannesburg synagogue on July 4, 1976. The account underscores the immediate emotional release within a diaspora community. At stake is how such a singular military operation continues to resonate half a century later, anchoring collective memory.