President Jacob Zuma has called on the Jewish community to actively take part in the implementation of the National Development Plan to build a "truly united and non-racial state". Addressing the national conference of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies in Johannesburg yesterday, Zuma said the government was not folding its arms in the wake of the conflict between the Jews and Palestinians."South Africa continues to contribute to attempts at finding peace in the Middle East, especially with the age-old Palestinian-Israeli question," Zuma said.He said genuine and peaceful negotiations were the key to the restoration of peace in the region."We are, therefore, happy that your conference looks at the ills of global racism and anti-Semitism because South Africa must, in the memory of our founding president Nelson Mandela, continue to promote tolerance and understanding as well as global peace and security," he said.The Jewish Voices for a Just Peace, a group of South African Jews, said it was concerned about both the Palestinians and Israelis.In an open letter to Zuma, it called on him as an "activist and freedom fighter" to ensure their safety"."[Can you] ensure Jews are safe from another holocaust ... ? Racism and hatred, in all their forms, need to be fought everywhere. Building walls will never achieve safety," the open letter reads."Mr President, we might not represent the majority of Jews in SA, but neither did Dietrich Bonnhoefer in Nazi Germany nor Beyers Naude, Antjie Krog, Braam Fischer, Joe Slovo and Ruth First in apartheid South Africa."World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder pleaded with Zuma to work hand in hand with his organisation as South Africa had many similarities with it...