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TRACE AND EXPLORE JEWISH HERITAGE in Cape Town & Surrounds How can I connect with the local Jewish narrative past and present? What places and spaces reflect the Jewish footprint in the Mother City? Where can I find my Jewish roots in Cape Town? The Jewish Map to Cape Town answers these questions and a whole lot more. “Nu?….so what else would you like to know?” Feedback is always welcome. SPONSORS THE COHEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST South African Jewish Museum Jewish Routes and Roots in Cape Town & Surrounds Publishers of special interest maps. To view all our maps visit www.mapmyway.co.za C +27 83 783 1003 E [email protected] © 2016 Research, Inspiration and copy: Gwynne Robins, Deputy Director, Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies With thanks to: Marco Van Embden, 'Community Activist' Published by: A&C Maps cc www.mapmyway.co.za Design: Infestation | www.infestation.co.za While all information is accurate at time of printing, we recommend that you call ahead to confirm. Also check regular updates on mapmyway.co.za/placecategory/jewish The walking tour on this map is designed to help you find Jewish places and spaces in the city centre. Information that reflects the major migration from Eastern Europe and the ongoing contribution of South African Jewry in South Africa is impressively documented in the SA Jewish Museum, making this an excellent starting point. 1 St John’s Street Synagogue 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town This Classical Revival building, the first custom-built shul ever established in sub-Saharan Africa, opened on Rosh Hashanah, 13 September 1863, located on the east side of Van Riebeeck’s former vegetable garden. 2 South African Jewish Museum 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town Opened by former President Nelson Mandela in 2000. This is a visual, interactive and high-tech museum representing the story of the Jews of South Africa, their origins and contributions. Changing exhibitions and a unique Netsuke (miniature Japanese sculpture from the 17th & 18th century) collection add to your experience. T 021 465 1546 E [email protected] www.sajewishmuseum.co.za Sun to Thurs 10h00 – 17h00; Fri 10h00 – 14h00; closed Sat & Jewish Holidays; open Public Holidays The Jewish profile in Western Cape has changed. In the first two decades of the 20th century nearly every little town had its Jewish community, its Jewish hoteliers and shopkeepers, its minyan, its synagogue and its cemetery. These country communities have nearly all vanished. More than 80% of South African Jews now live in the two major metropolitan centres - 60% live in Johannesburg and 22% in Cape Town. Cape Town Jewry has also benefitted from the contribution of German Jews in the 1930s and then three decades later the Sephardi Jews from Rhodes Island (via the Congo and Zimbabwe) most of whom settled in Sea Point and established their own synagogue. The new South African constitution guarantees equality to all and prohibits discrimination on grounds which included race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth. WALKING TOUR OF JEWISH CAPE TOWN The City Sightseeing Red Bus route is marked on the map to facilitate the use of this hop-on, hop-off service. Please bring your I.D. or passport for identification purposes when passing through security at the ‘Gardens Community Centre’ to visit places 1 to 7 A SHORT HISTORY OF JEWISH CAPE TOWN Jews have been involved in the exploration and settlement of the Cape since Europe first developed an interest in finding alternate routes to India. The early Portuguese navigators Bartholomew Diaz and Vasco Da Gama would not have been able to make their journeys without the Jewish mapmakers and the astronomical tables drawn up by Abraham Zacuto. Although Jews were shareholders and directors of the Dutch East India Company, the company only employed Protestants. There are records of baptised Jews working at the Cape in 1669. Freedom of religion was only instituted by Governor de Mist, during the rule of the Batavian Republic in 1804, and guaranteed when the British took over in 1806. The first ‘practicing’ Jew and Jewish doctor in South Africa, Dr Siegfried Frankel, arrived in 1808 (his surgery was at 9 Roeland Street). Organised Jewish worship was initiated by Jews who arrived from England with the 1820 settlers. Benjamin Norden brought together the first minyan on Yom Kippur 26th September 1841, when 17 men, including Simeon Marcus and Dr Frankel, met at his house, Helmsely Cottage, 5 Hof Street. A plaque marks the site on a house in the grounds of the Mount Nelson Hotel. In 1842 the new congregation bought two plots of ground in Woodstock for what would become the Albert Road Cemetery. The first Jewish marriage took place in 1844, between Amelia Marcus and Michael Benjamin, in the St George's Church under the Senior Colonial Chaplain, Rev Hough in a ceremony in which, with the permission of the Attorney-General, all allusions to the Trinity had been carefully removed. Their son was to become the first barmitzvah boy in 1858. In 1848 the first Sefer Torah was acquired, brought from England by Aaron de Pass, a shul elder. His brother Elias was the shul secretary. They were shipowners who built the first facilities for shipping repairs and bought the American Contact Cape Town Tourism on: +27 (0)861 322 223 [email protected] www.capetown.travel www.facebook.com/capetown.travel @lovecapetown/#lovecapetown 3 Great Synagogue 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town Oldest Jewish congregation in South Africa, established in 1841. The new Baroque style edifice (Architect: John Parker) was opened by congregation President, Hyman Liberman, Mayor of Cape Town, on 13 September 1905. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. Stained glass windows of Cape flowers and grapes installed 1936 and new stained glass windows in 2013. Pulpit transferred from St John’s Street Synagogue 1 . 4 Jacob Gitlin Library 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town Established 1959. Extensive collection of books, magazines, journals, CDs and DVDs of Jewish interest. Jacob Gitlin was a dedicated Zionist worker and secretary to the Dorshei Zion Society for 27 years. T 021 462 5088 E [email protected] www.gitlinlibrary.co.za Mon to Thurs 09h00 – 17h00; Fri 09h00 – 14h00; closed Sat and holidays; Sun 10h30 – 15h30 5 Cape Town Holocaust Centre 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town The first Holocaust Centre in Africa opened in 1999. The Centre houses a permanent exhibition and conducts educational programmes for schools, educators and diverse adult groups. T 021 462 5553 E [email protected] www.holocaust.co.za Hours: Sun –Thurs 10h00 – 17h00, Fri 10h00 – 14h00. Closed Sat 6 Café Riteve 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town Popular kosher ‘milchik’ restaurant and take-aways, with well stocked gift shop. T 021 465 1594 E [email protected] www.caferieteve.co.za Sun to Thurs 08h30 - 17h00; Fri 08h30 – 14h30 8 Iziko South African National Gallery Government Avenue, Cape Town Important collection of South African and international art. The Hyman Liberman Memorial Doors, carved by Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz, honour Mayor Liberman, who championed the establishment of the gallery and was a generous philanthropist. The doors represent ‘Hebrew Migration from Many Lands’, ‘Arrival in the Land of Peace and Prosperity’ and ‘Rebecca at the Well’. The bas-relief sculpture over the main entrance to the Gallery was carved by his wife Eva Meyerowitz, the famed scholar of West African art. The bas relief panels above the doors to each room were also carved by Meyerowitz. The Alfred de Pass collection of English and French paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints donated between 1926 and 1949, and a room named after him, commemorate this benefactor. Iziko SANG also houses the collection of Italian drawings donated by Lady Michaelis in 1930. T 021 481 3970 E [email protected] www.iziko.org.za Mon to Sun 10h00-17h00 9 Pond in front of Iziko SANG The young child holding the spouting water, carved by Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz was modelled on his son. 7 Water Fountain 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town The water fountain is designed as a tribute to Patrons and Friends of the UJC Cape Town, who have deep roots in in the Mother City but now live elsewhere. T 021 464 6700 www.ujc.org.za 10 Belvedere House, Cnr Bouquet & St John’s Streets, Cape Town Adjoining the Lodge De Goede Hoop (first Masonic Lodge in South Africa) are two houses and a store, purchased in 1849 for £800, for use as a synagogue and a minister’s house. The Simon van de Stel Foundation plaque reads: “On this site stood a house which was used as the first synagogue in South Africa consecrated by the Reverend Isaac Pulver, the first minister, until a synagogue was built facing Government Avenue consecrated on 13 September 1863”. 11 Houses of Parliament 90 Plein Street, Cape Town The Houses of Parliament contain the Mendelssohn Collection assembled by Sydney Mendelssohn, a diamond dealer, the first great collector of Africana and a compiler of the classic South African Bibliography published in 1910. Jewish members of Parliament continue to play a role in South African politics. T 021 403 2201/2266 | www. parliament.gov.za | Tours: Mon to Fri 10h00 and 12h00 – bring I.D. or passport; booking essential 1 week in advance. 12 Jan Christian Smuts Statue by Sydney Harpley Jan Smuts was a signatory to the Balfour Declaration, a friend of Chaim Weizmann, first President of the State of Israel, and personally fund-raised for Zionist organisations and lobbied against the 1939 White Paper. Several streets in Israel and Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan were named after him. His government gave de facto recogni- tion to Israel on 24 May 1948. See also statue by Ivan Mitford Barberton in front of the Iziko Slave Lodge 13 . 13 Iziko Slave Lodge Cnr Adderley & Wale Streets, Cape Town Built in 1679 to house the slaves of the Dutch East India Company, it was used as government offices from 1810 including, at various times, the Cape Supreme Court, the first library, the first post office, Deeds Office, and the Women’s Auxiliary Services of the South African Defence Force. In 1966 it became the SA Cultural History Museum, and in 1998 was renamed the Slave Lodge. It houses the Heller Collection of Silver. T 021 467 7229 E [email protected] www.iziko.org.za Mon to Sat f10h00 to 17h00 Closed Sundays, Workers’ Day and Christmas Day | Adults R30, 6-18 years R15, SA Students and pensioners R15, Under 5’s free 14 Cape Argus - Newspaper House 122 St George’s Mall, Cape Town The Cape Argus, established on 3 January 1857, was owned from 1863 to 1885 by Saul Solomon, a printer. Described as the “Cape Disraeli,” childhood rheumatic fever had left Solomon 4 feet tall with crippled legs. He was a brilliant scholar who became a prominent member of the Cape Parliament which he addressed standing on a box. It was said of him that he was “the smallest man amongst us in stature, but in mind, he is taller than any of us by a whole head”. 15 Iziko The Old Town House Greenmarket Square, Cape Town Built in 1756 to replace the Watch House, and now a museum that houses the Old Dutch and Flemish art collection donated in 1917 by Sir Max Michaelis, a Jewish gold magnate, as a “practical expression of his affection for the country in which he had spent his earlier days”. There is a memorial to Michaelis in the courtyard. T 021 481 3933 Mon to Sat 10h00 – 17h00 16 Queen Victoria Street This street used to be called Tuinpad (Garden Path) because it ran alongside the canal through which flowed the stream from Platteklip Gorge on Table Mountain. Sailors filled their kegs at the reservoir built by Zacharias Wagenaar in the 1660s. Remnants of Wagenaar’s Reservoir can be seen in the Golden Acre, Adderley Street. 18 Coffee Time 20 Breda Street, Cape Town Start with an all-day breakfast, lunch or a leisurely tea break at this well run eatery that has a special ‘soul’. Buffet lunches on Wednesday. “….a hats off to a centre that helps people with special needs achieve dignity and a sense of worth”, writes food reviewer Jos Baker. ‘Milchik’. And shop for something special at adjoining Giftime. T 021 461 8414 E [email protected] www.jcc.org.za Mon to Thurs 08h00 – 15h45; Fri 08h00 – 15h00; open occasional Sun – booking essential T 021 465 1405 E [email protected] www.gardensshul.org Open to the public weekdays 10h00 – 15h30 MAP TO JEWISH CAPE TOWN 17 Cape Town High School Cnr Hatfield & Orange Streets, Cape Town Formerly Hope Mill Hebrew Public School. It began in 1860 as a small one-roomed school for Jewish children. Kindergarten teacher at Hope Mill and then headmistress at Central Girls School (in Buitekant St), Roza van Gelderen (1890 - 1969) was regarded as an educator ahead of her times. 8 9 10 30 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1-7 ROZA VAN GELDEREN UCT IRMA STERN MUSEUM CAPE TOWN CITY CENTRE City Sightseeing Red Bus route Bus stops confederate raider Alabama, the ship captured off Camps Bay. Grandson of Aaron, Alfred de Pass’ donations of paintings and etchings, formed the nucleus of Iziko South African National Gallery’s 8 collection, and a room is named in his honour. The first building to be used as a synagogue was purchased in 1849, on the corner of Bouquet and St John’s Street 10 . In 1857, the first Jewish organisation, the Philanthropic Society of the Jewish Community of the Cape of Good Hope, today's Jewish Community Services, was established On Rosh Hashanah, 13th September 1863, the first custom-built synagogue in sub-Saharan Africa, now incorporated into the South African Jewish Museum 2 was consecrated. From 1881, a steadily increasing number of Jewish immigrants arrived in South Africa from Eastern Europe, mainly from Lithuania and Latvia. It is estimated that 40 000 Jews arrived in the Cape between 1880 and 1910, and a further 30 000 between 1910 and 1948. The new immigrants settled mainly in District Six, Woodstock, and areas close to the city. Most found it easier to find work in the small country towns and farming areas, which were economically undeveloped. Soon Jewish communities began to spring up all over South Africa. PIC SAJM In Cape Town itself, the arrival of the East European immigrants resulted in a proliferation of societies, schools, clubs and organisations to help them settle and establish themselves. The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation outgrew its prem- ises and on September 13th 1905, moved to a new and larger 1 500-seat Great Synagogue 3 or colloquially, the Gardens Shul - opened by Hyman Liberman, the first Jewish mayor of Cape Town. South African Jewish Museum

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Trace and explore Jewish heriTage in Cape Town & Surrounds How can I connect with the local Jewish narrative

past and present? What places and spaces reflect the Jewish footprint

in the Mother City? Where can I find my Jewish roots in Cape Town? The Jewish Map to Cape Town answers these questions and a whole lot more.

“Nu?….so what else would you like to know?” Feedback is always welcome.

SPONSORS

The Cohen Family ChariTable TrusTSouth African Jewish Museum

Jewish Routes and Roots in Cape Town & Surrounds

Publishers of special interest maps. To view all our maps visit www.mapmyway.co.zaC +27 83 783 1003 E [email protected]© 2016

Research, Inspiration and copy: Gwynne robins, Deputy Director, Cape sa Jewish board of DeputiesWith thanks to: marco Van embden, 'Community activist'Published by: a&C maps cc www.mapmyway.co.za Design: infestation | www.infestation.co.za

While all information is accurate at time of printing, we recommend that you call ahead to confirm. also check regular updates on mapmyway.co.za/placecategory/jewish

The walking tour on this map is designed to help you find Jewish places and spaces in the city centre. Information that reflects the major migration from Eastern Europe and the ongoing contribution of South African Jewry in South Africa is impressively documented in the SA Jewish Museum, making this an excellent starting point.

1 St John’s Street Synagogue88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town

This Classical Revival building, the first custom-built shul ever established in sub-Saharan Africa, opened on Rosh Hashanah, 13 September 1863, located on the east side of Van Riebeeck’s former vegetable garden.

2 South African Jewish Museum88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape TownOpened by former President Nelson Mandela in 2000. This is a visual, interactive and high-tech museum representing the story of the Jews of South Africa, their origins and contributions. Changing exhibitions and a unique Netsuke (miniature Japanese sculpture from the 17th & 18th century) collection add to your experience.

T 021 465 1546 E [email protected] www.sajewishmuseum.co.za Sun to Thurs 10h00 – 17h00; Fri 10h00 – 14h00; closed Sat & Jewish Holidays; open Public Holidays

The Jewish profile in Western Cape has changed. In the first two decades of the 20th century nearly every little town had its Jewish community, its Jewish hoteliers and shopkeepers, its minyan, its synagogue and its cemetery. These country communities have nearly all vanished.

More than 80% of South African Jews now live in the two major metropolitan centres - 60% live in Johannesburg and 22% in Cape Town. Cape Town Jewry has also benefitted from the contribution of German Jews in the 1930s and then three decades later the Sephardi Jews from Rhodes Island (via the Congo and Zimbabwe) most of whom settled in Sea Point and established their own synagogue.

The new South African constitution guarantees equality to all and prohibits discrimination on grounds which included race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.

walKing ToUr oF JEWISH CAPE TOWN

The City Sightseeing Red Bus route is marked on the map to facilitate the use of this hop-on, hop-off service.

Please bring your I.D. or passport for identification purposes when passing through security at the ‘Gardens Community Centre’ to visit places 1 to 7

A SHORT HISTORY oF Jewish cape Town Jews have been involved in the exploration and settlement of the Cape since Europe first developed an interest in finding alternate routes to India. The early Portuguese navigators Bartholomew Diaz and Vasco Da Gama would not have been able to make their journeys without the Jewish mapmakers and the astronomical tables drawn up by Abraham Zacuto.

Although Jews were shareholders and directors of the Dutch East India Company, the company only employed Protestants. There are records of baptised Jews working at the Cape in 1669.

Freedom of religion was only instituted by Governor de Mist, during the

rule of the Batavian Republic in 1804, and guaranteed when the British took over in 1806. The first ‘practicing’ Jew and Jewish doctor in South Africa, Dr Siegfried Frankel, arrived in 1808 (his surgery was at 9 Roeland Street).

Organised Jewish worship was

initiated by Jews who arrived from England with the 1820 settlers. Benjamin Norden brought together the first minyan on Yom Kippur 26th September 1841, when 17 men, including Simeon Marcus and Dr Frankel, met at his house, Helmsely Cottage, 5 Hof Street. A plaque marks the site on a house in the grounds of the Mount Nelson Hotel.

In 1842 the new congregation bought two plots of ground in Woodstock for what would become the Albert Road Cemetery.

The first Jewish marriage took place in 1844, between Amelia Marcus and Michael Benjamin, in the St George's Church under the Senior Colonial Chaplain, Rev Hough in a ceremony in which, with the permission of the Attorney-General, all allusions to the Trinity had been carefully removed. Their son was to become the first barmitzvah boy in 1858.

In 1848 the first Sefer Torah was acquired, brought from England by Aaron de Pass, a shul elder. His brother Elias was the shul secretary. They were shipowners who built the first facilities for shipping repairs and bought the American

Contact Cape Town Tourism on:+27 (0)861 322 [email protected]

www.facebook.com/capetown.travel @lovecapetown/#lovecapetown

3 Great Synagogue 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape TownOldest Jewish congregation in South Africa, established in 1841. The new Baroque style edifice (Architect: John Parker) was opened by congregation President, Hyman Liberman, Mayor of Cape Town, on 13 September 1905. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. Stained glass windows of Cape flowers and grapes installed 1936 and new stained glass windows in 2013. Pulpit transferred from St John’s Street Synagogue 1 .

4 Jacob Gitlin Library88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town

Established 1959. Extensive collection of books, magazines, journals, CDs and DVDs of Jewish interest. Jacob Gitlin was a dedicated Zionist worker and secretary to the Dorshei Zion Society for 27 years.T 021 462 5088 E [email protected] www.gitlinlibrary.co.za

Mon to Thurs 09h00 – 17h00; Fri 09h00 – 14h00; closed Sat and holidays; Sun 10h30 – 15h30

5 Cape Town Holocaust Centre 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town

The first Holocaust Centre in Africa opened in 1999. The Centre houses a permanent exhibition and conducts educational programmes for schools, educators and diverse adult groups. T 021 462 5553 E [email protected] www.holocaust.co.za

Hours: Sun –Thurs 10h00 – 17h00, Fri 10h00 – 14h00. Closed Sat

6 Café Riteve 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town

Popular kosher ‘milchik’ restaurant and take-aways, with well stocked gift shop.T 021 465 1594 E [email protected] www.caferieteve.co.zaSun to Thurs 08h30 - 17h00; Fri 08h30 – 14h30

8 Iziko South African National Gallery Government Avenue, Cape Town

Important collection of South African and international art. The Hyman Liberman Memorial Doors, carved by Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz, honour Mayor Liberman, who championed the establishment of the gallery and was a generous philanthropist. The doors represent ‘Hebrew Migration from Many Lands’, ‘Arrival in the Land of Peace and Prosperity’ and ‘Rebecca at the Well’. The bas-relief sculpture over the main entrance to the Gallery was carved by his wife Eva Meyerowitz, the famed scholar of West African art. The bas relief panels above the doors to each room were also carved by Meyerowitz. The Alfred de Pass collection of English and French

paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints donated between 1926 and 1949, and a room named after him, commemorate this benefactor. Iziko SANG also houses the collection of Italian drawings donated by Lady Michaelis in 1930.T 021 481 3970 E [email protected] www.iziko.org.za Mon to Sun 10h00-17h00

9 Pond in front of Iziko SANGThe young child holding the spouting water, carved by Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz was modelled on his son.

7 Water Fountain88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape TownThe water fountain is designed as a tribute to Patrons and Friends of the UJC Cape Town, who have deep roots in in the Mother City but now live elsewhere.T 021 464 6700 www.ujc.org.za

10 Belvedere House, Cnr Bouquet & St John’s Streets, Cape Town

Adjoining the Lodge De Goede Hoop (first Masonic Lodge in South Africa) are two houses and a store, purchased in 1849 for £800, for use as a synagogue and a minister’s house. The Simon van de Stel Foundation plaque reads:

“On this site stood a house which was used as the first synagogue in South Africa consecrated by the Reverend Isaac Pulver, the first minister, until a synagogue was built facing Government Avenue consecrated on 13 September 1863”.

11 Houses of Parliament 90 Plein Street, Cape Town The Houses of Parliament contain the Mendelssohn Collection assembled by Sydney Mendelssohn, a diamond dealer, the first great collector of Africana and a compiler of the classic South African Bibliography published in 1910. Jewish members of Parliament continue to play a role in South African politics.

T 021 403 2201/2266 | www.parliament.gov.za | Tours: Mon to Fri 10h00 and 12h00 – bring I.D. or passport; booking essential 1 week in advance.

12 Jan Christian Smuts Statue by Sydney Harpley

Jan Smuts was a signatory to the Balfour Declaration, a friend of Chaim Weizmann, first President of the State of Israel, and personally fund-raised for Zionist organisations and lobbied against the 1939 White Paper. Several streets in Israel and Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan were named after him. His government gave de facto recogni-tion to Israel on 24 May 1948. See also statue by Ivan Mitford Barberton in front of the Iziko Slave Lodge 13 .

13 Iziko Slave LodgeCnr Adderley & Wale Streets, Cape TownBuilt in 1679 to house the slaves of the Dutch East India Company, it was used as government offices from 1810 including, at various times, the Cape Supreme Court, the first library, the first post office, Deeds Office, and the Women’s Auxiliary Services of the South African Defence Force. In 1966 it became the SA Cultural History Museum, and in 1998 was renamed the Slave Lodge. It houses the Heller Collection of Silver.

T 021 467 7229 E [email protected] www.iziko.org.zaMon to Sat f10h00 to 17h00 Closed Sundays, Workers’ Day and Christmas Day | Adults R30, 6-18 years R15, SA Students and pensioners R15, Under 5’s free

14 Cape Argus - Newspaper House 122 St George’s Mall, Cape Town

The Cape Argus, established on 3 January 1857, was owned from 1863 to 1885 by Saul Solomon, a printer. Described as the “Cape Disraeli,” childhood rheumatic fever had left

Solomon 4 feet tall with crippled legs. He was a brilliant scholar who became a prominent member of the Cape Parliament which he addressed standing on a box. It was said of him that he was “the smallest man amongst us in stature, but in mind, he is taller than any of us by a whole head”.

15 Iziko The Old Town House Greenmarket Square, Cape Town

Built in 1756 to replace the Watch House, and now a museum that houses the Old Dutch and Flemish art collection donated in 1917 by Sir Max Michaelis, a Jewish gold magnate, as a “practical expression of his affection for the country in which he had spent his earlier days”. There is a memorial to Michaelis in the courtyard. T 021 481 3933 Mon to Sat 10h00 – 17h00

16 Queen Victoria Street This street used to be called Tuinpad (Garden Path) because it ran alongside the canal through which flowed the stream from Platteklip Gorge on Table Mountain.

Sailors filled their kegs at the reservoir built by Zacharias Wagenaar in the 1660s. Remnants of Wagenaar’s Reservoir can be seen in the Golden Acre, Adderley Street.

18 Coffee Time 20 Breda Street, Cape TownStart with an all-day breakfast, lunch or a leisurely tea break at this well run eatery that has a special ‘soul’. Buffet lunches on Wednesday. “….a hats off to a centre that helps people with special needs achieve dignity and a sense of worth”, writes food reviewer Jos Baker. ‘Milchik’. And shop for something special at adjoining Giftime.T 021 461 8414 E [email protected]

www.jcc.org.za Mon to Thurs 08h00 – 15h45; Fri 08h00 – 15h00; open occasional Sun – booking essential

T 021 465 1405 E [email protected] www.gardensshul.org Open to the public weekdays 10h00 – 15h30

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JEWISH CAPE TOWN

17 Cape Town High SchoolCnr Hatfield & Orange Streets, Cape Town

Formerly Hope Mill Hebrew Public School. It began in 1860 as a small one-roomed school for Jewish children. Kindergarten teacher at Hope Mill and then headmistress at Central Girls School (in Buitekant St), Roza van Gelderen (1890 - 1969) was regarded as an educator ahead of her times.

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confederate raider Alabama, the ship captured off Camps Bay. Grandson of Aaron, Alfred de Pass’ donations of paintings and etchings, formed the nucleus of Iziko South African National Gallery’s 8 collection, and a room is named in his honour.

The first building to be used as a synagogue was purchased in 1849, on the corner of Bouquet and St John’s Street 10 .

In 1857, the first Jewish organisation, the Philanthropic Society of the Jewish Community of the Cape of Good Hope, today's Jewish Community Services, was established

On Rosh Hashanah, 13th September 1863, the first custom-built synagogue in sub-Saharan Africa, now incorporated into the South African Jewish Museum 2 was consecrated.

From 1881, a steadily increasing number of Jewish immigrants arrived in South Africa from Eastern Europe, mainly from Lithuania and Latvia. It is estimated that 40 000 Jews arrived in the Cape between 1880 and 1910, and a further 30 000 between 1910 and 1948. The new immigrants settled mainly in District Six, Woodstock, and areas close to the city. Most found it easier to find work in the small country towns and farming areas, which were economically undeveloped. Soon Jewish communities began to spring up all over South Africa.

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In Cape Town itself, the arrival of the East European immigrants resulted in a proliferation of societies, schools, clubs and organisations to help them settle and establish themselves.

The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation outgrew its prem-ises and on September 13th 1905, moved to a new and larger 1 500-seat Great Synagogue 3 – or colloquially, the Gardens Shul - opened by Hyman Liberman, the first Jewish mayor of Cape Town.

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USEFUL CONTACTS EMERGENCIES: Cso/ezra 086 18 911 18 www.csocape.org.za

CapE JEwISh BoaRd of dEputIES www.capebod.org.za 021 464 6700

uJC uNItEd JEwISh CaMpaIGN www.ujc.org.za 021-464-6700

fRIENdS of thE uJC CapE towN www ujc.org.za 021 464 6700

JCC JEwISh CaRE CapE www.jewishcare.org.za 021 462 5520

• astra and Rosecourt Group homes 021 465 4200

• CJSa – Cape Jewish Seniors association 021 434 9691

• JCS – Jewish Community Services 021 462 5520

• Glendale 021 712 0270

• highlands house 021 461 1100

• Nechama 021 462 5520

• Oranjia 021 462 5520

uNItEd hERzlIa SChoolS www.herzlia.com 021 464 3300

phyllIS JowEll SChool www.phyllisjowell.org.za 021 438 4545

uoS uNItEd oRthodox SyNaGoGuES www.uos.co.za 021 461 6310

tEMplE ISRaEl www.templeisrael.co.za 021 434 8901

HEBREW 101 Barmitzvah Coming of age ceremony for a Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13

Kosher Food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten in accordance with the requirements of Jewish dietary law

Milchik Food made of or derived from milk or dairy prod-ucts (see kosher above)

Minyan The quorum of ten Jewish adults (men only in the orthodox tradi-tion; women included in egalitarian communities) required for certain reli-gious obligations

Parev Food made without milk, meat, or their derivatives, and therefore permissible to be eaten with both meat and dairy dishes according to dietary laws (see kosher above)

Sefer Torah a handwritten parch-ment scroll containing the five Books of Moses (see Torah below)

Shul This Yiddish word for a synagogue is derived from a German word meaning "school," reflect-ing the house of worship’s role as a place of study

Torah The holiest text within Judaism (see Sefer Torah above)

PLACES OF INTEREST

41 Somerset WestSynagogue, 43A Lourensford Road, Somerset West

Regular services: The Strand congregation has merged with Somerset West

old Synagogue: Wesley Street, StrandCemetery: cnr Beach and Gordon’s Bay Road, Strand

T 082 871 0281 (Hertzel) 082 751 6437 (Cedric) E [email protected]

42 Stellenbosch Agudat Achim Synagogue, 44 Van Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch

Established 1899, Agudat Achim Synagogue built 1923. First wedding 1902 between Moses Zuckerman and Rebecca Glaser who taught German at the Rhenish Institute. Their son was knighted as Sir Solly Zuckerman. Hall and classrooms converted to restaurant and retail outlets.Cemetery: cnr Adam Tas & Distillery Roads (next to the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre)

T 021 886 5257 or 082 824 1908 E [email protected]

43 PaarlOr Israel Synagogue, cnr Breda & Synagogue Street, Paarl

Congregation established 1893. Destroyed by fire 1926, rebuilt August 1927. Charles Back came from Lithuania in 1902, set up as a butcher in Paarl, bought Klein Babylonstoren in 1916 and became at one time the largest Jewish wine producer in the country. Today Paarl is combined with the Wellington Communityold Cemetery (1894-1938): East end of Hospital Street, next to Hoerskool van der Walt New Cemetery (from1925): cnr Jan van Riebeeck & Langenhoven Streets

T 021 871 1224 E [email protected]

44 HermanusSynagogue, Jose Burman Ave, Eastcliff, Hermanus

With an increase in retired people to this coastal town, the now active community has regular services. A new Synagogue was consecrated on 7 September 2008. Cemetery: near Fernkloof.

T 072 200 2993 E [email protected] www.hermanusshul.co.za

COUNTRY COmmUNITIES

CAPE PENINSULA

30 Café B’Tayavon at Highlands House234 Upper Buitenkant Street, Highlands Estate

Based at Highlands House, home for the elderly, an ideal place for a catch up coffee and chat. Milchik snacks and light meals. Takeaways: milchik.T 021 461 1100 x 250 E Barbara Friedman [email protected]

Sun to Fri 09h00 – 16h00 including public holidays Closed on Sat and Jewish Holidays

31 Kaplan Centre CanteenUniversity of Cape Town, Engineering Mall, off Ring Road, Upper Campus, Rondebosch 7700.

Lunches, take- aways and orders. Meat and parev.T 021 650 2688.

Mon to Fri 08h30 – 14h30 during term; closed during summer vacation.

Restaurants & DelisSee also Café Rieteve (6) and Coffee Time (19) on side 1

28 Avron’s Place 19-33 Regent Road, Sea Point

Restaurant and take-aways. Meat and parev. T 021 439 7610 E [email protected]

Sun to Thurs 11h00 – 15h00 and 17h00 – 20h00; Fri 09h00 – 14h30; Dec/Jan Sat 1 hour after Shabbat till late

29 Goldies Deli 174 Main Road, Sea Point

Restaurant and take-aways. Meat and parev.

T 021 434 1116 www.goldiesdeli.co.za

KOSHER CAPE TOWN

20 Groote Schuur Hospital Transplant Museum Groot Schuur Dr, Observatory

Jewish doctors made great contributions to the historic first heart transplant operation performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard on the Jewish recipient Louis Washkansky. Busts of Jewish doctors carved by Dr Penn include, Prof Schrire; Widan plaque: tapestry by Leonora Kibel. An installation by Esther Surdut about the second heart transplant, including photo of medical team, stands in the entrance. Notice Vladimir Meyerowitz’s magnificently carved fanlights arching over the five solid teak entrance doors to Groote Schuur Hospital.

T 021 404 1967 E [email protected] www.heartofcapetown.co.za

Guided tours daily at 09h00, 11h00, 13h00, 15h00

19 Old Woodstock Shul 1 Argyle Street (cnr Albert Road), Woodstock 7925

Situated in the deconsecrated Woodstock synagogue, and forming part of Cape Town’s trendy renewal of this area, is the Whatiftheworld Gallery. Tues to Fri 10h00 – 17h00; Sat 10h00 – 14h00; or by appointment

21 Pinelands Jewish CemetryForest Dr, Thornton, Cape Town,

The Jewish Cemeteries Maintenance Board (CMB) is

responsible for maintenance of all 5 Jewish cemeteries in the Cape Peninsula.T 021 461 6310www.jewishcemetery.co.za

22 University of Cape Town Upper Campus, Rondebosch Engineering Mall, off Ring Road, Upper Campus

The Rachel Bloch House contains the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research.Kosher cafeteria (see 34 ).T 021 650 3062 T (Library) 021 650 779 www.kaplancentre.uct.ac.za

23 UCT Irma Stern MuseumCecil Road, Rosebank 7700

Home of Jewish German Expressionist artist, her studio and collections including African and eastern art, and furniture, herb and rose garden. A jewel of a ‘home’ museum, with changing exhibitions. T 021 685 5686 www.irmastern.co.za

Tues to Sun 10h00 -17h00

24 Montebello Design Centre 31 Newlands Ave, Newlands 7700

Developed as a result of a bequest by Cecil Michaelis (see 12 ). The Centre is housed in the stables and gardener’s cottage on what was the northern corner of the original estate. The Centre has studio spaces for designers, artists and crafters, craft shop and art gallery. The Gardener’s Cottage is a delightful restaurant for breakfast, teas and lunch.

T 021 685 6445 www.montebello.co.za

25 Kirstenbosch National Botanical GardensRhodes Dr, Newlands

The original entrance gates, as you enter these internationally renowned botanical gardens, were donated by Lady Phillips.T 021 799 8783 Enquiries

T 021 799 8782 Ticket Office

E [email protected]

www.sanbi.org/gardens/kirstenboschSep to Mar 08h00 – 19h00; Apr to Aug 08h00 – 18h00

26 Groote Constantia Manor House Groot Constantia Rd, Constantia

Furniture donated by De Pass family – see 8 .T 021 795 5149 E [email protected] www.grootconstantia.co.za

Daily 10h00 – 17h00. Closed Christmas Day and Worker’s Day

Adults: R20.00; Students up to 18 years: Free; Pensioners: R10.00

27 Muizenberg International song-writer Hal Shaper, born in this seaside suburb, referred to it as a ‘shtetl by the sea’. Once the summer holiday destination of choice, it catered to a predominantly Jewish following and boasted several kosher and ‘kosher-style’ hotels and delis. The local shul still operates. Recently published book: Muizenberg - the story of The Shtetl by the Sea by Hedy I Davis. Muizenberg remains a great destination for a swim and for riding the waves at Surfer’s Corner.

35 Super Spar 94 Regent Road, Sea Point

Family owned store with an extensive range of Kosher products which are of superior quality and freshness. “We take the time so you don’t have to!” Deli, bakery (Parev and Patt Yisrael), butchery (only pre-packed with BD sign), roast chickens and pre-packaged foodT 021 439 0913/4

36 Ocean’s Edge84 Regent Road, Sea Point

Only fresh and minced fishT 021 433 0860

37 Two Oceans Salt River Market, 15 Voortrekker Road, Salt River

Fish Shop - wholesale and retail

T 021 447 8971

39 BacksbergSimondium Road, Klapmuts, 7625 GPS S 33° 49, 684′ E 18° 54, 917′T 021 875 5141 E [email protected] www.backsberg.co.zaMon to Fri 08h30 – 17h00; Sat 09h30 – 16h30; Sun 10h30 – 16h30wine tasting: R20 per person waived on purchase of wineformal tasting: R60 per person (booking required)

wine Blending Experience: R125 per person (booking required)

40 Fairview

Suid-Agter Paarl Road, Paarl GPS S 33.77246169 E 18.923036846Fairview invites you to a kosher goats milk cheese tasting.With vineyards in the leading grape-producing areas of the country, Fairview produces distinctive wines across a variety of styles and terroirs, showcasing third generation vintner Charles back’s inventive use of both classic and unusual varieties.

T 021 863 2450 E [email protected]

www.fairview.co.za/cheeseDaily 9am - 5pm

PIC: BaRBaRa aRenSon

SUPERmARKETS, KOSHER COUNTERS, DELIS, BAKERIES, BUTCHERIES & FISH SHOPS

32 Pick n PayDeli, bakery, butchery, roast chickens, fish shop and pre-packaged food. Seafood is either Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified, Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified, WWF-SASSI green listed or sourced from fisheries/farms which are engaged in credible, time-bound improvement projects.Sea point: Adelphi Centre, Main Road T 021 434 8987/8

Claremont: cnr Main & Campground Roads T 021 674 5908/9

plumstead: Family Store, Gabriel Road. Fresh and minced fish and herrings (chopped, Danish & rollmops). T 021 762 1124

34 Checkers Sea PointThe Point Centre, cnr Regent & St Andrews Roads, Sea Point

Deli, bakery, butchery, fish shop, fruit & veg, wine department, liquor store and Money Market.T 021 430 4680

33 Woolworths Fish Shop Piazza St John, Main Road, Sea Point 8005Fresh fish & raw salmon fishcakes only. Woolies works with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and WWF-Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (WWF-SASSI) to ensure that all their seafood is responsibly sourced.T 021 4304811

Constantia: Constantia Village. T 021 794 5960 (No bakery)

table View: Cnr Blaauberg and Otto Du Plessis. T 021 557 6180

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CAPE PENINSULA & SURROUNDS

WINELANDS ROUTE

38 Zandwijk Wine Farm                  Pieter Hugo Street, Courtrai, Southern Paarl, Paarl, 7646 GPS: S 33°46’ 33.3” E 018° 56’ 50.4”

Dating back to the seventeenth century, Zandwijk has been diligently restored to recapture its 300 year old history. Nestled on the south eastern slope of Paarl mountain, the vineyard enjoys a superior terroir, which contributes towards captivating the delicacy and complexity of both red and white grape cultivars alike. Once certified by the Cape Beth Din and Orthodox Union of America all Kleine Draken wines and juices are

Kosher and Kosher for Passover.

T 021 863 2368 E [email protected] www.kosherwines.co.za www.kleinedraken.co.za.

Mon-Fri: 8am-4pm, Closed: Sat, Sun, Public & Jewish Holidays.

Pre-book a picnic or bring your own picnics. See website for details. No Restaurant on premises.

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