Links to some Southern African Jewish communities, where somebody is making a web presence
On this page you can click on a community to see what material has been assembled for each one listed, and see how you can navigate around the sites. Some are well structured so that there is a logical way to navigate them and find the information you are looking for. Others have posted interesting material in a fairly random fashion. If you have information to contribute about any of the listed communities please send it to info@chol.website and we will pass it on to the 'driver' of each community site.
| Location | Driver | Platform | Date established |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort West | Natie Finkelstein | CHOL | 2023 |
| Benoni | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2016 |
| Bloemfontein | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2015 |
| Brandfort | Faisia Shaskolsky | PDF book | 2015 |
| Caledon | Steve Albert | CHOL | 2023 |
| Cape Town: Jewish Cemeteries Board | Sam Galansky | 2012 | |
| Cape Town: Synagogue: Chassidishe Shul to Arthurs Road | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Cape Town: Synagogue: Marais Road, Sea Point | Gwynne Schrire | Kaplan Centre, UCT | c2012 |
| Cape Town: Synagogue: Ponevez Shul | Eli Rabinowitz | 2015 | |
| Cape Town: Synagogues in the Gardens: The Great; Vredehoek; Schoonder Street | Geraldine Auerbach | CHOL | 2023 |
| Cape Town: Miscellany | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Cape Town: Muizenberg | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2013 |
| Cape Town: Woodstock and Salt River | Juan-Paul Burke | SAJM Archives | 2021 |
| Cape Town: Northern Suburbs - Partners in primary care | Gail Loon Lustig | Kaplan Centre, UCT | 2022 |
| Cape: Western Cape synagogues | Steven Albert | Blog | 2013 |
| Ceres | Jos Kahn | CHOL | 2023 |
| Darling | Steve Albert | CHOL | 2023 |
| De Aar | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2015 |
| Germiston | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Graaff Reinet | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2016 |
| Grahamstown | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2016 |
| Johannesburg: Miscellany | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2015 |
| Johannesburg: Wits Medical Graduates of 1960 | Geraldine Auerbach / Wits Alumni Association | Mailchimp | 2020 |
| Kimberley | Geraldine Auerbach / Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Kimberley: Baronial Street Synagogue | Geraldine Auerbach MBE | CHOL | 2023 |
| Kimberley: Memorial Road Synagogue | Geraldine Auerbach MBE | CHOL | 2023 |
| Laingsburg | Steve Albert | CHOL | 2023 |
| Malmesbury | Steve Albert | CHOL | 2023 |
| Oudtshoorn | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Paarl | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2017 |
| Pietersburg | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Port Elizabeth | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Potchefstroom | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2018 |
| Pretoria | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Springs | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2017 |
| Stellenbosch | Eli Rabinowitz / Gerald Potash | CHOL / KehilaLinks | 2023 |
| Uniondale | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2016 |
| Upington | Bramie Lenhoff | KehilaLinks | 2014 |
| Vryburg: Community, family albums | Gary Sussman | Wix | 2020 |
| Vryburg: Miscellany | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2020 |
| Witbank | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2013 |
| Maputo, Mozambique | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2017 |
| Mauritius | Eli Rabinowitz | KehilaLinks | 2017 |
| Zimbabwe | Dave Bloom | 2004, updated 2022 |
If you are thinking of making a web presence for your community
Consensus seems to say that you might like to assemble your text and pictures under the following headings. For assistance, please contact us at info@chol.website. We will be happy to get you started.
- Homepage – welcome / who you are / where the community is, etc.
- Timeline – from when Jews started to populate the area
- People – an A-Z directory of families or individuals linking to their own page if you have a family story
- Activities - here you can write about anniversaries, picnics weddings, bar- and bat-mitzvahs, theatricals, etc.
- Synagogue – the story of where and when Jews gathered for prayer
- Cemeteries – the grounds where they are buried
- Articles – printed and written articles about your town
- Updates – your communication with residents and ex-pats, if any
- Images – galleries of pictures if you have
- Contact – how people can get in touch with you
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