Meet the Jewish families of Bellville
Bellville had a teeming Jewish Community from the 1930s to the 1980s, active in commerce, entertainment, and health care as well as other trades and professions in the town.
Read interesting anecdotes of some of Bellville’s memorable characters:
- Abel: The history of the Premier Bioscope
- Cohen: The story behind the plaque of Nathan Cohen that was in the entrance foyer of the communal hall
- Imerman: Making their Rosh Hashana wine and cheese, and a bit about their cousin Der Blinde Chazzan
- Lubinsky: The story of Mary Lubinsky who at the age of 13 came to Cape Town from Lithuania accompanied by her younger brother
- Perch: The story of Ochberg orphan Sam Perch
- Pilowski: Ronnie Pilowski - 6 decades as a cricket umpire
- Ruskin: Phyllis Ruskin - drama teacher
- Smith: David Smith has made a list of people he remembers called 'Our Gang'. Are you there?
- Other stories: The King David Country Club – and the memories of the caddy who remembers the Jewish golfers in its heyday
Families who lived in Bellville
This table lists all the names and families that I can remember and what they did from the 1950s onwards. If the surname is underlined, you can click it for a link to more information about the family. If your family is missing, or you have a family anecdote, please let me know. Stanley Loon
| Surname | Parents | Children | Address | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel | Michael | |||
| Abel | Benny & Polly | Hazel, Roslyn | 36 Durban Rd | Ran Premier Bioscope |
| Abel | L | c/o Outspan Hotel | ||
| Abrams | cor, 11th Ave & Duminy | |||
| Allen | Les | |||
| Alkin | M | Blue Gum Ave, Durbell Estate | ||
| Anstey | Issy & Sybil | Gillian, Carol, Wendy | 23 Salisbury Rd | General Practitioner, Town councillor |
| Anziska | Harry & Naomi | Brian, Don | 17 Coronation Ave. | General Practitioner |
| Banks | Willy & Ettie | Max, Raphael | Langenhoven St | |
| Barron | Norman & Linda | Leigh, Jade, Robert, Melody | Pharmacist at Kidsons | |
| Barron | Aubrey & Avis | Norman, Jeffrey, Peter, David | 30, 9th Ave. | Pharmacist at Kidsons |
| Becker | C | |||
| Berelowitz | Joe & Ethle | Saul, Lance | 8 Lincoln St | |
| Berger | S.M. | 41, 7th Ave. | ||
| Berger | S.E. | 62, 8th Ave. | ||
| Berkman | Wulfie & Greta | Marcelle, David | ||
| Berger | Wulfie & Rhoda | Brian, Denise, Jonathan | 59, 10th Ave. | |
| Berman | Morris & Lilly | David, Ivor | Pharmacist | |
| Berman | Aubrey & Hazel | 2, 7th Ave. | ||
| Berman | Hannah | Ghita ,Sidney ,Aubrey, Elaine, Sandra | ||
| Bernstein | N | |||
| Bleiman | Jack & Sheila | Jerome, Barbara | Scott St | Advocate |
| Brock | Dr. E & Goldie | Welgegund, Kraaifontein | ||
| Bub | I | 16, 6th Ave. | ||
| Bub | Jeff & Sheila | Gary, Kevin, Alan | Welgemoed | |
| Bub | Sam & Sylvia | Welgemoed | ||
| Chapeikin | Julius & Hetty | Lorna, Selwyn | 5 Adelphin Court, Cleveland St | General dealer |
| Cohen | Athol & Barbara | Cindy | Voortrekker Rd | |
| Cohen | Malcolm & Hoda | Beverley, Mandy, Trevor | 39 Boundary Rd | |
| Cohen | Bubbles & Minky | Athol, Neville, Morris | 73, 17th Ave. | worked at Shoprite |
| Cohen | Ralph, Sidney | |||
| Cohen | Louis | Melvin, Nanette | retailer, owned a couple of shops |
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| Cohen | Benny & Lily | Haidee | Lawyer | |
| Cohen | Zalman & Sete | Nathan | ||
| Conyer | Robert & Sarah | Natalie, Arnold | 24 Durban Rd | Robert was head of the traffic dept in Cape Town. Sarah ran the family furniture store |
| Drapkin | L. | |||
| Elstein | H.D. | 7th Ave. | ||
| Feldman | P | cor. 5th Ave & Washington | ||
| Field | P. | 24, 5th Ave. | ||
| Fish | Jeffrey, Steven | 3rd Crescent | ||
| Friedberg | Lubbe | Karen, Paul, Peter | "Mount Joy" Boston St | |
| Friedberg | Paul & Janneke | Susan | ||
| Friedland | Boris & Diana | David, Bernard | 2nd Ave, Bosonia, Kuilsriver | |
| Fridsol | David, Hilda | Joyce | Modderdam Rd | |
| Frumer | Benny & Betty | Janine | Kuilsriver | Benny was a General Practitioner. Betty was a nursery school teacher |
| Gad | Gershen | Max, Louis, David | Reverend | |
| Geffen | Maurice & Hazel | Benita ,Leon, Nathan | 41 Cleveland St | |
| Geffen | Louis & Louise | Tony, Charles, David | 52A, 13th Ave. | |
| Geller | Joyce and Basil | Ian, Sandra, Lauren | 73 Lincoln St | |
| Gerber | Isaac & Lily | Ashley, Clare | 12th Ave. | Jeweller |
| Gibbert | J. | |||
| Giger | Philip & Loli | Russel, Mark | ||
| Gittleson | Sharon, David | |||
| Glesser | S | 19 Barnard St | ||
| Glickman | Joe & Rose | Leslie, Selma, Estelle | Louwville St | ran H.Glickman Hardware Store |
| Goldberg | Hymie & Frieda | Desmond, Rodney, Maxine, Neil | ||
| Goodleser | Bobby & Nahomi | Marc, Susan ,Barry | ||
| Goodman | Isaac & Hinda | Jonathan, Michelle, Rene | ||
| Goss | Abe & Elaine | Avron, Raymond, Daniel | ||
| Grevler | Asher & Goldie | Bernard, Margaret, Rita | 7 Lincoln St | |
| Groll | George & Irene | Lynn, Alan, Lesley, Gillian | 52 Canterbury St | |
| Hasson | Jacques & Marilyn | Jonathan, Mark, Roseanne, Richard | ||
| Hilkowitz | Robert & Helen | Monty | ||
| Hill | Max & Becky | Rae, Muriel | ||
| Herman | Cecil & Pat | Rael, Sean | ||
| Herman | Joe | |||
| Hollander | Harold, Valerie | |||
| Horowitz | Max & Irene | Adele, Clifford, Ruth, Leon | Salisbury St | Ran ReMax Jewellery |
| Horwitz | Gillain, brother | Gillian lives in Canada | ||
| Hotz | Isaac & Frieda | Marshall, Mathew, Sharon, Errol | 62 Washington St | |
| Hurwitz | B | van Riebeeck Rd, Kuilsriver | ||
| Hurwitz | L | 3rd Ave, Bosonia, Kuilsriver | ||
| Imerman | Abe & Anita | Michael, Ivan | 61, 9th Ave. | Farmer |
| Israel | Rose & Ivan | Merle, Wendy, Fiona | 51 Broadway St | |
| Jaffe | Abe & Isobel | Lauren, Danny | ||
| Jaffe | ran material shop | |||
| Jaffe | Mannie | Gershon | Welgemoed | |
| Jawitz | Chuckie & Celia | Heather, Barbara, Jeffrey, Merle | 12 Langenhoven St | owned Jarvis Store |
| Jawitz | Israel & Shulie | Chuckie, Steven | Coronation Ave. | |
| Kadish | Issy & Frieda | Cynthia, Leon | 34, 2nd Ave. | Pharmacist |
| Kagan | Simon & Minnie | David, Selwyn, Jeffrey, Raymond | 2nd Ave. | |
| Kaplan | Daphne, Myrna | |||
| Kaplan | Leslie & Rae | Yehuda, Avron | ||
| Katz | Mrs D | Merle, Alan | husband was a butcher | |
| Katz | Leon & Beverley | Cindy, Kenneth, Jonathan | 11th Ave. | Pharmacist |
| Katzenellenbogen | Shula | |||
| Kessler | David & Heddy | Monash, Louis, Desiree | 32, 4th Ave. | Attorney |
| Kessler | Solly & Lilly | Franklin, Vivienne | cor 12th Ave & Boston St | Attorney |
| Kruskal | Abe & Millie | Len | 18 Coronation Ave. | Town councillor Len ran mens outfitter |
| Lang | Jacques & Joan | Jeremy, Jennifer, Jonathan | 11th Ave. | |
| Leiserowitz | Leslie, Morris | |||
| Leven | Martha | |||
| Leven | Mary | Phyllis | ||
| Levine | Jack & Bessie | Phillip, Leon, Rodney | 51 Lincoln St | Pharmacist |
| Levinson | Rose | 17 th Ave. | ||
| Levitt | Babe & Sheila | David, Dinky | 50, 6th Ave. | General Practitioner |
| Levitt | Charles & Shirley | Mark, Rael. Toby, Sharon | ||
| Levitt | Teddy & Gladys | Rita, Leslie, Lillian | ||
| Levy | Leslie & Hazel | Glenda, Wendy, Shelley, Derick | 32 Old Paarl Rd | General Practitioner |
| Lewin | Phyllis, Jacquie, Avron | |||
| Lewis | Tolly & Hillary | Barbara, Kathryn, Brenda | 7th Ave. | General Practitioner |
| Lissack | Selwyn | |||
| Loon | Donny & Rita | Gail, Stanley, Rosalind | 61, 18th Ave. | General Practitioner |
| Loon | David & Celia | 48 Barnard St | ||
| Loon | Martin & Lesley | Anton, Carla, Toni | 15th Ave | General Practitioner |
| Lubinsky | Sam & Mary | Anita, Rhona, Irene, Alan | Cleveland St | ran a Furniture Store |
| Lubinsky | David & Esther | Barry, Sylvia | 40 Gladstone st | |
| Mallach | Angel & Denise | Hugh, Peter, Andrea, Lindsay | Durban Rd | General Practitioner |
| Mallach | Steven & Maureen | Lynn | ||
| Marcus | Sonia | Sylvia, Riva | 3rd Ave and Boston | |
| Marcus | Brenda & Peter | Lincoln St | ||
| Margolis | Cyril & Cynthia | Gavin, Neil | ||
| Marks | Jack & Sadie | Jackie, Derek | ||
| Meilich | H. | 36, 10th Ave. | ||
| Miller | Mocki, Benchke, Jessie | |||
| Miller | Benchke & Maureen | Joel | 13th Ave. | |
| Miller | Mockie & Necia | Heidi | 66 Boston St | |
| Mofsowitz | A. | Sarel Cilliers St | ||
| Myerson | Spike & Riva | Ian, Brian, Frieda | Washington St | |
| Nainkin | Cedric & Marina | Elisha, David | ||
| Newman | Hank & Sheila | Carol, Robin, David, Felicity | 3rd Ave. | |
| Nitsun | Arlene, Bessy | 35 Sarel Cilliers St | ||
| Perch | Sam & Bella | Ellian, Ivan | Town Councillor in Kraaifontein. Ran Central Stores in Kraaifontein |
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| Pilowski | Issy, Ronnie | |||
| Politsky | Nathan | |||
| Rabinowitz | Cecil | Benny, Jackie | ||
| Rabinowitz | Moshe | A benM, Sam | 37, 13th Ave. | Reverand |
| Rabinowitz | Jackie & Esme | Steven, Peter | Lawyer | |
| Rabinowitz | Meyer & Lynn | Elisha, David | ||
| Rabinowitz | Zundel & Gerty | Michael, Beila, Ava ,Pearl, Giebor, Tamara | 23, 6th ave | Jeweller |
| Robinson | Gillian | |||
| Rink | Eric & Dinah | Cheryl, David | 9th Ave. | Photographer |
| Rogut | Barney & Heide | Stephen, Denise, Gavin | 22 Washington St | part owner of Shoprite |
| Rogut | Charlie | |||
| Rogut | Sam & Lilly | Debra, Alan | ||
| Ruskin | Dennis & Rebecca | Linda, Alan | 8th Ave. | Duroplastics |
| Ruskin | Jesse | 50, 11th Ave. | ||
| Ruskin | Rodney & Phyllis | Cindy, Karen, Susan, Morris | ||
| Sacks | Alec & Anita | Beulah, Bernard, Stephen | Town councillor Alec Sacks Estate Agency |
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| Sacks | Bernard | Cleveland St | ||
| Sacks | Gabriel | Thelma, Cynthia | 24, 5th Ave. | |
| Salkinder | Doreen | |||
| Salkinder | Heyman & Leah | Paul | Property dealers | |
| Salkinder | Paul & Cheryl | General Practitioner | ||
| Samuels | E.R. | 5, 3rd Ave. | ||
| Seargent | Roy, Bonnie | Lived next to Newman on 3rd ave | ||
| Segal | Mervyn & Leone | Barbi | 38, 12th Ave. | |
| Schnaps | Cecil | |||
| Schneider | Hymie & Fay | Geoffrey, Michael | 34, 6th Ave. | H.Shneider & Co Clothes Shop |
| Schneider | Peter | |||
| Shaban | Herschel & Elaine | Jacques, Gary, Pini | 15th Ave. | |
| Shaban | Michael | |||
| Scher | N. | 67, 13th Ave. | ||
| Shapiro | B. | 84, 15th Ave. | ||
| Shorkend | Dennis & Nester | 72, 18th Ave. | ||
| Sieff | Percy & Sylvia | Actor | ||
| Singer | B.S. | 50, 5th Ave. | ||
| Singer | I. | 61, 2nd Ave. | ||
| Sive | Shabse & Minnie | Moira, Brenda-Anne, Colin, Alan | ||
| Sive | C.L. | 40, 8th Ave. | ||
| Sive | Raymond | |||
| Smith | Phillip & Mabel | Mervyn, David | ||
| Smith | Mervyn & Tamar | 1, Jooste St | Attorny | |
| Spiro | Norman & Mickey | Hazel, Karen, Sheila, Michael | Washington St | Norman and brother Theo ran Bellville Garage |
| Srubis | Mildred | Barry, Angela | ||
| Sonnenshein | E.R. | "Alida" Wahington St | ||
| Surovsky | Alec & Ida | Michelle, Bernard, Rebecca | 16th Ave | Dentist |
| Tanchel | Myles, Searle | |||
| Tobias | Brian & Jean | Jonathan, Debbie | ||
| Toker | Robert & Phyllis | Janice, Rosalind | ||
| Turtledove | S.J. | |||
| van Gelderen | Helene | |||
| Wapnick | H. | |||
| Wapnick | L. | 49 Conroy St, Kraaifontein | ||
| Wapnick | Natie & Lillian | Roslyn, Dana, Lee | 16 Gladstone St | |
| Webner | Ralph & Ada | Gerald, Helen | General Practitioner | |
| Weiner | Solly & Marcia | Stephen, Rafael, Irwin, Illana | 3 Scott St | |
| Weiner | S | 18th Ave. | ||
| Weinberg | Eugene&Florence | Professor of Paediatrics | ||
| Weinberg | Max & Molly | Eugene, Helen | 38, 8th Ave. | |
| Weinberg | Pearl | Temma, John | ||
| Wienberg | Jack & Renie | Alan, Selwyn, Janine | 9 Jooste St | ran Bellville Hotel |
| Wingrin | David & Lorraine | Helene, Howard, Shaun, Yvette | 13th Ave. | Dentist |
| Wolpowitz | Lillian | |||
| Wolpowitz | Ethel | General Practitioner | ||
| Zev | H.N. | |||
| Zieff | I. | 42, 2nd Ave. | ||
| Zolty | Herman & Mary | Brian, Neca, Natalie | ||
| Zucker | Samuel & Queenie | Peter, Jonathan | 3 Kronkel St | Rabbi |
