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JewishGen Southern Africa SIG |
JewishGen |
This Southern Africa Special Interest Group page is a portal to basic information research, as well as a research community focused on the subject. It also provides access to their journal. |
| 2 |
Kaplan Centre archives |
Kaplan Centre, UCT |
This is one of the largest collections of historical material relating to Jewish life in South Africa. Contains personal papers as well as congregational and organisational records. Other resources are also listed here. |
| 3 |
South African Jewish Rootsbank |
Kaplan Centre, UCT |
A comprehensive database of records and information relating to Jewish immigration to and Jewish life in South Africa. Searchable by births, cemeteries, communities, congregations, marriages, deaths, military records, naturalisations, societies, shipping manifests, and volunteers in Israel. |
| 4 |
South African Jewish Museum archives |
South African Jewish Museum (SAJM) |
An online collection that captures the rich history of South African Jewry in thousands of photographs, films, voice recordings, videos and documents that have been gathered from Jewish families around southern Africa and the world. |
| 5 |
Jewish life in South African country communities |
South African Friends of Beit Hatefutsoth |
After 30 years of research, six regional books have been published and the seventh and final one is in progress, thus covering the whole country. Over 1550 places, including towns, villages, railway sidings and farms have been documented. Books and information available from museum@beyachad.co.za. List of places covered. |
| 6 |
South African Jewry Yearbook 1967-8 |
Jeremy Hodes |
Yearbook 1967-8 digitized by Jeremy Hodes. 2425 biographies and several longer articles, all available in full text with every word being searchable. Useful if searching for locations, spouses, employment, etc. For example, searching Ermelo brings up two biographies, Lazar Sidelsky and Lily Gladys Schwartz. |
| 7 |
Bibliography of South African Jewry |
Veronica Belling |
The objective of this bibliography is to provide the researcher with a comprehensive guide to the South African Jewish experience, as reflected in writings by and about South African Jews and Judaism. |
| 8 |
South African Jewish Cookbook Project |
Gavin Beinart-Smollan |
Dozens of digitised cookbooks reveal far more than simply how to cook. South African Jewish women expressed their aspirations, formulated Jewish identity and practice, and carved out a place for themselves as women in the community and in their homes. |
| 9 |
Compilations of David Solly Sandler |
David Solly Sandler |
Sandler has compiled an enormous number of memoirs, essays and articles on Jewish life in South Africa and its Litvak heritage. Starting with the orphans in Arcadia (Johannesburg), the Ochberg Orphans, Oranjia (Cape Town) and the Pinsker Orphans, the histories/memories of about 400 children take us back to the horrors in Eastern Europe between the world wars. Books are obtainable from Solly via email. |
| 10 |
Several Jewish-related articles |
South African History Online (SAHO) |
Articles on antisemitism, on activists and individuals: Percy Yutar, Issie Maisels, Adrian Leftwich, Solly Sachs, Jennifer Davis, Harry Heinz Schwarz, Vera Ponnen. |
