South African Jewish Museum
Established | 2000 |
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Location | 88 Hatfield Street Gardens Cape Town |
Coordinates | 33°55′47″S 18°25′01″E / 33.92985829565731°S 18.416979946637067°E |
Founder | Mendel Kaplan |
Director | Gavin Morris |
Website | www |
The South African Jewish Museum is a museum of South African
History
In 1996, philanthropist
Exhibitions
Permanent exhibitions include a reconstruction of a Lithuanian shtetl, showing the life and conditions of the Jewish migrants before their arrival in South Africa.[4][1]
In 2010, the museum staged an exhibition about Muizenberg, a beach town in the Western Cape that was once a premier travel destination among South African Jews as well as home to a synagogue and 600 Jewish families[6] The exhibition, ″Jiving with Madiba″ by cartoonist, Zapiro opened in 2011.[7] A 2012 exhibition, ″The Jews of District Six: Another Time, Another Place″ focused on the Jewish resident population in District Six before its destruction.[8] In 2015, the museum showcased the exhibition ″Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights″, chronicling her anti-apartheid activism.[9] In 2020, the museum opened an exhibition, ″Ground Breakers: A History of Progressive Judaism in South Africa″ about the history and role of Progressive Judaism (Reform) in the country.[10] In 2021 a new exhibition opened, ″The Life of Ali Bacher: From the Cricket Field″, charting the life of the Jewish cricketer, Ali Bacher from Johannesburg.[11]
Gallery
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The Old Shul, entrance to the SAJM
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Interior of the Old Shul
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Interior of the Old Shul
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Reconstruction of a traditional Jewish shtetl in Lithuania
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Interior of a wooden dwelling in a traditional Lithuanian shtetl
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Permanent exhibition
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The Norden Cup, presented to Benjamin Norden, leading founder of the first Jewish congregation in South Africa, when he returned to England in 1858
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Opening stone
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Exhibition at the SAJM
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The first Torah Scroll, brought to South Africa by Aaron de Pass
References
- ^ a b c d Memory Going Global: The Jewish Museum and Holocaust Centre in Cape Town AJS Perspectives. Spring 2010
- ^ A global compilation for the Jewish culture vulture The Jerusalem Post. 2 February 2017
- ^ The Future of Jewish South Africa Tablet Mag. 22 March 2023
- ^ a b Mandela: New Museum Will Record Jews’ Contribution to South Africa Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 18 December 2000
- ^ a b US government funds restoration of SA’s oldest shul South African Jewish Report. 1 June 2023
- ^ Memories of Muizenberg The Jerusalem Post. 4 April 2012
- ^ Zapiro: Jiving with Madiba Art Times. July 2011
- ^ Memory, reconciliation and the Jewish history of District Six Dafkadotcom. 15 February 2022.
- ^ Opening of Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights exhibition at the SA Jewish Museum Cape Jewish Chronicle. 4 February 2016
- ^ Ground Breakers: A History of Progressive Judaism in South Africa World Union for Progressive Judaism. December 2020
- ^ Cricket legend Ali Bacher is the star of SA Jewish Museum’s summer exhibition IOL. 7 February 2022