Jewish Community of Cape Town

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jewish_Community_of_Cape_Town

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:country	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	Ashkenazi tradition Sephardi tradition Lithuanian Jewish heritage
gptkbp:foundedBy	Jewish immigrants from Lithuania
gptkbp:hasSchool	gptkb:United_Herzlia_Schools Herzlia School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jewish Community of Cape Town
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Yiddish English
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkbp:mainCathedral	gptkb:Gardens_Shul Pinelands Jewish Cemetery Maitland Jewish Cemetery
gptkbp:mainCharism	Highlands House Jewish Community Services Cape Town
gptkbp:mainHolocaustMemorial	gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Museum Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre
gptkbp:mainKosherSupervision	gptkb:Union_of_Orthodox_Synagogues_of_South_Africa Beth Din Cape Town
gptkbp:mainYouthMovement	gptkb:Habonim_Dror gptkb:Bnei_Akiva gptkb:Netzer
gptkbp:majorMigrationPeriod	early 20th century late 19th century
gptkbp:neighborhood	gptkb:Claremont gptkb:Rondebosch gptkb:Bantry_Bay gptkb:Vredehoek gptkb:Sea_Point gptkb:Fresnaye Gardens
gptkbp:notableEvent	Opening of Gardens Shul in 1841 Establishment of South African Jewish Museum in 2000
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Museum gptkb:Gardens_Shul Herzlia School
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Helen_Suzman gptkb:Cecil_Jacobson Harold Pupkewitz
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:Union_of_Orthodox_Synagogues_of_South_Africa Cape Jewish Chronicle Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies
gptkbp:population	approximately 15,000 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:publishedIn	Cape Jewish Chronicle
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Austrian_Holocaust_Memorial_Service
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8