Jewish South Africans

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:ancestry gptkb:Lithuanian_Jews
gptkb:German_Jews
gptkb:British_Jews
gptkbp:communityNewspapers gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Report
Jewish Chronicle (historical)
gptkbp:containsCommunity Jewish Community Centre, Cape Town
Jewish Community Centre, Johannesburg
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:business
gptkb:law
gptkb:medicine
arts
philanthropy
academia
anti-apartheid activism
gptkbp:countryOfCitizenship gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:education Herzlia School, Cape Town
King David Schools, Johannesburg
United Herzlia Schools, Cape Town
Yeshiva College, Johannesburg
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:emigrationTrends decline since 1970s
gptkbp:hasSynagogue gptkb:Great_Synagogue,_Cape_Town
gptkb:Sydenham_Shul,_Johannesburg
gptkbp:holiday gptkb:Hanukkah
gptkb:Passover
gptkb:Purim
gptkb:Rosh_Hashanah
gptkb:Sukkot
gptkb:Yom_Kippur
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jewish South Africans
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Yiddish
English
gptkbp:mainOriginCountry gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkb:Durban
gptkb:Johannesburg
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Johannesburg_Holocaust_&_Genocide_Centre
Cape Town Holocaust Centre
Durban Holocaust Centre
gptkbp:migratory late 19th and early 20th centuries
gptkbp:notableEvent participation in World War II
involvement in anti-apartheid movement
support for Zionism
Holocaust remembrance activities
arrival of Lithuanian Jews (1880s-1930s)
establishment of Jewish day schools
post-apartheid community rebuilding
founding of South African Jewish Board of Deputies (1903)
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Board_of_Deputies
gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Report
gptkb:South_African_Zionist_Federation
gptkb:Union_of_Orthodox_Synagogues_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Harry_Oppenheimer
gptkb:Helen_Suzman
gptkb:Joe_Slovo
gptkb:Cecil_Jacobson
gptkb:Max_Price
gptkb:Nathan_Kirsh
gptkb:Raymond_Ackerman
gptkb:Sidney_Frankel
gptkb:Albie_Sachs
gptkb:Denis_Goldberg
gptkb:Ronnie_Kasrils
gptkbp:population approximately 52,000 (2021)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:White_South_Africans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5