South African Jewish community

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:contribution	gptkb:business gptkb:law gptkb:medicine gptkb:politics arts education philanthropy anti-apartheid activism
gptkbp:denomination	gptkb:Conservative_Judaism gptkb:Progressive_Judaism Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:emigratedTo	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Israel gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:holiday	gptkb:Hanukkah gptkb:Passover gptkb:Purim gptkb:Rosh_Hashanah gptkb:Shavuot gptkb:Simchat_Torah gptkb:Sukkot gptkb:Tisha_B'Av gptkb:Yom_Ha'atzmaut gptkb:Yom_Kippur gptkb:Yom_HaShoah
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	South African Jewish community
gptkbp:immigrationWave	early 20th century late 19th century
gptkbp:JewishPress	gptkb:Jewish_Life_Magazine gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Report Jewish Tradition
gptkbp:kosherFoodAvailability	widely available in major cities
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Afrikaans gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Yiddish English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Cape_Town gptkb:Durban gptkb:Johannesburg
gptkbp:notableEvent	involvement in anti-apartheid movement establishment of South African Jewish Museum (2000) establishment of South African Jewish Board of Deputies (1903) emigration post-1994
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Westpark_Cemetery,_Johannesburg gptkb:Great_Synagogue,_Cape_Town gptkb:Herzlia_Schools gptkb:King_David_Schools gptkb:Pinelands_Jewish_Cemetery,_Cape_Town gptkb:Sydenham_Shul,_Johannesburg gptkb:Yeshiva_College
gptkbp:notableMuseums	gptkb:Durban_Holocaust_&_Genocide_Centre gptkb:Holocaust_&_Genocide_Centre,_Johannesburg gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Museum,_Cape_Town
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Jewish_Report_(newspaper) gptkb:South_African_Jewish_Board_of_Deputies gptkb:South_African_Union_for_Progressive_Judaism 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:Solly_Krok gptkb:Albie_Sachs gptkb:Denis_Goldberg gptkb:Ronnie_Kasrils Miriam Makeba (converted to Judaism)
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:German_Jews gptkb:British_Jews Israeli Jews primarily Lithuanian Jews
gptkbp:population	approximately 52,000 (as of 2021)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism over 80 synagogues
gptkbp:survivedHolocaust	yes
gptkbp:youthMovements	gptkb:Habonim_Dror gptkb:SAUJS_(South_African_Union_of_Jewish_Students) gptkb:Betar gptkb:Bnei_Akiva gptkb:Netzer
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ashdod
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5