From the “smous” (peddler) to the “machers” (business magnate), by way of traders, shopkeepers, Randlords and industrialists, the Jewish community has been a vital part of the nation’s economy.
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Legends & Legacies, Episode 3 – Somet...
As the community established itself, it found an expression in bricks and mortar – synagogues, cemeteries, schools, social institutions (orphanages, old-age homes, sheltered employment, etc.), and suburbs—and a physical presence.
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Legends & Legacies, Episode 4 – It Al...
How the Jewish community engaged with civil society around them, from the first Jewish mayor of Cape Town to the establishment of the State of Israel and the Nationalist Party election victory of 1948 .
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Legends & Legacies, Episode 5 – Longi...
Civil Society, Part Two: the Legislators, Political Activists, Revolutionaries, Lawyers, Repairers of the World, and Shapers of the Democratic South Africa.
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