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Personal Journeys: Finding Mr. Katz

Filed Under Personal Journeys, South Africa By Eli Rabinowitz on December 27, 2016

This article is a sequel to my earlier article in Avotaynu Online, entitled “From One Photograph to Journeys of Research and Discovery,”,  in which I described how I uncovered and researched the romance of my great uncle Moshe and Paula Lichtzier, […]

“Jewish Life in the South African Country Communities”, and “Jewish Migration to South Africa: Passenger Lists from the UK”

Filed Under South Africa By BIll Gladstone on July 1, 2009

  Order form:  ORDER FORM 2015 new Jewish Life in the South African Country Communities. Large format, five-volume set. A multi-year project, researched by the South African Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth. Ordering information available from Janine Blumberg, Kaplan Centre, University […]

Jewish Migration to South Africa: Passenger Lists from the UK, edited by Saul Issroff

Filed Under South Africa By Contributing Editors on July 1, 2009

Jewish Migration to South Africa: Passenger Lists from the UK. Two large-format volumes, edited by Saul Issroff. Volume 1: 1890 to 1905. £10; $16.50. Volume 2: 1906 to 1930. £10 ; $16.50. Ordering from http://www.kaplancentre.uct.ac.za/kaplan/publications/books These two volumes offer extracts from passenger lists […]

Another Brother in My Family

Filed Under Latvija, South Africa By Basil Sandler on December 1, 2008

On a visit to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1999, I telephoned my cousin, Ronnie Levinsohn, whom I last had seen as a child. I was telling him of our visit to Latvia the year before and that we had […]

Book Review: The Jews in South Africa: An Illustrated History, by Richard Mendelsohn and Milton Shain

Filed Under South Africa By Saul Issroff on October 1, 2008

The Jews in South Africa: An Illustrated History, by Richard Mendelsohn and Milton Shain. Jonathan Ball: Johannesburg and Cape Town, 2008; telephone (+27) 11 601 8088. $31.95 Order here:  http://www.jonathanball.co.za/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=1097&virtuemart_category_id=1 This is the first comprehensive history of South African Jewry […]

Book Review: Jewish Migration to South Africa: The Record of the Poor Jews’ Temporary Shelter, 1885–1914

Filed Under South Africa By BIll Gladstone on October 1, 2007

Jewish Migration to South Africa: The Record of the Poor Jews’ Temporary Shelter, 1885–1914. Edited by Aubrey N. Newman, Nicholas J. Evans, J. Graham Smith and Saul W. Issroff. Large format softbound book, 504 pages. Published by JPSA, Jewish Publications, […]

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