Jewish South Africa

Providing the kosher traveler with a truly exciting and comfortable African experience without the hassle of looking for kosher food in the bush.

Home Site for the Lowveld Jewish Community, In South Africa

We are an Orthodox congregation in Johannesburg, South Africa with a vibrant community.

Founded in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company as a victualing station at the Cape Of Good Hope, southernmost tip of Africa, on the sea route to India and the Far East. The town had Jews among its early settlers. The rules of the company, however, allowed only Protestants as settlers; two Jews were converted to Christianity in Cape Town as early as 1669. After the British occupation of the Cape in 1806, a steady flow of Jewish immigrants came from Central Europe and England and later, in larger numbers, from Eastern Europe.

The website of the Sandton synagogue in South Africa

The Cape Town Holocaust Centre is the first and only Holocaust Centre to be established in Africa. The Centre serves as a place of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust and by addressing the ethical, moral and historical dimensions, aims to combat antisemitism and all forms of prejudice and discrimination. The Centre includes a permanent exhibition. The main focus of the Centre's activities is an education programme for high school pupils and their teachers.

Offers Glatt kosher individual or group tours to southern Africa. Celafrica is a member of the Southern African Tourism Services Association.

An informative, useful and educational site, run by South Africa's premier Jewish outreach and educational organisation.

Home page of the Central Chabad House, activity centre of the Lubavitch Foundation, in Johannesburg, S.A.

The Gardens Shul Cape Town is the Mother Synagogue of South Africa and 160 years old . It features a world class choir also.

Habonim is a labour Zionist youth movement. At Habonim SA we run activities for channichim of all ages accross the country. We also run weekend machanot and our annual 3 week summer machaneh

Five Jewish day schools in Cape Town, South Africa

Meet Jewish friends, singles and penpals from South Africa with similar interests.

The official home of the South African Jewish community on the Web. 'Jewish South Africa' is a non-profit site created and designed to inform, entertain and educate visitors about the Jewish community in South Africa and also about Judaism. The site is updated daily, so keep on visiting!