museum Archives - Cape Jewish Chronicle https://cjc.org.za/tag/museum/ Cape Town Jewish community news, views and stories Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:06:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://cjc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png museum Archives - Cape Jewish Chronicle https://cjc.org.za/tag/museum/ 32 32 SAJM calls for descendants of Ochberg Orphans https://cjc.org.za/2026/06/01/sajm-calls-for-descendants-of-ochberg-orphans/ https://cjc.org.za/2026/06/01/sajm-calls-for-descendants-of-ochberg-orphans/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=35697 Isaac Ochberg saved almost 200 Jewish orphans from the pogroms of eastern Europe. With the help of the South African Jewish community, he gave them a chance to rebuild their […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2026/06/01/sajm-calls-for-descendants-of-ochberg-orphans/feed/ 0 War and Peace – a tapestry by Tanya Sternberg https://cjc.org.za/2025/10/01/war-and-peace-a-tapestry-by-tanya-sternberg/ https://cjc.org.za/2025/10/01/war-and-peace-a-tapestry-by-tanya-sternberg/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=33609 Cape Town artist, Tanya Sternberg, has donated her spectacular piece of tapestry, War and Peace, to the SA Jewish Museum (SAJM) for its permanent collection of artworks. An accomplished artist, […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2025/10/01/war-and-peace-a-tapestry-by-tanya-sternberg/feed/ 0 Object-based learning made easy with refreshed Judaica cabinets https://cjc.org.za/2024/09/01/object-based-learning-made-easy-with-refreshed-judaica-cabinets/ https://cjc.org.za/2024/09/01/object-based-learning-made-easy-with-refreshed-judaica-cabinets/#respond Sun, 01 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=28928 Thanks to a generous donation from Jonathan Hayden, the SA Jewish Museum has been able to restore and update the glass cabinets that contain our magnificent items of Judaica. One […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2024/09/01/object-based-learning-made-easy-with-refreshed-judaica-cabinets/feed/ 0 Richard Mendelsohn’s The Jews of Parow https://cjc.org.za/2024/08/01/richard-mendelsohns-the-jews-of-parow/ https://cjc.org.za/2024/08/01/richard-mendelsohns-the-jews-of-parow/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:02:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=28438 The History of a South African Community The rise and demise of the  Jewish community of Parow over the course of the 20th century represents a microcosm of the South […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2024/08/01/richard-mendelsohns-the-jews-of-parow/feed/ 0 Message in a bottle https://cjc.org.za/2024/06/01/message-in-a-bottle/ https://cjc.org.za/2024/06/01/message-in-a-bottle/#respond Sat, 01 Jun 2024 16:45:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=27899 Rustenburg in the North West Province is hardly a location one would associate with Jewish history, yet its deconsecrated synagogue has raised some important questions of identity for the young […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2024/06/01/message-in-a-bottle/feed/ 0 Visit from the elders of the Messianic Khoi Kingdom to the SAJM https://cjc.org.za/2024/06/01/visit-from-the-elders-of-the-messianic-khoi-kingdom-to-the-sajm/ https://cjc.org.za/2024/06/01/visit-from-the-elders-of-the-messianic-khoi-kingdom-to-the-sajm/#respond Sat, 01 Jun 2024 16:45:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=27918 We were tremendously moved and uplifted by the visit on 10 May of a group of leaders and community members of the Messianic Khoi Kingdom, together with their chief, Regent […]

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2024/06/01/visit-from-the-elders-of-the-messianic-khoi-kingdom-to-the-sajm/feed/ 0 Moran Kliger – Mimesis: opening in December at the SAJM https://cjc.org.za/2023/12/01/moran-kliger-mimesis-opening-in-december-at-the-sajm/ https://cjc.org.za/2023/12/01/moran-kliger-mimesis-opening-in-december-at-the-sajm/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=26316 The post Moran Kliger – Mimesis: opening in December at the SAJM appeared first on Cape Jewish Chronicle.

]]> https://cjc.org.za/2023/12/01/moran-kliger-mimesis-opening-in-december-at-the-sajm/feed/ 0 Back by popular demand: Women of Action exhibition https://cjc.org.za/2023/08/01/back-by-popular-demand-women-of-action-exhibition/ https://cjc.org.za/2023/08/01/back-by-popular-demand-women-of-action-exhibition/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=25262 Women of Action: A history of the Union of Jewish Women Back by popular demand for Women’s Month, August 2023.

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2023/08/01/back-by-popular-demand-women-of-action-exhibition/feed/ 0 Synagogues of South Africa https://cjc.org.za/2023/07/02/synagogues-of-south-africa/ https://cjc.org.za/2023/07/02/synagogues-of-south-africa/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=25047 A historical photographic exhibition by Cantor Ivor Lichterman. 26 June – 6 August 2023, at the SA Jewish Museum

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]]> https://cjc.org.za/2023/07/02/synagogues-of-south-africa/feed/ 1 Upcoming community events: July 2023 https://cjc.org.za/2023/07/02/upcoming-community-events-july-2023/ https://cjc.org.za/2023/07/02/upcoming-community-events-july-2023/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://cjc.org.za/?p=25054 COMMUNITY ORGANISATION EVENT DATE FOR MORE INFO SA Jewish Museum Exhibition Synagogues of South Africa – A Historical Photographic Exhibition 26 June – 6 August page 11 and here Cape […]

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