Jewish Journeys in the Western Cape
https://wcapeshuls.wordpress.com/
By Steven Albert
Steven travelled through most of the Western Cape, researching, writing, and documenting the synagogues and Jewish communities in the small dorps and towns. He photographed the synagogues, cemeteries (i.e. headstones), the sections of the town museums on the local Jewish communities, and gathered information from local sources.
This includes a new photo gallery:
Steven: The shuls around the Western Cape that I photographed; where possible, I photographed the interiors, the foundation stones, and the sections of the town museums detailing the Jewish community. I also found some old archival photos of some of the shuls.
Steven managed to find some old photographs in the Cape Town library (Roeland str, Schoonders Str and an old leaflet of Marais Road). In the case of the Vredehoek shul, he was given some old photos by the then owner.
Here is the list of shuls in Cape Town that Steven photographed:
Steven also photographed all the stones in Maitland/Gate 8 and 7th Street cemeteries.
For further information WC shuls, there is an earlier publication by Amy Bach, which I bought several years ago from the bookshop at Cafe Rieteve, Cape Town .
Eli Rabinowitz
Perth Australia
looking for my great grandmothers
grave
the surname is fineberg not sure of her first name
situated at maitland
thanks
Have several great uncles named Bortz who went to SOuth Africa 1873 or 74 from Russia/Latvia. Seeking any records of Bortz in South Africa
any idea how I can get grave photos of Maitland Gate 8 cemetery?