Month: July 2014

Hi

I have set up three basic websites for PE, Pretoria and Oudtshoorn, forerunners of the Kehilalink websites.

These websites celebrate and document the Jews of these cities from its pioneers, through the families who lived and worked in these cities over the decades to those still there today. It will tell the story of the Jewish institutions, the shuls and other Jewish buildings and  cemeteries.

The site is hosted by the Jewish Genealogical Society. It is managed by Eli Rabinowitz

Please join us on this journey – and if you or your family have connections  with these cities then we look forward to hearing from you and receiving your stories, memories, photographs and family biographies. Only by doing so, will the story of Jewish life will be revealed and available for the benefit of current and future generations – wherever they may be. We have made a start in July 2014 and created the possibility – now please will you help to fill in the details by telling us about your family.

Time is of the essence as the number of those that can “tell the story” and the remaining community dwindles.  So please contact me to send material and for any queries.

Here are the links:

Port Elizabeth

http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/port_elizabeth

Pretoria

http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pretoria

Oudtshoorn

http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/oudtshoorn

Please send in your photos and stories and fill in the questionnaires

To see a working kehilalink, visit Kimberley:

http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kimberley

Thanks again to Geraldine Auerbach MBE in London, who has been an inspiring partner in the Kimberley kehilalink project.

Those from Kimberley, please send us your photos and stories as well.

Thanks