I attended two evening minyanim at the Ponevezher Shul in Maynard Street in Cape Town.
Some photos:
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IMG_0761 A video of the enthusiastic Aleinu – Stan Beinart
Harold Idesis introduces Michael Bagraim
With Jewish MP Michael Bargain, who addressed the Kehilah.
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A Video history of the Shul – thanks to Ronnie Levy
The visit to Cape Town of Rabbi Kahanaman, the Ponevezher Rav in 1953
Visit: Panevezys KehilaLink
My blog about Panevezys in Lithuania
http://elirab.me/elinews/panevezys-in-lithuania/
I was born in Uniondale in the Southern Cape which also had a Ponevez community – with a Shul, Mikva and Talmud Torah. I visited there a year ago, not one Jew in the town, but the Shul compound is beautifully looked after by the Board of Deputies – they even installed an alarm and fenced in the entire property!
Kol Hakavod!!