Legends & Legacies: A Story of a Community

Episode 2

Gib a Kook/Have a Look

From hawkers to captains of industry, the same road was trudged.

Episode 3

Something Tangible

The establishment of the communal institutions, from graveyards to schools.

Episode 4

It all Depends

The integration of the community into the civil society that surrounded them.

Episode 5

Longings and Belongings

The engagement of the community with the political realities of South Africa.

Episode 6

Wondering Jews

The thinkers, the philosophers, the writers, the people of science and medicine and the law — truly a ‘people of the book’.

Episode 7

My Child Could Do Better

South African Jewish involvement in theatre, the arts and creativity — and what it did for the community.

Episode 8

Considerations

An informal gathering of Jewish family and friends before the Sabbath. We contemplate the present and the future of South Africa’s Jewish community.