Afrikaner-Jews

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Afrikaner-Jews (Afrikaans: Afrikaner-Jode) are Jewish Afrikaners. At the beginning of the 19th century, when greater freedom of religious practice was permitted in South Africa, small numbers of Ashkenazi Jews arrived from Britain and Germany. They established the first Ashkenazi Hebrew congregation in 1841. Between the end of the 19th century and 1930, large numbers of Jews began to arrive from Lithuania and Latvia. Their culture and contribution changed the character of the South African community.

According to the , "Many of the later immigrants arrived with no resources other than their wits and experience. Most could not speak English when they arrived. Often they would learn Afrikaans before English. Their households were often multi-lingual, with parents speaking Yiddish and Afrikaans, and the children learning English at school."^{[citation needed]}

Notable Afrikaner-Jews[]

• Olga Kirsch, was a noted Afrikaans author and poet.
• Pieter-Dirk Uys, is a South African satirist, active as a performer, author, and social activist.
• Joel Stransky, rugby player.

See also[]

• South African Jews

External links[]

• http://www.sajewishmuseum.co.za/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20151104221240/http://oldwww.lib.uct.ac.za/jewish/duker-collections/

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