PAST EXHIBITIONS
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Set in Stone | Joe Turpin
MAY - JULY 2024
In this solo exhibition, "Set in Stone," artist Joe Turpin presented a blend of mixed media installations and paintings. Through this diverse array of artworks, Turpin embarked on a compelling exploration of Jewish identity and history, delving into personal memories, loss, and mourning...
MIMESIS | Moran Kliger
FEBRUARY - MAY 2024
In her solo exhibition Mimesis, artist Moran Kliger deals with the transition between culture and nature. She explores the tensions between the civilised and wild elements of the human psyche. Kliger’s work deals with hybridity and transformation. She creates a hybrid world somewhere between reality...
FROM OUR COLLECTION
SEPTEMBER 2023
The artworks that were seen on display formed part of the South African Jewish Museum’s art collection. We regularly showcase the works of established and emerging local Jewish artists. After each exhibition, these artists donate one of their pieces to the museum...
Synagogues of South Africa
JUNE 2023
Ivor Lichterman was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South. The younger son of one of South Africa’s most prominent Cantors, Jakub Lichterman (1909 – 1986) and Survivor Miriam Lichterman (1922 – 2022). Ivor has served as a cantor (chazzan) in Cape Town, New York, Connecticut and Arizona...
Women of Action
MARCH - AUGUST 2023
The South African Jewish Museum opened this exhibition on Thursday 23 March 2023. Women of Action: A History of the Union of Jewish Women is a distillation of over 90 years of outstanding service by hundreds of women dedicated to both the Jewish community and broader society of South...
The Eternal Scholar
JULY - SEPTEMBER 2022
A lifetime resident of Cape Town, Arnold Castle (1932 – 2020) photographed South African residents and landscapes for over 40 years. A self-taught master of the craft, Arnold first picked up a camera in the early 1970’s to shoot a fashion catalogue for his family-owned, clothing manufacturing...
The Life of Ali Bacher
DECEMBER 2021 - FEBRUARY 2022
An exhibition presenting the extraordinary career of Ali Bacher opened to the public at the South African Jewish Museum on 13 December 2021. Visitors to The Life of Ali Bacher: From the Cricket Field to the Boardroom followed the life story of a giant in the history of South African cricket...
Ground Breakers
DECEMBER 2020 - MARCH 2021
On 13 December 2020, coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of its opening, the South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town launched an engaging holiday season exhibition entitled Groundbreakers: A History of Progressive Judaism in South Africa...
Herzlia Matric Exhibition 2020
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2020
October will see the opening of our annual Herzlia Matric Art Exhibition at the museum...
Zvi Suchet’s The Radiant Portal
DECEMBER 2019 - FEBRUARY 2020
The South African Jewish Museum is excited to be hosting the world premiere solo exhibition...
Herzlia Matric Visual Art 2019
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2019
On the 7th of October, the SAJM officially opened the Herzlia Matric Visual Art class of 2019...
One Century Of Seven
JUNE 2019
6 June 2019, saw the opening of our latest exhibition “One Century of Seven: Lietuva. Lita...
Imi Lichtenfeld – Krav Maga and its Creator
JUNE - AUGUST 2019
On 27 June 2019, the SAJM opened an exhibition in honour of Imrich “Imi” Lichtenfeld...
Operation Moses – 30 Years After
MARCH 2019
Operation Moses was the code name for the secret airlift that brought around 7,000 Ethiopian Jews to...
#YallaYebo Exhibition
MARCH - MAY 2019
In March, the SA Jewish Museum in collaboration with the SA Zionist Federation & the Embassy...
Where is Kovno?
DECEMBER 2018 - FEBRUARY 2019
December 5th saw the opening of the SAJM’s latest temporary exhibition, Where is...
Herzlia Matric Exhibition 2018
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2018
October 16th marks the opening of the annual Herzlia Grade 12 Art Exhibition at the South...
SHAWCO
JULY - SEPTEMBER 2018
Touching Lives: The SHAWCO Story will mark the 75th anniversary of the Students’ Health and...
Celebrating Israel: Snapshots of the People Behind a Young State
JUNE 2018
The SAJM, in partnership with the SAZF (Cape Council) and the Israel Centre are proud to...
Max Wolpe’s 11
APRIL - JUNE 2018
Born in 1953, Max Wolpe has become an established and recognizable figure in the...
Landsman by Marc Shoul
JANUARY - MARCH 2018
Landsman (Yiddish, meaning someone from your same town; a fellow Jew)Marc Shoul’s...
Herzlia High School Art & Design Exhibition 2017
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2018
The Herzlia High School Grade 12 end-of-year Art and Design exhibition will once again be held at the...
My Family Story – Herzlia Finalists
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017
My Family Story, now in its 22nd year, is a global and multi generational Jewish heritage...
Letters of Loss & Refuge
AUGUST - OCTOBER 2017
Based on Professor Shirli Gilbert’s book From Things Lost, this exhibition tells the story...
Sounds of Silence – Traces of Jewish Life in Lithuania
MAY - JUNE 2017
The photographs in the exhibition are a silent eco to a glorious culture that has vanished. 95% of the...
Jewish Refugees in Shanghai Photo Exhibition
JANUARY 2016
The Jewish Refugees in Shanghai photo exhibition opened on 23 January 2016. This...
The Space Between
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2016
The UJC, in association with the South African Jewish Museum, opened its 2nd Annual Art...
The Goldene Medina Celebrating 175 Years of Jewish Life in South Africa
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2016
On the evening of 15 September 2016, the South African Jewish Museum opened a new...
Exhibition: Taxi Hand Signs by Susan Woolf
JULY - SEPTEMBER 2016
Taxi Hand Signs by Johannesburg based artist Susan Woolf opened on 10 July at the...
Zakhor! Imaginations of the former Jewish Vilne
MAY - JUNE 2016
On the 4th May 2016, an exhibition of 34 paintings by leading Lithuanian contemporary artists...
Writing The City by photographer David Lurie
MARCH - MAY 2016
David Lurie’s exhibition of photographs, entitled “Writing The City”, opened at the South...
Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights
DECEMBER 2015 - FEBRUARY 2016
The Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights exhibition opened in November 2015. The...
Resonance & Wonder
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2015
Resonance and Wonder was a group exhibition and fundraising auction. Part of the “Milk&Honey”...
The Voice of a Citizen – An Exhibition of Paintings by Arlene Amaler-Raviv
AUGUST - OCTOBER 2015
On the 12 August 2015, the museum opened a magnificent exhibition titled, The Voice of a...
David Rubinger Exhibition
MAY - JULY 2015
In May 2015, the internationally acclaimed photographer, David Rubinger, arrived in South...
Let My People Go – Global Campaign for the Jews in the USSR
MARCH - APRIL 2015
When Soviet Jews launched their open campaign to emigrate, it was almost inconceivable...
Books On A White Background by Aliza Levi
Books On A White Background by Aliza Levi is a photographic installation in which the...
Dark City Dreams by Michael Meyersfeld
This exhibition was borne out of desire to show the smiling face of Alexandra township. Alex normally...
My Very First Question To You
An acoustic portrait of journalist Ruth Weiss and southern African liberation politics...
Opacity
The South African Jewish Museum is excited to present its latest exhibition, Opacity by...
Mandela Remembered – Art Inspired by Madiba
The South African Jewish Museum is thrilled to present Mandela Remembered – Art Inspired by Madiba, a...
17 Works by Michael Wolfson
Wolfson was born in Manchester, England in 1937 to an orthodox family. He immigrated to...
Samuel Bak
On the 11th November 2013 the South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town opened a...
Undying Entanglement by Cathy Abraham
The SA Jewish Museum is honoured to be hosting the exhibition ‘Undying Entanglement’ by Cathy...
Paul Weinberg: Dear Edward
Paul Weinberg’s photographic exhibition titled ‘Dear Edward’ opened at the South...
Home: Roots en Route
The South African Jewish Museum (SAJM) was honoured to host this exhibition of works by 15...
The Jews of District Six: Another Time, Another Place.
District Six was home for many first generation South African Jews – most of whom had arrived...
The Wings of the Shechinah: Herman Wald
A groundbreaking exhibition on the life and work of Hungarian Born South African sculptor...
ZAPIRO: Jiving with Madiba
ZAPIRO: Jiving with Madiba, Jonathan Shapiro’s Mandela has just opened at the South...
David Goldblatt: Kith, Kin & Khaya
Kith, Kin & Khaya, a major exhibition of photographs by David Goldblatt, opened at the South...
Memories of Muizenberg
The long-awaited exhibition, ‘Memories of Muizenberg’ exhibition opens at the South...
The Glory of the Game: Rugby and the Jewish Springbok Minyan
An exhibition paying tribute to the game of rugby opened at the South African Jewish...
Joe Wolpe: When Cape Art was Coffee with Joe
The South African Jewish Museum will pay tribute to the life and work of Joe Wolpe in an exhibition...
Einstein: Man of the Century
The South African Jewish Museum will present an intriguing exhibition on Albert Einstein, based on...
Paul Weinberg: Moving Spirit
For some years Paul Weinberg has been photographing religious rituals and spiritual...
Philip Tobias: Of Hominids & Humankind
This fascinating exhibition opened to the public in November 2006 and covered Professor Phillip...
Journeys To The Interior: Unseen Works by Irma Stern 1929 – 1939
‘Journeys To The Interior: Unseen Works by Irma Stern 1929 – 1939’, an exhibition of original...
Helen Suzman
An exhibition honouring Helen Suzman, who spent 36 years as an opposition Member of Parliament...
Studio Encounters: Portraits by Irma Stern
‘Studio Encounters: Portraits by Irma Stern’, an exhibition of original paintings and sketches...
Marc Chagall: Hadassah
Marc Chagall: Hadassah – From Sketch to Stained Glass Windows was created by the Musée...
Open House: Hotels & Hoteliers
A rare photographic tribute to the pioneering Jewish hoteliers and innkeepers of the late...
William Kentridge
The South African Jewish Museum presented a selection of works by William Kentridge, to...