Presented here is a selection of unique objects held in the museum’s archive.
The items on display are not necessarily of historical significance, but they do reflect the life and times of South Africa’s Jewish community.
Donated and collected by the SA Jewish Museum, these objects contain the memories and histories of our communal past.

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• Fragments from early Jewish entrepreneurship

• Memorabilia from defunct country town congregations

• Curiosities and mementos from past eras

• Heirlooms no longer relevant or valued by families

• Commemorations and memorials of past triumphs and tragedies

Demographic change, migration and modernity have consigned these items to history. They may no longer be of individual value but together they tell the story of our community.