JEWISH LIFE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRY COMMUNITIES VOLUME 4

"JEWISH LIFE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRY COMMUNITIES VOLUME 4". SOFTCOVER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES.

"This series of volumes on Jewish Life in the South African Country Communities covers the history of Jewish immigration to this country from as early as 1820 when a group of 18 Jews arrived with the 1820 Settlers. They came looking for a better life, either escaping economic hardship, conscription into the Tzars army, pogroms and antisemitism throughout Eastern Europe. They knew little or nothing of the conditions they were to encounter, many could not speak the local languages and most left behind families, some of whom they never saw again. The immigrants, however, never forgot their Jewish roots. They formed communities and congregations, found a location in which to hold services, and often built synagogues in the little villages or towns where they lived." - Online summary