Afrikaner-Jews (Afrikaans: Afrikaner-Jode, also called Boerejode) are Jewish Afrikaners.[1] 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.[2] 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.
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Notable Afrikaner-Jews
edit- 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.
- Jeremy Reingold, rugby player, and swimmer.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Leveson, Marcia (1996). People of the Book: Images of the Jew in South African English Fiction, 1880-1992. Witwatersrand University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-86814-263-7.
- ^ Spolsky, Bernard (27 March 2014). The Languages of the Jews: A Sociolinguistic History. Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-139-91714-8.
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