Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Synagogue Vredehoek, Cape Town, Western Cape John Joseph INGBER: Architect

Date: c1938 Type: Synagogue Style: Art Deco Status: Adaptive re-use Street: 16 Vredehoek Ave   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°56'12.97" S 18°25'08.74" E Alt: 66m

This synagogue for the Cape Town Orthodox Hebrew Congregation opened in January 1939. The first rabbi was Rabbi Moses Mirvish, followed by Rabbi Duschensky. Rabbi Mirvish is commemorated in the name of the street on the east side of the synagogue. The synagogue closed down on 8 August 1993. Most of its contents, including the Torah Scrolls, went to the Schoonder Street Shul. Thereafter the building was used as an interior decorating shop, a function venue, and currently (2022) as an antiques shop. See also Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy SA-SIG. Submitted by Lila Komnick, July 2022