Jewish Life in South West Africa / Namibia 9789994578948

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Jewish Life in South West Africa / Namibia

A History

Windhoek Hebrew Congregation, Pearle Horwitz, June Horwitz, Richard Newman, Joachim 'Joe' Pütz, Perri Caplan, David Saks, Harold Pupkewitz, Moshe Silberhaft, Candy Müller, Heidi Müller

ISBN 9789994578948

Jewish Life in South West Africa / Namibia: A History' provides the first full recounting of the history of Namibian Jewry, both in terms of its inner workings as a Jewish community and in its impact on the wider society of which it was always an integral part. It tells the story of the Jewish families and individuals who, as settlers in the colony of South West Africa and subsequently as citizens of the Republic of Namibia after 1990, together wove a worthy segment of the greater tapestry of Jewish history. It is a story well worth documenting. Not only does it constitute a precious legacy for the descendants of those pioneers, but is also of much historical value in a broader sense since that small Jewish presence had an enormously significant influence on the society and development of the young Namibian nation.