A

Correspondence and outgoing letters

B

Minutes

C

Conferences, congresses, etc

D

Various congregations and country communities

E

Public relations

F

Welfare

G

Youth and students

H

Education

J

B’Nai Brith

K

Anti-Semitism and discrimination

L

Parliamentary matters

M

Publications

N

Articles

O

Newspaper clippings

P

Miscellaneous

Q

Immigration

R

Finances

A

CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1

Applications for position of secretary, 1957-1963

Cape Co-ordinating Council of Jewish Education, 1972

Mizrachi Federation, 1955-1975

Pension Fund investigation, 1975-1982

Clothing depot, 1957/8

Arbitrations: Zolin vs Suskin, 1962

Danny’s Job Store (M Cohen) & John Gordon & Co, 1962

Kosher kitchen, 1953

Ozar Hatorah. Dr Mordechai Hacohen’s visit, 1965

Lodge Kinnerat, 1968-1972

S A Jewish Ecclesiastical Association “Omer”, 1950-1968

Jewish Maritime League, 1960-1965

Die Buger – Job issue, 1977

Mother Goose nursery rhymes, 1976

Box 2

Religious instruction, 1975/76

Yiddish Cultural Federation, 1962

(re visit of Chaim Gadda)

Zionist Revisionist Organization of S A, 1953 – 1966

Women’s Zionist Council, 1962-1975

Correspondence in File “B”: Bloom, D

Bane, M

Blacher, M

Bunn, D

Borok, S

Brauer, F F

Communal diary, 1973-1983

Communal disputes, 1965

Communal relations – Tahara House, 1975-1976

A Cohen re Daniel Cohen, 1957-1968

Jewish Museum. Agenda of AGM, 1975

Chairman’s Report, 1974

Jewish patients at Valkenberg, 1979

National Gallery: Liebermann Gallery & Meyerowitz Doors

Academy for Jewish Studies without walls, 1976

S A Hebrew Dividing Benefit Society, 1967

Communal Register, 1975

Box 3

1820 Settlers Celebration, 1974

Chairman’s Correspondence, etc (Mr S Walt), 1961-1971

Cape Hebrew Helping Hand Association:

Annual reports, 1951-1965

General correspondence, 1950s-1975

Honorary officers, 1960-1976

Northern Jewish Cultural Society, 1952-1962

Correspondence, general (includes anti-Semitism), 1950s

Ex-Soldiers’ Assistance Fund:

General correspondence, 1971-1973

Box 4

Cape Jewish Board of Guardians, 1960 –1975

Anatomical donations and post-mortem examinations bill, 1969

Recognition of past services, 1971 – 1975

International conference of Jewish Communal Service, 1967

UCT: proposed Department of Religious Studies, 1969 –1972

Youth Commission, 1961 – 1972

Dictionary of S A Biography, 1964

Office organisation and method technique

Re films and name plates, 1970 – 1972

Proposed summer school, 1976

Executive Committee of Cape Committee, 1974 – 1975

Chairman’s correspondence, etc

Mr H Wolfe, 1971 – 1973

Mr G Kleinman, 1973 – 1974

Cape Peninsula Women’s Mizrachi Organisation, 1942 – 1965

Ponevez Society, 1952 – 1955

Dorshei Zion Association, 1953 –1974

Great Synagogue Ladies’ Guild, 1956 – 1967

Hebrew Order of David Lodge, 1953 – 1963

Box 5

Correspondence, 1967

InterFaith Forum, 1978 – 1980

Audio-visual Department, 1960 – 1969

Correspondence, 1960s

Box 6

Rabbi Duschinsky, 1965 – 1968

Box 7

Abrahams & Gross – legal correspondence 1967 – 1968

Israel: Embassy – letters to SAJBOD, 1961-1975

Box 8

Book month, 1959

Correspondence with Trust Bank re fixed deposits, 1961-1970

Overseas matters – general. 1962-1971

Cape Jewish Orphanage (Oranjia), 1960-1975

Box 9

Annual luncheon for MPs and MPCs, 1976 and 1979

Barkly House, 1962-1964

Mauerberger Foundation, 1976-1983

National Executive correspondence, 1948-1976

General, 1976

Communal relations, 1976

Communal relations, 1974-1975

Communal relations, 1976-1981

Proposed Chair of Jewish Studies, 1969-1972

United Council of Hebrew Congregations of the Cape and SWA, 1961-1975

Box 10

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, 1951-1959

Crossroads, 1978

Lease: Sea Point Shopping Centre/W P Zionist Council, 1969-1975

Administration, 1979-1981

Press Digest, 1976-1980

World Jewish Congress, 1951-1955

Leeusig Building – Joint Communal Building, 1978-1980

Correspondence, 1933-1934

SAJBOD National Headquarters

UCF Allocation, 1967-1974

Proclamation of the Republic of S A, 1961

Box 11

Office matters, 1970-1975

Correspondence re affiliation, 1971-1976

Application for affiliation forms

Affiliated organisations – speakers, 1965

Affiliates file, 1974-1975

Requests for reports from chairman of sub-committees, 1975

Re annual conference

Office matters, 1962-1970

Box 12

Insurance, 1965-1973

Association of Registered Jewish Welfare Organisations (Cape Jewish Welfare Council), 1960-1973

Affiliated bodies, 1971-1975

General correspondence (miscellaneous), 1976-1981

Boxes 13 - 18

Outgoing letters (weeklies) 1964-1968, 1971

Box 19

Correspondence:

Reports, etc, submitted to Cape Council of SAJBOD, 1960s-1970s

Box 20

Correspondence:

Reports, etc, submitted to Cape Council of SAJBOD, 1970s

On specific subjects:

Apartheid till 1985

Bequests/Donations

British Board of Deputies

Cape Jewish Archival Society

Box 21

Correspondence on specific subjects, 1980s

Cape Jewish Chronicle

Cemeteries

Census

Central African Jewish Board of Deputies (Zimbabwe)

Christian Action for Israel

City Council/Mayoral activities

Constitution

Council for Natal Jewry

Box 22

Correspondence

On specific subjects, 1980s

Forced removals

High holy days

Interfaith forum

International affairs

Israel

Jews for Justice

Kaplan Centre

S A Jewish Trust

Staff

Box 23

Correspondence

On specific subjects, 1980s

UCT

UCT: Jewish civilisation

Universities

World Jewish Congress

Yad Vashem

Miscellaneous

With various organisations

Jewish wine farmers

Paarl Zionist Socialist Party

Strand/Somerset West Women’s Zionist Society

Swellendam Zionist Society

Worcester Bnel Ubenoth Zion

B

Box 24

Original SAJBOD Minutes, 1904

Copies of original Minutes of SAJBOD (Cape Council), 1904-1915

Chairman’s Committee, 1974

Cape Jewish Board of Guardians: report and financial statement, 31.12.1968-31.12.1969

Cape Council: Biennial report, 1959-1961

History and information re SAJBOD

Mr Pinshaw: articles on SA Jewry

Box 25

Minutes of Monthly meetings of Deputies, 1934-1936

Society of Jews and Christians: Minutes, 1938-1940

United Appeal for Polish Jewry: Minutes, 1935

Administrative Committee, 1948

Box 26

South African Jewish Board of Deputies: Cape Committee minutes, 1934-1937

Boxes 27

SAJBOD: Cape Committee Minutes, 1937-1942

Box 28

SAJBOD: Cape Committee Minutes, 1976-1977

Western Cape Zionist Council: Minutes, 1961-1974

Box 29

S A Jewish War Appeal: Minutes, 1942-1949

And expenditure of same, 1944-1954

Box 30

Council of Natal Jewry, 1958-1976

Eastern Province Committee (Port Elizabeth and East London), 1961-1975

Pretoria Jewish Community Council, 1962-1974

OFS Committee, 1962-1976

Box 31

Johannesburg:

Executive Council, 1972-1975

Welfare, 1950-1958

Ministers: Pension fund and general, 1961-1975

Hebrew teachers: general, 1961-1975

Regional conferences, 1955-1962

Box 32

SAJBOD: Cape Council Minutes, 1914-1915

SAJBOD:  Cape Council: constitution

Papers re talk on Holocaust to Bnoth Zion Association, 1978

Box 33

Minutes

Cape Committee, 1977-1978

Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1963-1971

Rhodesian Board of Deputies, 1961-1976

Box 34

Minutes:

Public Relations Committee, 1947-1948

Eastern Province Committee, 1983-1985

National executive, 1980s

Transvaal Council, 1980s

OFS and NC, 1980s

Box 35

Annual reports

SAJBOD Executive Council, 1912-1914, 1927-1929, 1937-1940

SAJBOD, 1949-1951, 1955-1958

Cape Council, 1953-1955, 1970-1979, 1981

SAJBOD: Report to S A Jewry, 1962-1976, 1978-1980

C

Box 36

Interprovincial Conference, 1958-1976

Box 37

World Jewish Congress, 1963-1975

Canadian Jewish Congress, 1959-1968

Box 38

Cape Council: Annual Conference, 1975

Cape Council: seminars held at President Hotel, 1969

Interprovincial Conference, 1974

Box 39

Regional congresses, 1958-1978

Box 40

Regional congresses, 1958-1978

National congress, 1985

D

Box 41

Cape Town Reform Congregation, 1962-1975

Box 42

Country communities, 1951-1955

Box 43

The Jewish Community in S A

Herman, S N & Shimoni, G: The Jewish community in the apartheid society of S A

Future of S A Jewry: articles

Aspects of Jewish life in SA

Co-ordinating Council of Jewish Organisations

Box 44

Country communities, 1955-1958

Box 45

Country communities, 1960-1962

Box 46

Country communities, 1956-1980

Box 47

Hebrew congregations:

Rondebosch

Green and Sea Point

Parow

Mowbray

Camps Bay

Jewish civics

Box 48

Hebrew congregations:

Cape Town, 1961-1975

Cape Town Reform Hebrew Congregation, 1963-1965

Claremont Synagogue Ladies Guild, 1951-1976

Claremont Hebrew Congregation, 1948-1975

Cape Town Orthodox Hebrew Congregation, 1959-1972

Box 49

Country communities

Beaufort West, 1963-1983

Caledon, 1952-1983

Calvinia, 1919-1985

De Aar, 1967-1982

Grabouw, 1956

King William’stown, 1985

Box 50

Country communities

Ladismith, 1934-1979

Laingsburg, 1961-1983

Malmesbury, 1961-1983

Montagu, 1976-1981

Moorreesburg, 1954-1961

Mossel Bay, 1958-1978

Box 51

Country communities

Namaqualand, 1953-1978

Piketberg, 1965-1981

Riversdale-Heidelberg, 1952-1986

Robertson, 1952-1978

Uniondale, 1976

Upington, 1954-1985

Van Rhynsdorp, 1952

Victoria West, 1971-1983

Vredenburg and Saldanha Bay, 1955-1967

Box 52

Country communities

Wellington, 1951-1980

Willowmore, 1977

Windhoek, 1979

E 

Boxes 53-68 (RESTRICTED)

Public relations, 1956-1975

Box 69

Public relations, 1976, 1978, 1979 (RESTRICTED)

Work of the Board

Western Province Zionist Council: Minutes, 1963-1975

Box 70

Aspects of Jewish life (exhibition), 1969

Jewish Book Month, Oct 1959

Missing persons, 1965-1975

Box 71

Exposition, 1970: Minutes, lectures, programmes

Box 72

Exposition – of Jewish life in S A, 1970

Box 73 (RESTRICTED)

Public relations, 1960-1961

Box 74 (RESTRICTED)

Public relations, 1976, 1981/2

F

WELFARE

Box 75

Welfare

Soldiers’ Assistance Committee: Minutes, 1943-1948

Box 76

Commission of Enquiry into Communal Fundraising, 1968

minutes

memoranda

financial statements of Jewish organisations

report of commission, 1970 (third draft)

Boxes 77 – 79

Commission of Enquiry into Communal Fundraising, 1969-1971

Box 80

Commission of Enquiry into Communal Fundraising

Local organisations information

Minutes, Feb 1969: re Cape Hebrew Helping Hand Association

Minutes, Mar 1969, re Jewish Aged Home

Draft reports by Adv S Aaren and Commission

Jewish and Hebrew education

Western Cape Priorities Board, 1964-1973, 1974-1977

Box 81

Commission of Enquiry into Communal Fundraising reports, 1970/71

Box 82

Welfare – general, 1966-1973

Accommodation – requests and enquiries, 1974

Jewish Sheltered Employment, 1956-1975

Welfare – applications for permanent residence, 1975

Welfare – overseas and local enquiries, 1964-1972

Box 83

Commission of Enquiry into Communal Fundraising

Meetings with Cape Jewish Helping Hand Association

Highlands House

Cape Jewish Board of Guardians

Oranjia

Jewish Sheltered Employment Council and Glendale

Jewish Sick Relief Society

Highlands House

United Communal Fund for S A Jewry, 1957-1977

Box 84

S A Jewish Trust:

general correspondence, 1972-1973

management and development committee for Cape, 1973-1975

Seminar of Taxation, 1973

Memorandum of Association and articles of association, 1969

General correspondence, 1969-1972

Scopus Club Trust Fund, 1960-1964

Boxes 85 – 101 (RESTRICTED)

Bursaries: funds, applications, etc, 1976-1986

G

Box 102

Albow Brothers Youth Centre:

general, minutes, 1975-1982

Deeds of transfer, memorandum of agreement, etc, 1971

Box 103

Albow Brothers Youth Centre:

general, 1973-1976

Box 104

Albow Brothers Youth Centre:

1971-1982

Box 105

Correspondence re Student newspaper “Strike”, 1973

United Hebrew Schools: Herzlia and Weizmann, 1961-1971

Box 106

Shalom Youth Centre, 1968-1975

Cape Town Zionist Youth Executive, 1951-1975

Box 107

Youth work – consultation, 1958

Young Adults: conferences, 1968-1972

Box 108

Youth and students, 1968-1982

Box 109

Youth and students, 1970s

Jewish youth in S A: Milgrom Report, 1953

Box 110

Youth Committee, 1962-1966

Communal register, 1960

Commission of Jewish Education (Western Province): report, 1961

H

EDUCATION

Box 111

Education:

Leadership course, 1974/5

Yom Kippur appeal, 1974

Coucil for Adult Jewish Education, 1978-1980

“Speak with one voice”. 1974

Report by Mrs S R Stoch on plan for communal register, 1960/1

Box 112

Education

Adult education, 1950-1976

Box 113

Education

Student Jewish Association, Mowbray, 1974-1976

Stellenbosch Student Centre and SJA, 1967-1973

Box 114

Education

school textbooks

Box 115

Education

Association of teachers of Cape Jewish Schools, 1971

Hebrew Teachers’ Pension Scheme, 1960-1976

Student conference, Johannesburg, 1972

Jewish Day School survey (International), 1972

Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare funds, 1971

Herzlia Schools: committee meetings, 1978/9

Box 116

National consultation on Jewish education, 1958-1959

Yiddish folk school, 1953-1956

Adult education, 1976-1977

Co-ordination in education, 1980

Herzlia School, 1971-1975

Weizmann Primary School, 1974-1975

Nursery and Pre-Primary Schools, 1976

Hebrew Nursery School Association, 1974-1976

Education Committee, 1955-1960

Box 117

Cape Board of Jewish Education, 1966-1975

National Education Policy Bill, 1966-1972

Teachers’ Training Bill, 1968-1969

J

Box 118

B’Nai Brith:

general, 1969-1971

Bar Kochba Lodge, 1965-1975

Bar Kochba Lodge, Women’s chapter, 1971

Hottentots Holland, 1971

Chaim Weizmann Lodge, 1966-1973

Lodge Massada, 1973-1975

Menorah Lodge Co-ed Unit, 1973/4

Lodge – Oudtshoorn, 1962-1970

Sharett Lodge, 1975

Bnoth Zion Association, 1964-1976

Histradruth lyrith, 1960-1971

K

ANTI-SEMITISM

Box 119

Notes re anti-Semitic literature

Eichman trial

Right-wing movements in S A

Discrimination in S A

Box 120

National Democratic Party – Germany, 1966

Undesirable Publications Bill, 1962

Gary Allen’s book: None dare call it treason

Cuttings re discrimination, 1978

Cuttings re discrimination, 1930s-1950s

Oswald Mosley’s visit, 1964

Papers re discrimination, 1960s

History of S A Jews and Jewish affairs generally in S A

Anti-Semitism in other countries

Box 121

University of the Orange Free State.

“Conscience clause”, 1961-1963

Box 122

Anti-Kom – Anti-Communist Action Committee, 1964-1970

Box 123

Rand Afrikaans Universiteit – Conscience clause, 1966

“Hillbrow incident”, May/June, 1967

Box 124

Austro-Polish Relief Fund – claims against Austria, 1956-1967

Claims against Germany, 1960-1977

Fund-raising – Israeli causes, 1952-1972

Jews and Communism (Folder also contains: Hebrew Christian Youth Movement

Van Riebeeck Festival

Israel and S A, 1967

Boxes 125 – 160

Reparation claims

Box 161

Reparations claims: assorted claims, 1957-1976

Box 162

Correspondence re Discrimination and Anti-Semitism, 1984-1985

Candour: correspondence, 1965-1969

Boomerang, 1965-1967

L

Box 163

Parliamentary matters, 1960-1971

Publications and Entertainments Bill, 1960-1963

Animal Slaughter Act, 1967/8

National Welfare Bill, 1979

Social and Associated Workers Bill, 1978

M

Box 164

Co-ordinating board of Jewish Organisations, 1950s

S A Jewish Appeal, 1963-1974

Communal relations, 1975

Box 165

Jewish Affairs: publication, 1960-1980

Employment, 1977-1980

Box 166

Afrikaans Dictionary: correspondence, 1969-1970

Afrikaans language: 3 special newspaper supplements commemorating Afrikaans language:

Die Transvaler, 30.05.1959, 04.04.1960

Die Burger, 19.04.1960

Box 167

Buurman: Afrikaans publication of the SAJJBOD

Nasionale Socialisme as faktor in die Suid-Afrikaanse politiek, 1933-1948: F J van Heerden

Afrikaans Encyclopaedia

Box 168

Publications on Jewish affairs:

Jewish Book month, 1959-1962

Board’s Eye View, 1967-1984

Box 169

Board’s Eye View, 1970s

Box 170

A Bibliography of S A Jewish biography: M J Stein Press Digest, 1950

N

Mrs J Worman: articles, letters

Sklare, M: The conversion of the Jews and other articles

Photographs of Cape Committee of SAJBOD, 1971/3

O

Box 171

Newspaper clippings

P

Box 172

The Cape Committee Reporter, 1956-1958

Chaplaincy matters, 1979-1980

Beth Hatefutsoth

Daf le Chayal

Box 173

Lists:

VIP guest list, 1970s

List of UCT lecturers

List of MPs, Senators and MPCs, 1970s

Lists of rabbis and ministers in S A, 1970s

Distribution lists and honour awards

Jewish mayors and deputy mayors, 1961-1975

Jewish MPCs, 1961-1965

Members of SAJBOD, 1970

Distribution lists of Constituent bodies, 1962-1966

Cape Committee and sub-committees, 1961-1968

Distribution of documents, 1961-1964

Population

Old Cape Committeee and sub-committees’ lists

Jewish holy days

Photographs of Cape committee, 1971/3

Box 174

Morris Alexander Papers, 1962-1975

Morris Alexander Memorial meeting, 1971

Yevgeni Yevtushenko

Letter from Lothar Stark re Poems of the Great Catastrophe

Martin Buber: memorial meeting, 1965

Jewish Day of Remembrance, 1964

Jewish partisan song

Box 175

Archives: correspondence, 1961-1975

Demographic research:

Demographic survey of S A Jewish population, 1971-1978

Box 176

Yiddish Folks Gezelschaft, 1952-1955

Provincial tours, 1961

Institute of Jewish Studies

(Folder includes papers relating to I M Goodman and equal opportunity)

“Library” – old books for disposal, Gitlin Library

Zionist General Council – draft resolution

Labour Zionist Movement

General election, 1977

Executive meeting, 16.09.1976: Unrest statement by Rabbi Duschinsky

H Katzev and Die Beeld

Box 177

Finances

Budgets, 1971-1976

Balance sheets, 1968-1969

Bank and Building Society correspondence, 1970-1976

Box 178

Finances

Bank deposit books, 1972-1980

Wallet

Cloth

Box 179

Broadcast and press items

Information re films: Memory of the Holocaust, 1973

Homage to the Netherlands, 1974

Papers re screening of TV film: Holocaust, 1978

Q

Box 180

Immigration:

Admission and visas: overseas officiants, teachers, etc, 1960s

Immigrants – from Iron Curtain countries

from rest of Europe

(correspondence re applications, 1960s and 1970s)

Immigrants from Israel (correspondence re applications)

Box 181

United Hias Service, 1962-1975

(American Joint Distribution Committee)

Immigration to S A

Box 182

Registers of arrivals in S A, 1924-1929

R

Financial statements, 1981

Box 183

Finances:

- Ledgers of Cape Committee, 1969-1975, 1975-1977