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Upington Jewish Community

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Through the decades



1960s

Youth group, June-July 1963


Includes visitors to Upington during school holidays. Names in bold are from Upington Jewish community.

Standing: Minette Minitzer, Helène Wolfsohn, Willie ?, Denise Silke, Allan Huth, Arnold Zacks, Esmé Lowenberg, Marvin Cohen, Hope ?, Andrew Hudson, Inez Geller, Arthur Zacks, Joyce Seligman, Max Kangisher.

Front: Roy Bellon, Isidore Nurick, Lana ?, Lynn Jacobson, Mike ?, Dudley Davies, Sharon Levy.


Israel's Bar-Mitzvah, Yom Ha'atzmaut 1961


Standing: Simon Schatz, Barbara Speier, Esther Hummel, Mark Schatz, Hylton/Franklin Stern, Sandra Braude, David Hummel, Larry Gnesin, Brenda Hummel, Diane Braude, Robyn Lenhoff, Lawrence Hummel, Irene Bellon, Elyse Bellon, Maxine Kurland, Paula Kurland.

Kneeling: Maurice Edelstein, Raymond Gnesin, Cyril Braude, Franklin/Hylton Stern, Farrel Cohen, Charles Levy, Norman Kurland.

Sitting: Marcel Lenhoff, Bramie Lenhoff, David Rosman, Bernice Levinsohn, Jillian Hummel, Linda Kurland, Heléne Rosman, Sophelia Edelstein, Philip Hummel, Mervyn Hummel.




1950s

Mary Lenhoff's 80th birthday, 1955


Standing: Milton Lenhoff, Yetty Lenhoff, Sylvia Schatz, Frank Mendelsohn, Morris Lewis, Herta Lewis, Bella Goldberg, Melville Kurland, Robert Kurland, Joe Schatz.

Sitting: Anne Kurland, Mary Lenhoff, Jacob Weinberg, Harry Goldberg.

Sitting on floor: Sandra Lewis, Richard Kurland, Panda (Dennis's dog), Dennis Goldberg.


Cheder classes, ca. 1953


Standing: Phina Shaer, Doreen Broude, Sybil Immerman, Luba Bellon, Ray Immerman, Rabbi A. R. Abrahamson, Sally Wulf, Dora Kowen, Dennis Goldberg, Brian Jacobson, David Kowen.

Sitting: Esther Broude, Sheila Broude, Sandra Lewis, Adele Bellon, Rhoda Wulf.

Sitting on floor: Rynah Schatz, Lynn Jacobson, Anne Broude, Esmé Lowenberg, Alan Schatz, Richard Kurland, Stephen Kurland, David ?, Alan Abrahamson.


Meeting of Women's Zionist League and Union of Jewish Women at Kurland home, 1951


Back row: Annie Chesed, Liebe Lowenberg, Freda Braude, Anne Kurland.

Third row: Pauline Bellon, Dora Kowen, Ray Jacobson, Ettie Aronson, Bertha Gottschalk, Sarah Nurick, Mrs. Elias, Lotte Speier, Doris Kurland, Theresa Werbeloff.

Second row: Joyce Rosman, Molly Wulf, Jessie Broude, Bella Goldberg.

Front row: Irma Edelstein, Esmé Robinson, Faye Drus.




Late 1940s or early 1950s

Group of young adults, 1948/9


Standing (L to R): Elma Blum, ?, ?, ?, Louis Caplan, Ruth Kurland, Ettie Aronson, Bennie Edelstein, ? (obscured), Leonora Werbeloff.

Sitting: Lionel Aronson, Frank Mendelsohn, Anne Kurland, Melville Kurland, Fay Hummel.

In front: Joy Werbeloff, Abe Hummel (?) (partly visible).


Event in Communal Hall


Back (L to R): Sammy Bellon, Lyske Hummel, Abe Shulman, Louis Gilinsky.

Middle: Robert Nurick, Boy Robinson, Judith Blumberg, Wulfie Hummel, Sylvia Cohen, Abe Cohen.

Front on chairs: Louis Shulman, Shirley Shulman, Ruth Kurland, Herta Lenhoff, Sara Brower.

Front on floor: Monty Newman, Jane Shulman.




1930s

Outing at Eksteenskuil, 1938


Back: ?, Rosalyn Blum, Benno Jacobson, Ray Sack, ?, Jane Shulman, Lyske Hummel, Herta Lenhoff, Wulfie Hummel, Rusty Lewis, Shirley Robinson, Abe Hummel, Abram Nurick.

Middle: Ada Nurick, Sara Brower, Monty Newman, Ruth Kurland, Pearlie Nurick, ?.

Front: Robert Kurland (?), Sylvia Robinson, Mischa Lenhoff.




L to R: Pearlie Nurick, ?, Shirley Robinson, Sara Brower, Herta Lenhoff, Jane Shulman, Ruth Kurland, Monty Newman, Sylvia Robinson, ?, Rusty Lewis, Leah Hummel, ?, ?, Mischa Lenhoff, ?.




Sylvia Robinson's 21st birthday, August 1938


Back: ?, Lotte Speier, Ada Nurick, Benno Jacobson, Ray Sack, ?, Ruth Kurland, ?.

Middle: Solly Bellon, Sylvia Lenhoff, Sara Brower, Sammy Bellon, Leo Lenhoff, Joyce Nurick, Herta Lenhoff, Louis Caplan, Molly Nurick, Louis Shulman, ?, ?, Abe Nurick, Jane Shulman, ?, ?, ?, Mahle Shulman, Mimmie Brower, Charlie Brower.

Front: Clarence Robinson, Louis Gilinsky, Mrs. O'Healey (pianist), Abe Shulman, Boy Robinson, ?, ?, Rudolph Sahlertz, Robert Kurland, ?, ?, Sylvia Robinson, ?, Carmen Sahlertz, ?, Mrs. Hamburg, Fanny Robinson.


Function at Robinson home


Standing: Mrs. O'Healey (pianist), Charlie Brower, Lotte Speier, Herta Lenhoff, Ray Sack, Benno Jacobson, ?, Sara Brower, ?, Jane Shulman, Abe Shulman, Ada Nurick, Mimmie Brower, Mrs. Hamburg, Mahle Shulman.

Seated: Clarence Robinson, Fanny Robinson, Robert Kurland, Ronnie Robinson, Sylvia Robinson, Monty Newman, Melville Kurland, Rusty Lewis, ?, Shirley Robinson, Shirley Shulman, Louis Shulman.


Cheder classes, ca. 1935


Back row: Abe Hummel, Hymie Hummel, Leah Hummel, Pearlie Nurick, Judy Blumberg, Ruth Kurland, Netty Ringer, Sylvia Dickman.

Third row: Lionel Dickman, Rosalyn Blum, Syma Berson, Ronnie Robinson, Julius Kowen, Morris Ringer, Sammy Blumberg, Louis Chesed, Sam Zinn, Shirley Shulman.

Second row: Leonora Werbeloff, Selma Ringer, Queenie Kowen, Hilda Kowen, Leo Brenner (secretary), Louis Caplan (teacher), Gertie Hummel, Beatrice Nurick, Elma Blum.

Front row: Fanny Nurick, Jackie Zinn, Freda Chesed, Cecil Berson, Irma Kowen, Beryl Dickman, Ida Kowen.




1920s

Ca. 1922


Back: Mrs. Kangisher, Lou Metliss (?), Maurice Kowen, Tefky Kowen, Abram Nurick, Yettie Freedman, Sara Brower.

Front: Mrs. W. Kowen, Dora Kowen (Kangisher), Sam Werbeloff, Jami Levinson (?).


Upington Jewish Bachelors Club, ca. 1920

Standing (L to R): Charlie Brower, Samuel Werbeloff. Seated: Barnett Lester, Phil Morris, Simon Weinberg.




1910s

Group of ladies, gentlemen and staff during a picnic on the island, ca. 1910


From right: Mr. Bendheim at back, with Mrs. Bendheim holding Charles, and Dorothy standing next to her; ? Kowen (holding child) and Rose Kowen at back, with Henry Bendheim (nephew) and Henry Bendheim (son) on ground in front; Shlomo Lenhoff at back, with Mary Lenhoff in front of him holding Leo (baby), and ? reclining in front; ? standing with ? in front of him and Clarence Robinson reclining on ground in front; others unidentified except Max Kurland reclining on ground at far left and Paula Lenhoff seated next to him; one other probably Max Polevnik.