WITBANK JEWISH COMMUNITY

 

 

(Includes people of Jewish descent and their descendants, who still live in the Witbank district, or who had previously lived anywhere in  the Witbank district, surrounding farms, collieries, out of town concession store owners, as well as Jewish students studying in Witbank from other areas)
By: Barry Mann
Copyright © 2002 Barry Mann, SAfrica SIG and Jewishgen Inc. 

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Updated:   OCTOBER 2002 

Witbank's New Shul
Location:   Latitude:  25.86° S    Longitude:  29.22° E
It is approximately 150 kilometers north-east of Johannesburg and 100 km east of Pretoria.  Current 2002 population 185,900.
Location Maps
 
The main goal of this web site, is to record the wonderful history and life of the Witbank Jewish Community. 
Goals in Detail
 
C o n t e n t s

Witbank Email Directory
Articles and Photos
Lists, Photos and Directories
Links to other Witbank  web-sites 

If you are able to contribute some information -  names,  family trees,  contacts, contacts to other ex-Witbankers,  stories or  photos - to this genealogical resource then please contact me Barry Mann after viewing 
Detailed Submitting Instructions

 
Articles and Photos
Witbank History
General History plus old Photographs
Witbank Population Timeline The Contemporary Community
Important Events Historical Timeline Witbank Schools Witbank School Photos
Photos of schools and group photos, that include Jewish students, from Year  Books
History of the Witbank Jewish Community Jewish Population Timeline Contemporary Jewish Community
Jewish Important Events Historical Timeline Witbank's Rabbis Witbank's Jewish Migration Patterns
Where Witbank's Jews came from and where they moved to
Prominent Witbank Jews Witbank Street Maps Concession Stores
by Cecilia Muller
Photo Gallery 1
Miscellaneous photographs
Photo Gallery 2
Jewish Miscellaneous photographs
Photo Gallery 3
Photographs of the Synagogues and Rabbis
Lists, Photos and Directories
List Of Jewish Families who still live in Witbank
Includes names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses 
Password needed to access this list
List of Jewish ex-Witbankers all around the world
Includes names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses 
Password needed to access this list
Witbank Jewish Cemetery
Includes names and tombstone photographs
Witbank Jewish Birth List Witbank Jewish Marriage List Witbank Jewish Death  List
Synagogue Members Lists
Lists of members for different years
Synagogue Officers Lists
For the various years
Hebrew School
List of Cheder Teachers and Students with some photos
Jewish Youth Groups
Like Habonim, Bnai Zion, Bnai Akiva, Betar etc. Includes names, and photos
Witbank Jewish Family Surname List
Alphabetic list of names, plus a link for each family surname to a separate web page, that contains family trees, photos and family stories.
Witbank Jewish Family Relationship List
Alphabetic list of names, plus all relationships between every Witbank  family and other Witbank families, if any.
Hebrew Order of David Members List
Includes names and  photographs
B'nai B'rith Members List ???
Includes names and  photographs
Maccabi Members List ???
Includes names and  photographs
WIZO Members List
Includes names and  photographs
Sisterhood Member List ???
Includes names and  photographs
Union of Jewish Women List ???
Includes names and  photographs
??? Organization Member List
Includes names and  photographs
??? Association Member List
Includes names and  photographs
??? Committee Member List
Includes names and  photographs
Site Map
An hierarchical listing of the files on and linked to this site.
Links to other Witbank web-sites
Barry Mann's second Witbank web site Link 2 Link 3
Link 4 Link 5 Witbank 7-Day Weather Forecast

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