Muizenberg, South Africa

 
 

Videos and photos: thanks to Gary Immerman

Memories of Muizenberg Exhibition Opens in Melbourne


1 December 2013

The Memories of Muizenberg opened on Sunday night in Melbourne to an large and enthusiastic crowd at the Central Community Centre in Maple St, South Caulfield.

Earle Sacher was the MC and several people related their stories about Muizenberg before Earle officially opened the exhibition.

Many were able to identify people in the exhibition photos.

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Central Community Centre

South Caulfield Melbourne

Australia

1 - 15 December 2013

‘Memories of Muizenberg 1900-1965’

Exhibiting the brief summer of South African Jewry


A profoundly impactful exhibition, remembering the golden days of the Jewish families who lived in, and those who flocked to Muizenberg in the summer holidays, in the first half of the 20th century, opened at the South African Jewish Museum (SAJM) in Cape Town in March 2010. The brainchild of curator Joy Kropman – this exhibition evoked such powerful nostalgia that South African Ex-Pats all around the world made extraordinary efforts for it to be seen in their new abodes.

After an exceptional run in Cape Town, the exhibition moved to Muizenberg itself, at the Countess Labia Museum and then to Johannesburg. Next it went overseas. In 2012 it was shown at Beth Protea in Herzlia. Israel. In May 2013 it was opened at the London Jewish Cultural Centre in London by Sir Jeremy Isaacs. In December 2013, the exhibition opened at the Central Community Centre in Melbourne before opening at the Bnai Brith centre in Sydney in February 2014 and at Chabad WA in Perth in April. For each of its moves an ex-South African Jew ‘adopted’ the exhibition, gathering fundraisers, assistants and spaces in their respective cities for the 40-panel exhibition. By August 2014 it was back in Sydney – this time at the North Shore Synagogue in Lindfield. Eli Rabinowitz, who had facilitated the exhibitions in Australia, guided and supported Canadians to mount the exhibition in Toronto. Next it opened at the ‘Cape Town Grill’ in Dan Deigo in March 2016. In July 2016 it was trucked to Vancouver where it opened at the Congregation Beth Israel. 

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