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Identity

This section explores the nature of Jewish life in the Kalahari.

I review the five Rabbis and Hebrew teachers. I also reflect upon religious observance, notably Sabbath observance and Kashrut, Passover Seders and the High Holidays celebrations. This section also looks at holidays like Purim and Yom Haatzmaut as well as youth activities (Habonim). This section also looks at weddings and the issue of mixed marriages. We also explore the Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations. Finally, I document the cemetery, showing the 42 tombstones located in the Jewish section. It would seem that there are graves of Jews buried in the general cemetery prior to the consecration of the Jewish cemetery in 1905. These have yet to be found and documented. I have also added the death certificates of those buried in the Jewish section. 

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