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The Muizenberg Shul, formally the Muizenberg Hebrew Congregation, is a Modern Orthodox Judaism congregation and synagogue, located in Muizenberg, in Greater Cape Town, in the Western Cape region of South Africa. The congregation was established in 1924, and the synagogue was completed in the following year.
Since 2020, the congregation has been led by full-time rabbi, Ryan Newman. According to Newman: “Muizenberg may be the largest Jewish community in South Africa during the holidays. We have a minyan of over fifty men every single day. You can’t walk a minute on the beach without seeing a group of people you know sitting together. The amazing thing is that you see Jews here from across the spectrum of Orthodox Judaism. You have people – and often very different rabbis – from Chabad, Mizrachi, Ohr Somayach, etc. all joining together in a single shul.”
South Africa's Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein and his counterpart in the UK, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, attended centenary celebrations for the congregation in January 2024.
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Categories: Muizenbergshul.co.za Official Website, 1924 Establishments In South Africa, 20th-century Synagogues In South Africa, Ashkenazi Jewish Culture In South Africa, Ashkenazi Synagogues, Jewish Organizations Established In 1924, Modern Orthodox Synagogues In Africa, Neoclassical Architecture In South Africa, Neoclassical Synagogues, Orthodox Synagogues In South Africa, Synagogues Completed In 1925, Synagogues In Cape Town
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