Reeva Forman
Mazal tov to Reeva Forman (Chairman Temple Israel) for being presented with the Bertram Lubner Leadership Award from the South African Jewish Board of Deputies – Gauteng Council, for her “outstanding services to the Jewish community, the people of South Africa and the State of Israel.”
Temple Israel 80th Anniversary
Today, 9 July 2016, we celebrated our 80th Anniversary and the opening of the Temple Israel Heritage Centre. Celebrating it with us was a delegation from The World Union of Progressive Judaism led by Rabbi Joel Oseran and President Carole Sterling, Professor Joseph Weiler son of our first Rabbi MC Weiler, Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela, Israeli Ambassador Arthur Lenk, Johannesburg Mayor Parks Thau, Advocate George Bizos, Marlene Bethlehem and many other dignitaries. The event was a great success with more than 300 people attending.
Purim 2016
Purim celebration held on Saturday 19 March. Rabbi Julia Margolis entertained all with her unique and delightful way of relating the Purim story. A great time was held by all.
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TEMPLE ISRAEL IS A PLACE OF JEWISH WORSHIP, OFFERING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT AND COMMUNAL ENVIRONMENT, GUIDED BY COMMITTED LEADERSHIP.
Temple Israel in Hillbrow gets Heritage status
ROBYN SASSEN SAJR 5 Dec 2014
Sunday 28 November 2014 saw an extraordinarily moving event in
which activist Reeva Forman’s campaign to preserve
Hillbrow’s Temple Israel, South Africa’s first Reform synagogue,
began to enjoy the public attention it warrants.
With the assistance of the Johannesburg Heritage
Foundation’s Flo Bird, a blue plaque was installed outside
the shul. Opened in 1936 under the leadership of Rabbi
MC Weiler, the shul in Paul Nel Street is an Art Deco gem
designed by architects Kallenbach, Kennedy and Furner,
and serves as the repository for the archives of Progressive
Judaism. Pictured are Johannesburg City’s deputy
director of Immovable Heritage, Eric Itzkin with Forman
and Temple Israel congregants unveiling the plaque.
