Photographs of Temple Israel (The Heritage Portal)
The first Reform synagogue in South Africa, Temple Israel opened in 1936 under the leadership of Rabbi M.C. Weiler. An Art Deco temple designed by architects Kallenbach, Kennedy & Furner, the building also houses the archives of Progressive Judaism. Equality between man and women was promoted, and in 1949 the sisterhood at Temple Israel founded the M.C. Weiler School in Alexandra, to counter the inferior “Bantu Education” offered by the apartheid state.
Plaque Location:
Gauteng
Johannesburg
Hillbrow
Plaque Address:
Cnr. Paul Nel and Claim Street Hillbrow
Plaque Category:
Apartheid
Architects
Art Deco
Jewish Heritage
Synagogues
Plaque Organisation:
City of Johannesburg
Johannesburg Heritage Foundation