On Monday 9 September a new exhibition opened at the South African Jewish Museum.
The exhibition, entitled Echoes of Parow – The Story of a South African Jewish Community, is a creative audio-scape that tells the story of the small, tight-knit Jewish community of Parow.
The full story of this community is told in a new book by historian Professor Richard Mendelsohn. The Jews of Parow charts the rise, evolution, and ultimate migration of Parow’s Jewish community. It is a little-known fact that much of Parow’s development is closely intertwined with the small Jewish community of the area. The book and exhibition explore this (until now) untold history.