The South African Jewish Museum's archives (SAJM) Jewish Digital Archive Project is the digital component of the SAJM archive. It aims to maintain a record of Southern Africa's social, economic and political history. JDAP comprises personal narratives and special collections linked to organizations, local communities, and cultural events.
The Glaser Family Collection donated by Leon Glaser includes photographs of of the Glaser family, including documents related to members of the Glaser family.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
The Greenberg Video Collection contains digitised footage. It was donated by Ivan Greenberg and contains videos of the Greenberg family's travels around South Africa and multiple family gatherings.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
The Hymie Becker Photograph Collection contains various images of his life from his childhood in Leliuni, Utena County, Lithuania before he moved to South Africa. There is a map of the town centre and surrounding places. Utena was also occupied by the Germans during World War 1 and World War Two. There is also a picture of the inauguration of the Mayor and Mayoress in Johannesburg in 1983.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
The Jessica Sherman Collection comprises a number of photographs and documents pertaining to David and Bertha Sherman and their family.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections. If you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
The Jewish Government Schools Photographic Collection consists mainly of school photographs taken of various sports teams and classes. These range from boys’ rugby teams to girls’ netball teams, coachs appear in the photographs, and captions are added of team, year, and students and staff involved. Also present within the collection is a newspaper article concerning the renaming of the school itself, and an image of students and a teacher in class.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections. If you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
The Joan Fried Collection comprises a number of images of Jewish family life dating from the late 1800s to the early 1920s as well as a few images of the Fried Family tree.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
The Kantor and Tobiansky Family Collection comprises a number of photographs, including many group family photographs, events such as weddings, photographs taken in Malat/Molėtai, Lithuania and postcards and captions written in Yiddish script.Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections. If you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you have any additional information please contact us.
The Karpas Video Collection contains digitised footage. It was donated by Alan Karpas and contains videos of the Karpas family's travels around South Africa, the Second World War, and Israel.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you would like to add any additional information please contact us.
The Kentridge Family Collection is made up of a number of photographs, was gathered by Mark Lewis (JHB), and traces the history of several generations of the Kentridge family.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you have any additional information please contact us.
The Kopel Family Collection includes images documenting the live events of generations of the Kopel family, including photographs take in Lithuania, correspondence written in Yiddish and many portrait photographs.
Whenever possible research has been conducted to enrich the information in these collections, if you would like to add any additional information please contact us.