Gardens Shul
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The Gardens Shul, formally, the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, founded in 1841, located in the Cape Town Botanical Gardens, in the Gardens neighborhood of Cape Town, is the oldest Jewish congregation in South Africa. The rabbi is Rabbi Feldman and the cantor is Choni Goldman. The congregation, known as "The Mother Synagogue of South Africa," possesses two historic structures, the 1863 synagogue and the 1905 synagogue. The original 1849 building is no longer extant.The synagogue grounds also house the South African Jewish Museum.
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Paddock Terrace, Cape Town Cape Town Ward 115
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Gardens Shul
Paddock Terrace
8001 Cape Town, Cape Town Ward 115
Western Cape, South Africa
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