Spanning the Past Two Centuries, the Jews in South Africa Explores the Fascinating Role Played by This Small but Highly Significant Community in the Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Life of This Country. This Illustrated Story - the First Comprehensive History to Appear in Over 50 Years - Includes a Wide Range of Historically Important Photographs, Many Long Unseen, and Encompasses a Broad Swathe of Jewish Life, From the Bimah and the Boardroom to the Bowling Green. Beginning With the First Jewish Immigrants to South Africa, and Depicting the Fragility of the Early Foundations and the Shifting Fortunes of This Infant Community, the Title Traces Its Development to Robust Maturity Amidst Turbulent Social and Political Currents. These Include the Strident Antisemitism of the 1930S, the Moral Dilemmas of the Apartheid Era, the Subsequent Turbulent Transition Towards a Non-Racial Democracy, the Birth of the New South Africa and the Fresh Challenges and Promise That Have Followed In