| Jacob Gitlin Library | |
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| Location | 88 Hatfield Street Gardens Cape Town, South Africa |
| Type | Library and archive |
| Established | 1959; 66 years ago (1959) |
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| Website | gitlinlibrary |
TheJacob Gitlin Library inCape Town,South Africa is an archive of information onJudaism, Jewish culture and history, and the nation ofIsrael. It was founded under the auspices of theSouth African Zionist Federation in 1959.
The museum is situated in the downtown neighbourhood ofGardens inCape Town. It is located in the grounds ofGardens Shul, and is housed in theGardens Jewish Community Centre, in the same complex as theSouth African Jewish Museum and theCape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre. It is also close to theIziko South African National Gallery andHouses of Parliament.[1]
The library is named after Jacob Gitlin (1880-1953), the “father of CapeZionism”.[2] Gitlin arrived in South Africa fromLithuania in 1902 and was secretary of the Dorshei Zion Association (DZA) for many years.[2][3]
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