Zimbabwe Jewish Community http://www.zjc.org.il [April 2006]
 

http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/communities/wjcbook/zimbabwe/index.htm - link no longer available : "Jewish settlement dates back to the turn of the century and, in some respects, parallels that of South Africa. Jews began to leave the country in large numbers during the civil strife that gripped Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in the 1970s. Today more than two-thirds of the community's members are 65 or older." [October 2000]

http://www.haruth.com/JewsLemba.html links to the Lembas

Courtesy of Dr. Saul Issroff: saul@issroff.com [June 2000]:
      Daniel Montague Kisch arrived in the country in 1869, long before Cecil John Rhodes' British South Africa Company received its charter in 1889. Kisch became the main adviser to the tribal chief, King Lobengula. Many Jewish pioneers of eastern European origin emigrated from the 1880's onward and were fundamental to the development of the country. Later, some arrived from the South, some walking from the east coast Portuguese territory of Mozambique. In the 1930's, a small group of German refugees settled mainly in Salisbury (now Harare) and Bulawayo. A community from the Greek island of Rhodes also came. Approximately 900 Jews now live in Zimbabwe, around 600 in Harare and 300 in Bulawayo. Each has its own synagogues and Jewish day schools.
      Reference: Kosmin, B.A., Majuta History of the Jewish Community of Zimbab . Mambo Press, Gwelo, 1980.
      Vital Records: Send a letter with the full name, date and place of birth, marriage or death and a bankers draft for 10 Zimbabwe Dollars to The Office of the Registrar, Births, Marriages and Deaths, PO Box 7734, Causeway, Harare.

• Athlone Avenue Cemetery : Children's Section: {10617} Hebrew Section: {10661}
• Bulawayo Cemetery : Progressive Hebrew Section: {10616}. Source: Saul Issroff; has burial indexes for Bulawayo. See http://www.zjc.org.il/showpage.php?pageid=35 for burial list. [April 2006]

HARARE :
(the former name was Salisbury):
Jewish Board of Deputies, PO Box 1954, Harare, Tel 702506.
Harare Hebrew Congregation (est. 1895), PO Box 342, Harare, Tel: 727576
Sephardi Hebrew Congregation (est. 1932), PO Box 1051, Harare, Tel: 722899 

• Pioneer Street Cemetery: Located on Pioneer St at the foot of Harare's Kopje. The first recorded Jewish Grave at the Pioneer St Cemetery in Harare is dated 1901.See http://www.zjc.org.il/showpage.php?pageid=27 for burial lists. [April 2006]
• Warren Hills Cemetery: The cemetery is located on Bulawayo Road about 12 kms south of Harare near other cemeteries. The first Jewish grave at Warren Hills is dated 22nd Feb 1968. See http://www.zjc.org.il/showpage.php?pageid=28 for burial list. [April 2006]

KADOMA : {10892}
(formerly Gatooma)
The newly restored and rededicated Jewish cemetery in Kadoma (Gatooma), Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) has a total of 43 graves. Fourteen graves, mainly those of babies and young children who died during the 1920s and 30s, did not have stones but now are marked. Peter Sternberg, who helped restore the cemetery and erected a secure wall, moved to Harare. He has no e-mail. Address: 24 A Gold Stairs Road, Emerald Hill, Harare, Zimbabwe. Source: Jonah Sherman: gjs1@Maristb.Marist.edu .
Saul Issroff: saul@issroff.com has burial index. [date?]
See http://www.zjc.org.il/showpage.php?pageid=34 for burial list and photos. [April 2006]

SALISBURY : see HARARE

KWEKWE :
(formerly Que Que)
 See http://www.zjc.org.il/showpage.php?pageid=211 for burial list and photos. [April 2006]