Jewish Community: ONUMOZ,
Box 1915, Maputo.
Tel. 1 42 32 17, Fax. 1 42 33 82

Jewish Community of Mozambique:
c/o Natalie Tenzer-Silva,
P.O. Box 232,
Maputo,
[Office] +2581-497483
or +2581-494060/2
[Fax] +2581-494029
[Mobile] +258 82 326647
[Home] +2581-450542

• Cemiterjo Comunal Israelita : {10723} Avenida Latino Coelho. (1880 or 1848?] -1960). Cleaned up and well maintained since 1996 [?] through donations of the interested Jewish residents, this cemetery has some entirely Portuguese names reflecting Mozambique's status as a Portuguese colony until 1974. The majority of the estimated 150 or so names are "English" or "East European" names, not Portuguese. Many must have been South African Jews (generally immigrants from Lithuania to South Africa from about 1880-1940) who settled in Laurenco Marques rather than South Africa itself. Years of death ranged from about 1880 to 1960 or so. Source: John Miller, Washington, D.C.: john_miller@abtassoc.com
        http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/communities/wjcbook/mozamb/index.htm - link no longer available : "Most of the Jews live in Lourenco Marques [Maputo]. Jewish settlement was initiated at the turn of the century by South African Jewish refugees exiled by President Kruger's government for their pro-British activities. In 1926 a synagogue was consecrated in Lourenco Marques. There is a cemetery in Alto Maha." [October 2000]
       Around 60 to 100 Jewish graves. There is a small active community now, with some conversos, but mainly expatriates. Cemetery or synagogue e-mail: Rufina Mausenbaum rufina@netactive.co.za . FAX: 27-11-8802962. (Supplied by Mausenbaum, FAX: 2121 27282226292621.) Names {10723} supplied by Saul Issroff: saul@issroff.com
        UPDATE:  Sixty-four markers, dating 1901 to 1965, have clear names and death years , except for two that show neither words nor letters. Of those two, one is illegible, the other broken in small pieces. Source: John Miller at John_Miller@abtassoc.co.za [February 2002]
        UPDATE:   1975 Mozambican independence saw the departure of the Jewish community. The cemetery's avenue of frangipani and a towering mango tree fell into disrepair and was vandalized. The synagogue became a warehouse. In 1989, a local non-Jewish businessman organized a campaign to return the synagogue to the few Jews left in the country. Restoration work began. (Mozambique's haroset is based on local cashews.) The community met on Sunday mornings since 1992 to remove tons of trash from the cemetery , plant new trees, and build walls. Source: http://www.saudades.org/jewsmoz.html [September 2002]