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Into Kokerboom Country: Namaqualand's Jewish Pioneers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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Into Kokerboom Country: Namaqualand's Jewish Pioneers. Phylis Jowell and Adrienne Folb. Vlaeberg: Fernwood, 2001. 160 pp. R29.5
Namaqualand [in the north-west of South Africa] is hardly the promised land but it was home to about 200 Jews who had fled the looming horrors of their European homelands at the end of the 19th century. Although none remain and all that now testifies to their presence in the region are the cemetery and synagogue, this book, embellished with a remarkable collection of historical photographs, is a fitting tribute ...
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