This page provides a summary of the Synagogues (Shuls) and smaller outlying Jewish Communities in Zimbabwe and you will find links to underlying information on each one by clicking on relevant page in the above menu. 

Please be patient as we rebuild all the content from the old website on this new format.

In September 2014 – David Gelfand kindly wrote and compiled a large 225-page document which provides historical information on the Jewish Communities of Harare (formerly Salisbury) including details of committee members and other national and local committees. He visited the relevant archives in Jerusalem and spent many many hours collating and producing this important record. This document was subsequently updated by David Gelfand in March 2020. The ZJC are forever grateful to David for the time and effort he invested in this project. Click here to view/download the PDF file. Please note and respect copyright.

Harare Hebrew Congregation

We have a selection of photos and references to this congregation which was established in the 1895. Click on the the main menu above to see underlying pages including copies of the centenary magazine, background to Sharon School, The Youth Centre and other congregational activities.

Sephardic Congregation of Zimbabwe

We have a selection of photos and references to this congregation which was established in the 1931. Click on the main menu above to see underlying pages including copies of the 60th Anniversary Magazine, photos and other resources.

Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation

There are a selection of photos and references to this congregation which was established in the 1895. Click on the main menu above to see underlying pages including copies of the centenary magazine, photos of the 2003 fire which destroyed the Shul, pictures of the Shul in better times and other resources.

Lusaka, Livingstone and Copperbelt communities – please go to the main menu above for Zambia.  Editor – More material is pending.

Shabani – A small community existed in this mining town from about 1918 until the 1940s. Editor – to be added

Kadoma (Gatooma) – click on the main menu above for material relating to his community.

Kwe Kwe (Que Que)  – click on the main menu above for material relating to his community.

Mutare (Umtali) – Manicaland – editor to be added