Temple Israel (Cape Town)

For similarly named congregations and synagogues, see Temple Israel.
Temple Israel
Logo of the congregation
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue and congregation
OwnershipCape Town Progressive Jewish Congregation
Leadership
  • Rabbi Greg Alexander
  • Rabbi Malcolm Matitiani
  • Rabbi Emma Gottlieb
Year consecrated1944
StatusActive
Location
Location all in Cape Town, Western Cape
CountrySouth Africa
Architecture
TypeSynagogue architecture
Date established1944 (as a congregation)
Website
templeisrael.co.za

The Temple Israel, also known as the Cape Town Progressive Jewish Congregation (CTPJC), is a Progressive Jewish congregation, located in Cape Town, with three synagogues located in each of Green Point, Wynberg and Milnerton, in the Western Cape region of South Africa. As three centres combined, they are the largest Progressive congregation in South Africa, and the second largest Jewish congregation in Cape Town after Marais Road Shul in Sea Point.[1]

The congregation started in Green Point in 1944, eight years after South Africa's first progressive synagogue opened in Hillbrow in Johannesburg. The Cape Town congregation caters to over 3,000 Progressive Jews in the city.[2] The congregation is an affiliate of the South African Union for Progressive Judaism, which is part of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ).[3] The congregation represents around 18% of Jews living in Cape Town.[4]

  1. ^ Alexander, Rabbi Greg. "Rabbi Greg Alexander". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Temple Israel turns 70". Temple Israel. Cape Town. Retrieved 7 December 2019.[self-published source?]
  3. ^ "Congregations". South African Union for Progressive Judaism. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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