Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research
Formation1980 (1980)
FounderMendel Kaplan
HeadquartersUniversity of Cape Town, Madiba Cir, Rondebosch, Cape Town
Director
Adam Mendelsohn
Key people
Moshe Davis, Milton Shain
WebsiteKaplan Centre

The Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research is an institute located in Cape Town, South Africa dedicated to Jewish studies.[1] It is an autonomous centre with its own governing body and located within the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town.[1] The centre is the only one of its kind in South Africa.[1] It seeks to promote the learning of Jewish studies and research at the university and has a special focus on the South African Jewish community.[1] As well as producing a new generation of scholars, the Centre trains teachers for the Jewish Day School system.[1]

History

It was established in 1980 under the terms of a gift to the University of Cape Town by the Kaplan Kushlick Foundation and in honour of the parents of Mendel Kaplan and his brother, Robert.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The First Twenty Five Years. Cape Town: Kaplan Centre. ISBN 9780799222968.
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