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On Friday 30th March 2001, Bernard Lowe benoniboy@home.com wrote: ...
I am attaching 2 photo views of the interior of the Benoni Shul which you may like to add to your archive. They are in Adobe Acrobat format
I grew up in Benoni and I took the pictures while on a visit there about
6 years ago [1995?]. I believe the synagogue building dates from about 1933.
Benoni was a thriving Jewish community, even supporting a Jewish Day
School in the late 1960's and 70's. As a child I used to sing in the
Shul choir, and the choir loft, situated above the ark, is clearly
visible in the one picture, taken from the ladies gallery looking
towards the ark. Click to view [181 KBytes]
The other is taken from the choir loft itself looking
down into the room. This second view is, of course, the one I remember
best - many long hours spent in that choir loft. Click to view [153 KBytes]
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