Legends & Legacies: A Story of a Community Season 1 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Comings and Goings

How did the immigrant South African Jewish community arrive at the foot of Africa? Who were they, where did they come from, and where did they go?

2. Gib a Kook/Have a Look

From hawkers to captains of industry, the same road was trudged.

3. Something Tangible

The establishment of the communal institutions, from graveyards to schools.

4. It all Depends

The integration of the community into the civil society that surrounded them.

5. Longings and Belongings

The engagement of the community with the political realities of South Africa.

6. Wondering Jews

The thinkers, the philosophers, the writers, the people of science and medicine and the law — truly a ‘people of the book’.

7. My Child Could Do Better

South African Jewish involvement in theatre, the arts and creativity — and what it did for the community.

8. Considerations

An informal gathering of Jewish family and friends before the Sabbath. We contemplate the present and the future of South Africa’s Jewish community.