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The [[Hebrew Oriental Opera Company]], managed by a Mr Silberman, who was also an actor..   
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The [[Hebrew Oriental Opera Company]], managed by a Mr Silberman, who was also an actor. It is possible that the company was based in Johannesburg.   
  
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== Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==
  
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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The company staged [[Judah Amachbee]]. (There are multiple spelling variations of Yehudah HaMakabi [Hebrew: יהודה המכבי], most commonly known as "Judah Maccabee" also spelt Judas Maccabeus, Machabeus, or Maccabæus. He was a Jewish priest and a son of the priest Mattathias who led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire [167–160 BCE]).
 
 
The company staged [[Judah Amachbee]]. (Could be a spelling variation of "Judah Macabee".)
 
  
 
== Source ==
 
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Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz. 1955. ''The Jews In South Africa - A History''. Geoffrey Cumberlege, [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town, London, New York, 1955.
 
Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz. 1955. ''The Jews In South Africa - A History''. Geoffrey Cumberlege, [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town, London, New York, 1955.
  
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https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Judas_Maccabeus
  
 
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The Hebrew Oriental Opera Company, managed by a Mr Silberman, who was also an actor. It is possible that the company was based in Johannesburg.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

The company staged Judah Amachbee. (There are multiple spelling variations of Yehudah HaMakabi [Hebrew: יהודה המכבי], most commonly known as "Judah Maccabee" also spelt Judas Maccabeus, Machabeus, or Maccabæus. He was a Jewish priest and a son of the priest Mattathias who led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire [167–160 BCE]).

Source

Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz. 1955. The Jews In South Africa - A History. Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, London, New York, 1955.

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