Hebrew Oriental Opera Company
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.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Judas_Maccabeus
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