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Glenhazel
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Coordinates: 26°8′34″S 28°6′2″E / 26.14278°S 28.10056°E / -26.14278; 28.10056
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1950
• Councillor	(Democratic Alliance)
Area
• Total	1.29 km (0.50 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,991
• Density	2,300/km (6,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	23.2%
• Coloured	0.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	75.3%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011)
• English	76.9%
• Zulu	4.9%
• Tswana	4.3%
• Northern Sotho	3.6%
• Other	10.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2192

Glenhazel is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E, bordering Fairmount, Sandringham, Lyndhurst and Percelia Estate. The area lies on a sloping hill with a park in the valley. It is known for its large Jewish population as well as for being home to the largest Jewish kosher hub in Johannesburg, which attracts many Jewish tourists.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Rietfontein and was established in 1950. In 1992, Helen Heldenmuth, an actress and prominent figure among South African Jewry, opened up her Glenhazel home as a refuge for black children and their mothers fleeing violence in the nearby black township of Alexandra.

Jewish community

Glenhazel is well known for being a suburb with a high ethnic concentration of Jewish people. A large number of synagogues, schools and Jewish seminaries are based in and around the Glenhazel area. In the context of a religious revival in the 1960s, a group of Jews established a highly observant, Orthodox enclave in the suburb. Overseas rabbis from the Ohr Somayach movement, established themselves in Glenhazel, now the epicenter of Orthodox Jewish life in the city with Yeshiva College of South Africa, and Kosher stores, delicatessens and restaurants. In 1997, the mostly Jewish residents of Glenhazel and the adjoining Jewish suburb of Sandringham funded the establishment of their own police station. Crime in the suburb has decreased significantly since the Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein introduced Community Active Protection (CAP) to Glenhazel. The Orthodox Jewish character of the suburb was profiled for SABC's 'Issues of Faith' documentary series. In 2013, 2, 000 Jewish South African women converged on a street in the suburb for a mass Challah bake. The street had been closed, with permission from the city council, and the women learned to knead and shape the dough before taking it home to bake for their Shabbat. The challah bake was part of The Shabbos Project, a project of South Africa's Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein.

Places of worship

• Ohr Somayach, an Orthodox synagogue
• Shaarei Chaim, an Orthodox synagogue
• The BASE Shul, an Orthodox synagogue
• Sunny Road Kehilla, an Orthodox synagogue
• Adas Yeshurun Shul. an Orthodox synagogue on the border with Fairmount
• Iliana, a Religious Society of Friends church
• Aldergate Methodist Church, a Methodist church.
• the Torah centre formed by Rabbi Shternbuch. Originally founded in Yoeville but moved to the greater Jewish area, Glenhazel.

Education

• Yeshiva College of South Africa, a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school established in 1953 that serves pupils between ages 3–18
• Mesivta Shaarei Torah Boys High School
• Ohr Somayach, South Africa, a Yeshiva
• Glenhazel Primary School, a public English medium co-educational primary school

References

1. ^ "Sub Place Glenhazel". Census 2011.
2. Eruvs and Electric Fences: Inside the Walls of Johannesburg’s Jews Haaretz. 1 May 2014
3. South Africa's anti-Israel stance alarms country's Jews Deutsche Welle. 1 December 2023
4. Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.
5. Jewish South African Actress Makes a Haven for Black Kids Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 14 April 1992
6. ^ The Future of Jewish South Africa Tablet Mag. 22 March 2023
7. South African Jews to fund Johannesburg police station Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 5 June 1997
8. Achievers More brain, less brawn a win for CAP Security South African Jewish Report. 24 November 2022
9. Baal te Shuva-The Road to Return 01. SABC. 30 December 2011
10. 2,000 South African Women Join Mass Challah Baking Forward. 28 October 2013

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