Memories of Oranjia: The Cape Jewish Orphanage (1911-2011): The memories of many generations of children who were in the care of Oranjia together with the history from Oranjia's past publications - David Solly Sandler

Memories of Oranjia: The Cape Jewish Orphanage (1911-2011): The memories of many generations of children who were in the care of Oranjia together with the history from Oranjia's past publications - David Solly SandlerThe book is a collections of the memories of many generations of children who were in the care of THE CAPE JEWISH ORPHANAGE which was established in 1911 in Cape Town South Africa. The memories are though the eyes of the children. The institution later adopted the name Oranjia and today is know as Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Centre and still takes care of Jewish children in need in Cape Town. About the author: DAVID SOLLY SANDLER, the compiler of

The book is a collections of the memories of many generations of children who were in the care of THE CAPE JEWISH ORPHANAGE which was established in 1911 in Cape Town South Africa.

The memories are though the eyes of the children. The institution later adopted the name Oranjia and today is know as Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Centre and still takes care of Jewish children in need in Cape Town.

About the author:

DAVID SOLLY SANDLER, the compiler of the four books mentioned below. David was born in Johannesburg South Africa in 1952 and all his forebears originated in Lithuania. He spent most of his childhood, 1954-1969, in Arcadia (The South African Jewish Orphanage) from age three until 17, when he finished school.

He served in the South African Defence Force and did Articles and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1976.In 1979 he married and has two daughters Sarah and Esther.

At the age of 28, in 1981, he left Johannesburg and has lived in Perth, Western Australia, ever since.

Since retiring in early 2007 he has compiled the following books.

• 100 Years of Arc Memories - published 2006-This Arcadia Centenary book contains the memories of over 120 children of The South African Jewish Orphanage.
• More Arc Memories - published 2008- A follow-up of the Centenary book with the memories of more than 100 more children.
• The Ochberg Orphans and the horrors from whence they came - published 2011- The rescue in 1921 of 181 Jewish Orphans by Isaac Ochberg, the representative of the South African Jewish Community, from the horrors of the Pale of Settlement.
• The Pinsker Orphans - published 2013-The life and times of the children from the three Pinsk Jewish Orphanages in the 1920s.

David Solly Sandler Publisher, 2014, softcover