The Exhibition

Navigate the exhibition

• Foreword
• Preface
• The Gateway Museum Project Early History
• Early History
• The Pioneers
• Cattle and Commerce
• Perils Of Life On The Frontier
• Origins Of The Jews In Zambia
• Jewish Life In Livingstone
• The Line of Rail
• The Copperbelt Communities
• Modern-Day Zambia
• The Zambian Jewish Community
• Jewish Cemeteries in Zambia
• The Lusaka Shul - A Short History
• Recently Funded Projects
• Short History of the Jews
• Jewish Religion and Practice
• The Jewish World
• Food in the Jewish Culture

Acknowledgements

Written by Shea Albert and David Saks

The Exhibition Themes

Visitors can experience the reality of life on the African frontier and also explore the settler's of Eastern European origins.

It begins with the early history of the Jewish pioneers to Zambia and tracks their experiences and tribulations from the late 1800's to the present day.

The Gateway Jewish Museum is a vechile for education, information and dialogue. The exhibition offers a dynamic record, still relevant today.