History of the Jews in Namibia

Namibian Jews

Namibiese Jode Namibische Juden
Location of Namibia in Africa
Total population
100[1]
Regions with significant populations
Namibia
Languages
English, Afrikaans, German, Yiddish, Hebrew
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
South African Jews

Part of a series on the
History of Namibia
Khoisan people Bantu expansion Orlam migration Dorsland Trek Traditional kingdom (Uukwambi, Uukwaluudhi, Uukwangali) German colonisation Herero and Namaqua genocide South West Africa campaign South African Mandate South African Border War SWAPO
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The history of the Jews in Namibia (formerly South West Africa and before that German South West Africa) goes back a little more than one and a half centuries. Non-existent in Namibia before the 19th century, Jews played an important if minor role in the history of Namibia since that point in time, despite their continuous small population.^[1] The most famous Namibian Jew was "businessman, philanthropist and Jewish communal leader" Harold Pupkewitz (1915–2012).^[2]