Introduction

South African Jewry 1967-68 Edition. A Survey of the Jewish Community; Its Contributions to South Africa; Directory of Communal Institutions; and a Who's Who of Leading Personalities 2nd edition, was edited by Leon Feldberg and published by Feldhill Publishing Co, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1968.

It provides an invaluable snapshot – forever frozen in time – of South African Jewry and its immense contribution to South African life in the late 1960s.

This website includes 2,425 biographies and several longer articles. Every word in the biographies and articles is searchable through the search box. This is useful if searching for locations, spouses, type of employment etc. Use the page, label or search box to find the information you are seeking

The longer articles are, to quote from Leon Feldberg’s introduction: “Contributions to South African Jewish historiography. Louis Herrman has written the first comprehensive survey of the role which Jews have played in Medicine in South Africa. Gustav Saron studies some of the forces which went into the moulding of South African Jewry at the turn of the century. Edgar Bernstein presents a broad panorama of our Jewish community as it is today, Jacob Newman extends the picture with a survey of Jewish religious life, and Eugene Duschinsky with a survey of Jewish life in the small towns of the Platteland. Eric Rosenthal calls to notice some interesting Jewish associations with the field of Science in South Africa. Muriel Rathouse depicts one of Johannesburg's notable Jewish pioneers [Hyman Morris]". They can be accessed Here.

This project is in memory of my father, Lionel Harris Hodes, General Secretary of the South African Zionist Federation from 1969 – 1973, for his communal service and contribution to South African Jewry.

NOTE: I have started adding the 1929 Yearbook entries as well. These records will have 1929 Yearbook at the top of each record to distinguish them from the 1967/8 edition records. They can also be found using the label "1929 Yearbook". Where a person appears in both Yearbooks I have put their entries on the same page

Jeremy Hodes (PhD), New South Wales, Australia

December 2025 

Josephson, Lewis

1929 Yearbook 

JOSEPHSON, Lewis, Skin and Wool Merchant. Born in Russia in 1887. Came to South Africa in 1905. Educated in Russia and South Africa. Married in 1921 to Jean Glazer: has three children. Member, Durban New Hebrew Congregation: Member of the Hebrew Order of David, F.C. Hollander Lodge, Durban. Postal Address: 135, 7th Avenue, Durban.

Joseph, Louis Emanuel

1929 Yearbook 

JOSEPH, Louis Emanuel (Senior Partner of firm of L. E. Joseph & Co.), Printers and Manufacturers of Stationery (estab. for 10 years). Born in Kimberley in 1890, and educated there. Married in 1914 to Ann Lucas: has one son. Ex-President of Associated Master Printers of Transvaal. Postal Address: P.O. Box 1884, Johannesburg.

Joffe, Semach Isaiah

1929 Yearbook 

JOFFE, Semach Isaiah, Produce Merchant. Born in Wilkomir, Lithuania, in 1884. Educated at Wilkomir Yeshivah. Came to South Africa in 1893. Married in 1922 to Mary Kaplan, daughter of Rev. Kaplan, Klerksdorp; has two children. Associated with Jewish War Relief Fund as President and Treasurer; Treasurer for 18 years of Gemillas Chasodim: Treasurer of Chevra Kadisha: Treasurer of Hebrew Kindergarten; Member, Jewish Board of Deputies. Postal Address: P.O. Box 144, Pretoria.

Joffe, Charles

1929 Yearbook 

Hon. JOFFE, Charles, Attorney, Notary and Conveyancer. Born in Johannesburg in 1905. Educated at Germiston High School. Secretary United Hebrew Institutions, Brakpan; Secretary, Hebrew Order of David, Brakpan Lodge; Hon. Secretary, Brakpan Zionist Society. Postal Address: P.O. Box 84, Brakpan.

Joffe, Barney

1929 Yearbook 

JOFFE, Barney, Photographer. Born in Poneves, Russia, in 1889, and educated there. Came to South Africa in 1906. Married Ray Himmelhoch; has two children. Twice Mayor of Witbank: Town Councillor for 15 years. Postal Address: P.O. Box 58, Witbank.

Joelson, Isidore

1929 Yearbook 

JOELSON, Isidore, Solicitor and Conveyancer. Born in Wynberg, Cape, in 1902. Educated at South African College School and University of Cape Town. Postal Address: P.O. Box 2664, Cape Town.

Jochelson, Robert

1929 Yearbook 

JOCHELSON, Robert, Civil and Electrical Engineer, Managing Director, Penman & Jochelson, Ltd., B.Sc. (Eng.). Born in Russia in 1895. Arrived in South Africa in 1901. Educated at Marist Bros. College, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University. Married in 1928 to Beatrice Blanche Jackson. Ex-Hon. Secretary, Braamfontein Hebrew Congregation, Johannesburg. Postal Address: P.O. Box 5628, Johannesburg.

Jenks, Harold

1929 Yearbook 

JENKS, Dr. Harold, Dental Surgeon, D.M.D., L.D.S. Born in Cape Town in 1897. Educated ar S.A.C.S., Cape Town, King Edward VII. School, Johannesburg, Liverpool and Harvard Universities. Hebrew Vice-President, Order of David Lodge, Boksburg: Member various Jewish Local Institutions; Member of various Sporting Clubs. Postal Address: 7 Smit Street, Boksburg.

Jawno, Samuel

1929 Yearbook 

JAWNO, Samuel, Merchant. Born in Russia in 1894, and educated there. Married in 1924 to Florence Jacobs; has two children. Supporter of all Jewish causes. Postal Address: 18 Bratley Street, Kimberley.

Janower, Joseph

1929 Yearbook 

JANOWER, Joseph, Produce Merchant. Born in Lithuania in 1883. Came to South Africa in 1899. Married in 1911 to Alice, daughter of Mrs. and the late Mark Fine; has two children. Hon. Treasurer of the South African Zionist Federation from 1913-1928; present Chairman of the National Fund for South Africa, on behalf of the Zionist Executive; he is one of the Founders of the South African Palestine Enterprise (Binyan) Corporation, Ltd.

Jaffit, Zelick

1929 Yearbook 

JAFFIT, Zelick, Attorney. Born in Berezna, Ukraine, in 1902. Came to South Africa in 1905. Educated in Postal Address: P.O. Box 1279, Johannesburg. Johannesburg.

Jacobson, Solomon Leon

1929 Yearbook 

JACOBSON, Solomon Leon, Director, Morrison's Mail Order House, Ltd., Escombe, Natal. Born in Lithuania in 1888, and educated there. Married in 1919 to Mollie Sher; has three daughters. W.M., Lodge of Israel, 3170, E.C.; ex-Treasurer of Jewish War Victims' Funds; Executive, Durban Hebrew Congregation 1920-1928; Member, both Durban New Hebrew Congregations. Postal Address: 389 Currie Road, Durban.

Jacobson, Philip Solomon

1929 Yearbook 

JACOBSON, Philip Solomon, Medical Practitioner, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., London. Born in Durban in 1900. Educated at Jeppe High School, Johannesburg, and Guy's Hospital. Ex-House Physician, Assistant House Surgeon, Out-patients Officer, Clinical Assistant, Guy's Hospital. Postal Address: St. Mary's Buildings, Kerk Street, Johannesburg.

Jacobson, David

1929 Yearbook 

JACOBSON, David, Property Owner. Born in London in 1871. Came to South Africa in 1876. Educated in London and Port Elizabeth. Married in 1921 to Masha Benjamin. Postal Address: 6 Buckingham Road, Port Elizabeth.

Rabinowitz, Adolph

1929 Yearbook 

RABINOWITZ, Adolph, Chemist, Pharmaceutical M.P.S., F.N.O.A., D.C.O. Born in Beerz, Russia, in 1899. Came to South Africa in 1902. Educated in Cape Town and Glasgow. Married in 1922 to Minnie Saacke; has one child. Managing Director, Cape Peninsula Health Products, Ltd.; Director, Holdfast Manufacturing Co. Postal Address: P.O. Box 1985, Cape Town.

Kaplan, Asher (Managing director)

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Asher, Managing Director, M. Kaplan & Co., Ltd. Born in Kieff, Russia, in 1880. Educated at Kieff and London. Arrived in South Africa in 1897. Married in 1910 to Lottie Coral; has two children. Vice-President and ex-President, Port Elizabeth Jewish Benevolent Society. Postal Address: P.O. Box 149, Port Elizabeth.

Kaplan, Abraham

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Abraham, Solicitor. Born in Oudtshoorn in 1888. Educated in Oudtshoorn and Cape Town. Married in 1923 to Cissie Nurick; has five children. Postal Address : P.O. Box 740, Bulawayo.

Kantor, Abraham

1929 Yearbook 

KANTOR, Abraham, Attorney-at-Law, Notary Public. Born in Lithuania. Came to South Africa in 1891. Educated at Pretoria Boys' High School. Married to Pauline Braude; has two children. Postal Address : P.O. Box 4918, Johannesburg.

Kallenbach, Hermann

1929 Yearbook 

KALLENBACH, Hermann, Architect. Born in 1871 in Russ, East Prussia. Educated at College Tilsit, studied architecture at Strelitz-i-M, Stuttgart, and Munich. Came to South Africa in 1896. Practised in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban; Senior Partner of the firm Kallenbach, Kennedy and Furner, A.R.I.B.A., Architects, of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, and Cape Town; carried out numerous commercial buildings, theatres, hotels, residential blocks, churches, and residences in Transvaal, Natal, Cape Colony, and Orange Free State. Postal Address: Office: 72-77 Sacke's Buildings, Joubert Street, Johannesburg (P.O. Box 2493); Residence: Linksfield Ridge, Johannesburg.

Kahn, Jacob

1929 Yearbook 

KAHN, Jacob, Attorney and Conveyancer. Born in Kenilworth, Cape, in 1903. Educated at Boys' High School, Wynberg, and University of Cape Town. Secretary to sporting bodies, particularly for Rugby Football. Postal Address: P.O. Box 2627, Cape Town.

Kahn, I. Julius

1929 Yearbook 

KAHN, I. Julius, Solicitor, Commissioner of Oaths, P.W.M. Freemasonry. Educated at Gymnasium High School, Paarl, and South African College, Cape Town. Married in 1925 to Annie Bayer; has two children. Postal Address: P.O. Box 719, Port Elizabeth.

Kahn, Bernard

1929 Yearbook 

KAHN, Bernard, Grain Broker. Born in Johannesburg in 1896. Educated at Technical College, Durban. Married in 1919 to Ellen Mendelsohn: has three children. Ex-President, Jewish Circle, Durban; ex-Committee Member, Johannesburg Jewish Guild. Postal Address: P.O. Box 5681, Johannesburg.

Kahn, Gertrude

1929 Yearbook 

KAHN, Gertrude (née Nyberg). Born in London. Educated at Brussels. Arrived in South Africa in 1904. Married Isidore Kahn. For many years President, Jewish Ladies' Guild of Durban, now Treasurer of same. Postal Address: P.O. Box 581, Durban.

Kahan, Isaac Meyer

1929 Yearbook 

KAHAN, Isaac Meyer, Timber and General Merchant. Born in Russia in 1885. Educated at Berne, Switzerland. Came to South Africa in 1906. Married in 1912 to Paulina Kravitsky; has two children. Founder and Owner of the Township of Zoekmekaar. Postal Address: P.O. Box 7, Zoekmekaar, Northern Transvaal.

Judelowitz, Jacob Solomon

1929 Yearbook 

JUDELOWITZ, Jacob Solomon, engineer and Principal "Eber" Hebrew College and Boarding Home, 68 Barnato Street, Berea. Born in 1880 in District Kovno, Lithuania. Educated at late father's Hebrew School and Jewish Colleges in Lithuania and Poland. Married in 1904 to Fanny E. Guttman; has seven children. Took Degree of "Maschineningenieur" in Berlin; in Germany, took an active part in Zionism and Hebrew culture; helped to organise the first Conference of Hebrew Literature and Culture in 1909 at Berlin, in co-operation with S. A. Hurwitz, R. Brainin, S. A. Horoditzky, and others. Came to South Africa in 1911, and after vain search for an engineering position, devoted himself to Hebrew Education. Played an active part in Zionism and had lectured in Hebrew and Yiddish to many Cultural Societies; was Hon. Secretary of the Society for the promotion of Hebrew Knowledge; Chairman, Transvaal Hebrew Teachers' Association; Chairman, Yiddish Literary and Dramatic Society; Chairman, Moses Hess Group; Vice-Chairman, South African Zeire Zion; Committee Member, Zionist Revisionist Association; since arrival in South Africa, has contributed to local Jewish Press; edited Di Naye Heim, daily (1913); edited Yiddish Supplement of Zionist Record (1914), and Yiddish Supplement of Ivri Onouchi (1924-5); his articles about the bibliography of the Jewish Press in South Africa in South African Jewish Chronicle Annuals (1914-1915), and in Das Naya Wort (1916), were greatly appreciated by Jewish bibliographers; there is also an article on the history of the Jewish Press in the present Year Book.

Josselsohn, Isaac

1929 Yearbook 

JOSSELSOHN, Isaac, Estate Agent. Born in Zagory, Russia, in 1881. Educated there and in Johannesburg. Married in 1906 to Leah Lipschitz; has six children. Ex-Town Councillor of Bethal; Member of Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Bethal; President, Bethal Hebrew Congregation; President, Zionist Society, Bethal; took active part in all Jewish affairs in Bethal: resident of Bethal for 21 years. Postal Address: P.O. Box 5429, Johannesburg.

Kark, S. E.

1929 Yearbook 

KARK, S. E., Physician, M.D. (Edinburgh), Ch.B., L.M.R.C.P.I., С.Т.М. Born in Shavli in 1879. Came to South Africa in 1894. Educated at Normal College and South African College, Cape Town. Married in 1910 to Miss Rossenstein. Hon. Medical Officer to Cape Jewish Orphanage, Jewish Aged Home, etc.; Vice-President, Dorshei Zion Association, Cape Town. Postal Address: Hilyards Chambers, Cape Town.

Kapnek, James Frederick

1929 Yearbook 

KAPNEK, James Frederick, Director of Companies. Born in Bessarabia in 1881. Educated at Philadelphia, U.S.A. Came to South Africa in 1905. Married in 1917 to Pita Soref. Actively associated with Communal matters in Rhodesia for a number of years. Postal Address : Beresford House, Johannesburg.

Kaplan, Zelda

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Zelda. Born in Russia in 1894. Came to South Africa in 1897. Educated at Pretoria. Married in 1916 to S. J. Kaplan; has three children. President, Durban Jewish Ladies' Guild; previously first Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: Vice-President, Durban Zionist Association. Postal Address: 8 Gratton Place, Durban.

Kaplan, Samuel (Merchant)

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Samuel, Merchant (Founder and Partner of C.T.C. Bazaars, South Africa). Born in Pokroy, Lithuania, in 1897. Came to South Africa in 1907. Educated at the Cape. Member of Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce; Supporter of various Jewish Institutions. Postal Address: P.O. Box 5560, Johannesburg.

Kaplan, Samuel (Attorney)

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Samuel Attorney and Notary. Born in Russia in 1886. Came to South Africa in 1893. Educated in the Cape Province. Postal Address: P.O. Box 100, Port Elizabeth.

Kaplan, Maximillian William

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Maximilian William, Medical Practitioner, M.A., M.D., B.Ch. Born in 1897. Educated at Durban High School, University of Cape Town, and Dublin University. Part-time Pensions Medical Officer, Durban. Postal Address: 8/9 National Bank Chambers, Durban.

Kaplan, Maurice

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Maurice, Wholesale General Merchant. Born in Russia in 1892. Educated in Russia and South Africa. Came to South Africa in 1903. Married in 1926 to Thelma Sher. Member of the Durban Hebrew Congregation. Postal Address: P.O. Box 1553, Durban.

Kaplan, Jacob John

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Jacob John, Produce Merchant. Born in Lithuania in 1868, and educated there. Arrived in South Africa in 1892. Married in 1904 to Annie Seltzer: has three children. Committee, Produce Section, Port Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce; President, Port Elizabeth Hebrew Congregation; Vice-President, Port Elizabeth Chevra Kadisha: Committee, Port Elizabeth Hebrew School: Treasurer, Port Elizabeth Jewish Benevolent Society. Postal Address: P.O. Box 147, Port Elizabeth.

Kaplan, Harry

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Harry, Solicitor and Notary. Born in Russia in 1900. Came to South Africa in 1907. Educated at Oudtshoorn, Cape. Secretary, O.M.Z.Α., Oudtshoorn; Secretary, Jewish Relief Fund; Secretary, Claremont Hebrew Congregation. Postal Address: Main Road, Claremont.

Kaplan, Bernard

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Bernard, Medical Practitioner, M.R.C.S. (England), L.R.C.P. (London). Born in Port Elizabeth in 1904. Educated at Port Elizabeth (Grey Institute), Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, Guy's Hospital, London. Postal Address: Cawood Street, Port Elizabeth.

Kaplan, Abraham Morris

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Abraham Morris, Minister of Religion, Jeppestown Hebrew Congregation, and Principal, Jeppestown Hebrew School. Born in Jerusalem in 1894. Educated at the Rabbinical Seminarium. Married in 1914 to Minnie Fein; has one daughter. Positions held as Minister of Religion and Schochet, Chazan Mohel and Hebrew Teacher to the following congregations: Oudtshoorn, Krugersdorp, Boksburg, and since 1923 at Jeppestown; Hon. Secretary, Jewish Ministers' Association. Postal Address: 20 Cole Street, Kensington, Johannesburg.

Kaplan, Aaron L

1929 Yearbook 

KAPLAN, Aaron L., Minister of the La Rochelle Hebrew Congregation. Rabbinical Degree of the Mirer Yeshiva. Born in Malecz, Poland, in 1894. Educated at Slabodka Yeshiva. Married in 1921 to Thama Cohen; has two sons. Came to South Africa in 1922. Chazan, Shochet and practical Mohel. Postal Address: 241 Donnelly Street, Kenilworth.

Karstaedt, Schmerl

1929 Yearbook 

KARSTAEDT, Schmerl, Produce Merchant. Born in Candau, Courland, in 1877. Educated there and at Yeshiva. Came to South Africa in 1899. Married in 1907 to Betty Karstaedt; has two children. Vice-President, Port Elizabeth Hebrew Congregation; Committee, Port Elizabeth Hebrew School; Committee, Port Elizabeth Chevra Kadisha. Postal Address: P.O. Box 722, Port Elizabeth.

Kerbel, Isaac

1929 Yearbook 

KERBEL, Isaac (I. Kerbel & Co., and Algoa Cement Industries), Timber Merchant and Joinery Manufacturer. Born in Friedrichstadt, Latvia, in 1874. Educated at Riga. Came to South Africa in 1894. Married in 1904 to Sasa Gilbart; has five children. Ex-President, Port Elizabeth Orthodox Hebrew Congregation. Postal Address: P.O. Box 3043, North End, Port Elizabeth.

Kavonick, Abraham Benjamin

1929 yearbook 

KAVONICK, Abraham  Benjamin, Managing Director, Barney Miller, Ltd., Merchants, Potchefstroom. Born in Sheffield, England, in 1883. Educated at Sheffield Technical Institute. Married in 1908 to Rebecca Isserman: has four children. Farmer on a large scale in Free State and Transvaal; supporter of all Jewish causes. Postal Address: P.O. Box 273, Potchefstroom.

Kaumheimer, Bernard

1929 Yearbook 

KAUMHEIMER, Bernard, Merchant. Born in Germany in 1877, and educated there. Came to South Africa in 1894. Married in 1906 to Cloti Theilheimer: has two children. Vice-President, South African Jewish Orphanage. Postal Address: P.O. Box 207, Johannesburg.

Kaufman, Oscar

1929 Yearbook 

KAUFMAN, Oscar, Merchant. Born in Roumania, and educated there. Came to South Africa in 1900. Married in 1910 to Rebecca Rachael; has three children. Executive Member, Chamber of Commerce; Vice-President, Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation. Postal Address: P.O. Box 380, Bulawayo.

Kaufman, Charles

1929 Yearbook 

KAUFMAN, Charles, Medical Practitioner, M.В., Ch.B. (Liverpool), B.A. (Cape Town). Born in 1904. Educated at S.A.C.S. (Cape Town), University of Cape Town, University of Liverpool. Postal Address: "Avoca," Main Road, Wynberg, Cape Town.

Katzenellenbogen, Herman

1929 Yearbook 

KATZENELLENBOGEN, Herman, Merchant. Born in Krettinga in 1877. Educated at Mamel and Munden, Province Hanover. Came to South Africa in 1894. Married in 1899 to Freda Schlosberg; has one child. Ardent supporter of all Jewish causes. Postal Address: P.O. Box 380, Pretoria.

Katzen, Herman

1929 Yearbook 

ΚΑΤΖΕΝ, Herman, Produce Merchant. Born in Kreutzburg, Latvia, in 1873. Educated in Russia. Married to Elsa Gertrude Lewin: has four children. Came to South Africa in 1893. Μ.Μ. Vereeniging Peace Lodge, 3461, E.C., R.A.O.B.; ex-Municipal Councillor; ex-President, Hebrew Congregation, and at present Trustee to same; Member of various Jewish Local Institutions. Postal Address: P.O. Box 55, Vereeniging.

Katz, John

1929 Yearbook 

KATZ, John, Wholesale Jeweller, Director of the firm of Katz & Lurie, Ltd.; Director of three other Comapanies. Born in Riga in 1870, and educated there. Came to South Africa in 1895. Married in 1899 to Annie Friedman, daughter of A. Friedman, Sunderland. Executive of King Edward VII. School War Memorial Fund. Postal Address: P.O. Box 1919, Johannesburg.

Koonin, Alfred J

1929 Yearbook 

KOONIN, Dr. Alfred J., Dental Surgeon. Holder of Kchakov Diploma, D.D.S.I.U. (Khar.). Born in Minsk, Russia, in 1876. Educated at Kchakov University, Russia. Married in 1902 to Marie Machtin: has five children. Came to South Africa in 1902. Member, New Hebrew Congregation, Roeland Street, Cape Town, and all Charitable Institutions, and also Ancient Order of Buffaloes. Postal Address: 111 Longmarket Street, Cape Town.

Kogan, Frederick

1929 Yearbook 

KOGAN, Frederick, Dental Surgeon, L.D.S., R.C.S. (England). Born in Cape Town in 1899. Educated at South African College High School, Cape Town. Postal Address: 20 Strand Street, Cape Town.

Klotz, Joseph

1929 Yearbook 

KLOTZ, Joseph, Attorney and Notary. Born in Rutiva near Plungian, Russia, in 1898. Arrived in South Africa in 1902. Educated at Jeppe High School, Johannesburg, and S.A.C.S. and Transvaal University College. Married in 1928 to Hannah Jeannette Arkin. Postal Address: P.O. Box 1830, Johannesburg.