SIMENHOFF, Julius. B.A., F.R.A.S. Educationist. (Formerly Lawyer and Conveyancer.) Born Maitland, Cape, son of Mark and Reva Nessa Simenhoff. Educated at Universities of South Africa and Cape Town. Co-founder of former Young Judeans Society, Cape Town. For ten years was in charge of Youth Congregation of Gardens Synagogue. Former member of Young Israel Federation. Former Committee member, Cape Jewish Orphanage, Sea Point Hebrew Congregation and S.A. Jewish Ex-Service League. Member of Talmud Shiur, Gardens Synagogue and Jewish Museum. During World War II served with S.A. Air Force in Italy. Former Chairman of Cape Town Scribblers' Club and Cape Centre of the Astronomical Society of South Africa. Member, Natural History Club and South African Association for the Advancement of Science. Recreations: Reading, writing, walking, swimming. Widowed; was married to the late Margarete Feldmann. Add.: "Marnessa," 51 Belmont Avenue, Oranjezicht, Cape Town.
Biographies extracted and digitised by Dr Jeremy Hodes from the South African Jewish Yearbook 1929 edited by Morris De Saxe and South African Jewry, 1967-68 edited by Leon Feldberg. Use the page, label or search box to find the information you are seeking.
Thursday, 6 April 2023
Simenhoff, Julius
SIMENHOFF, Julius. B.A., F.R.A.S. Educationist. (Formerly Lawyer and Conveyancer.) Born Maitland, Cape, son of Mark and Reva Nessa Simenhoff. Educated at Universities of South Africa and Cape Town. Co-founder of former Young Judeans Society, Cape Town. For ten years was in charge of Youth Congregation of Gardens Synagogue. Former member of Young Israel Federation. Former Committee member, Cape Jewish Orphanage, Sea Point Hebrew Congregation and S.A. Jewish Ex-Service League. Member of Talmud Shiur, Gardens Synagogue and Jewish Museum. During World War II served with S.A. Air Force in Italy. Former Chairman of Cape Town Scribblers' Club and Cape Centre of the Astronomical Society of South Africa. Member, Natural History Club and South African Association for the Advancement of Science. Recreations: Reading, writing, walking, swimming. Widowed; was married to the late Margarete Feldmann. Add.: "Marnessa," 51 Belmont Avenue, Oranjezicht, Cape Town.
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