ROMM, Ittamar Samuel. B.A. (Hons.) (Rand). Insurance Broker.
Born Holyoke, Mass., U.S.A., 6th February, 1919, son of Mrs. Bertha Romm, who
still resides there. Came to South Africa 1936. Educated at Minneapolis, Minn.,
U.S.A.; Hebron Yeshiva, Jerusalem (where he received Smicha); Grey College,
Bloemfontein, and University of the Witwatersrand. Director, I. S. Romm,
Brokers (Pty.) Ltd. Previously Teacher and Principal of Hebrew Schools in South
Africa; coast- to-coast Lecturer in United States of America on Jewish
problems. Member, Transvaal Zionist Youth Executive, 1938-1940; Committee
member and former Chairman, S.A. Jewish Ex-Servicemen's League; member, Hebrew
Order of David; member, Johannesburg Zionist Association. During World War II
served in the South African Army as Jewish Chaplain "Up North" and in
the Italian campaigns, with rank of Captain. Member, Jewish Guild, Town and
Country Club. Married Frieda Perra Cohen (niece of Rabbi Joseph Kahaneman, the
Ponovezer Rav), 1948; one son, two daughters. Recreations: Swimming. bowls,
chess, writing. Add.: 120, Clovelly Road. Greenside, P.O. Box 1896,
Johannesburg.
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