KLEWANSKY, Rabbi Jack. Educationist. Born Lithuania 24th December, 1903, son of Hillel and Chasya Klewansky. Educated at school and Yeshivot in Lithuania. Came to South Africa 1925. Transvaal Regional Director of S.A. Board of Jewish Education and Lecturer at Jewish Ministers' Training College. Member of the Management Committee of the Yeoville Synagogue; Chairman, Chevrah Lomdei Torah of Germiston and Lecturer to this Society; Lecturer on Tanach and Talmud at the Oxford Synagogue, Johannesburg. Married Lily Blumenthal, 1937; one son. Add.: 401, Beckenhill Court, Hunter Street, Yeoville, P.O. Box 2942, Johannesburg.
Biographies extracted and digitised by Dr Jeremy Hodes from the book South African Jewry, 1967-68 edition edited by Leon Feldberg and published by Feldhill Publishing Co, Johannesburg, South Africa. Use the page, label or search box to find the information you are seeking. NOTE: 1929 Yearbook entries are now being added as well. These records will have 1929 Yearbook at the top of each record to distinguish them from the 1967/8 edition records
Monday, 28 August 2023
Klewansky, Jack
KLEWANSKY, Rabbi Jack. Educationist. Born Lithuania 24th December, 1903, son of Hillel and Chasya Klewansky. Educated at school and Yeshivot in Lithuania. Came to South Africa 1925. Transvaal Regional Director of S.A. Board of Jewish Education and Lecturer at Jewish Ministers' Training College. Member of the Management Committee of the Yeoville Synagogue; Chairman, Chevrah Lomdei Torah of Germiston and Lecturer to this Society; Lecturer on Tanach and Talmud at the Oxford Synagogue, Johannesburg. Married Lily Blumenthal, 1937; one son. Add.: 401, Beckenhill Court, Hunter Street, Yeoville, P.O. Box 2942, Johannesburg.
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