LEIBOWITZ, Louis. Secretary. Born Pashvitin, Lithuania 15th March, 1906, son of Hillel and Hinde Leibowitz. Educated at Tarbut Hebrew Seminary, Kaunas, and Hebrew Gymnasium in Shavli and Kaunas. Came to South Africa 1927. Organising Secretary, Eastern Province Zionist Council; Hon. Secretary, Port Elizabeth Ort-Oze; Chairman, Port Elizabeth Jewish Cultural Club. Editor, "Eastern Province Jewish Reporter"; contributor to English, Yiddish, Hebrew Press. Married Marcelle Braude, 1937; one son, two daughters. Recreations: Writing, reading. Add.: 24, Hazelhurst Drive, P.O. Box 279, Port Elizabeth.
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Leibowitz, Louis
LEIBOWITZ, Louis. Secretary. Born Pashvitin, Lithuania 15th March, 1906, son of Hillel and Hinde Leibowitz. Educated at Tarbut Hebrew Seminary, Kaunas, and Hebrew Gymnasium in Shavli and Kaunas. Came to South Africa 1927. Organising Secretary, Eastern Province Zionist Council; Hon. Secretary, Port Elizabeth Ort-Oze; Chairman, Port Elizabeth Jewish Cultural Club. Editor, "Eastern Province Jewish Reporter"; contributor to English, Yiddish, Hebrew Press. Married Marcelle Braude, 1937; one son, two daughters. Recreations: Writing, reading. Add.: 24, Hazelhurst Drive, P.O. Box 279, Port Elizabeth.
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