KATZ, Rabbi Sidney. M.A. (Pret.), B.A. (Hons.), London. Fellow of Jews' College, London. Born. Lithuania 14th March, 1927, son of Jacob and Lieba Katz. Came to South Africa 1931. Educated at Athlone High School, Johannesburg, Jew's College, London, and Universities of Pretoria and London. Rabbi, Pretoria United Hebrew Congregation; Jewish Chaplain to the South African Forces, Northern Command Area. Jewish Chaplain, S. African Prisons. Executive member of the Pretoria Jewish Community Council; President, Pretoria Jewish Nursery Schools; Hon. President, Pretoria Bikkur Cholim Society; Past President, Jews' College Union Society. Married Esther Jill Rosen 14th March, 1954; one son, three daughters. Add.: 1001, Pretorius Street, Hatfield, P.O. Box 840, Pretoria.
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.
Saturday, 2 September 2023
Katz, Sidney
KATZ, Rabbi Sidney. M.A. (Pret.), B.A. (Hons.), London. Fellow of Jews' College, London. Born. Lithuania 14th March, 1927, son of Jacob and Lieba Katz. Came to South Africa 1931. Educated at Athlone High School, Johannesburg, Jew's College, London, and Universities of Pretoria and London. Rabbi, Pretoria United Hebrew Congregation; Jewish Chaplain to the South African Forces, Northern Command Area. Jewish Chaplain, S. African Prisons. Executive member of the Pretoria Jewish Community Council; President, Pretoria Jewish Nursery Schools; Hon. President, Pretoria Bikkur Cholim Society; Past President, Jews' College Union Society. Married Esther Jill Rosen 14th March, 1954; one son, three daughters. Add.: 1001, Pretorius Street, Hatfield, P.O. Box 840, Pretoria.
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