GETZ, Rachel. M.B., Ch.B. Medical Practitioner. Born Cape Town 26th July, 1902, daughter of Sholim and Beile Getz. Educated at Barnato Park Girls' High School and University of the Witwatersrand. Medical Superintendent, Witwatersrand Jewish Aged Home. Hon. Medical Officer, St. Vincents School for the Deaf and Pioneer Home. Was previously in private practice. Active communal worker for many years in Jewish Women's Benevolent Society, Johannesburg, Chevra Kadisha, S.A. Jewish Orphanage, Jewish Society for the Deaf, Witwatersrand Jewish Aged Home and other organisations. Married Dr. Benjamin Bessarabia, 1943. Add.: Witwatersrand Jewish Aged Home, Sandringham, Johannesburg.
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.
Monday, 30 October 2023
Getz, Rachel
GETZ, Rachel. M.B., Ch.B. Medical Practitioner. Born Cape Town 26th July, 1902, daughter of Sholim and Beile Getz. Educated at Barnato Park Girls' High School and University of the Witwatersrand. Medical Superintendent, Witwatersrand Jewish Aged Home. Hon. Medical Officer, St. Vincents School for the Deaf and Pioneer Home. Was previously in private practice. Active communal worker for many years in Jewish Women's Benevolent Society, Johannesburg, Chevra Kadisha, S.A. Jewish Orphanage, Jewish Society for the Deaf, Witwatersrand Jewish Aged Home and other organisations. Married Dr. Benjamin Bessarabia, 1943. Add.: Witwatersrand Jewish Aged Home, Sandringham, Johannesburg.
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