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 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, 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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