EPSTEIN, Morduch. Diamond Dealer. Born in Lodz, Poland, 27th December, 1902, son of Yudel and Sarah Epstein. Educated at Lodz Commercial and Textile Schools. Came to South Africa December, 1947. Director and proprietor of M. Epstein Diamonds, Johannesburg. Previously Manager of S.A. Diamond Sales Co., 1948- 57; Director of "Plutos" Ltd. (chocolate factory) in Warsaw, 1930-1939. Worked with Zambezi Saw Mills, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, 1943-47. Executive member of the Diamond Club of S.A.; Executive member of the Licensed Rough Diamond Dealers' Association. Life member of S.A. Maccabi; member of various Jewish charitable and social organisations. Member of the Dale Lace Park Bowling Club. One married daughter. Add.: 48, Sunnyhoek, Hillbrow, P.O. Box 423, 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.
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Epstein, Morduch
EPSTEIN, Morduch. Diamond Dealer. Born in Lodz, Poland, 27th December, 1902, son of Yudel and Sarah Epstein. Educated at Lodz Commercial and Textile Schools. Came to South Africa December, 1947. Director and proprietor of M. Epstein Diamonds, Johannesburg. Previously Manager of S.A. Diamond Sales Co., 1948- 57; Director of "Plutos" Ltd. (chocolate factory) in Warsaw, 1930-1939. Worked with Zambezi Saw Mills, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, 1943-47. Executive member of the Diamond Club of S.A.; Executive member of the Licensed Rough Diamond Dealers' Association. Life member of S.A. Maccabi; member of various Jewish charitable and social organisations. Member of the Dale Lace Park Bowling Club. One married daughter. Add.: 48, Sunnyhoek, Hillbrow, P.O. Box 423, Johannesburg.
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