1929 Yearbook
MATZ, Isaiah Hirsh, Shochet and Mohel. Born in Wilkomir, Lithuania in 1874. Educated at Waloshna Yeshiva. Came to South Africa in 1897. Married in 1902 to Annie Gertrude Stern; has three children. One of the five official communal shochetim, recognised principal Mohel in Johannesburg; 1897, first served as Shochet with Harris Bros. at Upington, then at Van Ryns Dorp, 1899-1901, then at Colesberg 1901-1905; in Johannesburg since 1905; at the time of the Great War collected large sums for the "War Fund"; ardent collector for the local Talmud Torahs as well as for the Johannesburg Hebrew College, also for Zionist funds and other Jewish efforts. Postal Address: 138a Loveday Street, Wanderers View, Johannesburg.
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