1929 Yearbook
PHILLIPS, Benjamin (retired). Born in Salant, Lithuania, in 1856. Educated at Yeshiva at Skud, Lithuania. Married in 1880 to Zipa Rachel Kalman (deceased); has four children. Came to South Africa in 1895 (settled at Krugersdorp in 1896). Ex-Member, Oddfellows Columbia Lodge 66, in Melbourne (Victoria); ex-Executive Member, Governor-General's Fund, 1914-1921; Life President of United Hebrew Institutions, Krugersdorp, Chevra Kadisha: Founder of latter and Beth Hatvilah. Died 23rd January, 1929.
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