Tuesday, 3 November 2015

ELYE-MOYSHE DUBOVITS

ELYE-MOYSHE DUBOVITS
            He came from Lithuania.  He made his way to South Africa and became a farmer.  He was a contributor to Der afrikaner (The African) in Johannesburg, 1911-1913.  Among other things, he published a series of articles on Jewish farming in South Africa, in which he described Jewish life on African soil.  The series was a contribution to the history of the Jewish community.


Source: L. Feldman, Yidn in yohanesburg (Jews in Johannesburg) (Johannesburg, 1956).

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