Lifshits Boris (1882-1933)

Personal data
SurnameLifshits
NameBoris
Birth year1882
Birth placeBobruisk
Death year1933
SexM

Lifshits (Lifschitz) Boris (1882, Bobruisk – 1933) — doctor, community activist.

Boris Lifshits studied medicine in Königsberg, Leipzig and Thuringia, completing his studies in Kazan. Already during his student years he was active in the underground movement. After moving to Riga, he became one of the co-founders of Linat Tsedek. He was an activist of the sickness fund and a board member of the All-Latvian Association of Sickness Funds. He represented Latvia many times at congresses of sickness funds.