Rukh Sima Khaimovna (1929)

Rukh (Ruch) (née Porez) Sima Khaimovna (17 April 1929, Riga) — office employee.

Sima Rukh was the daughter of Khaim Porez (1907, Dvinsk — 1942) and Anna Porez (née Segal-Binder; 1904, Riga).

She completed six years of basic schooling. In 1941 she was evacuated to the Uzbek SSR. In 1944–1945 she studied at the Tashkent vocational school. In 1945 she was re-evacuated to Latvia, and in 1947 she completed accounting courses at the Central Statistical Administration.

In 1947 she worked as a personnel inspector at the office “Tsentrzagotzerno.” In 1947–1949 she was a worker at the VEF factory. In 1949–1950 she worked as a sales assistant in the artel “Partika.” In 1954–1956 she was a packer in the artel “Stakhanovets.”

From 1956 to 1960 she worked as a clerk, accountant, quality inspector, and controller at the Riga garment factory. In 1960–1963 she was a cashier at Riga Custom Tailoring Factory No. 2. In 1963–1979 she worked as a cashier and brigade leader at the Riga knitwear and headwear combine (later renamed “Baltijas Modes”). From 1979 she worked as a milliner at the production association “Liga.”

She was married to Ruvel Rukh (1928, Rokiškis); the marriage was later dissolved. Their daughter was Raisa Givorshner (née Rukh; 1951, Riga).

In 1979 Sima Rukh received permission to emigrate to Israel, following an invitation from her brother, Yudels Porez (1936, Dvinsk).

Family:

Ruvel Rukh (1928, Rokiškis) — husband
Raisa Givorshner (née Rukh; 1951, Riga) — daughter
Khaim Porez (1907, Dvinsk — 1942) — father
Anna Porez (née Segal-Binder; 1904, Riga) — mother
Yudels Porez (1936, Dvinsk) — brother