Lapidus-Blum Raisa Iosifovna (4 October 1896, Kherson) — physician.

In 1916, Raisa Lapidus-Blum graduated from a gymnasium. In 1917, she entered and in 1924 graduated from Kharkov Medical Institute. From 1924 to 1931, she worked as a paediatrician in children’s polyclinics in Kharkov. From 1931 to 1941, she was a doctor and chief physician in the Kharkov healthcare system. From 1942 to 1946, she worked as a therapist in the medical unit of Factory No. 76 in Sverdlovsk.

In 1946, Lapidus-Blyum moved to Riga, where she worked as a doctor at the Majori sanatorium. From 1947 to 1948, she was a therapist at the medical unit of the Riga Radio Engineering School. From 1948 to 1958, she served as a paediatrician in the Latvian Water Health Department. In 1958 she retired.

She was awarded the medal “For Labour Valour in the Great Patriotic War.”

In her marriage to David Blum (1892, Odessa Region — 1967, Riga), a son was born — Mark Blum (1937, Kharkov). In 1964, Raisa Lapidus-Blum submitted her first petition to emigrate to Israel, which was approved in 1968.

Family:

David Blum (1892, Odessa Region — 1967, Riga) — husband
Mark Blum (1937, Kharkov) — son
David Lapidus (1898, Kherson) — brother
Ruvin Lapidus (1890, Kherson — 1918) — brother
Moisey Lapidus (1891, Kherson — 1941(?)) — brother
Abram Lapidus (1893, Kherson — 1921) — brother
Ilya Lapidus (1902, Kherson) — brother
Elizaveta Reikit (née Lapidus) (1894, Kherson — …) — sister
Lidiya Kronicheva (née Lapidus) (1906, Kherson) — sister
Polina Popova (née Lapidus) (1910, Kherson) — sister
Sofia Lapidus (1900, Kherson — 1920) — sister
Moisey Spivak (1902, Sevastopol) — brother