Sidebar

Contents

People
Jews born in or connected to Latvia

Search people


Culture
Cultural and social life of Latvian Jews

Geography
Towns and cities where Jews lived in Latvia

Rabinovich Avraham (1854)

Personal data
SurnameRabinovich
NameAvraham
Birth year1854
Birth month10
Birth day6
Birth placePolotsk
SexM

Rabinovich (Rabinowitsch) Avraham (06.10.1854, Polotsk) — public figure.

Avraham Rabinovich was the son of the well-known philanthropist and timber merchant Nahum Rabinovich. After his father’s death, he inherited the firm together with his brother Nathan and expanded it. Lived in Riga and was active in communal affairs. Head of the community, chairman of the Chevra Kadisha, chairman of the board of the charitable centre “Gmilut Chesed” at 5 Mariengasse, and chairman of the board of Nord Bank.