Ruth Rabinowitz
Ruth Rabinowitz (1943-2024). Doctor, academic, politician and drama educator.
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Biography
Born Ruth Zilibowitz.
She was married to Bernard Rabinowitz.
Rabinowitz trained as a medical doctor and ran a successful practice from home. She then turned her attention to homoeopathic medicine. As well as running her own medical practice and taking care of three young children, Rabinowitz taught speech and drama lessons and held a creativity group from her house.
Rabinowitz left her medical practice after her children became adults, becoming a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), where she was the party’s parliamentary spokesperson for health from 1997 to 2009.
Rabinowitz started a nongovernmental organisation for women in Alexandra, where she would empower participants through beading and other activities. Rabinowitz also published a book about education titled, Working with Wonder, a handbook for holistic education in natural sciences.
Rabinowitz passed away on 15 January 2024 at her home in Menlo Park, California.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She wrote/devised and directed Learn-Alive Storytime (1981), WKRP, Dallas, Noddy (with Bernard Raboniwitz, 1981), Dangerous Dim Dinosaurs (with Janine Buist, 1982) and Prometheus and Pandora (with Janine Buist, 1982) - all for Creativity Group UPC.
She directed Punch and Judy (1982).
Sources
https://www.sajr.co.za/living-in-awe-ruth-rabinowitzs-life-legacy/
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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