Attorney and lecturer on Jewish communities

Hugh Raichlin

A Johannesburg attorney who has given more than 130 presentations, in South Africa and abroad, on the Jewish communities of Lithuania, Spain, Rhodes, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Argentina, Japan and China.

Hugh Raichlin
Attorney · lecturer · Johannesburg
Teaches Jewish law, philosophy and ethics at Ohr Sameach Glenhazel.

Background

From Johannesburg to the bar

Hugh Raichlin was born and raised in Johannesburg, and attended Houghton Primary School and King David High School Linksfield.

He took a Bachelor of Arts with majors in English Literature and Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, followed by a Bachelor of Laws. He served two years in the South African Air Force as Law Officer at Air Force Headquarters in Pretoria, rose to full Lieutenant, and received the Gold Certificate of Merit for his service as a national serviceman.

He has been a practicing attorney since 1986, with a general practice and particular expertise in commercial law, family law and litigation. He also trains corporate groups on court procedure, landlord and tenant law, and commission claims for property brokers.

Community

Jewish law, and the Jewish communities of the world

Hugh is a former Gauteng chairman of the IUA-UCF, a former chairman of Keter Torah Congregation in Sydenham, Johannesburg, and a trustee of the Rambam Charitable Trust.

He led the Shtiebel congregation at the Pine Street Shul and Sunny Road Shul on the High Holy Days for a number of years, and teaches Jewish law, philosophy and ethics weekly at Ohr Sameach Glenhazel.

His audio-visual presentations on Jewish communities across the globe are the work he is best known for. They have covered Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Belarus, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, India, Morocco, Argentina, Japan and China, and he has led heritage tours to Poland, Morocco, India, Lithuania and Central Europe. He presented a series on Jewish communities around the world for the SABC 2 Jewish magazine program Simcha.

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