Moshe Wallach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moshe Wallach

Jerusalem physician

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1866

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1957

Profession: physician

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Moshe (Moritz) Wallach (28 December 1866 – 8 April 1957) was a German Jewish physician and pioneering medical practitioner in Jerusalem.
He was the founder of Shaarei Zedek Hospital on Jaffa Road, which he directed for 45 years.
He introduced modern medicine to the impoverished and disease-plagued citizenry, accepting patients of all religions and offering free medical care to indigents.
He was so closely identified with the hospital that it became known as "Wallach's Hospital".
A strictly Torah-observant Jew, he was also an activist in the Agudath Israel Orthodox Jewish movement.
He was buried in the small cemetery adjacent to the hospital.