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South African Orthodox rabbi

Akiva Tatz is a prominent South AfricanOrthodoxrabbi, inspirational speaker and writer who is heavily involved in Orthodox Jewish outreach.

He is also a doctor and world-renowned expert in Jewish medical ethics.^{[better source needed]}

Biography

Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[2][3] He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, graduating with distinction in surgery.

He then spent a year in St. Louis, Missouri as an American Field Service Scholar and subsequently returned there for elective work in internal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine.^[4] He then served as a medical officer in the South African Defence Force and served in the Angolan Bush War.^[5] After practicing in both South Africa and the United States, he moved to Israel, and worked both in private practice as well as in a hospital setting in J