Moshe Wallach
Jerusalem physician · Israel · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1866 to 1957 · aged 90
Moshe (Moritz) Wallach 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.
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Shaare Zedek Hospital under construction, circa 1901.
Schwester Selma (second left) presides at a graduation ceremony for the Shaare Zedek nursing school, circa 1954.
Dr. Wallach (standing) at a graduation ceremony for Shaare Zedek's professional nursing class, circa 1954. Seated to his left is Dr. Falk Schlesinger, his successor as hospital director.
Grave of Dr. Wallach in the Shaare Zedek Cemetery.About this person
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.
