Levitan Family

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Yuri Levitan: a legendary Soviet announcer

Adolph Hitler considered Yuri Levitan his personal enemy and
promised to pay 250,000 marks for murdering him. Yuri Levitan worked
for the Soviet radio for 50 years. During the WW II he each day read
the most important news. Millions of people impatiently waited to hear
his voice. On May, 9, 1945 he announced the end to the war.

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City Skuodas A view of the cobblestone street where the synagogue was located. (Left) boys pose outside M. Levitan's grocery store. (Left, Lithuanian sign advertising L. Levitan's tea shop which sold 'kvas' and lemonade.)

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The wedding of Ilana and Ruben Levitan

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Ilana with ther three sons Daniel, Ed and Arnold – Boston 1963

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Levitan family and the in-law Yechiel Rosenbloom

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Wedding day of Ilana (nee Rosenbloon) Levitan with Famiily

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Ilana with one of her sons

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Ilana and Ruven levitan

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Dr. Ruven Levitan

#lev-30:Danny, Oren, Arnie, and Ed at World Series Game 1 in Anaheim.

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Dr. Ytzhak Levitan was born in Shavli in 1881. He studied Medicine in Berlin and settled in Kovno. He was sent with his wife to Siberia (by the Soviets) for Zionist activities. in 1947 he returned to Lithuania he was sent again to Siberia and died in the 1950s. His son, Dr Moshe Levitan, perished with his wife in Kovno in 1944.

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Leviatan family 2005. My wife, Rachel, my daughter Inbal (on the right), my son offir, (on the left) and Lior -- behind his parents. Also in the picture -- Tzur Kraus, Inbal's husband and our grand child Barry, and Pavani -- Offir's wife -- and their son Morrie, on his grandmother's lap.

Prof. Uriel Leviatan
Chair,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology and member,
Institute for Kibbutz Research University of Haifa

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Sanhedria orphanage in late 1947.
The little child in center of the picture (Flanged on both sides by two big boys) is Uriel Levitan, Son of Dr. Misha Levitan and Mira (daughter of Wolf Alperovitz) who perished in 1944 in Ghetto Kovno. His grandfather was the well known community leader and Zionist; Dr. Ytzhak Levitan of Kovno.

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Sarah, Jacob Hanna and Ari, children of Arnie and Janice Levitan

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Dr. Ruven Levitan and Mr. Meidan. Israel, 2006

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Raanana, March 2006 ; the grandaughters of Ariela nee Levitan and Ami Yaakobi (see #lev-51 &52)

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Raanana, March 2006 ; Doron Yaakobi

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Raanana, March 2006 ; Doron Yaakobi with his daughters. Doron is the son of Ariela (nee Levitan) and Ami Yaakobi.

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Raanana, March 2006 ; Doron Yaakobi with his daughters. Doron is the son of Ariela (nee Levitan) and Ami Yaakobi.

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Arnold, Ruven, Nava, Yosi and Neta.

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Nava nee Levitan, Yosi, Neta, Uri Tal, Barak Nachsholy.

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( l-R) Rachel Gordin, Arnold Levitan, his father; Ruven Levitan,
Nava, Yosi and Neta.

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Uri Tal with his daughters; Neta and Limor and his son in law; Yosi.

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Sitting in the middle; Neta and her hasband Yosi. Next to Yosi is
his mother in law; Nava (nee Levitan) Tal. Next to her is her first
cousin; Reuven Levitan. all the way on the right ( cut) Newtas'
father; Uri Tal ( nee Rosental)

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Alon Levitan with relatives

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Alon Levitan with friends; Mike and Loui, his grandmother, Rachel
and Barak

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Carmel Levitan

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Carmel and Josh

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Carmel and Josh in China

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Carmel and Josh

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Carmel, Talia and their mother; Eilat Gordin Levitan with Tandra

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Carmel, Talia and Eilat Gordin Levitan with Josh Fisher and his
family, at the home of Tandra

#lev-78: Sitting in the middle the elderly rabinocvich from Shavli to the left is their son-in-law Nachum Levitan to the right is the german nanny of Ruven levitan next to her is Nachums sister Dr. Chienna Shereshevsky. Children are Ruven and Zvi, next to Zvi sits his nanny. Zvi Shereshevsky perished in Auzhwitz in 1944

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Gita Levitan nee Kriger and her daughters Ofra, Nava with Levitan relatives

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Dr. Daniel Levitan and Rabbi Yossi Baitelman

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Hi Eilat,
I thought you would want these two matzevot photos from a Minsker plot
at
Montefiore Cemetery in NY.
Steven Lasky
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com

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Hi Eilat,
I thought you would want these two matzevot photos from a Minsker plot
at
Montefiore Cemetery in NY.
Steven Lasky
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com

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My grandmother and her children made a trip from South Africa to visit
the family in Lithuania just before the war.

This photo is of the Levin family (my grandmother's in-laws) taken in
Birzai sometime in 1938 (approx). The two children are my mother
(Lily) and uncle (Robert). My maternal grandmother Rochel is sitting
behind and between them.

The two older individuals are my grandfather's (Chona Levin) parents:
Zorach and Golda. The other individuals are unnamed unfortunately but
would likely include their children: Mina, Ruska, Israel, Mendel and
Rivka.

Mina went to live in the USA (Portland, Maine) – I think the others
stayed behind.
Dr. Wainer

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Levitan, the principal of an ORT vocational school in Dvinsk

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Carmel awarded her PhD

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Carmel awarded her PhD

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Our granddaughters
We`re happy to announce the birth of our twin
granddaughters, Na`ama and Romi.

Neta , the mother' and her daughters are feeling fine
and healthy.

NAVA ( nee Levitan) & URI Tal

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Alon Levitan and his aunt Anat Geffen

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Alon Levitan and his aunt Anat Geffen

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Eran Gordin and Alon Levitan

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Eran Gordin and Alon Levitan

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Alon and Ruven Levitan

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Daniel Levitan and Shimon Kristal, Afikim, 2008

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From left; Eran Gordin, Eilat Gordin Levitan, Daniel Levitan, Carmel Levitan and Shimon Kristal and his wife. Afikim, 2008

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Shimon Kristals' grandson

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Rachel Gordin, Barak Nachsholi, Daniel Levitan, Eilat Gordin Levitan

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Sitting: Daniel Levitan, Eilat Gordin Levitan Standing: Tzafrir Gordin ( Tzafy)

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From left: Barak Nachsholi, Daniel Levitan, Rachel Gordin, Carmel Levitan, Kathleen Burk ( Gordin)

Naama and Romi

Powerpoint presentations

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Talia Levitan and her boyfriend Jason Sanchez in Chile, 2008

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ISRAEL, DECEMBER 2008

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ISRAEL, DECEMBER 2008

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ISRAEL, DECEMBER 2008

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ISRAEL, DECEMBER 2008

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ISRAEL, DECEMBER 2008

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Isaac Levitan: Autumn Day, 1879

Database: New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891
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Name Arrival Date Estimated Birth Year Gender Port of Departure Place
of Origin Destination Ship Name

H H Levitan 28 Feb 1859 1831 Male Bremen, Germany Germany United
States of America Bremen
S Levitan 12 Nov 1860 1822 Male Bremen, Germany Turkey United
States of America Bremen
Bensel Levitan 7 Dec 1886 1873 Male Hamburg, Germany Russia New
York Polaria
Esther Levitan 15 Jun 1889 1872 Female Hamburg, Germany and Le
Havre, France Russia United States of America Gellert
Lea Levitan 10 Nov 1884 1861 Female Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre,
France Russia United States of America Lessing
Nanny Levitan 11 Sep 1852 1833 Female Hamburg, Germany Germany
United States of America America
A Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1878 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Larne,
Ireland Russia United States of America State of Georgia
F Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1846 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland
Russia United States of America State of Georgia
F Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1877 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland
Russia United States of America State of Georgia
S Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1876 Female Glasgow, Scotland and Larne,
Ireland Russia United States of America State of Georgia
Gilel Levitan 6 Jun 1887 1879 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville,
Ireland Russia United States of America Ethiopia
Itzig Levitan 6 Jun 1887 1868 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville,
Ireland Russia United States of America Ethiopia
Len Levitan 6 Jun 1887 1839 Female Glasgow, Scotland and Moville,
Ireland Russia United States of America Ethiopia
S Levitan 8 Jan 1891 1839 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville,
Ireland Russia New York State of Nevada
Sam Levitan 7 Jul 1891 1868 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville,
Ireland Russia New York Siberian
Image

Jossel Levitan 20 Jul 1891 1862 Male Liverpool, England and
Queenstown, Ireland Russia New York Alaska
Kate Levitan 11 Oct 1886 1866 Female Liverpool, England and
Queenstown, Ireland Ireland United States of America Arizona
Lara Levitan 31 Aug 1891 1872 Female Liverpool, England and
Queenstown, Ireland Russia New York Arizona
Margt Levitan 19 Sep 1879 1860 Female Liverpool, England and
Queenstown, Ireland Ireland United States of America City of
Chester
Rosa Levitan 20 Jul 1891 1869 Female Liverpool, England and
Queenstown, Ireland Russia New York Alaska
Sore Levitan 12 May 1890 1872 Female Liverpool, England and
Queenstown, Ireland New York Servia

Isaac Levitan (1860-1900)
http://www.abcgallery.com/L/levitan/levitan.html
The work of Isaac Ilyich Levitan belongs to the highest achievements of Russian culture. Its significance is compared with the works of such classics as Anton Chekhov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Stanislavsky.
Levitan was born in 1860 into a poor but educated Jewish family. In the late 1860s, the family moved to Moscow, where Isaac studied at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture from 1873 till 1883. He lost his mother in 1875 and his father two years later. He was left penniless and homeless in Moscow, sleeping alternately in the homes of relatives and friends, sometimes spending the night in the empty classrooms of the school. A nightwatch took pity on the youth and let him sleep in his cubicle. The School waived his tuition fee “because of extreme poverty and in recognition of his singular success in art”
The greatest role in the forming of Levitan’s creative personality belongs to his favorite teacher Alexey Savrasov, the most lyrical among Russian landscape painters of the 1860s-1870s, who influenced many well-known artists of Levitan’s generation Mikhail Nesterov, Constantin Korovin and others. Of course, Levitan’s passionate love for poetry and music, his persistent studying of pleine-air, the sunny paintings of Vasiliy Polenov, who also taught at the School, the works of the French painters of the Barbizon school, of Camille Corot were of great importance for the young artist. As any great talent did and does, Levitan submitted all the influences to his personality, and even his early works are very individual. Autumn Day. Sokolniki (1879). Levitan’s attitude towards nature and the poetry of his art were in many points akin to the works of Anton Chekhov, who became his friend from the late 1870s.
If his earlier works were chiefly of an intimate and lyrical character, his mature art becomes philosophical, expressing the artist’s meditation about man and the world. These pictures were particularly loved by the Russian intellectuals of the time, for they represented the purest specimen of the “mood landscape”, most popular in Russia at the end of the 19th century.
To this period belongs The Vladimirka Road (1892), a rare example of social historical landscape; Levitan painted the tragically famous road, along which convicts were marched to Siberia. In Above the Eternal Peace (1894) the artist’s meditations about the controversies of life, about the transience of human being, gained almost monumental scale and philosophic character.
In 1897, Levitan felt sick, a severe cardiac disease was revealed. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the permanent menace of death, he worked with a particular intensity and inspiration. His latest works are distinguished by a confident mastership, richness of technical methods, and new stylistic trends. One can feel the influence of ancient Russian art, which attracted him at the period, and that of modern style, and the newest searches in French painting, which Levitan always took a lively interest in. Nevertheless, Levitan did not join modern art and remained true to realism, utterly alien to mythologizing and stylization. Most characteristic in the late 1890s were numerous paintings of quiet twilights, moonlit nights, sleeping villages (Haystacks. Twilight. (1899), Sunny Day. (1898) and many others). To the very end of his life Levitan took an active part in artistic life; he taught at the Moscow School of Painting, where he had been educated, took part in organizing the Moscow Club of Literature and Art, showed his pictures at numerous exhibitions of such associations as World of Art and Munich Secession.
Leo Tolstoy once said, “The basis of human happiness is the possibility to be together with nature, to see it and to talk to it.” Levitan was granted this happy feeling as hardly any other human being ever was. He also knew the joy of recognition by his contemporaries and of friendship with the best among them. Levitan ranks among the most appreciated and loved of Russian artists.
Bibliography:
Isaak Levitan. Aurora. Leningrad. 1980
Levitan. by V.Petrov. Russian Painters of the XIX century. Moscow. 1992.

Robert Levitan

1. Robert Levitan, CEO, Pando: Pando Networks is Robert Levitan's fourth start-up. Prior to founding Pando, Robert was the cofounder of iVillage, the largest community Website for women; Flooz.com, an online gift currency and corporate rewards company; and YearLook Enterprises, a publisher of video yearbooks for high schools and colleges. In between starting companies from scratch and some adventures in world travel, Robert has also been a marketing advisor and executive coach with several companies. Levitan was a strategic marketing advisor for Oddpost, an innovative Web-mail service company acquired by Yahoo. He has helped Pearson LLC launch a television series in China and AT&T Wireless set up its Internet operating division. Robert serves on the Board of Directors of Mobius Management Systems, a leading provider of software that supports content intensive e-business applications, the Executive Council of New York, a trade association and industry catalyst representing senior executives, and New York Cares, a service organization that coordinates volunteers who work with children, the homeless and the elderly. Robert also enjoys mountain climbing with his two brothers.
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4. Strategic Ventures & Research, Inc. | Robert Levitan
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Robert Levitan A successful media and technology entrepreneur, Robert Levitan has founded and operated successful business ventures. Mr. Levitan offers clients marketing expertise and operational know-how to help build and grow companies. He has created companies, generated revenue and enterprise value quickly, as well as, launched new divisions and branches. He is a sought-after expert on online practices, especially e-commerce, and has been quoted in such publications and electronic media as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, CNN, and CBS.

Mr. Levitan was Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Operating Officer of Flooz.com, an online gift currency accepted as payment at a variety of online stores such as ToysRUs.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Godiva, Tower Records, the Sports Authority, Gymboree, Starbucks, J Crew and Sketchers. He raised more than $50 million in venture capital financing, directed the opening of more than 100 online retailers to accept Flooz and 1.2 million consumer accounts, developed a network of 25,000 affiliate sites, and negotiated the agreement with Whoopi Goldberg to be the company's spokesperson. The company increased brand awareness from 7% in October 1999 to 64% in January 2001 and recorded $25 million in gross sales for calendar year 2000.

Prior to Flooz.com, Mr. Levitan was a Co-founder of iVillage.com, the leading online community for women with more than 12 million monthly visitors, and the company's senior vice president. He developed the company's innovative sponsorship sales strategy that featured long-term relationships; created integrated online marketing programs for companies such as Kimberly Clark, MGM, Toyota, Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Glaxo Wellcome; formed a strategic relationship with Intel to develop new interactive health applications such as the Personal Health Report; and created a new online publishing model with Intuit and Charles Schwab to launch a financial planning site for iVillage called the Armchair Millionaire.

Most recently, Mr. Levitan was a Consultant to Pearson PLC for launching new media programs in China. He spearheaded the sales and marketing partnership for Pearson and developed a revenue stream for the business by identifying the top prospects for sponsors of the programs, making presentations, establishing the pricing, and negotiating contracts. He led the team that signed Kodak as the premiere sponsor for the TV program entitled "Beijing to London Taxi"; Other consulting work includes his project with America Online for whom he evaluated business models and developed non-subscription based revenue streams including commerce integration, affinity programs, and database extensions.

From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Levitan was the Founder and President of YearLook Enterprises, the world's first video yearbook publishing company with 300+ clients including high schools, universities and the United States Navy, and was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce in 1988.

A cum laude graduate of Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Public Policy Studies, he serves on the Board of Directors of Mobius Management Systems (Nasdaq: MOBI), a leading provider of software that supports content intensive e-business applications; the New York E Commerce Association, a trade association and industry catalyst representing senior executives in New York; and New York Cares, a service organization that coordinates volunteers who work with children, the homeless and the elderly in New York. In 1997, Levitan and his two brothers climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and visited CARE project sites in Africa as part of a fundraiser for international relief organization CARE.
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Robert Levitan. Board Secretary, Friends of Calakmul. CEO & Founder. Flooz.com. Robert Levitan is co-founder and CEO of Flooz.com, the creator of the world's first on-line gift currency for consumers and businesses, sent by e-mail and accepted as a branded form of payment at the Web's best stores. Prior to founding Flooz.com, Levitan was a co-founder of iVillage.com and a consultant to America Online. At iVillage, Levitan was responsible for developing the company's innovative sponsorship sales strategies. Levitan created integrated online marketing programs for companies such as Kimberly Clark, MGM, Toyota, Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Glaxo Wellcome. Levitan also created a new online publishing model with Intuit and Charles Schwab to launch a financial planning site for iVillage called the Armchair Millionaire. In recognition of his accomplishments in developing new online sponsorship models, Advertising Age proclaimed Levitan a "digital media master." Levitan served as President of iVillage's Better Health web where he formed a strategic relationship with Intel to develop new interactive health applications such as the Personal Health Report.

Levitan serves on the Board of Directors of New York Cares, a service organization that coordinates volunteers who work with children, the homeless and the elderly in New York City. In 1997, Levitan and his two brothers climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and visited CARE project sites in Africa as part of a fundraiser for CARE, the international relief organization. He is also a board member of HEAVEN, a non-profit organization providing youth with the technology training and tools they need to succeed and lead. Levitan graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in history and public policy studies. Levitan lives in New York City.

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Levitan Family
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#lev-1a: Yuri Levitan: a legendary Soviet announcer Adolph Hitler considered Yuri Levitan his personal enemy and promised to pay 250,000 marks for murdering him. Yuri Levitan worked for the Soviet radio for 50 years. During the WW II he each day read the most important news. Millions of people impatiently waited to hear his voice. On May, 9, 1945 he announced the end to the war.	#lev-1b

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#lev-17	#lev-18:Date 1920s-30s City Skuodas A view of the cobblestone street where the synagogue was located. (Left) boys pose outside M. Levitan's grocery store. (Left, Lithuanian sign advertising L. Levitan's tea shop which sold 'kvas' and lemonade.)

#lev-19: Dr. Nachum and Dr. Ada Yeta Levitan	#lev-20: Sara Levitan, Purim, 2005 ( in the blue dress)

#lev-21: The wedding of Ilana and Ruben Levitan	#lev-22: Ilana with ther three sons Daniel, Ed and Arnold – Boston 1963

#lev-23: Levitan family and the in-law Yechiel Rosenbloom	#lev-24: Wedding day of Ilana (nee Rosenbloon) Levitan with Famiily

#lev-25: Ilana with one of her sons	#lev-26: Ilana and Ruven levitan

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#lev-29:	#lev-30:Danny, Oren, Arnie, and Ed at World Series Game 1 in Anaheim.

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#lev-35: Ari Levitan's first hair cut.	#lev-36: Dr. Ytzhak Levitan was born in Shavli in 1881. He studied Medicine in Berlin and settled in Kovno. He was sent with his wife to Siberia (by the Soviets) for Zionist activities. in 1947 he returned to Lithuania he was sent again to Siberia and died in the 1950s. His son, Dr Moshe Levitan, perished with his wife in Kovno in 1944.

#lev-37: kristal@afikim.org.il	#lev-39: kristal@afikim.org.il

#lev-39: Leviatan family 2005. My wife, Rachel, my daughter Inbal (on the right), my son offir, (on the left) and Lior -- behind his parents. Also in the picture -- Tzur Kraus, Inbal's husband and our grand child Barry, and Pavani -- Offir's wife -- and their son Morrie, on his grandmother's lap. Prof. Uriel Leviatan Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and member, Institute for Kibbutz Research University of Haifa	#lev-40: Sanhedria orphanage in late 1947. The little child in center of the picture (Flanged on both sides by two big boys) is Uriel Levitan, Son of Dr. Misha Levitan and Mira (daughter of Wolf Alperovitz) who perished in 1944 in Ghetto Kovno. His grandfather was the well known community leader and Zionist; Dr. Ytzhak Levitan of Kovno.

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#lev-47:	#lev-48: Dr. Ruven Levitan and Mr. Meidan. Israel, 2006

#lev-49: Raanana, March 2006 ; the grandaughters of Ariela nee Levitan and Ami Yaakobi (see #lev-51 &52)	#lev-50: Raanana, March 2006 ; Doron Yaakobi

#lev-51: Raanana, March 2006 ; Doron Yaakobi with his daughters. Doron is the son of Ariela (nee Levitan) and Ami Yaakobi.	#lev-52: Raanana, March 2006 ; Doron Yaakobi with his daughters. Doron is the son of Ariela (nee Levitan) and Ami Yaakobi.

#lev-53: Raanana, March 2006 ; Doron Yaakobi with his daughter.	#lev-54: Arnold, Ruven, Nava, Yosi and Neta.

#lev-55: Nava nee Levitan, Yosi, Neta, Uri Tal, Barak Nachsholy.	#lev-56: ( l-R) Rachel Gordin, Arnold Levitan, his father; Ruven Levitan, Nava, Yosi and Neta.

#lev-57: Uri Tal with his daughters; Neta and Limor and his son in law; Yosi.	#lev-58: Sitting in the middle; Neta and her hasband Yosi. Next to Yosi is his mother in law; Nava (nee Levitan) Tal. Next to her is her first cousin; Reuven Levitan. all the way on the right ( cut) Newtas' father; Uri Tal ( nee Rosental)

#lev-59: Alon Levitan with relatives	#lev-60: Alon Levitan with friends; Mike and Loui, his grandmother, Rachel and Barak

#lev-61: Alon Levitan with his grandmother; Rachel.	#lev-62: Alon Levitan with his double relative; Nava nee Levitan. Navas' father; Benzion, was the brother of Alons' great grandfather; Nachum. Navas' mother; Gita, was the first cousin of Alons' great grandmother; Lola nee Chait

#lev-63: Carmel Levitan	#lev-64: Carmel and Josh

#lev-65: Carmel and Josh in China	#lev-66: Carmel and Josh

#lev-67: Carmel and Talia Levitan, daughters of Eilat Gordin and Daniel Levitan	#lev-68:

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#lev-75:	#lev-76: Carmel, Talia and their mother; Eilat Gordin Levitan with Tandra

#lev-77: Carmel, Talia and Eilat Gordin Levitan with Josh Fisher and his family, at the home of Tandra	#lev-78: Sitting in the middle the elderly rabinocvich from Shavli to the left is their son-in-law Nachum Levitan to the right is the german nanny of Ruven levitan next to her is Nachums sister Dr. Chienna Shereshevsky. Children are Ruven and Zvi, next to Zvi sits his nanny. Zvi Shereshevsky perished in Auzhwitz in 1944

#lev-79: Gita Levitan nee Kriger and her daughters Ofra, Nava with Levitan relatives	#lev-80: Dr. Daniel Levitan and Rabbi Yossi Baitelman

#lev-81: Carmel Levitan PhD	#lev-82: Alon with friends 2007

#lev-83: Alon with friends 2007	#lev-84: Alon with friends 2007

#lev-84a: Hi Eilat, I thought you would want these two matzevot photos from a Minsker plot at Montefiore Cemetery in NY. Steven Lasky www.museumoffamilyhistory.com steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com	#lev-84b: Hi Eilat, I thought you would want these two matzevot photos from a Minsker plot at Montefiore Cemetery in NY. Steven Lasky www.museumoffamilyhistory.com steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com

#lev-84c: My grandmother and her children made a trip from South Africa to visit the family in Lithuania just before the war. This photo is of the Levin family (my grandmother's in-laws) taken in Birzai sometime in 1938 (approx). The two children are my mother (Lily) and uncle (Robert). My maternal grandmother Rochel is sitting behind and between them. The two older individuals are my grandfather's (Chona Levin) parents: Zorach and Golda. The other individuals are unnamed unfortunately but would likely include their children: Mina, Ruska, Israel, Mendel and Rivka. Mina went to live in the USA (Portland, Maine) – I think the others stayed behind. Dr. Wainer	#lev-84d: Levitan, the principal of an ORT vocational school in Dvinsk

#lev-84e: Carmel awarded her PhD	#lev-84f: Carmel awarded her PhD

#lev-84g: Carmel and Gerry in Bosnia. for more pictures go to; http://josh.yosh.org/travel/	#lev-84h: Drs. Joshua B. Fisher and Carmel Levitan in Dubrovnik. http://josh.yosh.org/travel/

#lev-85: #lev-86: Our granddaughters We`re happy to announce the birth of our twin granddaughters, Na`ama and Romi. Neta , the mother' and her daughters are feeling fine and healthy. NAVA ( nee Levitan) & URI Tal


#lev-87: from;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120801543.html?referrer=emailarticle Albert Viton was born Azriel Levitan in Tver, Lithuania, on Nov. 13, 1913, and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was in his teens. He grew up in Rock Island, Ill. He changed his name when he decided in the 1930s to report from Nazi Germany for a Rock Island newspaper. But Mr. Viton was expelled and made his way to the Middle East. He was in Palestine and other parts of the Middle East for three years, writing dispatches that were picked up by newspapers across the United States and Canada, as well as articles for the Nation, the Christian Century and Asia Magazine. In 1940, he wrote about the Nazi policy of shipping skilled workers from occupied countries to Germany, liquidating the intelligentsia and consigning thousands to concentration camps. "Why don't the Czechs and Poles rebel?" he asked. "Thousands have asked this question. But this question reveals habits of mind formed under liberal democracy -- and blissful ignorance of the techniques of Fascist rule"..... His wife, Elaine Hofsteede Viton, died in 1993. Survivors include three children, Philip Viton of Columbus, Ohio, Gail Fischberg of New York and Karen Dunster of Thurgarton, England; two brothers; a sister; and three grandchildren.	#lev-88: Alon Levitan and his aunt Anat Geffen

#lev-89: Alon Levitan and his aunt Anat Geffen	#lev-90: Eran Gordin and Alon Levitan

#lev-91: Eran Gordin and Alon Levitan	#lev-92: Alon and Ruven Levitan

#lev-93: Miri Dick Ph.D with her second cousin once removed: Carmel Levitan Ph.D. Miri is the grandaughter of Hela Hinda Ripshtein nee Herlberg the sister of Ester Rosenblum nee Helberg ( Carmels" Great grandmother) Hela Hinda and Ester were daughters of Shmuel HELBERG and Sara nee RAKOWER Born in 1870, Krakow	#lev-94: Melbourne, 2008. middle; Yael Wolfson, grandaughter of Jenia Chait Viniar ,with her second cousin once removed, Carmel Levitan. Carmel is the great granddaughter of Jenia' sister; Lola (nee Chait) Gordin Moher. The guy in the picture is Yael' husband, Moshe Wolfson

#lev-95: Daniel Levitan and Shimon Kristal, Afikim, 2008	#lev-96: From left; Eran Gordin, Eilat Gordin Levitan, Daniel Levitan, Carmel Levitan and Shimon Kristal and his wife. Afikim, 2008

#lev-97: Shimon Kristals' grandson	#lev-98: Rachel Gordin, Barak Nachsholi, Daniel Levitan, Eilat Gordin Levitan

#lev-99: Sitting: Daniel Levitan, Eilat Gordin Levitan Standing: Tzafrir Gordin ( Tzafy)	#lev-100a: From left: Barak Nachsholi, Daniel Levitan, Rachel Gordin, Carmel Levitan, Kathleen Burk ( Gordin)
	Naama and Romi Powerpoint presentations
#lev-100b: Eran Gordin and Carmel Levitan	#lev-100c: Naama and Romi: grandaughters of Nava (nee Levitan) Great grandaughters of Gita ( nee Kriger) and Ben Zion Levitan Great great grandaughters of Sheina ( nee Levin) and Leib Kriger ( son of Gitl and Zusia Kriger)

#lev-101: Talia Levitan and her boyfriend Jason Sanchez in Chile, 2008	#lev-102: ISRAEL, DECEMBER 2008

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#lev-117: ALIZA HELBERG WITH DANIEL LEVITAN (THE SON OF HER FIRST COUSIN ILANA) EILAT GORDIN LEVITAN, RACHEL GORDIN AND EFRAIM BEN YAKIR ( SITTING) DECEMBER 2008	#lev-118: Isaac Levitan: Autumn Day, 1879

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#lev-150: Rabbi Betzalel Shur finishes a letter on a restored scroll as members of Wilmette's North Shore Jewish Center-Congregation Or Simcha observe. The restored Torah scroll is the first that belongs to the young congregation ( including the Levitan family of Arnie and Janis, on the left) http://www.pioneerlocal.com/wilmette/news/873492,wi-torah-040308-s1.article

#lev-151: Bob Levitan, Ben Hecht captain Historians and Family Remember the SS Ben Hecht for pictures go to; http://wymaninstitute.org/special/photoexhibit2.php by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) Dozens of ships attempted to bring Holocaust survivors past the British blockade of pre-state Israel in the 1940s, but only a few - including the S.S. Ben Hecht - managed to become entangled in controversies on three different continents. The 60th anniversary of the voyage of the Ben Hecht was recounted by historians and relatives of the boat's captain at an event near Washington, D.C. earlier this week. The commemoration of the voyage was sponsored by The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and took place at the Silver Spring Jewish Center, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Barbara Randall of Florida, the daughter of Ben Hecht captain Bob Levitan, was one of the featured speakers. She said her father "simply recognized that it was his obligation to do what he could to help the survivors of the Holocaust. It was nothing more complicated than that." Captain Levitan's grand-nephew, David Miller of Silver Spring, also spoke. Miller recalled that as a child, he often heard stories from relatives about how when the Ben Hecht crew members were arrested and sent to Acre Prison, Levitan had a camera with him. "Because the crew were Americans, the British guards didn't think of them as a security risk, so they didn't carefully search them," Miller said. That camera was used to make false identification papers that helped facilitate the May 1947 Acre Prison breakout. "Uncle Bob didn't have to get involved in this dangerous mission," Miller said. "At the end of the war, he could have just returned to his normal civilian life. Instead, he risked himself to try to crash the British blockade - just because it was the right thing to do." Levitan's niece, Dr. Carol Rose, came from Pittsburgh to take part in the event. The audience viewed a video interview with Captain Levitan, in which he recalled the voyage. "Many of the crew members were not even Jewish," he remembered. "Two were Norwegian-Americans. One was black. Like me, they were just sick of the world kicking the Jews around, and they wanted to help." ..... for the rest go to; http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/121730
Message: Dear Lewitan family, My father's sister, (Sala) was married to a man named Avraham Lewitan. He was born in Warsaw, Poland. Avraham's father, named Yeshayahu was born in Siaului, Lithuania (if I'm not mistaken) and settled in Warsaw. Avraham is the only member of the family,to have survived(he survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising together with his wife and daughter, only to be caught in a burning building (Aprill 1943), to be sent to Treblinka(he survived this camp and several others) this is how we know who and how they perished. Avraham had a sister who emigrated to Israel(early 1930's), and they were in the construction business. Avraham settled in Eretz Yisrael after the war and remarried. Would Avraham Lewitan be any relation? He passed away only a couple of years ago. I recently was told this story and I'm sorry I never met him. Geri Levine (geri@levinecorp.com)
Pumpenai Panevezys Kaunas 22/11/1894 Kislev 6 RABINOVICH, Beinus LEVITAN, Taube Dina Mordukh Lepel Isroel Meier Seduva 34 24 Groom Is a widower FRIDMAN Mordkhel SHULMAN Girsh Eliash FUKS


Surname Givenname Father Address Born/ Age Died Page Number Row Grave LEVITAN Leah Zelik Krishchiukaichio Ant. 1860 16MarKheshvan5704 14Nov1943 45 150 20 3 LEVITAN Zalman Abba - - 26Iyyar5703 31May1943 42 86 16 18 LEVITON Sarah-Etel Wolf Griniaus 19 76 y 5Shevat5702 23Jan1942 20 39 LEVITAN Meir-Zusha (textile store Name (Other Surnames) Date of Death Date of Birth / Age More Information Cemetery Name / City / Country HELMAN, Yosef (LEVITAN) 31-May-1943 14-Nov-1941 View Full Burial Record Viliampole Chevra Kadisha, 1941-1943 / Kovno / Lithuania LEVITAN, Zalman (KARPELOVITZ) 23-Mar-1943 Age: 31 View Full Burial Record Viliampole Chevra Kadisha, 1941-1943 / Kovno / Lithuania LEVITAN, Leah (YOSELEVITZ) 05-Aug-1943 09-Feb-1942 View Full Burial Record Viliampole Chevra Kadisha, 1941-1943 / Kovno / Lithuania LEVITAN, Chaim Tzvi 1872 View Full Burial Record / Jurbarkas / Lithuania LEVITAN, Sarah Feiga View Full Burial Record / Jurbarkas / Lithuania LEVITAN, Zalman View Full Burial Record / Jurbarkas / Lithuania LEVITON, Sarah-etel (FISHELEVITZ) 23-Feb-1943 1873 View Full Burial Record Viliampole Chevra Kadisha, 1941-1943 / Kovno / Lithuania ROZENBLIUM, Avraham-mordecai (LEVITAN) 14-Nov-1943 1932 View Full Burial Record Viliampole Chevra Kadisha, 1941-1943 / Kovno / Lithuania WILENCHIK, Devorah (LEVITON) 23-Jan-1942 1922 View Full Burial Record Viliampole Chevra Kadisha, 1941-1943 / Kovno / Lithuania Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 8 June 1926 Klaipedos st. 44 Panevezys Panevezys LEVITAN, Moshe single Haim 25-Jan-10 1938 naturalized the British citizenship 452/885252 schoolboy Internal Passport LCVA/1264/3/10958 26 Sep 1924 Klaipedos st. 44 Panevezys Panevezys LEVITAN, Khaya single 10-Oct-04 Panevezys 290/709653 schoolgirl Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/10618 7 Aug 1931 Klaipedos st. 52 Panevezys Panevezys LEVITAN, Pesa single Haim 29-May-11 Panevezys 274/1433474 employee Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/10589 23 June 1920 Sinagogos st. 4 Panevezys Panevezys KOTZIN, Abraham Berel married Yosel Head of the household 5 Aug 1879 Panevezys 1010/121412 butcher Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/10220 KOTZIN, Tsipe (MINOK) married Wife 28 in 1920 Kedainiai 1012/121414 Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/10220 KOTZIN, Gite (LEVITAN) widow Simeon Mother 67 in 1920 Panevezys 22-Dec-30 Died 1011/121413 butcher Internal passport is in the file Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/10220 KOTZIN, Bentsel Abraham Berel Son 4 in 1920 Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/10220 KOTZIN, Sora Abraham Berel Daughter 1 in 1920 Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/10220 21 Nov 1924 Jonava Jonava Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Mera Riva 33 in 1924 Jonava 2974/1241856 home help Internal Passport Card KRA/71/3/1744 26 Apr 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas BLIUMBERGIENE / [BLIUMBERG], Leah Rayne (LEVITANYTE / [LEVITAN]) 61 in 1920 Kaunas 1921/56721 housewife Passport Card KRA/66/1/1921 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 1 Mar 1930 Panevezys Panevezys Panevezys LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Olga (SMUKLERAITE / [SHMUKLER]) Bentsion born in 1900 Vilnius 98/1058558 housewife The First Internal Passport Nr. 147/61748 issued in Baisogala 31 May 1920 and the certificate of second Marriage Nr. 1867 issued in Kaunas 9 Dec 1929 are in the file. Her surname from the first marriage was KAPLAN. Second Internal Passport Application LCVA/1264/3/11215 1925 various towns in Kaunas Uyezd Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Leib 440 Internal Passport Application LCVA/402/1vp/2 1925 various towns in Kaunas Uyezd Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Isaac 1262 Internal Passport Application LCVA/402/1vp/2 1925 various towns in Kaunas Uyezd Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Volf 2369 Internal Passport Application LCVA/402/1vp/2 1925 various towns in Kaunas Uyezd Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Shreider Zelman 2372 Internal Passport Application LCVA/402/1vp/2 1925 various towns in Kaunas Uyezd Kaunas LEVITONYTE / [LEVITON], Sara 4187 Internal Passport Application LCVA/402/1vp/2 27 Oct 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas EIRUFAS / [EYRUF], Girsh 49 in 1920 Kaunas 17681/460363 carrier Passport Card KRA/66/1/17681 EIRUFAS / [EYRUF], Shmuel Ayzik born in 1901 Kaunas 44426/? carrier Passport Card KRA/66/1/44426 EIRUFAS / [EYRUF], Kadish Benjamin Girsh born in 1911 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 6854/1124537 tailor Passport Card KRA/66/1/6854 EIREFAS / [EYREF], Iser Girsh born in 1908 Kaunas 2724/1506702 metal-worker Passport Card KRA/66/1/2724 EIRUFIENE / [EYRUF], Rochel (ARONOVSKAITE / [ARONOVSKY]) 46 in 1920 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 17874/460283 housewife Passport Card KRA/66/1/17874 EIRUFIENE / [EYRUF], Zlate (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) Abram Vigdor born in 1906 Kaunas 6855/1124536 housewife Passport Card KRA/66/1/6855 EIRUFAITE / [EYRUF], Basel 20 in 1920 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 17873/460282 dressmaker Passport Card KRA/66/1/17873 EIRUFAITE / [EYRUF], Riva 18 in 1924 Kaunas 40574/1238644 modiste Passport Card KRA/66/1/40574 EIRUFAITE / [EYRUF], Estera Girsh born in 1914 Kaunas 15102/1438852 Passport Card KRA/66/1/15102 EIRUFYTE / [EYRUF], Mere born in 1906 Kaunas 39393/1236048 dressmaker Passport Card KRA/66/1/39293 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 11 May 1931 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas FRIZERIENE / [FRIZER], Freyde (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) Leyb born in 1891 Kaunas 13381/1416074 housewife Passport Card KRA/66/1/13381 21 Jan 1939 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas GEICENIENE / [GEYTSEN], Gita (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) born in 1921 Russia 294/104631 housewife Mera's daughter Passport Card KRA/66/1/294 2 Mar 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas GERVISIENE / [GERVIS], Chase (LEVITANYTE / [LEVITAN]) 45 in 1922 Seduva 29703/822453 housewife Passport Card KRA/66/1/29703 July 1932 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Mendel 2436 Internal Passport Application LCVA/402/1vp/76 3 July 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas HAIFECIENE / [HAYFETS] / [HEYFETS], Mina (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) 28 in 1920 Radun, Lida uyezd 8008/251264 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/8008 9 Aug 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas CHVOLESIENE / [KHVOLES], Rocha Riva (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) 42 in 1922 Kaunas 33621/941252 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33621 CHVOLESAITE / [KHVOLES], Sheyna Freyda born in 1900 Kaunas 33620/941223 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33620 26 Feb 1921 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas KACIENE / [KATS], Krayne (LEVITANYTE / [LEVITAN]) born in 1888 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 23025/500655 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/23025 2 Sep 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LACHBERGIENE / [LAKHBERG], Rachil (LEVITANYTE / [LEVITAN]) born in 1886 Kaunas 14255/452110 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/14255 2 June 1929 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Ester (ZELBOVICAITE / [ZELBOVICH]) Chaim Movsha 22 in 1929 Pandelys 5693/1349365 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/5693 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 192? Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Abram Gershon Itsik Leyzer born in 1910 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 6267/1123653 tailor Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/6267 2 Nov 1936 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Zalman David born in 1902 Veliuona 3165/15300 worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3165 5 July 1934 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Salmon Isaak Zisman born in 1919 Kaunas 1695/1536646 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/1695 10 Feb 1933 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Hone Yudel born in 1914 Raseiniai 471/1505251 worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/471 3 Sep 1931 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Mikhel Itsik born in 1913 Tcekhanov?, Russia 14930/1438624 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/14930 4 July 1931 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Shlioma Mordkhel born in 1902 Kaunas 14261/1437166 tinsmith Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/14261 11 Apr 1928 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Ayzik Nisel born in 1910 Kedainiai 2427/1297671 shopman Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2427 13 Jan 1927 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Ilia born in 1908 Kaunas 97/1279984 metal-worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/97 16 Nov 1926 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Zundel born in 1896 Kaunas 48111/1279480 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/48111 3 Nov 1926 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Yudel Abel born in 1901 Kaunas 47996/1279340 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/47996 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 13 Feb 1925 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Shneyer Zalman 62 in 1925 Kaunas 42603/1244845 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/42603 28 June 1923 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Zelman David born in 1903 Kaunas 36913/1232153 worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/36913 10 Feb 1925 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Isaak Wolf born in 1903 Kaunas 42551/1244789 shopman Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/42551 26 June 1923 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Abram Avigdor born in 1875 Kaunas 36911/1232154 worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/36911 Name Father Mother Spouse Residence Comments Date of Death DD/MM/YY Hebrew Date Age Cause of Death Town Uyezd Guberniya Place Recorded Year Record # Microfilm Item Image Archive / Fond HERR LEVITAN, Khana Ber Nokhum Khaia Seduva, Panevezys district The deceased a widow-was a housewife;She buried on 10-Oct-1935 in Seduva cemetery. Document No.609 in centre archive.Her Maiden Name-LEVITAN 9/10/1935 12 Tishri 5696 1852 old age Seduva Panevezys Panevezys 1935 F 75 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 KACIENE / [KATZ], Mariasha Josif Ber Khaia SABAN Siauliniai The deceased a widow-was a housewife;She died in Jewish hospital,buried on 27-Feb-1927 in Panevezys Jew cemetery. Document No.53 in centre archive.Her maiden name-LEVITAN 25/2/1927 23 Adar I 5687 65 paralysis Panevezys Panevezys Panevezys 1927 F 8 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 KOCINIENE / [KATZIN], Gita Simon Eiga Panevezys, Rabbi Itsel str.13 The deceased a widow-was a meatwoman;She died in one's apartment,buried on 23-Dec-1930 in Panevezys Jew cemetery. Document No.349 in centre archive.Maiden name-LEVITAN 22/12/1930 2 Tevet 5691 77 heamiplegia Panevezys Panevezys Panevezys 1930 F 105 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 LAPATIENE / [LAPATA], Cipe Hene Siauliai widow 25/2/1937 87 pneumonia Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1937 17 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/276 LEVITAN, Chaim Leyba Itsik Kamajai 10/11/1884 2 Rokiskis Panevezys Kaunas Rokiškis 1884 Not filmed KRA/210/1/621/29 LEVITAN, Maushe Berel Leizer Mera Reiza Krekenava, Panevezys district The deceased a married-was a meatman;He buried on 24-Jun-1935 in Krekenava. Document No.374 in centre archive 23/6/1935 22 Sivan 5695 76 heart disease Krekenava Panevezys Panevezys 1935 M 57 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 LEVITAN, Abram Itsyk Ieishua Panevezys, Sodu str.15 The deceased a widow; She died in one's apartment,buried on 3-Oct-1937 in Panevezys Jew cemetery. Document No.720/722 in centre archive 2/10/1937 27 Tishri 5698 76 old age No.78 Panevezys Panevezys Panevezys 1937 M 73 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 LEVITAN, Masha Zelig Dveira ZIBEL Seduva, Kedainiu str. The deceased a girl ;She died in Jewish hospital,buried on 15-Apr-1938 in Panevezys Jew cemetery. Document No.243/245 in centre archive 14/4/1938 13 Nisan 5698 6 diphteria toxica No.7 Panevezys Panevezys Panevezys 1938 F 21 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 LEVITAN, Cherna Iakov Lieba Krekenava, Panevezys district The deceased a widow-was a housewife;He buried on 17-Jun-1940 in Krekenava. Document No.749-750 in centre archive.Maiden name-VARKUL 16/6/1940 10 Sivan 5700 69 diabetes No.27,angina pectoris No.42, maiciditis No.37 Kaunas Kaunas Panevezys 1940 F 63 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Jekelis Smuelis Elija Fruma Siauliai 1/11/1924 4 Heshvan 63 cancer Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1924 M20 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/269 Name Father Mother Spouse Residence Comments Date of Death DD/MM/YY Hebrew Date Age Cause of Death Town Uyezd Guberniya Place Recorded Year Record # Microfilm Item Image Archive / Fond LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Smuelis Jankelis Siauliai widower 17/10/1925 29 Tishri 85 old age Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1925 M19 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/272 LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Leiba Smuelis Jankelis Chava DOGOLAICERAITE / [DOGOLAICER] Siauliai 8/12/1929 6 Kislev 1876 heart disease Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1929 M44 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/272 LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Rachile Jankelis MATEMATIKAS / [MATEMATIK] Siauliai widow 7/11/1927 12 Heshvan 1880 heart paralysis Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1927 72 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/272 LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Chane Siauliai widow 23/2/1930 22 Shevat 66 heart disease Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1930 9 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/272 LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Riva Leja Siauliai widow 18/5/1931 2 Sivan 70 cancer Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1931 F13 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/272 LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Liba Siauliai widow 4/1/1937 85 old age Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1937 1 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/276 LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Chiene Siauliai widow 20/9/1937 67 cancer Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1937 55 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/276 LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Elka Siauliai widow 19/3/1939 1869 heart disease Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1939 22 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/276 LEVITANUS / [LEVITAN], Zalmanas Rachmielis Sora Ita Rokiškis 4/2/1933 1889 Tuberculosis Rokiškis Novo-Aleksandrovsk Kaunas Rokiškis 1933 5 Not microfilmed LVIA/1817/1/244 LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Base Bencelis Rive LEVINZONAS / [LEVINZON] Šilale 5/3/1933 71 Rheumatism Šilale Raseiniai Kaunas Šilale 1933 F4 Not Microfilmed LVIA / 1817 / 1 / 277 / 221 Name Father Mother Spouse Residence Comments Date of Death DD/MM/YY Hebrew Date Age Cause of Death Town Uyezd Guberniya Place Recorded Year Record # Microfilm Item Image Archive / Fond LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Khava Berel Ginda Krekenava The deceased a widow-was a housewife;She buried on 6-Jan-1929 in Krekenava Jew cemetery. Document No.165 in centre archive 5/1/1929 23 Tevet 5689 75 brain apoplexy Krekenava Panevezys Panevezys 1929 F 16 Not Filmed LVIA/1817/1/216 LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Rocha Jankelis RACHMILAS / [RACHMIL] Dobre Tryskiai widow 17/1/1930 17 Tevet 76 pneumonia Tryskiai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1930 86 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/272 MARKOVIENE / [MARKOV], Braina Lipmanas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN] Mera Siauliai 13/1/1922 13 Tevet 65 heart disease Siauliai Siauliai Kaunas Siauliai 1922 F4 Not filmed LVIA1817/1/269 SACHIENE / [SAKH], Seve Izraelis Meieras LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN] Vabalninkas 22/9/1939 b.1862 old age Vabalninkas Panevezys Kaunas Birzai 1939 20 Not filmed LVIA 1817/1/18 SACHYTE / [SHAKH], Helena Izraelis SHACHAS / [SHAKH] Seve LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN] Vabalninkas 10/4/1932 4 Nisan b.1901 Vabalninkas Panevezys Kaunas Birzai 1932 12 Not filmed LVIA 1817/1/18
Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 26 Sep 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Leyb born in 1858 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 34577/1227729 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/34577 27 July 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Aron 31 in 1922 Kaunas 33290/941464 tradesman Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33290 21 July 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Shlioma born in 1902 Kaunas 33171/941171 tinsmith Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33171 21 July 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Markus 59 in 1922 Kaunas 33169/941173 tinsmith Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33169 23 June 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Zundel born in 1903 Kaunas 32744/940489 tradesman Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/32744 23 June 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Isaya Yuda born in 1894 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 32741/940491 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/32741 28 Jan 1921 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Bentsel 15 in 1921 Gyviai?, Veiveriai volostj 22186/475632 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33286 2 Oct 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Movsha Iosel 47 in 1920 Kaunas 16414/457865 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/16414 10 Sep 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Nokhim 21 in 1920 Gyviai?, Veiveriai volostj 15040/453948 lawyer Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/15040 9 July 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Shneyer Zelman 56 in 1920 Kaunas 8832/251360 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/8832 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 20 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Mendel born in 1851 Josvainiai 4148/105708 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/4148 12 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Otto born in 1892 Josvainiai 3209/105285 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3209 8 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Zisman born in 1882 Kaunas 3129/59383 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3129 8 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Moze born in 1891 Kaunas 3121/59381 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3121 21 Apr 1939 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Gita (KAPELIUSNIKAITE / [KAPELIUSHNIK]) Mendel born in 1905 Panevezys 1373/106410 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/1373 5 June 1936 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Asne (STOLERAITE / [STOLER]) Itsik born in 1914 Vilnius 1714/8299 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/1714 28 Dec 1936 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Dveyre (MACAITE / [MATS?]) David born in 1906 Kaunas 3810/28145 employee Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3810 6 Feb 1937 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Gitel Iokhved (BARONAITE / [BARON]) Velve born in 1904 Kaunas 446/28731 worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/446 12 Oct 1937 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Miriam (APERAVICIUTE / [APEROVICH]) Wulf born in 1913 Vilnius 3203/48439 employee Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3203 22 Apr 1938 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Dveyre (NOCHIMZONAITE / [NOKHIMZON]) Izrael born in 1908 Jurbarkas 1397/080882 worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/1397 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 14 June 1938 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Roza (KARALIUNSKAITE / [KARALIUNSKY]) Bentsion born in 1905 Karmelava, Kaunas uyezd 2035/081770 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2035 192? Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Chana (KIRKELYTE / [KIRKEL]) Wulf 36 in 1920? Kaunas 3431/1345621 trades-woman Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3431 192? Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Bashe (PLOTKINAITE / [PLOTKIN]) Itsik born in 1906 Kaunas 8631/1127808 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/8631 21 Nov 1930 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Rocha (LEVINAITE / [LEVIN]) Abram born in 1904 Kaunas 11654/1412832 dressmaker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/11654 4 July 1931 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Rochel Leah (BRIKERAITE / [BRIKER]) Ber born in 1906 Kaunas 14261/1437167 trades-woman Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/14262 14 May 1932 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Berta (LEVINAITE / [LEVIN]) David born in 1909 Kaunas 16330/1440579 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/16330 12 Nov 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Tsipe (ROZINAITE / [ROZIN]) 62 in 1920 Kaunas 18397/492679 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/18397 1 Feb 1921 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Yudisa (GERSTEINYTE / [GERSHTEYN]) 43 in 1921 Gyviai?, Veiveriai volostj 22185/475633 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/22185 18 Nov 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Emma (FRIDMANYTE / [FRIDMAN]) 24 in 1920 Vilkija 23098/500622 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/23098 28 Mar 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Beyle (CHARNYTE / [KHARNY?]) 56 in 1922 Kedainiai 30396/823881 seller Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/30396 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 7 Apr 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Sonia (RACKAITE / [RACHKO?]) 22 in 1922 Ziezmariai 30709/824326 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/30709 20 July 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Sora Eta (TABACHOVICIUTE / [TABAKHOVICH]) 48 in 1922 Kaunas 33174/941172 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33174 23 Feb 1923 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Rocha Leah 63 in 1923 Kaunas 35353/1229140 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/35353 26 June 1923 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Eta (KRIVORUCKAITE / [KRIVORUCHKA?]) 49 in 1923 Kaunas 36912/1232155 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/36912 28 Dec 1927 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Eta (RABINOVICIUTE / [RABINOVICH]) Ber born in 1901 Siauliai 1813/1296186 doctor Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/1813 11 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Shifra (KOSSOVSKAITE? / [KOSSOVSKY?]) 29 in 1920 Vilnius 2764/59485 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2764 7 Apr 1933 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Leah Leyb born in 1905 Kaunas 1024/1504091 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/1024 28 Apr 1934 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Sora Rocha Abram born in 1915 Kaunas 1132/1535783 dressmaker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/1132 23 Dec 1937 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Gita born in 1921 Melitopol, Russia 4123/62709 Mera's daughter Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/4123 11 Apr 1928 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Leah Nisel 19 in 1928 Kedainiai 2428/1297672 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2428 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 22 Nov 1928 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Basia Movsha Iosel born in 1911 Gyviai?, Veiveriai volostj 4346/1347142 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/4346 21 June 1930 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Chana Mera Abram Avigdor born in 1911 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 10167/1376866 modiste Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/10167 12 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Roza born in 1898 Kaunas 2781/59631 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2781 23 Sep 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Sheyna Bashe born in 1901 Veiveriai 15729/456323 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/15729 Apr 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Dvora 43 in 1922 Siauliai 23710/502760 teacher Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/23710 21 July 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Dveyra born in 1898 Kaunas 33172/941174 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33172 LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Sheyna 23 in 1922 Kaunas 33170/941170 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33170 LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Shifra born in 1900 Kaunas 33173/941175 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33173 LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Chana 26 in 1922 Kaunas 33175/941151 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33175 23 June 1923 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Freyda born in 1891 Kaunas 32742/940487 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/32742 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 18 July 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Mikhla 60 in 1922 Jonava 33003/940944 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33003 23 June 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Godes born in 1885 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 32745/940488 doctor Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/32745 23 Feb 1923 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Mera 23 in 1923 Kaunas 35354/1229139 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/35354 26 June 1923 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Zlate born in 1906 Kaunas 36914/1232152 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/36914 1924 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Liuba born in 1905 Minsk 40106/1237525 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/40106 30 Sep 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANYTE / [LEVITAN], Hiyena? born in 1905 Gyviai?, Veiveriai volostj 16266/457041 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/16266 2 Mar 1921 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANYTE / [LEVITAN], Fani 24 in 1921 Kaunas 23168/501079 Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/23168 13 Oct 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVINIENE / [LEVIN], Fani (LEVITONYTE / [LEVITON]) 29 in 1920 Kaunas 17060/459068 seller Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/17060 12 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Ietta (GELMANAITE / [GELMAN]) born in 1865 Kaunas 2782/59632 worker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2782 25 June 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Mnukha (LURIEYTE / [LURYE] / [LURIE]) 60 in 1920 Kaunas 7639/217857 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/7639 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 21 Aug 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Frida (RABINOVICAITE / [RABINOVICH]) born in 1883 Vilnius 13285/448464 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/13285 20 Jan 1921 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Risel (KRUPAITE / [KRUP]) 23 in 1921 Kaunas 21712/468828 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/21712 16 May 1929 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Tauba (JURBOVSKAITE? / [YURBOVSKY?]) Mikhel 23 in 1929 Prienai 6138/1349935 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/6138 24 Aug 1935 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Chaya Feyge (GARBERAITE / [GARBER]) Leyb born in 1905 Kelme 2153/963993 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2153 8 Mar 1938 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Iente (SALONTAITE / [SHALONT]) Leyb Iosel born in 1904 Kaunas 903/64138 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/903 18 Jan 1936 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Mikhle (GALERAITE / [GALER]) Shimen born in 1908 Kaunas 236/2771 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/236 20 July 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Mina (KARPESAITE / [KARPES]) born in 1880 Kaunas 33239/941086 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/33239 16 July 1930 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Tsetsilia (ABRAMICKAITE / [ABRAMITSKY]) Aron born in 1907 Berlin 10457/1377555 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/10457 19 Dec 1935 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITIENE / [LEVIT], Muse (SAPIRAITE / [SHAPIRO]) Yakov born in 1900 Moletai 3450/2160 nurse Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3450 23 June 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITONAS / [LEVITON] / [LEVITAN], Leyba born in 1858 Vilijampole (Kaunas) 32743/940490 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/32743 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 5 May 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Leyba born in 1884 Vilnius 2530/59210 merchant Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/2530 192? Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Iosif born in 1895 Kaunas 10180/255793 teacher Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/10180 11 Oct 1938 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAS / [LEVITAN], Ruvin Iosif born in 1921 Kaunas 3384/083819 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/3384 18 Oct 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Leah (GOFENBERGAITE / [GOFENBERG]) born in 1860 Josvainiai 17236/459210 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/17236 28 Jan 1939 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Rivka (LEVINAITE / [LEVIN]) Shmuel born in 1914 Vilkaviskis 410/104747 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/410 5 Aug 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANIENE / [LEVITAN], Mariasha born in 1894 Kaunas 10474/257089 teacher Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/10474 8 Feb 1940 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN], Dina Zisman born in 1922 Kaunas 468/128816 student Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/468 17 Aug 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LIEVITANIENE / [LIEVITAN] / [LEVITAN], Dvere (OPNHEIMYTE / [OPENHEYM] / [OPENGEYM]) born in 1869 Kaunas 11907/447460 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/11907 8 Mar 1930 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LOPATIENE / [LOPATA] / [LOPATO], Dobra (KUPERSTEINAITE / [KUPERSHTEYN]) Mikhail born in 1894 Kaunas 9200/1375284 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/9200 9 Aug 1930 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas LOPATIENE / [LOPATA] / [LOPATO], Mina (GOLDAITE / [GOLD]) Peysakh born in 1903 Kaunas 10681/1377805 dressmaker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/10681 Day Month Year Address Town Uyezd Name (Maiden Name) Marital Status Father Relationship to Head of Household Age Place of Birth Left Reason Left Passport # Occupation Comments Record Type Archive/Fond/Inventory/File 6 Aug 1926 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas MICHLIENE / [MIKHLES], Mera (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) 26 in 1926 Kaunas 47309/1278092 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/47309 20 Aug 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas RUBINSONAS / [RUBINSON], Liper 29 in 1920 Vilnius 12467/448771 shoemaker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/12467 RUBINSONIENE / [RUBINSON], Khana (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) 26 in 1921 Vilnius 22858/500778 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/22858 RUBINSONAITE / [RUBINSON], Sara Lipko born in 1916 Vilnius 660/1503535 dressmaker Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/660 25 Aug 1920 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas STERNIENE / [STERN], Gena (LEVITANYTE / [LEVITAN]) born in 1893 Vilnius 12900/449538 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/12900 24 Febr 1922 Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas SLIOMOVICIUS / [SHLIOMOVICH], Borukh Bentsion born in 1894 Kaunas 29555/822565 jeweller Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/29555 SLIOMOVICIENE / [SHLIOMOVICH], Khana (LEVITANAITE / [LEVITAN]) Markus born in 1900 Kaunas 8993/1374824 housewife Internal Passport Card KRA/66/1/8993 Displaying matches 51 through 100 of 137

Database: New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Arrival Date Estimated Birth Year Gender Port of Departure Place of Origin Destination Ship Name H H Levitan 28 Feb 1859 1831 Male Bremen, Germany Germany United States of America Bremen S Levitan 12 Nov 1860 1822 Male Bremen, Germany Turkey United States of America Bremen Bensel Levitan 7 Dec 1886 1873 Male Hamburg, Germany Russia New York Polaria Esther Levitan 15 Jun 1889 1872 Female Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Russia United States of America Gellert Lea Levitan 10 Nov 1884 1861 Female Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Russia United States of America Lessing Nanny Levitan 11 Sep 1852 1833 Female Hamburg, Germany Germany United States of America America A Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1878 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland Russia United States of America State of Georgia F Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1846 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland Russia United States of America State of Georgia F Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1877 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland Russia United States of America State of Georgia S Levitan 21 Jul 1886 1876 Female Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland Russia United States of America State of Georgia Gilel Levitan 6 Jun 1887 1879 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland Russia United States of America Ethiopia Itzig Levitan 6 Jun 1887 1868 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland Russia United States of America Ethiopia Len Levitan 6 Jun 1887 1839 Female Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland Russia United States of America Ethiopia S Levitan 8 Jan 1891 1839 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland Russia New York State of Nevada Sam Levitan 7 Jul 1891 1868 Male Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland Russia New York Siberian Image Jossel Levitan 20 Jul 1891 1862 Male Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Russia New York Alaska Kate Levitan 11 Oct 1886 1866 Female Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Ireland United States of America Arizona Lara Levitan 31 Aug 1891 1872 Female Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Russia New York Arizona Margt Levitan 19 Sep 1879 1860 Female Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Ireland United States of America City of Chester Rosa Levitan 20 Jul 1891 1869 Female Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Russia New York Alaska Sore Levitan 12 May 1890 1872 Female Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland New York Servia

Isaac Levitan (1860-1900) http://www.abcgallery.com/L/levitan/levitan.html The work of Isaac Ilyich Levitan belongs to the highest achievements of Russian culture. Its significance is compared with the works of such classics as Anton Chekhov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Stanislavsky. Levitan was born in 1860 into a poor but educated Jewish family. In the late 1860s, the family moved to Moscow, where Isaac studied at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture from 1873 till 1883. He lost his mother in 1875 and his father two years later. He was left penniless and homeless in Moscow, sleeping alternately in the homes of relatives and friends, sometimes spending the night in the empty classrooms of the school. A nightwatch took pity on the youth and let him sleep in his cubicle. The School waived his tuition fee “because of extreme poverty and in recognition of his singular success in art” The greatest role in the forming of Levitan’s creative personality belongs to his favorite teacher Alexey Savrasov, the most lyrical among Russian landscape painters of the 1860s-1870s, who influenced many well-known artists of Levitan’s generation Mikhail Nesterov, Constantin Korovin and others. Of course, Levitan’s passionate love for poetry and music, his persistent studying of pleine-air, the sunny paintings of Vasiliy Polenov, who also taught at the School, the works of the French painters of the Barbizon school, of Camille Corot were of great importance for the young artist. As any great talent did and does, Levitan submitted all the influences to his personality, and even his early works are very individual. Autumn Day. Sokolniki (1879). Levitan’s attitude towards nature and the poetry of his art were in many points akin to the works of Anton Chekhov, who became his friend from the late 1870s. If his earlier works were chiefly of an intimate and lyrical character, his mature art becomes philosophical, expressing the artist’s meditation about man and the world. These pictures were particularly loved by the Russian intellectuals of the time, for they represented the purest specimen of the “mood landscape”, most popular in Russia at the end of the 19th century. To this period belongs The Vladimirka Road (1892), a rare example of social historical landscape; Levitan painted the tragically famous road, along which convicts were marched to Siberia. In Above the Eternal Peace (1894) the artist’s meditations about the controversies of life, about the transience of human being, gained almost monumental scale and philosophic character. In 1897, Levitan felt sick, a severe cardiac disease was revealed. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the permanent menace of death, he worked with a particular intensity and inspiration. His latest works are distinguished by a confident mastership, richness of technical methods, and new stylistic trends. One can feel the influence of ancient Russian art, which attracted him at the period, and that of modern style, and the newest searches in French painting, which Levitan always took a lively interest in. Nevertheless, Levitan did not join modern art and remained true to realism, utterly alien to mythologizing and stylization. Most characteristic in the late 1890s were numerous paintings of quiet twilights, moonlit nights, sleeping villages (Haystacks. Twilight. (1899), Sunny Day. (1898) and many others). To the very end of his life Levitan took an active part in artistic life; he taught at the Moscow School of Painting, where he had been educated, took part in organizing the Moscow Club of Literature and Art, showed his pictures at numerous exhibitions of such associations as World of Art and Munich Secession. Leo Tolstoy once said, “The basis of human happiness is the possibility to be together with nature, to see it and to talk to it.” Levitan was granted this happy feeling as hardly any other human being ever was. He also knew the joy of recognition by his contemporaries and of friendship with the best among them. Levitan ranks among the most appreciated and loved of Russian artists. Bibliography: Isaak Levitan. Aurora. Leningrad. 1980 Levitan. by V.Petrov. Russian Painters of the XIX century. Moscow. 1992.
http://www.utexas.edu/students/cjso/news/981213levitan.htm One family's Hanukkah For the Levitans of Austin, Hanukkah traditions are a blend of ancient and modern By Michele Chan Santos American-Statesman Staff Published: Dec. 13, 1998 Arnie and Janice Levitan started telling the story of Hanukkah to their children, Jacob, 3, and Sarah, 2, when the youngsters were only a few months old. They told them about Judah the Maccabee's victory over the Greek-Syrian tyrant Antiochus, a triumph Jewish people will celebrate tonight and for the next week. But as they grow up, Jacob and Sarah will associate Hanukkah with more than its religious and historical meaning. Their recollections will be enriched with the traditions and stories unique to their family. Holiday gatherings bring back deep memories. For most people, this time of year means "what your family did around food, gifts, celebrations," says Anna Gonzalez-Sorenson, a clinical psychologist with Austin Counseling and Psychological Services. "Families have traditions, rituals, special things they do every year.They feel familiar, bring back warm memories." The memories often span generations. Jacob and Sarah's grandparents, Ruven and Ilana Levitan, were married during the fourth night of Hanukkah in Tel Aviv in 1949, a year after they helped found Israel. It was raining, and the photographer never got a picture of the bride and groom alone, but it's a treasured moment in family history. Forty-three years later, Arnie asked Janice to marry him on the third night of Hanukkah in 1992. "I proposed by giving her a Hanukkah gift," Arnie says. "It was a Minnie Mouse watch with a 'Marry me' inscription on the back." The rest of the inscription says "forever and forever," a favorite phrase of the couple's, and the year based on the Hebrew calendar, 5753. The celebrations go beyond the nuptial. Janice's parents, Art and Bette Anderson, give a big party every year during the holiday, where up to 150 people gather to eat and hear the story of the Maccabees' military victory. Every gathering is marked by distinctive foods, prayers and religious objects. Menorahs are candelabras that symbolize Hanukkah. The Levitans have two: a delicate silver menorah that was a wedding gift for Arnie and Janice and a golden menorah purchased in Tel Aviv. Janice's family has a Hanukkah cookie recipe, passed from one member to the next, from grandmother to mother to cousin to uncle, changing a little bit with each retelling. The sugar cookies have just a touch of orange juice in them, their secret ingredient. Janice has four cookie cutters for Hanukkah, in the shape of a dreidel (spinning top), a menorah, a Star of David and a cruse (bottle) of oil. She sprinkles blue and yellow sugar on the cookies, because blue and gold are traditional Hanukkah colors. This year, Janice is starting a collection of dreidels for her children, planning to add a new one every year. So far, they have a Mickey Mouse dreidel and another decorated with Winnie the Pooh. Mickey and Pooh may be modern cartoons, but the Hebrew characters on the top have a much older meaning: They are the initials of the phrase: "A great miracle happened there." The dreidel game was played by Jews who were not allowed to study the Torah during Antiochus' reign. During their studies, they would keep a dreidel nearby, Janice says. When soldiers came by to inspect them, they pretended to be playing a game. Hanukkah, Janice says, was "a fight for religious freedom." It was a victory for Jews who were resisting political and religious domination from Greek-controlled Syrian society. Celebrating Hanukkah "is part of the whole circle," she says. "It's part of who we are and what we are." Still, Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday for Jews, Janice says, that pales in significance next to Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover. The Levitans moved from Kokomo, Ind., to Austin in March, when Arnie took a job as a diffusion process section manager for Motorola. They attend services at Chabad House-Lubavitch, an Orthodox synagogue and community center near the University of Texas. Their children also attend preschool at Chabad House. The Levitans moved from Kokomo, population less than 50,000, with a tiny Jewish community, to the Austin metropolitan area, with a population of more than 1 million and a Jewish community of more than 10,000 (the majority of whom belong to the Reform and Conservative branches of Judaism). It has been a remarkable change for the family. "There are three times as many Jewish families in our neighborhood than in Kokomo," Janice says of their home in Northwest Austin. The family keeps a kosher household. This is much easier in Austin than in Kokomo, where they had to drive four hours to Chicago to buy kosher meat. "Here, the H-E-B kosher store has everything we need," Janice Levitan says. Each night, they will light the menorah, a nine-branch candelabra. Using the helper candle, or shamash, in the center, they will light one candle tonight, two tomorrow, and so on, until the whole candelabra is lit at the conclusion of the holiday. The ceremony commemorates the miracle of the single jar of oil that kept the temple light burning continuously for eight days after the Maccabees' triumph in 165 B.C. They will pray during the ceremony: "Praised are you, Adonai (Hebrew for `Lord') our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has made us holy by mitzvot (Hebrew for `commandment') and instructed us to light the Hanukkah candles." The prayers end with thanking God "who has given us life, sustained us, and helped us to reach this day." Little Jacob is ready. Last week, he responded quickly when his mother asked him, "Who did the Maccabees fight, Jacob?" "Antiochus!" the 3-year-old said. "And they won!" Using a generations-old family recipe, Janice Levitan and her children, Jacob, 3, and Sarah, 2, make Hanukkah cookies. Photo by Rebecca McEntee/AA-S.
Surname First_name Year Town Source Comments LEWITAN Mordechai 1900 Jorburg, Lith. Hamelitz #247 LEWITAN Reuven 1900 Kaunas, Lith. Hamelitz #176 Kloiz Weinshtein LEWITAN Reuven 1902 Kaunas, Lith. Hamelitz # 238 Kloiz Weinshtein LEVITAN Shmuel 1899 Keidainiai, Lith. Hamelitz #216 LEWITAN Devorah 1895 Keidainiai, Lith. Hamelitz #230 from Dotnewe LEWITAN Bentzion 1899 Kelme, Lith. Hamelitz #56 LEWITAN Betzalel 1903 Krekenava, Lith. Hamelitz #120 LEWITAN Yakov 1897 Nemaksciai, Lith. Hamelitz #170 LEWITAN Yakov 1898 Nemaksciai, Lith. Hamelitz # 132 LEWITAN Nisan ben Rabbi Gaon Tzadok 1899 Nodtzigrod, Lith. Hamelitz #204 Rabbi LEWITAN Yosef 1898 Panemune, Lith. Hamelitz #173 LEWITAN Eliahu husband of Rochel from Propoisk 1893 Panevys, Lith. Hamelitz # 201 wed LEWITAN Shmuel 1901 Panevys, Lith. Hamelitz #85 LEPTIN Hiene 1900 Platelai, Lith. Hamelitz #140 LEWITAN A G 1902 Radziviliskis, Lith. Hamelitz #244 LEWITAN Eliezer 1902 Radziviliskis, Lith. Hamelitz #244 LEWITAN Alter 1895 Raseiniai, Lith. Hamelitz #208 LEWITAN Alter 1899 Raseiniai, Lith. Hamelitz #72 LEWITAN Alter 1900 Raseiniai, Lith. Hamelitz #204 LEWITAN Alter husband of Devorah Rosenfeld 1901 Raseiniai, Lith. Hamelitz #27 wed LEWITAN Alter husband of Devorah Rosenfeld 1901 Raseiniai, Lith. Hamelitz #80 LEWITHAN 1900 Riga, Lat. Hamelitz #214 doctor LEWITAN Shraga son of the rabbi here 1900 Salatai, Lith. Hamelitz #140 LEWIATAN Yeshiahu 1897 Seduva, Lith. Hamelitz #10 LEWITAN Yitzchok Zalman 1902 Shantz (Kaunas), Lith. Hamelitz # 240 LEWITAN Zisel 1902 Shantz (Kaunas), Lith. Hamelitz # 240 LEWITAN A 1895 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #189 LEWITAN Avigdor 1893 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #223 LEWITAN Ch 1895 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #189 LEWITAN Ch A 1895 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #189 LEWITAN Chaim Eliezer 1893 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #204 LEWITAN Chaim Eliezer 1898 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #173 LEWITAN Chaim Leizer 1899 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz # 212 LEWITAN Eliahu ben Miriam 1899 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #214 LEWITAN Miriam d of brother of Zev Wolf Lewitan mother of Eliahu 1899 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #214 LEWITAN Nachman husband of Friede Shefkind of Shkod 1902 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #230 wed in Mazeiki 3 Marcheshvan LEWITAN R 1895 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #189 LEWITAN Sh 1895 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #189 LEWITAN Zev 1901 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #87 Kloiz Hachayatim (for Bessarabia fund) LEWITAN Zev Wolf uncle of Miriam Lewitan 1899 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz #214 LEWITAN 1899 Siauliai, Lith. Hamelitz # 212 LEWITAN B Y 1903 Siluva, Lith. Hamelitz # 224 Rabbi ABD LEWITAN Dovid husband of Rochel Hinda 1898 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #94 wed (anniv?) 3 Adar LEWITAN Falk 1900 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #140 LEWITAN Falk father of Shraga 1898 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz # 132 LEWITAN Leib 1900 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #140 LEWITAN Rochel Hinda wife of Dovid 1898 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #94 wed (anniv?) 3 Adar LEWITAN Shraga ben Falk 1898 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz # 132 LEWITAN Tziril 1900 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #140 LEWITAN Tzvi 1898 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #173 LEWITAN Tzvi 1900 Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #140 LEWITAN Shlomo Yitzchok 1900 Vainuta, Lith. Hamelitz #140 LEWITAN Chaim Meir 1898 Varniai, Lith. Hamelitz #132 LEWITAN Chaim 1898 Zarasai, Lith. Hamelitz #173 LEWITAN Yakov 1899 Zasliai, Lith. Hamelitz #67 ------------------------- LEWITAN Rabbi Moshe Yosef (son of Zvi Hirsh Levitan 1840- 1915) husband of M Yehudis married;1899 Vilnius, Lith. Hamelitz #6 wed both died in Israel parents to; Nachum (father of Dr. Ruven Levitan and baby Yonina who was lost during the war), Dr. Chyena Shershevski (Her two sons perished in Kovno), Ben-Zion (father to Dr. Avi, Ariela, Nava and Ofra) and Batia Shapira (mother to Dr. Yair and Dr. Ami --------------------- LEWITAN Dov Ber 1872 Kaunas, Lith. Hamaggid #17 LEWITAN Shmuel 1872 Kaunas, Lith. Hamaggid #17 LEWITAN Zundil 1872 Keidainiai, Lith Hamaggid LEWITAN Abraham 1872 Saukenai, Lith. Hamaggid #18 LEVITAN Yitschak 1872 Seduva, Lith. Hamaggid #9 Hagvir LEWITAN Leib 1872 Taurage, Lith. Hamaggid #13 LEWITAN Shlomo 1872 Zagare (new) Hamaggid #17 1852 LEVITAN Gershon Leyb Head of Household 46 butcher LEVITAN Abram Gershon Son 14 1863 LEVITAN Gershon Leyb 57 LEVITAN Abram Gershon 25 LEVITAN Gershel Leyba age 52 in 1858 LEVITAN Girsha Gershel age 27 in December 1868 LEVITAN Abram Gershel 30 in December 1868 LEVITAN Leyba Gershel 13 in 1866 LEVITAN Leyba Gershel LEVITAN Abram Gershel 30 December 1868 Kedainiai/ Kaunas 1874 LEVITAN Girsh (Zvi Hirsh?) son of Gershen Head of Household 32 LEVITAN Leah Wife 31 LEVITAN Movsha Girsh's Son 4 LEVITAN Shmuel Girsh's Son 2 LEVITAN Freyda Girsh's Daughter 7 LEVITAN Eyga Girsh's Daughter 3 weeks
HaRav Shach was born to Rav Ezriel zt"l and Bat Sheva of the Levitan family, a family of talmidei chachomim who served as rabbonim in important Lithuanian communities. Her brother was HaRav Nisan Levitan zt"l, who became one of the most senior figures in Agudas HaRabbonim of America. HaRav Shach was born in Vabolnik, Lithuania on erev Rosh Chodesh Shvat 5655 (1895) into a home of yirei Shomayim. HaRav Shach always praised the yiras Shomayim he absorbed in his parents' house. "I remember how I was educated in my parents' home: when my yarmulke fell off my head, I was taught that you had to cry from distress. They were guided by a concern for the punctilious observance of mitzvos. Once I woke up after the zman Krias Shema according to the Mogen Avrohom and I burst out crying and continued to cry about it all day long." He was brought up and educated with Torah and immense yiras Shomayim. Throughout his life he was extremely careful about being medakdek bemitzvos. Although there was a yeshiva ketana in his hometown, he begged his parents to let him go to Ponevezh Yeshiva in order to fulfill the directive, "Exile yourself to a place of Torah." When they saw how persistent he was they agreed to his request, and he set out for Ponevezh Yeshiva. He was never to see his parents again. He pursued his studies diligently together with the other talmidim. His great rov was HaRav Itzele Blazer zt"l and he also had the merit of sleeping in the Ba'al Hamitzvos' House. Already in his youth those characteristics, which were to make him admired by the whole Jewish world, stood out: his amazing hasmodoh, wonderful talents, a shining mussar personality, respect for his fellow man, and a cheerful countenance. He acquired his learning during his youth from Slobodka Yeshiva in Lithuania, where he quickly became one of its outstanding students. During the years 5673-74 (1913-14) he absorbed Torah and mussar from his great rov, the Alter of Slobodka, HaRav Nosson Zvi Finkel zt"l, from his son- in-law, HaRav Yitzchok Eisik Sher zt"l and HaRav Moshe Mordechai Epstein zt"l. Throughout his life HaRav Shach considered himself to be a talmid of Slobodka and he often praised that great institution of Torah and mussar. Once he said that all the Torah in Eretz Yisroel and America today originates from Slobodka, the "mother of Yeshivas," for all the roshei yeshiva of the last generation learned there. The Slobodka mussar outlook and the Alter's approach to the depths of ma'amorei Chazal guided the Rosh Yeshiva in his avodas Hashem in general and in his mussar shmuessen in particular. In 5614 (1914) HaRav Shach was forced to leave Slobodka due to the outbreak of war and he returned to his hometown of Vabolnik, where he joined the yeshiva of HaRav Yechezkel Bernstein zt"l, the author of the Divrei Yechezkel, who had opened a yeshiva in the town in which his father- in-law lived. Rav Shach writes about this period in the introduction to the new Avi Ezri edition published in 5753 (1993): "How can I repay Hashem for all His mercies? Starting from the days of my youth, when I went through periods when I had nothing at all. I cannot adequately describe this period from the beginning of the First World War in 5674 (1914) when all the Jews were exiled from the Lithuanian towns and I did not know where my parents were, for I was alone in Slutsk and I had no contact with them. That was how I spent several years, suffering much." The Rosh Yeshiva spent these years fleeing the terrors of the First World War. He wandered from town to town, but fulfilled the posuk, "Had Your Torah not been my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction." He learned in shuls and botei medrash, washing his face, hands and feet in the sinks at the entrance of the botei medrash. Every fiber of his being was immersed only in Torah, and he could say about himself, "The Torah which I learned in the period of wrath, endured." In later years, when bochurim came to him to complain about physical conditions in the yeshiva, he told them that in those days he would take off his shirt, soak it in the sink outside the shul and wait in the cold for it to dry outside. "I never wanted to be dependent on the kindness of others." Thus he remained immersed in the Sea of the Talmud, cleaving to his Creator. He would subsequently say that anyone attached to materialism could never attain ruchniyus, and quoted from Vayeiro, "Sit here with the donkey": "Anyone who does not see the mokom, who does not see Hakodosh Boruch Hu, it is a clear sign that he is attached to chamor, to materialism. Only someone who detaches himself from materialism, attains spirituality." Then he would relate the spiritual heights he attained during this difficult period, when he had no material goods whatsoever and only experienced suffering. His unique hasmodoh was conspicuous in all stages of his life. His whole life and his whole being revolved around the holy Torah, in which he toiled and which elevated him at all times. After a while HaRav Shach joined the HaRav Isser Zalman Meltzer zt"l who had founded a yeshiva in Slutsk in 5657 (1897). He developed a close relationship with HaRav Isser Zalman, whom he considered his rov with respect to everything, and he had the merit of absorbing Torah from HaRav Isser Zalman in his house in Slutsk. He would recall how when he came to be tested by HaRav Isser Zalman, his clothes were torn because of his intense poverty at the time, after he had been forced to travel from town to town and he only had one set of clothes. By the time he got to see Rav Isser Zalman his clothes were tattered and he was afraid to go in to see the Prince of Torah looking like that. He turned his pants inside-out in order to make them look less torn and shabby. HaRav Meltzer noticed the state of his clothes and accepted him to the yeshiva straight away, realizing that he was a treasure house, a plastered cistern that does not lose a drop, who was destined to illuminate the skies of Torah-true Judaism with the light of his Torah and greatness. The following day HaRav Isser Zalman bought him new clothes. In the introduction to his great work Avi Ezri on Haflo'o-Zeroim HaRav Shach writes: "It is my duty to mention my uncle, HaRav Isser Zalman Meltzer ztv"l and my aunt . . . who were like parents to me already in my youth . . . I received much from them, and whatever is mine -- is from them." The Rosh Yeshiva received semichoh from HaRav Isser Zalman, eventually married his sister's daughter, and was appointed maggid shiur in the Slutsk Yeshiva headed by HaRav Isser Zalman. Throughout his life HaRav Shach related to his uncle HaRav Isser Zalman like a son to a father and a talmid to his eminent rov. In his shiurim he often cites divrei Torah of Rav Isser Zalman on sugyos of Shas. In a letter on the occasion of the establishment of Even Ho'ezel Yeshiva in Netivot, HaRav Shach wrote, "Rav Isser Zalman disseminated Torah throughout his life, and I, although unworthy of it, had the merit of becoming close to him and he taught me like a father teaches a son." In a letter of chiddushei Torah to Rav Isser Zalman dated Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 5799 (1938) HaRav Shach (who was then Rosh Yeshivas Karlin in Luninetz) addresses him as follows: "My teacher and master, the great and true Gaon, the Prince of Torah and treasure house of yir'oh, the Glory of the Jewish nation, the master of his nation, my uncle, Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer shlita." He concludes the letter: "With this I bow to my master and teacher with the blessing that he may live a lengthy life, remain strong and merit the comfort of Zion. His devoted student . . . ". Rav Shach recalled that in his youth he wrote for himself a whole composition in a notebook on hilchos na'aroh besuloh and his uncle, Rav Isser Zalman would go up to the closet where the notebook was, look at it and make a few comments. The Rosh Yeshiva said that Rav Isser Zalman told him about his suggestions for a hagohoh on the Rambam (Naaroh Besuloh 3:3 -- see Avi Ezri (ibid.), dibbur hamaschil vesovur hoyisi) that he had arrived at the truth with this hagohoh and that everybody had a part in the Torah. Rav Isser Zalman also treated HaRav Shach like his son, remaining very attached to him throughout his life and showering him with an abundance of Torah and yir'oh. Rav Isser Zalman praised Rav Shach's chiddushei Torah greatly, and due to his great admiration of them he published some in his book Even Ho'ezel. Rav Isser Zalman also encouraged the Rosh Yeshiva to publish his sefer Avi Ezri. When Rav Shach was about to publish his first sefer in 5708 (1948) there was a shortage of paper because of the war and Rav Isser Zalman took pains to obtain sufficient paper for the printing of the book. Disseminating Torah On 16th Av 5683 (1923) HaRav Shach was engaged to Rav Isser Zalman's niece, Guttel, the daughter of Rav Ben-Zion Gilmovsky z"l, who was a descendant of the Ponim Meiros. The book Shimusho shel Torah contains her lineage as recorded by Rav Isser Zalman. They were married between Yom Kippur and Succos 5684 (1923), Rav Isser Zalman being mesader kiddushin. Over the years the Rosh Yeshiva would speak about the Rebbetzin's mesirus nefesh, which allowed him to toil in Torah undisturbed. She took upon herself the yoke of supporting the family, working as a pharmacist in the town. "After my marriage too I would travel [to yeshiva to learn] from Pesach to Succos and from Succos to Pesach to devote myself undisturbed to my studies, and my whole Torah is to be credited to her." For five consecutive years he devoted himself to his studies with amazing hasmodoh acquiring a mastery of all parts of the Torah. His soul yearned for Torah, and during those years he overwhelmed his inclination and purified his body, submitting it totally to Torah with his elevated yiras Shomayim. He did not cease his studies day or night; he did not take leave of his books or interrupt his studies. He afflicted his body and purified his soul until he had acquired a vast knowledge of the Talmudic waters. In 5789 (1929) he was asked by HaRav Aharon Kotler zt"l to assist him by becoming a maggid shiur in Kletsk Yeshiva. He disseminated Torah there for five years, leaving his mark on many talmidei chachomim. During this period he developed a close relationship with HaRav Yechezkel Levenstein zt"l, the future mashgiach of Ponevezh, who was the mashgiach of Kletsk at the time. At this time HaRav Shach was asked by the Brisker Rov to accept the position of rosh yeshiva of Toras Chaim in Brisk to replace the Imrei Moshe, HaRav Moshe Soloveitchik, but for various reasons HaRav Shach did not take up this position. After the sudden passing of HaRav Meir Shapira zt"l on 7th Cheshvan 5694 (1933), HaRav Shach was asked by Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzensky zt"l to become the rosh yeshiva of Lublin and he stayed there for a while. He then served as maggid shiur in Novardok Yeshiva, where he taught Torah to young students for two years. In a letter written by HaRav Aharon Kotler to HaRav Chaim Ozer Grodzensky he asks Rav Chaim Ozer "to use his influence to support Novardok Yeshiva since my relative, the Gaon Rav Eliezer Shach shlita joined the yeshiva as a maggid shiur, and I have it on reliable information from members of that Yeshiva that the learning is on a superior level especially now that my above relative has been accepted there, for he is great in Torah and influencing others in Torah . . . " In 5696 (1936) the Rosh Yeshiva became a maggid shiur in Karlin Yeshiva in Luninetz, which was headed by the Rebbe Rav Avrohom Elimelech Perlow zt"l. This is how Rav Shach came to serve as maggid shiur in Karlin Yeshiva: The most important rabbonim of Lithuania and Poland were once in the middle of a meeting when a young man stormed into the room without noticing any of the rabbonim present. Some of the participants tried to prevent him from entering the room but he insisted on proceeding with his mission. "I must go in," the young man said and turned straight away to HaRav Chaim Ozer, telling him. "I've got a simple solution to yesterday's problem." One of the Rebbes got up and protested, "Yungermanchik, a little derech eretz!" The avreich apologized to those present and left the room. HaRav Chaim Ozer smiled and said to the rabbonim: "When this avreich has a question or an answer, he is not concerned about anything else, so there is nothing to protest about." The Karliner Rebbe, who was also present at this meeting turned to HaRav Chaim Ozer and said, "I am looking for such a personality to serve as Rosh Yeshiva of my yeshiva." The Rebbe's wish was fulfilled and HaRav Shach became rosh yeshiva in his yeshiva, a position he maintained for four years. During this period Rav Shach was arrested for protesting chilul yom tov. He protested against Jews who desecrated the sanctity of Shavuos, which fell on erev Shabbos, by buying fish from non-Jews. In a letter written to the management of the Vaad Hayeshivos in Vilna dated Monday 9th Sivan 5697 (1937), HaRav Shach wrote the following about these events: "You must have read in the newspapers reports about what happened here. I wish to inform you what happened last Friday morning after davening. The yeshiva had been up all night learning, as is customary, and davened after alos hashachar. After davening I noticed some Jewish ladies buying fish from two [non-Jewish] fishermen. I immediately went over to them and protested this abomination, of yom tov being publicly desecrated. Straight away two policemen came over and arrested me, having gathered testimony from some non-Jews that I had incited Jews not to buy produce from non-Jews. Boruch Hashem after people interceded with the procurator in Pinsk I was released after having been imprisoned for two days. At the moment I do not know whether there will be a trial about this. The report in the newspaper is therefore a lie, and tomorrow a report will iy"H appear in the newspaper by the IATA giving a correct version of what happened, and this will atone for the great fear we felt in the town, especially following the events in Brisk." In 5700 (1940) the Rosh Yeshiva reached Vilna, where he spent some time with Rav Chaim Ozer with whom he held a lot of Torah discussions, at the same time learning a lot from him about Jewish leadership. Rav Shach admired Rav Chaim Ozer greatly for his greatness in Torah and for the way he bore the yoke of leading the nation. While he was in Vilna in 5700 the Rosh Yeshiva's daughter, Miriam Reizel, passed away. He recalled that following her petiroh, whenever Rav Chaim Ozer met him he would comfort him, saying, "Rebbi Shach, `Had Your Torah not been my delight.' Rav Shach added that Rav Chaim Ozer also had a daughter, an only child, who died young. During the levaya, which took place in the Vilna cemetery, HaRav Shach's son Efraim, yibodel lechaim aruchim remained with Rav Chaim Ozer, who held him on his lap, playing with him and making him feel relaxed. A Lion has Come Up from Bovel In 5700 (1940) HaRav Shach immigrated to Eretz Yisroel. He said that he came without enough money to support himself for even one day and without even the most minimal possessions, because all his possessions, including his personal effects, had been confiscated at the border. He went straight away to the home of his uncle, HaRav Isser Zalman Meltzer. At that time a maggid shiur from a yeshiva in Tel Aviv came to see Rav Shach offering him the position of rosh yeshiva. HaRav Shach recalled: "His yeshiva at that time was still without secular studies. It was an ordinary yeshiva with proper bochurim. (At that time I still was not so much aware of the Chazon Ish, since he was not yet so well-known. The Brisker Rov had also not yet come to Eretz Yisroel. [So he did not and could not ask their advice - Ed.]) I asked my uncle HaRav Isser Zalman what to do. He thought about it for a day and then told me to accept the position, which I did. The maggid shiur in that yeshiva gave me an advance of 13 lirot, which was a lot of money at the time, with which I also bought some furniture -- what I have now is what I bought then -- and I rented an apartment in the middle of Baalei Melacha neighborhood in Tel Aviv. I was relaxed there and successful. The management of the yeshiva was happy with me. "As I said, the yeshiva at that time was run like an ordinary yeshiva without any secular studies, and that maggid shiur never spoke anything about such things. Once, when I was in my room in the yeshiva building, Rav Avrohom Farbstein zt"l, subsequently rosh yeshiva of Chevron Yeshiva, who was a young man at the time (and was a regular visitor to my uncle's house, Rav Isser Zalman, from where I knew him) found me immersed in my thoughts. He asked me what was troubling me. I told him that I had the feeling that people around me were surprised that I had this position here and that I did not understand why. He told me that the Chazon Ish was in Bnei Brak and I should seek his advice. "I went straight from the yeshiva to the Chazon Ish and asked him what to do. He told me that I certainly had to leave my position. He added that from what he heard about me already in chutz lo'oretz from Rav Chaim Ozer and from the divrei Torah he had seen which were published in Knesses Yisroel in Vilna in 5792 (1932), it was surprising that I had accepted a position there. He then made some severe criticisms of the head of the yeshiva -- not against the yeshiva but against him personally. He added that if in the next world they will say that hadn't they signed for you for a parnossoh for the year and how could you dare to abandon that parnossoh, I should reply that I did not want to make a parnossoh that way and I will be left alone. I told him: Shouldn't I go to my wife first to prepare her for this step? But he told me (in these words), `If a mitzvah comes by your way, do not let it sour!' (Mitzvah habo'oh leyodecho al tachmitzenoh.) And he said no more. "I therefore went straight from the house of the Chazon Ish to the head of the yeshiva in Tel Aviv without going home first, and told him that I was resigning. He was surprised. At first he thought that I wanted a higher salary and he offered to double it, but I resigned without any further ado and left the yeshiva that same day. Afterwards I went home to tell my family that I had resigned. When I told Rav Isser Zalman what had happened he was full of praise for what I had done." In 5741 (1941), at the instruction of the Chazon Ish, HaRav Shach was called by HaRav Ben-Zion Bruk zt"l to serve as maggid shiur in his Yeshiva Beis Yosef in Yerushalayim, where HaRav Shach remained until 5704 (1944). In 5744 he went to serve as a ram in the Kletsk yeshiva in Rechovot that was founded by the son of HaRav Isser Zalman. Later he returned to this yeshiva to say shiurim in 5710 and 5711 (1950-51). In 5745 the Rosh Yeshiva was asked to become for the rest.... http://www.shemayisrael.com/chareidi/archives5762/chayesara/CS62aravshachbio.htm Opinion & Comment Talking About Maran HaRav Shach ztvk"l Virtually the entire chareidi world is now learning, for the first time ever, what it is like to live in a world without Maran HaRav Shach, zt"l. For over ninety years he was part of the yeshiva world, and for most of them he was at or near its summit.And what a height he scaled! He was truly one who lived, even in our day, on the Har Hashem. He was one who could stand in His holy place.As HaRav Shach said in his hesped of the Brisker Rov, "No matter what words of eulogy or appreciation we use, they will only serve to detract from the stature of the niftar, for we are not capable of grasping what he really was."HaRav Shach's suggestion then was just to "talk about the event." Everyone, he said, can contribute something to such a discussion. We can only tell of what we have seen in our small corner of the world.As is well-known, HaRav Shach started Yated Ne'eman together with the Steipler, and the English edition of Yated Ne'eman on his own ..... http://www.shemayisrael.com/chareidi/archives5762/chayesara/orshachm.htm
Pages of Testimony to Yad Vashem by Nachum Levitan (Grandfather of My husband; Daniel Levitan) Jonina Levitan was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1942 to Nakhum and Ada Yeta nee Rabinovitz. During the war was in Kaunas. Jonina died? in July of 1944 in Kaunas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 20/11/1956 by her father, a Shoah survivor Source Pages of Testimony Last Name LEVITAN Last Name LEVIATAN First Name JONINA First Name* YANINA Father's First Name NAKHUM Mother's First Name ADA Mother's First Name* YETA Gender FEMALE Date of Birth 1942 Place of Birth KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Place of Permanent Residence KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Place During Wartime KAUNAS,GHETTO Place of Death KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Date of Death July of 1944 Type of Material Page of Testimony Submitter's Last Name LEVIATAN Submitter's First Name NAKHUM Relationship to victim FATHER Date of Registration 20/11/1956 Is the Submitter a Survivor? YES Pages of Testimony by the same submitter ( Levitan Nachum, grandson of Nakhum and Rivka Gerstein) Icchak Gerstein was born in Kowno, Lithuania in 1882 to Nakhum and Rivka. He was a merchant and married to Khana nee Gutman. Prior to WWII he lived in Kowno, Lithuania. During the war was in Vilkomir, Lithuania. Icchak died in 1941 in Vilkomir, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 20/11/1956 by his nephew . Nachum Gerstein was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1909 to Icchak/Yitzkhak and Khana. He was a merchant and married to Ester nee Mishkovski. Prior to WWII he lived in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the war was in Kaunas, Lithuania. Nachum died in 1941 in Kaunas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 20/11/1956 by his cousin, a Shoah survivor Source Pages of Testimony Last Name GERSTEIN Last Name GERSHTEIN First Name NACHUM First Name NAKHUM MEIR Father's First Name YITZKHAK Mother's First Name KHANA ESTER Gender MALE Date of Birth 1909 Place of Birth KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Marital Status MARRIED Spouse's First Name ESTER Spouse's Maiden Name MISHKOVSKI Age of 1st Child 4 Age of 2nd Child 2 Place of Permanent Residence KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Profession MERCHANT Place During Wartime KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Place of Death KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Date of Death 09/1941 Type of Material Page of Testimony Submitter's Last Name LEVIATAN Submitter's First Name NAKHUM Relationship to victim COUSIN Date of Registration 20/11/1956 Is the Submitter a Survivor? YES all pages; Name Town District Region Country Birth Date Source Rakhel Mankevic was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1877 to Tzvi and Rivka. She was a housewife and a widow. Prior to WWII she lived in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the war was in Kaunas, Lithuania. Rakhel died in 1941 in Kaunas. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 20/11/1956 by her nephew Pages of Testimony by the same submitter ( Levitan Nachum, grandson of Tzvi Eliezer and Rivka Levitan) Source Pages of Testimony Last Name MANKEVIC First Name RAKHEL Father's First Name TZVI ELIEZER Mother's First Name RIVKA Gender FEMALE Date of Birth 1877 Place of Birth KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Marital Status WIDOW Place of Permanent Residence KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Profession HOUSEWIFE Place During Wartime KAUNAS,KAUNAS,LITHUANIA Place of Death KAUNAS,GHETTO Date of Death 08/1941 Type of Material Page of Testimony Submitter's Last Name LEVIATAN Submitter's First Name NAKHUM Relationship to victim NEPHEW Date of Registration 20/11/1956 Dr. Rachmiel Ligum was born in Zagare, Lithuania in 1906 to Yitzkhak. He was a physician and married to Sara. Prior to WWII he lived in Vilkomir, Lithuania. During the war was in Vilkomir, Lithuania. Rachmiel died in 1941 in Vilkomir, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 20/11/1956 by his cousin Source Pages of Testimony Last Name LIGUM First Name RACHMIEL First Name YERAKHMIEL Title DR. Father's First Name YITZKHAK Mother's First Name* FREIDA Gender MALE Date of Birth 1906 Place of Birth ZAGARE,SIAULIAI,LITHUANIA Marital Status MARRIED Spouse's First Name SARA HINDA born in 1916 Spouse's Maiden Name* GERSHTEIN She is the cousin of Nachum Name of 1st Child DOV Age of 1st Child 1 Name of 2nd Child YISRAEL Age of 2nd Child 3 Place of Permanent Residence VILKOMIR,UKMERGE,LITHUANIA Profession PHYSICIAN Place During Wartime VILKOMIR,UKMERGE,LITHUANIA Place of Death VILKOMIR,UKMERGE,LITHUANIA Date of Death 08/1941 Type of Material Page of Testimony Submitter's Last Name LEVIATAN Submitter's First Name NAKHUM Relationship to victim COUSIN Date of Registration 20/11/1956 Dr. Lieb Arie Gerstein was born in Vilna, Poland in 1891 to Gershon and Miriam/ Mera. He was a physician and married to Miriam nee Blumental. Prior to WWII he lived in Kovna. During the war was in Kovna Lieb died in 1944 in Kremnic,camp . This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 20/11/1956 by his cousin. More Details... Source Pages of Testimony Last Name GERSTEIN Last Name GERSHTEIN First Name LEON First Name LEIB First Name ARIE Title DR. Father's First Name GERSHON Mother's First Name MIRIAM Mother's First Name MERA Gender MALE Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth VILNA,WILNO,WILNO,POLAND Marital Status MARRIED Spouse's First Name MIRIAM Spouse's Maiden Name BLUMENTAL Name of 1st Child* PEREL Age of 1st Child 15 Date of Death 1944 Type of Material Page of Testimony Submitter's Last Name LEVIATAN Submitter's First Name NAKHUM Relationship to victim COUSIN Date of Registration 20/11/1956
Menkevitz Rachel nee Levitan Rachel Liba Menkevitz nee Levitan was born in Slobodke in 1870 to Rabbi Eliezer Zvi Levitan and Ryvka. She was a housewife and married to Avigdor ( widow). Prior to WWII she lived in Kowna, Lithuania. During the war was in Kowna, Lithuania she had five children (Chaia married Dzikanski lived in the U.S, Rivka married Goldsmith lived in London, Chana Teybe married Yisrael Shapiro lived in Israel, Moshe Eliezer lived in Jerusalem and Simcha Zisel born 1899 married Mina nee Zwik children; Hinda Krashe perished at age 14, Avigdor perished at age 3 and Lea Barski born in Kovno in 1932 now lives in New York.Rachel died in the Shoah at the age of 71. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 11/03/1962 by her son Moshe Eliezer Menkevitzin Givaat Shaul, Jerusalem Menkewic Symcha Zisl Rabbi Symcha Menkewic was born in Slobodka, Lithuania in 1899 to Avigdor and Rachel liba nee Levitan. He was a manager of yeshiva and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Kowna, Lithuania with wife Mina Zwik and 3 children, daughter Lea who survived and lives in New York, Avigdor who perished at age 3 and Hilda Krashe who perished in the small Kovno Ghetto at age 14. Symcha died in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 14/03/1962 by his brother Moshe Eliezer Menkevitz in Givaat Shaul, Jerusalem Menkewic Myna Myna Menkewic nee Zvik was born in Telsiai, Lithuania in 1908 to Szmuel. She was a housewife and married to Simcha Zisl. Prior to WWII she lived in Rowne, Poland. During the war was in Rowne, Poland. Myna died in the Shoah at the age of 33. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 11/03/1962 by her brother-in-law Moshe Eliezer Menkevitz in Givaat Shaul, Jerusalem
Robert Levitan 1. Robert Levitan, CEO, Pando: Pando Networks is Robert Levitan's fourth start-up. Prior to founding Pando, Robert was the cofounder of iVillage, the largest community Website for women; Flooz.com, an online gift currency and corporate rewards company; and YearLook Enterprises, a publisher of video yearbooks for high schools and colleges. In between starting companies from scratch and some adventures in world travel, Robert has also been a marketing advisor and executive coach with several companies. Levitan was a strategic marketing advisor for Oddpost, an innovative Web-mail service company acquired by Yahoo. He has helped Pearson LLC launch a television series in China and AT&T Wireless set up its Internet operating division. Robert serves on the Board of Directors of Mobius Management Systems, a leading provider of software that supports content intensive e-business applications, the Executive Council of New York, a trade association and industry catalyst representing senior executives, and New York Cares, a service organization that coordinates volunteers who work with children, the homeless and the elderly. Robert also enjoys mountain climbing with his two brothers. 2. 4. Strategic Ventures & Research, Inc. \| Robert Levitan ... Robert Levitan A successful media and technology entrepreneur, Robert Levitan has founded and operated successful business ventures. Mr. Levitan offers clients marketing expertise and operational know-how to help build and grow companies. He has created companies, generated revenue and enterprise value quickly, as well as, launched new divisions and branches. He is a sought-after expert on online practices, especially e-commerce, and has been quoted in such publications and electronic media as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, CNN, and CBS. Mr. Levitan was Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Operating Officer of Flooz.com, an online gift currency accepted as payment at a variety of online stores such as ToysRUs.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Godiva, Tower Records, the Sports Authority, Gymboree, Starbucks, J Crew and Sketchers. He raised more than $50 million in venture capital financing, directed the opening of more than 100 online retailers to accept Flooz and 1.2 million consumer accounts, developed a network of 25,000 affiliate sites, and negotiated the agreement with Whoopi Goldberg to be the company's spokesperson. The company increased brand awareness from 7% in October 1999 to 64% in January 2001 and recorded $25 million in gross sales for calendar year 2000. Prior to Flooz.com, Mr. Levitan was a Co-founder of iVillage.com, the leading online community for women with more than 12 million monthly visitors, and the company's senior vice president. He developed the company's innovative sponsorship sales strategy that featured long-term relationships; created integrated online marketing programs for companies such as Kimberly Clark, MGM, Toyota, Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Glaxo Wellcome; formed a strategic relationship with Intel to develop new interactive health applications such as the Personal Health Report; and created a new online publishing model with Intuit and Charles Schwab to launch a financial planning site for iVillage called the Armchair Millionaire. Most recently, Mr. Levitan was a Consultant to Pearson PLC for launching new media programs in China. He spearheaded the sales and marketing partnership for Pearson and developed a revenue stream for the business by identifying the top prospects for sponsors of the programs, making presentations, establishing the pricing, and negotiating contracts. He led the team that signed Kodak as the premiere sponsor for the TV program entitled "Beijing to London Taxi"; Other consulting work includes his project with America Online for whom he evaluated business models and developed non-subscription based revenue streams including commerce integration, affinity programs, and database extensions. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Levitan was the Founder and President of YearLook Enterprises, the world's first video yearbook publishing company with 300+ clients including high schools, universities and the United States Navy, and was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce in 1988. A cum laude graduate of Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Public Policy Studies, he serves on the Board of Directors of Mobius Management Systems (Nasdaq: MOBI), a leading provider of software that supports content intensive e-business applications; the New York E Commerce Association, a trade association and industry catalyst representing senior executives in New York; and New York Cares, a service organization that coordinates volunteers who work with children, the homeless and the elderly in New York. In 1997, Levitan and his two brothers climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and visited CARE project sites in Africa as part of a fundraiser for international relief organization CARE. 3. Robert Levitan. Board Secretary, Friends of Calakmul. CEO & Founder. Flooz.com. Robert Levitan is co-founder and CEO of Flooz.com, the creator of the world's first on-line gift currency for consumers and businesses, sent by e-mail and accepted as a branded form of payment at the Web's best stores. Prior to founding Flooz.com, Levitan was a co-founder of iVillage.com and a consultant to America Online. At iVillage, Levitan was responsible for developing the company's innovative sponsorship sales strategies. Levitan created integrated online marketing programs for companies such as Kimberly Clark, MGM, Toyota, Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Glaxo Wellcome. Levitan also created a new online publishing model with Intuit and Charles Schwab to launch a financial planning site for iVillage called the Armchair Millionaire. In recognition of his accomplishments in developing new online sponsorship models, Advertising Age proclaimed Levitan a "digital media master." Levitan served as President of iVillage's Better Health web where he formed a strategic relationship with Intel to develop new interactive health applications such as the Personal Health Report. Levitan serves on the Board of Directors of New York Cares, a service organization that coordinates volunteers who work with children, the homeless and the elderly in New York City. In 1997, Levitan and his two brothers climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and visited CARE project sites in Africa as part of a fundraiser for CARE, the international relief organization. He is also a board member of HEAVEN, a non-profit organization providing youth with the technology training and tools they need to succeed and lead. Levitan graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in history and public policy studies. Levitan lives in New York City.
Levitan, Solomon 1862 - 1940 merchant, banker, state treasurer, b. Tauroggen ( today Taurag?, Lithuania). He studied in rabbinical schools, and as a young man went to the Crimea. In 1880 an anti-Semitic pogrom was instituted in the area, and according to his own story, Levitan was rewarded with a ticket to the U.S. for saving the life of his employer. Arriving in this country the same year, he worked as a peddler among the German-language groups in the East. In 1881 he moved to Wisconsin and worked as a peddler in the area around New Glarus. By 1887 he had accumulated enough money to open a store in New Glarus and later opened stores in Belleville and Blanchardville. In 1905 he moved to Madison and opened a dry-goods store. He was one of the organizers of the Commercial National Bank of Madison (1908), was vice-president (1909-1914), president (1914-1927), and chairman of the board (1927-1940). In 1933, the bank was reorganized as the Commercial State Bank. Soon after coming to Wisconsin, Levitan met Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (q.v.), and formed an unswerving attachment for progressivism and for La Follette as its embodiment. Twice an unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer, he was elected to that office in 1922, serving from 1923 to 1933 and from 1937 to 1939. Although his tenure as state treasurer was marked by economy, honesty, and efficiency, Levitan's popularity was based largely on personality. He loved the spotlight of political prominence, was his own best publicity agent, and never bypassed the opportunity to speak to an audience. Successfully blending a warm interest and sympathy for his fellow man with the folksy and humorous aspects of his Jewish accent and heritage, "Uncle Sol" built a personal popularity in the state that was second only to that of La Follette. A. R. Schumann, No Peddlers Allowed (Appleton, 1948); J. T. Salter, ed., Amer. Politician (Chapel Hill, 1938); M. M. Quaife, Wis. (4 vols., Chicago, 1924); N.Y. Times, Jan. 16, 1927; Milwaukee Journal, Jan. 1, 1933; Madison Capital Times, Feb. 27, 1940; Who's Who in Amer., 20 (1938). The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Solomon Levitan Papers for details. View newspaper clippings at Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles.
Levitan, Bronia Jewish Survivor Question Answer Name of Interviewee Bronia Levitan Bronia Kunevna Levitan (release name) Bronia Kunevna Levitan (current name) Brukha (Hebrew name) Pres (maiden name) Galina Lobachevskaia (false name) Pres (release maiden name) Gender Female Date of Birth 11/17/1924 City of Birth Andrushevka (Ukraine, USSR) Country of Birth USSR Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism Religious Identity (Postwar) Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown) Ghetto(s) Camp(s) Went into Hiding Yes Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Liasovka (Ukraine, USSR) Type of hiding place Resistance Group(s) Suvorov Brigade Liberated by armed forces, Soviet Location of liberation Novoshepelichi (Ukraine, USSR) Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes Forced (death) Marches No Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity kolkhoz escapes from mass shootings Sovkhoz State of Interview NY Country of Interview U.S.A. Language(s) of Interview Russian Length of Interview 1:30 Interview Code 18243 Levitan, Marie Jewish Survivor Question Answer Name of Interviewee Marie Levitan Marie Levitan (release name) Levitan (current name) Rywka Litvak (name at birth) several names (last name during war) Rywcha (nickname) Marisha Chodowska (false name) Litvak (release maiden name) Gender Female Date of Birth 9/12/1923 City of Birth Radom (Poland)(generic) Country of Birth Poland Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism orthodox Judaism Religious Identity (Postwar) Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown) Ghetto(s) Radom (Poland : Ghetto) Camp(s) RavensbrÃ¼ck (Germany : Concentration Camp) Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp) Gross Masselwitz (Germany : Concentration Camp) Went into Hiding Yes Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Type of hiding place Resistance Group(s) Liberated by Location of liberation Fled from Nazi controlled territory No Forced (death) Marches No Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant Other Experiences State of Interview CA Country of Interview U.S.A. Language(s) of Interview English Length of Interview 2:30 Interview Code 33515 Levitan, Ruven Jewish Survivor Question Answer Name of Interviewee Ruven Levitan Ruven Levitan (release name) Levitanas (name at birth) Ruven (Hebrew name) Gender Male Date of Birth 3/12/1928 City of Birth Kaunas (Lithuania) Country of Birth Lithuania Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism Religious Identity (Postwar) Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown) Ghetto(s) Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto) Camp(s) Went into Hiding Yes Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Linkuva (Lithuania) Lithuania Kaunas (Lithuania) Type of hiding place apartments convents and monasteries Resistance Group(s) Liberated by armed forces, Soviet Location of liberation Lithuania Fled from Nazi controlled territory Forced (death) Marches Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos concealment of Jewish identity State of Interview IL Country of Interview U.S.A. Language(s) of Interview English Length of Interview 2:06 Interview Code 4933 LevÌ£itan, Bat Shev`a Jewish Survivor Question Answer Name of Interviewee Bat Shev`a LevÌ£itan Bat Shev`a LevÌ£itan (release name) KÌ£arabelnikÌ£ (name at birth) Maria* Tamotite* (false name) Karabelnik (other name) Bat Sheva Levitan (other name) (release maiden name) Gender Female Date of Birth 10/29/1927 City of Birth Kelme (Lithuania) Country of Birth Lithuania Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism Religious Identity (Postwar) Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown) Ghetto(s) Camp(s) Went into Hiding Yes Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Raseiniu (Lithuania : District) Rossienie (Lithuania) Kelme (Lithuania) Krakes (Kedainiai, Lithuania) Type of hiding place barns houses Resistance Group(s) Liberated by Location of liberation Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes Forced (death) Marches No Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity State of Interview Tel Aviv Country of Interview Israel Language(s) of Interview Hebrew Length of Interview 2:30 Interview Code 31986