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'''Levitus family''' is a Jewish family from [[Glasgow]], with earlier members in [[Edinburgh]]. Members of the family have been involved in moneylending and property finance through [[Harry Smith, Limited]], in the [[Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue]], and in [[Jewish National Fund]] fundraising in Scotland.

==Business==
In April 1920 the London weekly ''Truth'' reported that [[Harry Levitus]], of 31 St Andrew's Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, and [[Emanuel Levitus]], of 18 Montague Street, Edinburgh, ran a moneylending business under the name of Henry Smith, Limited, 173 Vincent Street, Glasgow, and that Harry Levitus was also a director of [[City Financiers, Limited]] and [[Edward Carswell, Limited]].<ref name="Truth1920">''Truth'', 21 April 1920, report on moneylending companies in Glasgow.</ref> Henry Smith, Limited is the company now registered as [[Harry Smith, Limited]] (SC008622), incorporated on 15 April 1913; Companies House does not list any previous company names for it. Its directors until 8 April 1998 included [[Maurice Levitus]] (born July 1910) and [[Raymond Saul Levitus]] (born April 1939), and its officers since then have included [[David Clive Levitus]], [[Sylvia Deborah Levitus]], [[Harry Peter Levitus]], Susan Levitus and [[Joanne Levitus]].<ref name="CHHS">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC008622 HARRY SMITH, LIMITED (SC008622)] and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC008622/officers officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> Other family companies recorded by Companies House include Residential Loans Ltd., whose officers include David Clive, Susan Adele, Abigail Charley, Harry Peter and Sarah Ainsley Levitus,<ref name="CHRL">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03612626/officers RESIDENTIAL LOANS LTD. (03612626): officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> and Cheviot Finance Co. Limited, whose directors included Maurice, Raymond Saul and Sylvia Deborah Levitus.<ref name="CHCF">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00950944/officers CHEVIOT FINANCE CO. LIMITED (00950944): officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> ScotlandsPeople valuation rolls record Solomon, Emanuel and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses in Glasgow in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name="SPVR">ScotlandsPeople, valuation rolls, Glasgow, 1930s and 1940s, entries for Solomon Levitus, Emanuel Levitus and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses.</ref>

==Communal life==
*'''1903''' – D. Levitus was one of the consecrating officers and a secretary of the [[Grand Order of Israel, Lord Milner Lodge, No. 21]] in Cape Town.<ref name="JC1903">''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 21 August 1903, report from Cape Town on the consecration and installation of the Lord Milner Lodge, No. 21.</ref>
*'''1938''' – The foundation stone of the Giffnock synagogue at May Terrace was laid by E. Levitus on 14 August 1938.<ref name="GNMShist">Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue, [https://gnms.org.uk/our-history/ Our History], ''gnms.org.uk'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref>
*'''2008''' – The ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' pictured David Levitus at the annual Pro-Am golf tournament of [[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust|JNF KKL Scotland]] at Bonnyton Golf Club, which raised £30,000 for the Gazit Reservoir in the Galilee.<ref name="JC2008">"In Scotland, golfers make £30k for an Israeli project", ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 4 July 2008, p. 49, [https://www.thejc.com/archive/ODljYmI1NTctOTg5My00 archive].</ref>
*The [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] directory lists David Levitus as Honorary Treasurer of the [[Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society]].<ref name="JGGHBS">Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, [https://www.jewishglasgow.org/glasgow-hebrew-burial-society/ Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society] ''Glasgow Jewish'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref>

==Members==
*[[Emanuel Levitus]] (born 1893, Glasgow; died 1982, Bournemouth)
*[[David Levitus (born 1882)]]
*[[Maurice Levitus]] (born 1910)
*[[Raymond Saul Levitus]] (born 1939)
*[[Sylvia Deborah Levitus]] (born 1944)
*[[David Clive Levitus]] (born 1968)
*[[Joanne Levitus]] (born 1970)
*[[Sarah Ainsley Levitus]]
*[[Harry Peter Levitus]]
*[[Abigail Charley Levitus]]

==See also==
*[[Coral Levitus]]
*[[Winocour family]]

==Notes==
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 ==Business==
-In April 1920 the London weekly ''Truth'' reported that [[Harry Levitus]], of 31 St Andrew's Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, and [[Emanuel Levitus]], of 18 Montague Street, Edinburgh, ran a moneylending business under the name of Henry Smith, Limited, 173 Vincent Street, Glasgow, and that Harry Levitus was also a director of [[City Financiers, Limited]] and [[Edward Carswell, Limited]].<ref name="Truth1920">''Truth'', 21 April 1920, report on moneylending companies in Glasgow.</ref> Henry Smith, Limited is the company now registered as [[Harry Smith, Limited]] (SC008622), incorporated on 15 April 1913; Companies House does not list any previous company names for it. Its directors until 8 April 1998 included [[Maurice Levitus]] (born July 1910) and [[Raymond Saul Levitus]] (born April 1939), and its officers since then have included [[David Clive Levitus]], [[Sylvia Deborah Levitus]], [[Harry Peter Levitus]], Susan Levitus and [[Joanne Levitus]].<ref name="CHHS">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC008622 HARRY SMITH, LIMITED (SC008622)] and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC008622/officers officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> Other family companies recorded by Companies House include Residential Loans Ltd., whose officers include David Clive, Susan Adele, Abigail Charley, Harry Peter and Sarah Ainsley Levitus,<ref name="CHRL">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03612626/officers RESIDENTIAL LOANS LTD. (03612626): officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> and Cheviot Finance Co. Limited, whose directors included Maurice, Raymond Saul and Sylvia Deborah Levitus.<ref name="CHCF">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00950944/officers CHEVIOT FINANCE CO. LIMITED (00950944): officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> ScotlandsPeople valuation rolls record Solomon, Emanuel and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses in Glasgow in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name="SPVR">ScotlandsPeople, valuation rolls, Glasgow, 1930s and 1940s, entries for Solomon Levitus, Emanuel Levitus and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses.</ref>
+In April 1920 the London weekly ''Truth'' reported that [[Harry Levitus]], of 31 St Andrew's Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, and [[Emanuel Levitus]], of 18 Montague Street, Edinburgh, ran a moneylending business under the name of [[Harry Smith, Limited|Henry Smith, Limited]], 173 Vincent Street, Glasgow, and that Harry Levitus was also a director of [[City Financiers, Limited]] and [[Edward Carswell, Limited]].<ref name="Truth1920">''Truth'', 21 April 1920, report on moneylending companies in Glasgow.</ref> Henry Smith, Limited is the company now registered as [[Harry Smith, Limited]] (SC008622), incorporated on 15 April 1913; Companies House does not list any previous company names for it. Its directors until 8 April 1998 included [[Maurice Levitus]] (born July 1910) and [[Raymond Saul Levitus]] (born April 1939), and its officers since then have included [[David Clive Levitus]], [[Sylvia Deborah Levitus]], [[Harry Peter Levitus]], Susan Levitus and [[Joanne Levitus]].<ref name="CHHS">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC008622 HARRY SMITH, LIMITED (SC008622)] and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC008622/officers officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> Other family companies recorded by Companies House include [[Residential Loans Ltd.]], whose officers include David Clive, Susan Adele, Abigail Charley, Harry Peter and Sarah Ainsley Levitus,<ref name="CHRL">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03612626/officers RESIDENTIAL LOANS LTD. (03612626): officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> and [[Cheviot Finance Co. Limited]], whose directors included Maurice, Raymond Saul and Sylvia Deborah Levitus.<ref name="CHCF">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00950944/officers CHEVIOT FINANCE CO. LIMITED (00950944): officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 30 October 2026.</ref> ScotlandsPeople valuation rolls record Solomon, Emanuel and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses in Glasgow in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name="SPVR">ScotlandsPeople, valuation rolls, Glasgow, 1930s and 1940s, entries for Solomon Levitus, Emanuel Levitus and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses.</ref>
 ==Communal life==

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