David Levitus (born 1882)
Scottish-born Jewish community figure who lived in Cape Town and Sydney
- For the Glasgow company director born in 1968, see David Clive Levitus. For other people of the name, see David Levitus.
| David Levitus
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| Born | 1882 Scotland |
| Nationality | British; settled in Australia |
| Known for | Founding officer of the Grand Order of Israel, Lord Milner Lodge, No. 21, Cape Town (1903); member of the Chevra Midrash, Sydney |
David Levitus (born 1882) was a Scottish-born Jewish community figure who lived in Cape Town and later in Sydney, Australia. He was a member of the Levitus family.
Cape Town
In August 1903 the Jewish Chronicle reported from Cape Town on the consecration and installation of the Grand Order of Israel, Lord Milner Lodge, No. 21, on 26 July. It named "Bros. D. Levitus, L. Cohen (Edinburgh Lodge), M. Tobias, M. Goldstein (London)" as the consecrating officers, and listed D. Levitus and L. Bernstein as the lodge's secretaries.[1]
Sydney
In an article on Jewish learning in Sydney, first published in the Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society in 2011, Rabbi Raymond Apple names a David Levitus among the regular attenders of the Chevra Midrash, a study society of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, which met on Sabbath afternoons at the Maccabean Hall, in the period from about 1939.[2] Family-history records compiled on MyHeritage give his wife's name as Rebecca and record eight children.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 21 August 1903, report from Cape Town on the consecration and installation of the Lord Milner Lodge, No. 21.
- ↑ Raymond Apple, Jewish scholarship in Sydney between the Wars: Part II, OzTorah, July 2011, first published in the Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society, vol. 20, part 2, June 2011.
- ↑ MyHeritage, Flora Levitus Family History & Historical Records, MyHeritage, accessed 27 February 2026.