LEVINSOHN, Joseph. Wholesale Merchant. Born Lithuania, of Lazar and Rachel Levinsohn. Studied at Slabotka Yeshiva. Came to South Africa 1906. Director of J. Levinsohn & Co. (Pty.) Ltd., Johannesburg. Committee member of Bernard Patley Hebrew School since its inception; Council member, United Hebrew Schools, Johannesburg; active worker for Israeli United Appeal, United Communal Fund and S.A. Jewish War Appeal. Warden and Committee member, Yeoville Synagogue; Council member of the United Hebrew Congregation. Took an active part in S.A. Board of Jewish Education. Married Rose Abrahamson, 1925; one son, one daughter. Add.: 50, Page Street, Yeoville, P.O. Box 3970, Johannesburg.
