SIMA LEVINE HOCHBERG'S DESCENDANTS

SIMA LEVINE (generation 3 - in our genealogy chart) was born about 1866 in Russia and was killed by the Nazis in Kletzk, Poland in 1942. Her many descendants carry her memory.

Photo 1. Gen 6 SISTERS: NANCY WOOLF & LAURIE STEIN

Photo 2. Gen 6 DAVID WOOLF & NANCY STEIN WOOLF

Photo 3. HARRY STEIN

Photo 4. Gen 7 COUSINS: WILLIAM STEIN & ROBERT WOOLF

Photo 5. Gen 6 PETER & SUSAN STEIN

GRANDCHILDREN OF HARRY, HENRY & JOSEPH

Three Levine siblings - data from family genealogists
HARRY, born October 1870 in Russia, arrived 1891 in USA, died 19 July 1931 in Brooklyn, NY
HENRY (HENOCH), born 01 August 1877 in Russia, arrived 1893 in USA, died 04 September, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY
JOSEPH (JM), born 01 November 1878 in Russia, arrived 14 October 1892 in NY, NY, died 16 August 1963 in New York, NY


Photos 1. Joseph's granddaughter, JANE LEWIT; Henry's grandson, MICHAEL LEVINE; Harry's grandson's DAVID LEVINSON'S wife - DORIS

2. Henry's grandchildren: RICH LEVINE and JOAN LEVINE

3. Harry's grandson, DAVID LEVINSON; Joseph's grandson, STEPHEN LEVINE; Harry's granddaughter, HELAINE FELDMAN; Joseph's granddaughter, JANE LEWIT

LEVINE COUSINS REUNION 2011 - OVERVIEW

The 2nd annual Levine Reunion was graciously hosted by Sandy and Harry Stein at their home in Upper Brookville, NY on Sunday, November 13, 2011 - luckily a lovely day. Next year's reunion is scheduled for November 11, 2012, since this Sunday in November seems to be convenient for most of the group. Hope you can join us!

Photos 1. A delicious buffet - many thanks to Sandy and Harry.

2. The original group of second cousins who came together in 2010 - Doris Levinson (honorary cousin for researching the genealogy and helping bring the Levines together), Helaine Feldman, Sandy Stein, David Levinson, Jane Lewit, Arlene Sass.

3. Since these Levine cousins descend from nine siblings, the blackboard identified the grandchildren of these siblings who attended the Steins' gathering.

4. Doris Levinson gathering more information that cousins could share about their ancestors. For example, one story was pieced together at this meeting -- Sima LEVINE Hochberg, the eldest sister, returned to Europe to help bring more relatives to America in the years before WW II. One of her siblings gave her a good deal of money to help make this possible. Tragically, Sima never returned to the U.S.A. as she, and other family members, were brutally murdered by the Nazis in 1942.

HERBERT OKUN: AN OUTSTANDING LEVINE COUSIN

As the Levine cousins were meeting in November, one of our more famous cousins passed away. Herbert Okun, grandson of Harry Levine, clearly had a brilliant mind. As you can see, he served his country with honor.

Below is the beginning of the Washington Post obituary with the link for the complete article at the end, which you can paste into your browser.

HERBERT S. OKUN, U.S. PEACE NEGOTIATOR DURING THE BALKAN CONFLICT, DIES AT 80.

By Emily Langer, Washington Post, November 16, 2011


Herbert S. Okun, an American peace negotiator during the Balkan conflict of the early 1990s who took detailed notes that made him a key witness in the subsequent war crimes trials, died Nov. 8 at his home in New York.

He was 80 and had congestive heart failure, said his daughter Jennifer Harper.

Mr. Okun, the son of an emigrant from modern-day Belarus, was a Soviet specialist and spent much of his four-decade career confronting the politics of the Cold War. His most senior positions included ambassador to East Germany from 1980 to 1983 and deputy ambassador to the United Nations from 1985 to 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/herbert-s-okun-us-peace-negotiator-during-the-balkan-conflict-dies-at-80/2011/11/14/gIQAvtUoQN_story.html

AMERICA: THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY

Photos – American flag at Sagamore Hill, Teddy Roosevelt’s home & Joseph Levine's (JM's) naturalization papers, dated January 24, 1903 "and of our Independence the one hundred and twenty-seventh year."

In the late 19th century, Jews -- in towns such as Slutsk and Kletzk which may be identified as part of Poland, Russia or Belarus -- lived in fear for their future. They looked across the ocean -- to America as a land of freedom and opportunity.

Perhaps the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem overstated the promise, but he did capture what brought our Levine ancestors across the ocean to establish a new life here in America. Lucky for us!

“Imagine the wonders of America. To begin with, there’s the land. It’s flowing with milk and honey….And business is so good, it makes you dizzy. You can do anything you want. If you want a factory, you set up a factory. If you feel like opening a little store, you open a little store. And the size of the cities! The width of the streets! The height of the buildings!”

From Sholem Aleichem in Jenna Joselit’s, The Wonders of America

THE LEVINE PROGENITORS

Photo 1 - RACHEL (LEVY) LEVINE born July 1842 in Slutsk, Russia, arrived in NY 1893, died 06 May 1910 in NYC and NOAH LEVINE born August 1839 in Russia, arrived in NY 14 October 1892, died 30 April 1910 in NYC. Both buried in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.

Parents of 9 known children: Sima - Hochberg, Bluma - Wendroff, Harry, Daughter (name unknown), Sarah - Rubenstein, Henry, Sam, Joseph, Ralph.


Photo 2 - taken in NYC c. 1936. Seated on left – Sima Levine Hochberg, clockwise, her son, Sol Hochberg; Slava Kalikow Levine; seated, Slava’s husband & Sima’s brother, Henry Levine; Solomon Hochberg, Sima’s grandson.

FIRST REUNION OF LEVINE COUSINS --- November 2010

5th generation, 2nd cousins -- from L to R

All are great-grandchildren of Noah Levine
All are great-great grandchildren of Joseph Levine - our first known ancestor

Helaine Levine FELDMAN
Daughter of Joseph Levine
Granddaughter of Harry Levine

David LEVINSON
Son of Bertha Levine
Grandson of Harry Levine

Jane Levine LEWIT
Daughter of Arthur Levine
Granddaughter of Joseph M Levine

Sandy (Sandra) Hochberg STEIN
Daughter of Joseph Hochberg
Granddaughter of Sima Levine

Arlene Shapin SASS
Daughter of Belle Levine
Granddaughter of Henry Levine