Levant Bella Pinkhusovna (1939)

Levant (Lewant) (née Lubotskaya) Bella Pinkhusovna (2 April 1939, Riga) — teacher.

Bella Levant was the daughter of Pinkhus Lubotsky (1908, Rezekne) and Rakhil Lubotskaya (née Segal) (1910, Karsava). In 1941, she was evacuated with her parents to Glazov, Udmurt ASSR, and in 1945 the family returned to Riga.

In 1956, she graduated from Riga Secondary Railway School No. 1. From 1956 to 1958, she studied at the Riga Polytechnic Institute. In 1961, she graduated from the Faculty of German Language and Literature of the Latvian State University, qualifying as a philologist and teacher of German.

In 1961, she worked as a teacher at Limbazi Secondary School No. 2; in 1961–63 — at Vangazi October Secondary School. From 1963 to 1964, she was a part-time lecturer at the Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers. From 1964 to 1974, she taught German at Riga Secondary School No. 21, and from 1974 onwards at Riga Evening School No. 13.

Her first marriage, to Alexander Sherman (1939, Riga), was dissolved in 1963. In her second marriage, to Roman Levant (1938, Yartsevo village, Smolensk Region), two sons were born — Felix Levant (1964, Riga) and Alexander Levant (1971, Riga).

In 1979, Bella Levant received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her maternal uncle, Solomon (Shlomo) Segal (born 1921[?], Karsava). She lived in Kiryat Herzog and worked as an employee.

Family:

– Pinkhus Lubotsky (1908, Rezekne) — father
– Rakhil Lubotskaya (née Segal) (1910, Karsava) — mother
– Solomon (Shlomo) Segal (born 1921[?], Karsava) — maternal uncle
– Alexander Sherman (1939, Riga) — first husband
– Roman Levant (1938, Yartsevo village, Smolensk Region) — second husband
– Felix Levant (1964, Riga) — son
– Alexander Levant (1971, Riga) — son