Levitanus (Lewitanus) Aron Ilyich (born 9 May 1948, Rezekne) — engineer.

Aron Levitanus was born to Ilya Levitanus (born 1908, Dagda) and Khaya Levitanus (née Pasvolskaya) (born 1911, Karsava). In 1971 he graduated from the Moscow Kuibyshev Institute of Civil Engineering with a degree in electromechanical engineering. From 1971 to 1979 he worked at the Rezekne General Construction Trust of the Ministry of Construction of the Latvian SSR, serving as an engineer in the Office of the Chief Mechanic, an equipment engineer and senior engineer in the technical supervision group, and later senior engineer in the trust’s design and organisation group.

Aron Levitanus and his wife Sofiya Levitanus (née Sheinker) (born 1946, Fergana) had two sons: Lev Levitanus (born 1973, Ludza) and David Levitanus (born 1976, Rezekne). In 1979 the family received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by Sofiya’s brother, Mikhail Sheinker (born 1939, Zhitomir).

Family:

Sofiya Levitanus (née Sheinker) (born 1946, Fergana) — wife
Lev Levitanus (born 1973, Ludza) — son
David Levitanus (born 1976, Rezekne) — son
Ilya Levitanus (born 1908, Dagda) — father
Khaya Levitanus (née Pasvolskaya) (born 1911, Karsava) — mother
Lyubov Feldman (née Levitanus) (born 1950, Karsava) — sister
Mikhail Sheinker (born 1939, Zhitomir) — brother of wife