NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Digitized documents donated by Amy Pastan in March 2022. Collected through the Brooklyn family Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
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TitleAmy Pastan family. Three young girls standing on the stoop of a brick building.
Biographical NoteGrandfather of Amy Pastan, William Levine (born Wilmo Lukazewski in Ukraine, 1894) arrived in US 1906, settled on Lower East Side. Earned medical degree in 1919. Married Kate (nee Stivelman) and moved to Brooklyn. William worked for Beth-El Hospital. Traditional observant Jewish family. William, Kate and daughters Elly and Joyce lived at Eastern Parkway in 1936; 960 Sterling Place in 1940; and Plaza Street in 1960. William had private obstetrical practice. Family belonged to Unity Club. William was one of the founders of National Immigration Museum at Ellis Island.