Levi Isaacs

Levi Isaacs (c. 1860 - 30 Oktoba 1913) ya kasance mai shan sigari kuma shugaban Yahudawa a Adelaide, Kudancin Australia da Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

 Tarihi 
Isaacs was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, the eldest son of itinerant jeweller Solomon Isaacs (c. 1830 – 30 August 1917) and his wife Pauline (c. 1830 – 14 July 1923), and came to South Australia with his parents and their family around 1865 and settled at 4 Tavistock Street, Adelaide.
He was educated at the Pulteney Street School and at Adelaide Educational Institution. His father opened a jeweller's and watchmaker's shop in Rundle Street, where by 1875 Isaacs was being employed. By 1884 his father had a tobacconist's shop on Rundle Street east between Pulteney Street and Synagogue Place. He also ran a tailor's establishment.

Isaacs saurayi ne mai tsanani, kuma ya nuna sha'awar addini da adabi. Ya zama babban memba na ikilisiyar majami'ar Adelaide:

 memba na kwamitin Jewish Benefit Society
 memba na tushe na Adelaide Literary Society
 memba na Majalisar Tarayya ta farko
 Shekaru bakwai ya kasance shugaban Ikilisiyar Ibrananci ta Adelaide
 ya kafa kungiyar adabi ta Yahudawa ta Adelaide a cikin 1891
 na tsawon shekaru hudu sakataren girmamawa na Makarantar Asabar Ibrananci

Ya yi tafiya sosai a ko'ina cikin Kudancin Australia, musamman arewa har zuwa Oodnadatta, inda ya kafa ƙungiyar adabi.[1] Isaacs ya gudanar da kasuwancin sanannen mai shan sigari a "Isaacs' Corner" a arewacin kusurwar titunan Sarki William da Hindley 1891-1904, kuma ya kasance shugaba sashi na Kudancin Australiya Retail Tobacconists' Association 1894-1897. Wannan ya kasance a lokacin da mutane da yawa ke amfani da shagunan taba a matsayin gaba ga masu yin caca ba bisa ka'ida ba.[2]

Da yake ambaton dalilai na kiwon lafiya, Isaacs ya tafi Melbourne a watan Mayu 1904,  inda sunansa ya riga shi kuma nan da nan ya nutse cikin al'ummar Yahudawa a can kamar yadda ya kasance a Adelaide. Ya karɓi shagon John Lipshut a kusurwar titunan Swanston da Little Collins. Ɗansa Eric ya ɗauki shagon "The White Florist" kusa. Ya zama shugaban Ikilisiyar Ibrananci ta Melbourne, ya yi aiki na shekaru uku, kuma ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Melbourne Jewish Philanthropic Society, United Jewish Educational Board, da kuma Melbourne Tobacconists' Association. Suna da gida a 30 Jackson Street, St Kilda, inda ya mutu.

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