Yosef Mendelevitch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yosef Mendelevitch

Israeli rabbi

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1947

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Profession: rabbi, activist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Yosef Mendelevitch (or Mendelovitch) (b.
1947 in Riga), was a refusenik from the former Soviet Union, also known as a "Prisoner of Zion" and now a politically unaffiliated rabbi living in Jerusalem who gained fame for his adherence to Judaism and public attempts to emigrate to Israel at a time when it was against the law in the USSR.