Nehemiah Levanon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Israeli diplomat of Latvian descent
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Place of Birth: Rūjiena, Rūjiena Municipality, Latvia
About Nehemiah Levanon
- Nehemiah Levanon (Hebrew: ????? ??????; March 23, 1915 – September 2, 2003) was an Israeli intelligence agent, diplomat, head of the aliyah program Nativ, and a founder of kibbutz Kfar Blum.
- Originally a native of Latvia, he immigrated to the Mandatory Palestine in 1938.
- After Israel's independence in 1948, Levanon served in a variety of roles to encourage the well-being and emigration of Soviet Jewry.
- Due to the covert nature of his work, Levanon's decades of service were largely unknown until after his retirement, during the last days of the Soviet Union.
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