Famous People with Name Mordechai

Mordechai Anielewicz            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Mordechai Anielewicz: (1919 – May 8, 1943) was the commander of the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa (English: Jewish Fighting Organization), also known as ZOB, during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Mordechai Vanunu            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Mordechai Vanunu: Mordechai Vanunu spent 18 years in prison, including more than 11 years in solitary confinement. Vanunu was released from prison in 2004, subject to a broad array of restrictions on his speech and movement. Since then he has been briefly arrested several times for violations of those restrictions, including giving various interviews to foreign journalists and attempting to leave Israel.

Mordechai Spiegler            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Mordechai Spiegler: a professional soccer player, playing at Maccabi Tel Aviv.On 7 March 2007 he made his debut in the Israel National team in a friendly game against Ukraine.

Mordechai Eliyahu            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Mordechai Eliyahu: a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel.Eliyahu was born the son of Rabbi Salman Eliyahu, a well-known Jerusalem Kabbalist from an Iraqi Jewish family. His mother's name is Mazal Tov. Salman died when Eliyahu was a child, and he proceeded to study with a

Mordechai Ben-Porat            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Mordechai Ben-Porat: is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister without Portfolio from July 1982 until January 1984. During his four terms in the Knesset, he represented five different parties.