Famous People with Name Mordechai

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.

Mordechai Bentov            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Mordechai Bentov: was an Israeli journalist and politician, and was one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.On 14 May 1948 Bentov was one of the 37 people to sign Israel's declaration of independence, and was appointed Minister of Labour and Construction in the provisional government.

Mordechai Namir            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Mordechai Namir: was an Israeli politician, who served as the mayor of Tel Aviv, a Knesset member and government minister, as well as being one of the heads of the Labour Zionist movement.

Mordechai (Markus) Nurock            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Mordechai (Markus) Nurock: was a Jewish politician and minister who served in both the parliaments of Latvia and Israel. He was also Israel's first Minister of Postal Services (a post today known as the Minister of Communications), though he only held the post for just under two months.