Famous People with Name Mordechai

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.

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.