Alter Levin

Alter Isaac Levin (Hebrew: אלתר יצחק לוין; 4 January 1883 – 4 October 1933), also known by the pen name Asaph ha-Levi (Hebrew: אסף הלוי), was a Hebrew-language writer and poet.

Alter Levin
Portrait by Halil Ra’ad
Portrait by Halil Ra’ad
Born(1883-01-04)4 January 1883
Minsk, Russian Empire
Died4 October 1933(1933-10-04) (aged 50)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Resting placeMount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
Pen name
  • Asaph ha-Levi
  • Ish Yerushalayim
LanguageHebrew

Born in Minsk, he immigrated to Ottoman Jerusalem (later Mandatory Palestine) in 1891,[1] studying there at the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. During World War I he conducted espionage for the British.[2] He committed suicide in 1933.[1]

Publications
  • Megillat Kedem le-Asaf ha-Levi Ish Yerushalayim (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Hotsaʼat Dekel. 1920.
  • Shirei Am (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Defus Aḥdut. 1920.

References
  1. Kressel, Getzel (2007). "Levin, Alter Isaac". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  2. Derman, Ushi (May 20, 2019). "The Name Is Levin, Alter Levin: A Poet, an Insurance Agent – but Mainly a Spy". Museum of the Jewish People.
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