Aryeh Levin
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Aryeh Levin was an Orthodox rabbi dubbed the "Father of Prisoners" for his visits to members of the Jewish underground imprisoned in the Central Prison of Jerusalem in the Russian Compound during the
Aryeh Levin
Grave of Aryeh Levin and wife, Tzippora, Sanhedria Cemetery
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Museum of Underground Prisoners is a museum in Jerusalem, commemorating the activity of the Jewish underground—Haganah, Irgun and Lehi—during the period leading up the establishment of the State of Is
Aryeh Levin
…Haganah, Irgun or Lehi. Levin prayed with the prisoners and conveyed messages to their families. Room 29 in the Central Prison in Jerusalem (now the Museum of the Underground Prisoners), was used as a synagogue on Shabbat and holidays. Mattityahu Shmuelevitz, whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, wrote to a friend…
Museum of Underground Prisoners
Museum of Underground Prisoners
Hallway and prison cells at the museum
Original grave stones from the 1940s.