Larisa Gershtein

1951–2023 (age 72)

Biography

Larisa Gershtein (Hebrew: לריסה גרשטיין, Russian: Герштейн, Лариса Иосифовна; 20 August 1951 – 9 December 2023) was a Soviet-born Israeli activist, singer and politician. She served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. She founded the Bulat Okudzhava Foundation in Israel and was Chairman of the Committee for the Defense of Democracy and Human Rights.

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