Moshe Halevy

Moshe Halevy
Native name
משה הלוי
Born26 February 1895
Mstislav
Died26 December 1974
Resting placeTel Aviv
OccupationTheatre Directior
NationalityIsraeli
CitizenshipIsraeli
SpouseHanna Rovina, Lea Dganit
ChildrenAhala Halevy

Moshe Halevi (Hebrew: משה הלוי; 1895–1974) was an Israeli theatre director, founder of the Ohel theatre.

Born as Moshe Wolfovich Gurevich in the city of Mstislav in Russia (today in Belarus). Halevi was a member of the "Habima" theater in Moscow when it was founded in 1917. In mandatory Palestine he founded the Ohel theatre which would become one of the most important theatres in pre-independence Israel. He also wrote several plays.