He also traveled to Russia several times after the collapse of the USSR, including a 1995 meeting with the former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Levanon died in Kfar Blum on September 2, 2003. See also Shaul Avigur Soviet Jewry movement References Latvian Jews Israeli Jews Israeli people of Latvian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Israeli diplomats Jewish socialists People of Israeli intelligence agencies 1915 births 2003 deaths Latvian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Soviet Jewry movement activists