Bek Izrail Moiseevich (26.08.1916, Saratov) – locksmith.
Izrail Bek is the son of Movsha (Moisei) Bek (1890, Novovileika – 1965, Riga), a pharmacist, and Malka Bek (née Feigelson) (born 1896, Daugavpils).
In the late 1910s, his parents moved to Daugavpils. In 1934, he graduated from Daugavpils City Gymnasium. From 1936 to 1937, he was an apprentice at Griz’s bicycle workshop in Daugavpils. In 1937, he worked as a locksmith at the Laima factory in Riga.
From 1938 to 1939, Izrail Bek served in the Latvian Army in Daugavpils. Between 1940 and 1941, he worked as a locksmith at the Riga Superphosphate Plant. In 1941, he was evacuated to the Turkmen SSR, where he worked as a locksmith at the Sandy-Kachi agricultural enterprise until 1943. From 1943 to 1944, he continued working as a locksmith, and from 1944 to 1945, he was the head of the mechanical workshop of the transport department at the Turkmenneftestroy trust in Nebit-Dag.
From 1946 to 1963, Izrail Bek was a locksmith at the industrial plant of the ORS of the Latvian Railway. From 1963 to 1971, he worked as a locksmith at the Riga Higher Command Engineering Red Banner School named after Biryuzov. From 1971 to 1980, he was a locksmith in the mechanical workshop at the Aurora factory.
Izrail Bek was awarded the Veteran of Labour medal.
Izrail Bek was married to Bluma Bek (née Kazarnovskaya) (born 1914, Daugavpils). They had two daughters: Zara Soiferman (née Bek) (born 1938, Daugavpils) and Basya Kogan (née Bek) (born 1946, Riga), who emigrated to Los Angeles, USA, in 1979.
In 1981, Izrail Bek was granted permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his brother, Yaakov Bek (born 1925, Daugavpils).
Family:
• [[en:people:bek_bluma|Bluma Bek]] (née Kazarnovskaya) (born 1914, Daugavpils) – wife
• Zara Soiferman (née Bek) (born 1938, Daugavpils) – daughter
• Basya Kogan (née Bek) (born 1946, Riga) – daughter
• Movsha (Moisei) Bek (1890–1965) – father
• [[en:people:bek_malka|Malka Bek]] (née Feigelson) (born 1896, Daugavpils) – mother
• Yaakov Bek (born 1925, Daugavpils) – brother
• Ayzik Bek (born 1920, Riga) – brother