Parnas Moisey Mekhelevich (25 November 1911, Ternopil) — tailor.

Moisey Parnas was the son of Natan-Mekhel Parnas (1870, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) and Nesya Parnas (née unknown) (1875, Lyublyany – 1926, Ternopil). In 1924, he completed five grades of primary school. Until 1941, he worked as a tailor in private workshops in Ternopil. In 1941, he was evacuated to Bukhara, where he worked until 1945 at a made-to-order garment factory. In 1945, he moved to Riga and was employed until 1958 by the Taupība artel. From 1958 to 1971, he worked as a tailor at the Siluets factory.

He was married to Rakhilya Parnas (née Podoksina, previously Solomyak) (1911, Riga). Their daughter, Basnetta Kopman (née Parnas), was born in 1947 in Riga.

During the Holocaust, his father Natan-Mekhel Parnas, his brother Volf Parnas (1900, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil), and his sisters Liba Brenesel (née Parnas) (1898, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil), Sura Ravich (née Parnas) (1902, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil), Leya Neiman (née Parnas) (1904, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil), Sheva Grinzait (née Parnas) (1906, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil), and Muna Gans (née Parnas) (1908, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) were all killed.

In 1972, Moisey Parnas received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his cousin, Yakov Parnas (1912, Ternopil).

Family:

Natan-Mekhel Parnas (1870, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) — father
Nesya Parnas (née unknown) (1875, Lyublyany – 1926, Ternopil) — mother
Volf Parnas (1900, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) — brother
Liba Brenesel (née Parnas) (1898, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) — sister
Sura Ravich (née Parnas) (1902, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) — sister
Leya Neiman (née Parnas) (1904, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) — sister
Sheva Grinzait (née Parnas) (1906, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) — sister
Muna Gans (née Parnas) (1908, Ternopil – 1944, Ternopil) — sister
Rakhilya Parnas (née Podoksina, previously Solomyak) (1911, Riga) — wife
Basnetta Kopman (née Parnas) (1947, Riga) — daughter
Yakov Parnas (1912, Ternopil) — cousin