Porez (Pores) Yudels (Judels) (13 March 1936, Dvinsk) — furniture upholsterer. Son of Khaim Porez (1907, Dvinsk — 1942) and Anna Porez (née Segal-Binder) (1904, Riga).

In 1941, together with his mother, Yudels Porez was evacuated to the Uzbek SSR; in 1945, he returned to Latvia. In 1950, he completed six grades of primary school. From 1951 to 1953, he was an apprentice mechanic at the industrial combine of the Moscow District of Riga. From 1953 to 1955, he trained as an upholsterer; in 1956 and from 1958 to 1963, he worked as an upholsterer at the Riga Woodworking Plant (Combine). From 1955 to 1956, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. From 1956 to 1957, he worked as an upholsterer at Riga Furniture Combine No. 7. From 1963 to 1967, he was an upholsterer at the Riga furniture firm. From 1967, he worked as an upholsterer at the Riga Furniture Manufacturing and Repair Combine. From 1970, he was a disability pensioner.

He is married to Mina Porez (née Weiner) (1941, Palkino village, Yaroslavl Region). In 1966, he first applied for permission to emigrate to Israel upon invitation from his paternal grandmother, Feiga Porushene (née Shidlovskaya) (1889, Vilnius). Permission for the family to leave was granted only in 1971 upon invitation from his wife’s aunt, Sonya Buchbinder (1911, Grīva).

Family:

Mina Porez (née Weiner) (1941, Palkino village, Yaroslavl Region) — wife
Khaim Porez (1907, Dvinsk — 1942) — father
Anna Porez (née Segal-Binder) (1904, Riga) — mother
Sima Rukh (née Porez) (1929, Riga) — sister
Feiga Porushene (née Shidlovskaya) (1889, Vilnius) — paternal grandmother
Sonya Buchbinder (1911, Grīva) — wife’s aunt