Rabinovich Iosif Vladimirovich (17 March 1906, Kolai settlement, Dzhankoy district, Crimean region) — engineer.
Iosif Rabinovich was the son of Vladimir Rabinovich (1870–1910) and Feiga Rabinovich (1878–1959).
From 1917 to 1922, he was an apprentice and assistant in a small locksmith workshop in Kherson. From 1922 to 1925, he was a resident of the House for Working Adolescents in Kherson. In 1926–1928, he worked as a fitter at the “Yugostal” plant in the Donetsk region. From 1928 to 1930, he served in the Red Army.
In 1932, he graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. In 1933–1934, he worked as an engineer in the mechanical laboratory of the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute. In 1934–1937, he was head of locomotive depots of the Lenin Railway in Ryazan and Tambov. In 1937–1938, he served as acting head of the locomotive service of the Lenin Railway in Moscow.
In 1938, he was convicted. After release from imprisonment, he was exiled to the Krasnoyarsk region. He was rehabilitated in 1956. Until 1961, he worked as a boiler inspection officer on the Moscow Railway. From 1961, he was a pensioner. In the 1960s, he moved to Riga. Member of the CPSU until 1971.
Married to Sheina Rabinovich (née Aron) (1925, Riga); their son is Alexander Rabinovich (1957, Riga). In 1971, Iosif Rabinovich received permission to emigrate to Israel upon invitation of his sisters, Lifsha Razhba (née Rabinovich) (1902, Kolai settlement, Dzhankoy district, Crimean region) and Batya Arshavskaya (née Rabinovich) (1904, Kolai settlement, Dzhankoy district, Crimean region), who had emigrated to Palestine from Ukraine in 1928.
Family:
Sheina Rabinovich (née Aron) (1925, Riga) — wife
Alexander Rabinovich (1957, Riga) — son
Vladimir Rabinovich (1870–1910) — father
Feiga Rabinovich (1878–1959) — mother
Lifsha Razhba (née Rabinovich) (1902, Kolai settlement, Dzhankoy district, Crimean region) — sister
Batya Arshavskaya (née Rabinovich) (1904, Kolai settlement, Dzhankoy district, Crimean region) — sister