Veksler (Weksler) Motel Mozusovich (2 December 1946, Riga) — labourer.

Motel Veksler was born into a working-class family: his father was Mozus Motelievich Veksler (b. 1912, Rēzekne), and his mother was Zelda Ruvinovna Veksler (née Lapp) (b. 1921, Riga). He completed seven years of schooling in 1962 and graduated from Riga Vocational School No. 9 in 1964.

Motel Veksler worked as an electrician at P.O. Box No. 109 (1964–1965), then as an electrician for the Riga City Power Network (1965–1966), and as a tinsmith-fitter for the RSU MPP (1966–1967). While working, he completed evening school at Workers’ School No. 21 in 1967. From 1967 to 1969, he served in the Soviet Army. Upon demobilisation, he resumed work as a fitter at RSU MPP (1969–1971).

In 1971, Motel Veksler received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his uncle (mother’s brother) Khezkiel Ruvinovich Lapp (b. 1915, Riga) had lived since 1939, and his aunt (mother’s sister) Khae-Sora Ruvinovna Slavina (née Lapp) (b. 1919) had lived since 1966; she emigrated to Australia in 1977.

Mozus Motelievich Veksler (b. 1912) — father
Zelda Ruvinovna Veksler (née Lapp) (b. 1921) — mother
Margareta Mozusovna Veksler (b. 1953, Kherson) — sister
Khezkiel Ruvinovich Lapp (b. 1915) — uncle
Khae-Sora Ruvinovna Slavina (née Lapp) (b. 1919) — aunt