Alter Levin

Born(1883-01-04)4 January 1883

Minsk, Russian Empire

Died4 October 1933(1933-10-04) (aged 50)

Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

Resting placeMount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Pen name

• Asaph ha-Levi
• Ish Yerushalayim

Alter Levin
Portrait by Halil Ra’ad
Born	(1883-01-04)4 January 1883 Minsk, Russian Empire
Died	4 October 1933(1933-10-04) (aged 50) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Resting place	Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
Pen name	Asaph ha-Levi Ish Yerushalayim
Language	Hebrew

Alter Isaac Levin (Hebrew: אלתר יצחק לוין; 4 January 1883 – 4 October 1933), also known by the pen name Asaph ha-Levi (Hebrew: אסף הלוי), was a Hebrew-language writer and poet.

Born in Minsk, he immigrated to Ottoman Jerusalem (later Mandatory Palestine) in 1891,^[1] studying there at the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. During World War I he conducted espionage for the British.^[2] He committed suicide in 1933.^[1]