URay Alexander Simons (Nee Alexandrowich; (31 Tshitwe 1913 - 12 Phupu 2004) wayeyiKhomanisi, laseNingizimu Afrika, okwakuyisishoshovu esilwa nobandlululo, umkhankasi kanye unosozinyunyana owasiza ekubhaleni i-Charter yabesifazane . Wathuthela eKapa ngo-1929 ebalekela ukuhlukunyezwa kwamaJuda namaKhomanisi. USimons wazalelwa eVarklia (Varakļāni), Latvia enguRachel Ester Alexandrowich ngomhla ka 31 Disemba 1913. Wayengomunye wabantwana abayisithupha bakaSimka Simon noDobe Alexandrowich. Ubaba wakhe wayenguthisha wolimi lwesiRashiya, ulimi lwesiJalimane kanye nemetemetikisi. Wayephinde agijime i- cheder lapho abafana bamaJuda babefunda khona i-talmud futhi balungise i-bar mizvah yabo. Wayehlala emzini ocebile ogcwele izincwadi ezamvezela inqubo ye-socialist kanye ne-idiyoloji yobukhomanisi. Uyise washona eneminyaka engu-12. Umngane wakhe omkhulu, u- Leib Jaffe, waba nomthelela ekucabangeni kukaRay ngemibono yesoshalizimu kanye nokuqwashisa ngokugqugquzela ukuqhubela phambili amalungelo abasebenzi. Ukushona kukayise kwabangela uSimons ukuba angakholelwa kuNkulunkulu . Lapho eneminyaka engu-13, wajoyina i- Latvian Communist Party esebenza ngomshoshaphansi Lapho uSimons eneminyaka eyishumi nane, wamenywa ukuba abambe iqhaza engxoxweni ngeBalfour Declaration eyaphethwe inhlangano yendawo yeZionist. Wenqaba ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi ukulwa nokuphikisana namaJuda kufanele kube yingxenye yemizamo yeningi labantu yokufeza uhlelo olusha lomhlaba lapho bonke abantu bazokhululeka, okubandakanya namaJuda.