Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: kfar blum , israel - known for: director of nativ - birth name: niuma levitan - death date: 02 september 2003 - birth date: 23 march 1915 - name: nehemiah levanon - movement: labor zionism - image: nechemia levanon.jpg - birth place: rujiena , governorate of livonia -lrb- present-day latvia -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nehemiah levanon .
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nehemiah levanon -lrb- hebrew : , march 23 , 1915 -- september 2 , 2003 -rrb- was an israeli intelligence agent , diplomat , head of the aliyah program nativ , and a founder of kibbutz kfar blum .originally a native of latvia , he immigrated to the mandatory palestine in 1938 .after israel 's independence in 1948 , levanon served in a variety of roles to encourage the well-being and emigration of soviet jewry .due to the covert nature of his work , levanon 's decades of service were largely unknown until after his retirement , during the last days of the soviet union .