Motke

Motke, Mordkhe, or Mordka are Jewish given names, diminutives of Mordechai. Notable people referred to as Motke include:


 * Motke Rosenthal, or Márk Rózsavölgyi (1787-1848), Jewish Hungarian composer and violinist
 * Mordechai (Motke) Maklef (1920–1978), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
 * Motke Chabad (19th century), Jewish Lithuanian jester from Vilnius
 * Mordka Mendel Grossman (1913-1945), photographer and worker in the Statistical Department of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto
 * Mordka was the birth given name of Mark Zamenhof (1837-1907)
 * Mordkhe Schaechter (1927-2007), Yiddish linguist
 * Mordkhe Veynger (1890–1929), Soviet-Jewish linguist

Fictional characters

 * Motke the Thief, a 1913 novel by Sholem Ash
 * Motke the Angel of Death, a 1926 novel by Ilya Selvinsky