Moses ben Isaac Jekeles

Moses Ben Isaac Jekeles was a banker and pawnbroker situated in Cracow. He came from a well known family of businessmen whose founder was his grandfather, Jacob Bogaty (Jacob the Rich).

Moses succeeded his father as parnas of the Jewish community of Cracow in 1647 for several decades. At the time of the Chmielnicki massacres (1648–49), and during and after the Swedish invasion (1655), he represented the Jews of Cracow in negotiations with Stefan Czarniecki, the king of Sweden Charles Gustav, the military commanders Wirtz, Wittenberg, and Georg Rakoczy, and King John II Casimir, from whom he attempted to obtain abrogation of decrees adverse to the community.