Yosef Porat (Hebrew: יוסף פורת; 7 June 1909, Breslau, Germany[1] [2] [3] – 18 May 1996, Ramot HaShavim, Israel) was a German-Israeli chess player.

[1][2][3] In 1933, he lost his job after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, and moved to Riga.

[5] In April 1935, he tied for 3rd-5th in Tel Aviv (the 2nd Maccabiah Games, Abram Blass won).

After World War II, Porath played for the Israeli team in nine consecutive Olympiads from 1952 through 1968.

[12] Porat was awarded, along with Moshe Czerniak, the International Master (IM) title in 1952.