Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Adolf Abramovich Joffe a Simferopol, Crimea, Daular Rasha a cikin dangi mai arziki na Karaite. Ya zama ɗan dimokiradiyya na zamantakewa a cikin 1900 yayin da yake har yanzu a makarantar sakandare, a hukumance ya shiga Jam'iyyar Social Democratic Labor Party ta Rasha a cikin 1903. A cikin 1904 an aika Joffe zuwa Baku, wanda dole ne ya gudu don kauce wa kamawa. Daga nan aka tura shi zuwa Moscow, amma dole ne ya sake guduwa, a wannan lokacin zuwa ƙasashen waje. Bayan abubuwan da suka faru na
A ranar Lahadi mai jini a ranar 9 ga Janairu, 1905, Joffe ya koma Rasha kuma ya shiga cikin juyin juya halin Rasha na 1905. A farkon 1906 an tilasta masa yin hijira kuma ya zauna a Berlin har sai da aka kore shi daga Jamus a watan Mayu 1906.