Personalities

Personalities

Personalities are people who have prominent profile and command much interest in the public media.

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Gershon Shoffman (Hebrew: גרשון שופמן) (born 1880; died 1972) was an Israeli writer and painter. Shoffman was born in Orsha (now in Belarus), in the Russian Empire in 1880. His parents were Zalman ...

Miriam Yalan-Shteklis

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Miriam Yalan-Shteklis (born 21 September 1900; died 9 May 1984) was an Israeli writer and poet famous for her children's books. Her surname, Yalan, was an acronym based on her father’s name, Yehuda ...

Nechama Leibowitz

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Nechama Leibowitz was a noted Israeli Bible scholar and commentator who rekindled interest in Bible study.

Yehezkel Kaufmann

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Yehezkel Kaufmann (born 1889; died 9 October 1963) was an Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar associated with Hebrew University.Kaufmann was born in Ukraine. His Talmudic knowledge was acquired ...

Gershom Scholem

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Gerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Palestine, changed his name to Gershom Scholem (December 5, 1897 – February 21, 1982), was a German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and ...

Ben-Zion Dinur

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Ben-Zion Dinur (born Ben-Zion Dinaburg on 2 January 1884, died 8 July 1973) was a Zionist activist, educator, historian and Israeli politician.

Joseph Klausner

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Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), was a Jewish historian and professor of Hebrew Literature. He was the chief redactor of The Hebrew Encyclopedia. He was a candidate for ...