Arthur Hertzberg

Arthur Hertzberg

Date of birth: 07/09/1921 | Date of death: 04/17/2006

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Scholar

Avraham Hertzberg was born in Lubaczów, Poland, the eldest of five children, and left Europe in 1926 with his mother and grandmother to join his father in the United States, where his name was Americanized to Arthur. He was a Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist.

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Dov Sadan

Dov Sadan

Date of birth: 02/21/1902 | Date of death: 10/14/1989

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Scholar
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Professor Dov Sadan was born in Brody in the Galicia region of Austria-Hungary. Sadan received a traditional Jewish education. He joined HeHalutz, and was one of its leaders during World War I. In 1925 he became editor of Atid, the organisation's journal. After making aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1925, he joined Davar, becoming a member of its editorial board in 1927. He also edited the paper's literary supplement. After leaving Davar in 1944 he became a member of the editorial board at the Am Oved publishing house. He was an Israeli academic and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1965 and 1968.

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Shlomo BUBER

Name: 
Shlomo
Last name: 
BUBER
Date of birth: 
1827
Date of death: 
1906
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