Josy Eisenberg
Born(1933-12-12)12 December 1933
Strasbourg, France
Died8 December 2017(2017-12-08) (aged 83)
Houlbec-Cocherel, Normandy, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Rabbi, screenwriter
AwardsKnight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Prix de l'Amitié judéo-chrétienne de France

Josy (Yossef) Eisenberg (12 December 1933[1] – 8 December 2017) was a French television producer and rabbi. A Hasidic Jew of Polish origin (his father Oscar (Ovadia) was a Polish-born rabbi[2]), he produced an animated TV show, À bible ouverte, which has been running on France 2 since the early 1960s.[3] He was also the co-scenarist of the movie The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob.[4] and wrote a number of different books including Seven Lights: On the Major Jewish Festivals[5] with Adin Steinsaltz and Job ou Dieu dans la tempête[6] with Elie Wiesel.

Rabbi Eisenberg died on 8 December 2017 at 83 years old.

References

  1. ↑ "Eisenberg, Josy (1933-2017)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "La vie culturelle a l'interieur de la synagoge de la Rue Kageneck (1892-1939)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Szerman, Nathalie. "Josy Eisenberg sur le judaïsme orthodoxe et l'avenir d'Israël". Des Infos.com. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Home". 19 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Eisenberg, Josy; Steinsaltz, Adin (2000-01-01). The Seven Lights: On the Major Jewish Festivals. Jason Aronson. ISBN 9780765761569.
  6. ↑ Norman, Coh'n (1987). "Eisenberg (Josy) Wiesel (Elie) Job ou Dieu dans la tempête". Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French). 63 (2): 245–246.


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