Joseph G. Weiss

Deceased Person

1918 – 1969

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Who was Joseph G. Weiss?

Joseph G. Weiss was a scholar of Jewish Mysticism and Hasidism, who studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the tutelage of Prof. Gershom Scholem from 1941 till 1950, when Weiss moved to England. In England Weiss first taught children aged 5–11 at a Jewish School in Leeds, before spending time in London, Manchester and Oxford, where he occupied various research and teaching positions, eventually becoming the director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London.

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Born
1918
Education
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Died
Aug 25, 1969

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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