Joseph G. Weiss

Joseph G. Weiss (1918 - August 25, 1969) 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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Jacob Katz, "Joseph G. Weiss: A Personal Appraisal" and Sara Ora Heller Wilensky, "Joseph Weiss: Letters to Ora", in Ada Rapoport-Albert, "Hasidism Reappraised" (London and Portland, Or. 1996) Gershom Scholem and Joseph Weiss, Letters 1948-1964, Noam Zadoff ed.(Jerusalem: Carmel, 2012)


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