Josy Eisenberg | |
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Born | Strasbourg, France | 12 December 1933
Died | 8 December 2017 Houlbec-Cocherel, Normandy, France | (aged 83)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Rabbi, screenwriter |
Awards | Knight 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-screenwriter 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.