Ernst Simon Explained

Ernst Simon should not be confused with Ernst Julius Walter Simon.

Ernst Akiva Simon
Native Name:עקיבא ארְנְסְט סימון
Native Name Lang:he
Birth Date:15 March 1900
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Death Place:Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality: Israel
Occupation:Educator, religious philosopher
Awards:Israel Prize (1967)

Ernst Akiva Simon (Hebrew: עקיבא ארְנְסְט סימון; March 15, 1900 in Berlin – August 18, 1988 in Jerusalem) was a German-Jewish educator and religious philosopher.

Teaching career and political activism

In the 1920s, Ernst Simon co-founded Brit Shalom along with Martin Buber, an organization espousing a binational solution for promoting the co-existence of Jews and Arabs in the State of Israel. From 1930 to 1933 he taught at the Hebrew Reali School Haifa, headed by Arthur Biram. In 1942, he was one of the founders of the binationalist Ihud party.

Published works

Awards and recognition

In 1967, Simon was awarded the Israel Prize, for education.[1]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1967 (in Hebrew) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307204304/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashkag/Tashlab_Tashkag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashkaz . 2012-03-07 .