Josy Eisenberg Explained

Birth Date:	12 December 1933
Birth Place:	Strasbourg, France
Death Place:	Houlbec-Cocherel, Normandy, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Rabbi, screenwriter
Awards:	Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, French: [[Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres]], French: 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eisenberg, Josy (1933-2017). Bibliothèque nationale de France. 18 December 2010.
2. Web site: La vie culturelle a l'interieur de la synagoge de la Rue Kageneck (1892-1939). 18 December 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012011719/http://www.etzhaim.fr/fichiers_pdf/Synagogue_rue_Kageneck_par_Jean_Daltroff.pdf. 12 October 2007.
3. Web site: Szerman. Nathalie. Josy Eisenberg sur le judaïsme orthodoxe et l'avenir d'Israël . Des Infos.com. 18 December 2010.
4. Web site: Home. 19 March 2010 .
5. Book: The Seven Lights: On the Major Jewish Festivals. Eisenberg. Josy. Steinsaltz. Adin. 2000-01-01. Jason Aronson. 9780765761569. en.
6. Norman. Coh'n. Eisenberg (Josy) Wiesel (Elie) Job ou Dieu dans la tempête. Archives de sciences sociales des religions. 1987. fr-FR. 63. 2. 245–246.