Josy Eisenberg

Josy Eisenberg
Born(1933-12-12)12 December 1933
Strasbourg, France
Died8 December 2017(2017-12-08) (aged 83)
Houlbec-Cocherel, Normandy, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Rabbi, screenwriter
AwardsKnight 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 – 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), he produced an animated TV show, À bible ouverte, which has been running on France 2 since the early 1960s. He was also the co-screenwriter of the movie The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. and wrote a number of different books including Seven Lights: On the Major Jewish Festivals with Adin Steinsaltz and Job ou Dieu dans la tempête with Elie Wiesel.

Rabbi Eisenberg died on 8 December 2017 at 83 years old.