Josy Eisenberg
Josy Eisenberg | |
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| Born | 12 December 1933 Strasbourg, France |
| Died | 8 December 2017 (aged 83) Houlbec-Cocherel, Normandy, France |
| 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 – 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.