Gershom Scholem
1897 - 1982
German-Israeli historian and philosopher.
Was Gershom Scholem Jewish?
Yes, Gershom Scholem was Jewish.
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Scholem founded the modern academic study of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), and was its first professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
His books include Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941) and Sabbatai Zevi: The Mystical Messiah (1973).
• His brother was Communist politician Werner Scholem.
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