Eliezer Schweid (7 September 1929 – 18 January 2022) was an Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at The

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. He was also a fellow of the

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) is an Israeli research institute specializing in public diplomacy and foreign policy founded in 1976. Currently, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs's research portfolio consists of five primar ...

. Schweid died on 18 January 2022, at the age of 92.

Awards

In 1994, Schweid was awarded the

Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...

, in Jewish thought.

Published works

* ''Jewish Identity in Modern Israel: Proceedings on Secular Judaism and Democracy'' * ''The Jewish Experience of Time'' (2000) * ''Wrestling Until Day-Break: Searching for Meaning in the Thinking on the Holocaust'' (1994) * ''Democracy and Halakhah'' (1994) * ''The Land of Israel: National Home Or Land of Destiny'' (1985, with Deborah Greniman) * ''Judaism and Mysticism According to Gershom Scholem: A Critical Analysis and Programmatic Discussion'' (1985) * ''The Classic Jewish Philosophers: From Saadia Through the Renaissance (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy)'' (2008, Leonard Levin)

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