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Ephraim Urbach was an Israeli rabbi, pedagogue, and university teacher who specialized in Classic Rabbinic literature. Born in Włocławek in 1912, he served in the British Army during World War II. He was affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Academy of the Hebrew Language. His doctoral student was Avraham Grossman.
Urbach received the Israel Prize and the Bialik Prize for his work. He spoke Yiddish and Hebrew, with Yiddish as his native language. He lived in Jerusalem, where he died of natural causes in 1991. He is buried at the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ephraim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Włocławek
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Occupation
- educator
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Native language
- Yiddish
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- Bialik Prize
- Doctoral advisor
- Umberto Cassuto
- Doctoral student
- Avraham Grossman
- Field of work
- Classic Rabbinic literature
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Residence
- Jerusalem
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- place of burial
- Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1912-05-26
- date of death
- 1991-07-02
- member of
- Academy of the Hebrew Language
- affiliation
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Academia.edu profile URL
- huji.academia.edu/EphraimElimelechUrbach
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