Isaac Baer Levinsohn
Isaac Baer Levinsohn | |
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| Born | October 13, 1788 Kremenetz, Volhynia |
| Died | February 13, 1860 (aged 71) Kremenetz, Volhynia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Literary movement | Haskalah |
Isaac Baer Levinsohn (Yiddish: יצחק בער לעווינזאהן; October 13, 1788 – February 13, 1860), also known as the Ribal (ריב״ל), was a Jewish scholar of Hebrew, a satirist, a writer and Haskalah leader. He has been called "the Mendelssohn of Russia." In his Bet Yehudah (1837), he formulated a philosophy and described Jewish contributions to civilization in an effort to improve Jewish-Christian relations.