Julius Eisenstein
Julius Eisenstein | |
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J.D. Eisenstein, Orthodox Jewish scholar | |
| Born | November 12, 1854 |
| Died | May 17, 1956 (aged 101) |
| Resting place | Queens, New York City, New York |
| Nationality | Polish, American |
| Other names | Judah David Eisenstein, the Ba'al ha-Otzrot |
| Known for | Hebrew language anthologies, editor of the first Hebrew encyclopedia |
| Spouse | Rebecca Eisenstein (née Cohen) |
| Children | Four sons, five daughters |
| Parent(s) | Zeev Wolf Eisenstein and Toba Bluma Eisenstein (née Barg) |
| Relatives | Ira Eisenstein, Harry Fishbein |
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Julius (Judah David) Eisenstein (November 12, 1854 – May 17, 1956) (Hebrew: יהודה דוד אייזנשטיין) was a Polish-Jewish-American anthologist, diarist, encyclopedist, Hebraist, historian, philanthropist, and Orthodox polemicist born in Międzyrzec Podlaski (known in Yiddish as Mezritch d'Lita), a town with a large Jewish majority in what was then Congress Poland. He died in New York City at the age of 101.