Ernst Simon

Ernst Akiba/Akiva Simon (Hebrew: עקיבא ארְנְסְט סימון‎; March 15, 1900 in Berlin – August 18, 1988 in Jerusalem) was a German-Jewish educator and religious philosopher.

Ernst Simon

Biography

In the 1920s, Ernst Simon co-founded one of the earliest Israeli peace groups, Brit Shalom along with Martin Buber. From 1930 to 1933 he taught at the Hebrew Reali School Haifa, headed by Arthur Biram. In 1942, he was one of the founders of the binationalist Ihud party.

Published works
  • Aufbau im Untergang. Jüdische Erwachsenenbildung im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland als geistiger Widerstand. Tübingen: Mohr 1959. (Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Institute of Jews from Germany. 2).
  • Brücken. Gesammelte Aufsätze. Heidelberg: Schneider 1965.
  • Selbstdarstellung. In: Pädagogik in Selbstdarstellungen. Hamburg: Meiner, Bd. 1 (1975), S. 272–333.
  • Entscheidung zum Judentum. Essays und Vorträge. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp Verlag 1980. (Bibliothek Suhrkamp. 641).
  • Sechzig Jahre gegen den Strom. Briefe von 1917-1984. Hrsg. vom Leo-Baeck-Institut, Jerusalem. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 1998. (Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo-Baeck-Instituts. 59). ISBN 3-16-147000-1

Awards and recognition

In 1967, Simon was awarded the Israel Prize, for education.[1]

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See also

References
  1. "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1967 (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07.

Further reading


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