1. Joseph Klausner was the chief redactor of the Encyclopedia Hebraica.
11 Facts About Joseph Klausner
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Joseph Klausner was a candidate for president in the first Israeli presidential election in 1949, losing to Chaim Weizmann.
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Joseph Klausner was born in Olkeniki, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire, in 1874.
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Joseph Klausner was active in the city's scientific, literary and Zionist circles.
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Joseph Klausner was a committed Zionist who knew Theodor Herzl personally and attended the First Zionist Congress.
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In 1912, Joseph Klausner visited Palestine for the first time, and settled there in 1919.
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Joseph Klausner specialized in the history of the Second Temple period.
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Joseph Klausner had a wide grasp of the Talmud and Midrashic literature.
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Joseph Klausner was a member of the circle of Russian Zionist political activists from Odessa, which included Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Menachem Ussishkin.
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In July 1929, Joseph Klausner established the Pro-Wailing Wall Committee to defend Jewish rights, and resolve problems over access and arrangements for worship at the Western Wall.
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In both 1941 and 1949, Joseph Klausner was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought.