Quote of the day
The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.
Gershom Scholem

Born: December 5, 1897
Died: February 20, 1982 (aged 84)
Bio: Gerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Israel, changed his name to Gershom Scholem, was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian.
Known for:
- Major trends in Jewish mysticism (1941)
- From Berlin to Jerusalem (1980)
- Walter benjamin (1975)
- On the Kabbalah and its symbolism (1965)







