Quote of the day
I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
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)