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August 18

Jewish
  1. 1856 CEJewish · born

    Asher Ginsberg, the essayist known as Ahad Ha'am and a leading voice of cultural Zionism, was born in Skvyra in the Russian Empire.

  2. 1994 CEJewish · died

    Yeshayahu Leibowitz, the Israeli scientist and religious philosopher known for his outspoken essays on faith and the state, died in Jerusalem.

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