Avraham Yaakov Finkel
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Rabbi
Avraham Yaakov Finkel (born 1926, Basel
http://authorities.loc.gov/) is a noted author to English Judaica literature.
He was born in Basel, Switzerland and lived in The Hague
, Netherlands until 1942, when he was deported to Bergen-Belsen
by the Nazis. He now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
He is the author of 19 books including The Essential Maimonides
, In My Flesh I See God, The Responsa Anthology, and The Great Torah Masters, published by Jason Aronson
. He has also translated Ein Yaakov
: The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud
in one volume. Ref
Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Avraham Yaakov Finkel (born 1926, Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
http://authorities.loc.gov/) is a noted author to English Judaica literature.
He was born in Basel, Switzerland and lived in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Netherlands until 1942, when he was deported to Bergen-Belsen
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle...
by the Nazis. He now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
He is the author of 19 books including The Essential Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...
, In My Flesh I See God, The Responsa Anthology, and The Great Torah Masters, published by Jason Aronson
Jason Aronson
Jason Aronson is an American publisher of books in the field of psychotherapy. Topics dealt with in these books include child therapy, family therapy, couple therapy, object relations therapy, play therapy, depression, eating disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse, sexual abuse, stress,...
. He has also translated Ein Yaakov
Ein Yaakov
Ein Yaakov is a compilation of all the Aggadic material in the Talmud together with commentaries. Its introduction contains an account of the history of Talmudic censorship and the term Gemara...
: The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
in one volume. Ref