1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminGershom Scholem Dead at 84 - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QfYwvCHiWf"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/gershom-scholem-dead-at-84">Gershom Scholem Dead at 84</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/gershom-scholem-dead-at-84/embed#?secret=QfYwvCHiWf" width="600" height="338" title="“Gershom Scholem Dead at 84” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="QfYwvCHiWf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Gershom Scholem, one of the foremost Jewish historians of this century whose research into the Kabbalah shed new light on the role of mysticism in Jewish history, died here yesterday at the age of 84. Funeral services will be held tomorrow. A lecturer at the Hebrew University since 1925, Prof. Scholem was born in Berlin […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315