Abraham Rogatnick
Abraham Jedidiah Rogatnick (27 November 1923 - 28 August 2009) was an American-born Canadian architect and professor. Early life Rogatnick was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1952 from Harvard with two degrees studying under Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school, Bauhaus School. World War II Rogatnick's studies at Harvard were interrupted by World War II when he enlisted and was sent to Europe. He spent most of his time at the front lines once his facility with conversational German was discovered and utilized for intelligence and communications. During the Battle of the Bulge, grossly underarmed against the advance of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, 12th SS Panzer division, he narrowly escaped enemy attacks on three different occasions and was one of the few survivors of his unit. Move from Boston to Vancouver After the war he traveled and studied in Europe where he developed a deep love for Venice. He learned Italian, became a scholar of V ...
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Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special relationship between the Jews and God in Judaism, God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or gentile, non-Jewish; and Abraham in Islam, in Islam, he is a link in the Prophets and messengers in Islam, chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam (see Adam in Islam) and culminates in Muhammad. His life, told in the narrative of the Book of Genesis, revolves around the themes of posterity and land. Abraham is called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land of Canaan, which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. This promise is subsequently inherited by Isaac, Abraham's son by his wife Sarah, while Isaac's half-brother Ishmael is also promised that he will be th ...
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