Josy (Yossef) Eisenberg (12 December 1933 – 8 December 2017) was a French television producer and

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

. A Hasidic Jew of Polish origin (his father Oscar (Ovadia) was a Polish-born

), he produced an animated TV show, ''À bible ouverte'', which has been running on

France 2 France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews. Since 3:20 CET on 7 A ...

since the early 1960s. He was also the co-scenarist of the movie ''

The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' (french: Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, ) is a 1973 French-Italian comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Louis de Funès and Claude Giraud. It follows a bigoted businessman and a kidnapped revolutioni ...

''. and wrote a number of different books including ''Seven Lights: On the Major Jewish Festivals'' with

Adin Steinsaltz Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (11 July 19377 August 2020) ( he, עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ) was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher. His '' Steinsaltz edi ...

and ''Job ou Dieu dans la tempête'' with Elie Wiesel. Rabbi Eisenberg died on 8 December 2017 at 83 years old.

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