Luc Rosenzweig (August 8, 1943 – July 13, 2018) was a French journalist for ''

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'' and ''

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'', and author of several books.

Early life

Rosenzweig was born on August 8, 1943 in Bonn, Haute Savoie. His father, Rolf Rozenzweig, was a Polish Jewish communist who emigrated to France in 1933. Rosenzweig went to preparatory school and became associated with the Center for Institutional Study, Research, and Training (CERFI), a left-wing research center.

Career

Rosenzweig began his career as a German teacher. He first worked as a journalist for ''Nouvelles d’Orléans'' in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Libération ''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's ...

''. He later worked for ''

'', France's

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. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Regards'' for two years. Rosenzweig was the author of several books on Judaism, including ''La Jeune France juive'' and ''Catalogue pour les juifs de maintenant''.

Death

Rosenzweig died on July 13, 2018.

References

1943 births 2018 deaths French people of Polish-Jewish descent People from Bonneville, Haute-Savoie Le Monde writers French male journalists 20th-century French journalists 21st-century French journalists {{France-journalist-stub