Ėssas, Ėlii︠a︡gu

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Name (Hebrew)
אסאס, אליהו
Name (Latin)
Ėssas, Ėlii︠a︡gu
Name (Cyrilic)
Эссас, Элияг'у
Other forms of name
Essas, Ilya, 1949-
Essas, Eliyahu, 1949-
Esas, Eliyahu
Essas, Eliyahu
Essas, Ilya
אסס, אליהו, 1949-
Date of birth
1949
Place of birth
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Field of activity
Refuseniks
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 41027202
Wikidata: Q4532798
Library of congress: n 91126820
BGU10: 000287694
Sources of Information
  • His Pesakh, c1991:t.p. (Eliiagu Essas; Eliyahu Esas [in Hebrew]) verso t.p. (Eliyahu Essas [in rom.])
  • Silent revolution, 1992:t.p. (Rabbi Eliyahu Essas) p. 14, etc. (Ilya Essas; son of Tzvi Hirsch Essas; b. Vilnius; 10 yrs old in 1956; refusenik)
Wikipedia description:

Rabbi Eliyahu Essas (Hebrew: אליהו אסאס, Russian: Илья Цвиевич Эссас, Ilya Tsvievich Essas; born 1946) is a former leader of Soviet Jewry and one of the founders of Baal Teshuva movement in the Soviet Union. He lives in Jerusalem. Essas became interested in Human Rights and Jewish cause, while studying Mathematics in Vilnius University.

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