12018-07-26T20:23:51-07:00Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña6beb73a90c38e77367b9737ee8e808917759a78e310405plain2020-08-01T11:16:02-07:00Berlin, GermanyDecember 5, 1897February 21, 1982172Jerusalem, IsraelIsabella Buzynski4c5090420af98824ad786b6dac1f314b9e9f95a8Gershom Scholem (1897–1982), born in Berlin, was a scholar of Jewish mysticism, having been led to Zionism and the historical study of the kabbalah after his experience in World War I.