The Bucerius Institute is deeply bereaved by the death of Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr (1941-2024)

The Bucerius Institute is deeply bereaved by the death of Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr (1941-2024), a leading scholar of Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, and of the entire German Jewish intellectual tradition. His book Martin Buber A Land of two peoples has been for decades a seminal book for all peace seekers in Israel and abroad.

 

Prof. Mendes-Flohr collaborated on diverse occasions with the Bucerius Institute, recently in July 2023 for the international conference Women write Buber: 100 Anniversary of I and Thou (1923) which he opened with a moving speech.

The funeral will take place tomorrow (Friday 25.10.24) in Jerusalem. May his memory be blessed