Avraham Sharon
Israeli philosopher, musician, scholar and publicist (1878-1957)
Avraham Sharon (Hebrew: אברהם שרון; September 10, 1878 – October 17, 1957) was an Israeli philosopher, musician, scholar and publicist. Sharon established the Autographs and Portraits Collection in the National Library of Israel.
Biography
Abraham Schwadron (later Avraham Sharon) was born in the village of Bieniów (now Zolochivka), near Zolochiv in Galicia (then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). His parents were Isaac Schwadron, a beverage manufacturer, and Rivka Gelernter. In his childhood he studied with his uncle, Sholom Mordechai Schwadron (the Rabbi of Berezhany) and later on in the Jewish Gymnasium in Suceava. Sharon studied in the University of Vienna, where he received three doctoral degrees – in philosophy, law, and chemistry – the latter a profession he studied so he could help his father in his factory.
He established the Zionist Association in Zolochiv, studied Hebrew literature and Jewish history, and was member of HaTehiya ("rebirth"), an association established by Jewish students who spoke among themselves solely in Hebrew. In 1914 he moved to Vienna, fleeing from the Russian army that invaded Galicia, and there he published his first philosophical essay (De Nature Stalibus) and additional essays in the Osterreichische Wochenschrift newspaper, edited by Joseph Samuel Bloch.
Despite being a pacifist, Schwadron enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I. All through his military service he wrote about his impressions from the front line in Osterreichische Wochenschrift at the request of Bloch. During that time he also spread the "Heroic Zionism" idea among his friends, including David Horowitz, who described him as one of the founders of the Jewish pioneering school of thought.
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