Isaac Baer Levinsohn

Isaac Baer Levinsohn
Born	(1788-10-13)October 13, 1788 Kremenetz, Volhynia
Died	February 13, 1860(1860-02-13) (aged 71) Kremenetz, Volhynia
Occupation	Writer
Language	Hebrew
Literary movement	Haskalah

Isaac Baer Levinsohn (Yiddish: יצחק בער לעווינזאהן; October 13, 1788 – February 13, 1860), also known as the Ribal (ריב״ל), was a Jewish scholar of Hebrew, a satirist, a writer and Haskalah leader. He has been called "the Mendelssohn of Russia." In his Bet Yehudah (1837), he formulated a philosophy and described Jewish contributions to civilization in an effort to improve Jewish-Christian relations.