Abraham Jacob Brawer (ברור אברהם יעקב; March 10, 1884 - November 8, 1975) was Ukrainian-Israeli cartographer and historian active in Israel in through the 20th century. Brawer was born in Stry, Ukraine. He studied history and geography a the University of Vienna simultaneously with religious studies at the Rabbinical Seminary of Vienna. He earned a rabbinical certification as well as doctorates in history and geography. He emigrated to Eretz, Israel in 1911, later settling in Jerusalem. During World War I he was the directory of the Jewish School of Thessaloniki. Later he moved to Istanbul, where he served as a Rabbi to the resident Ashkenazi community. He returned to Eretz, Israel in 1920, taking work the Haaretz Daily (הָאָרֶץ‎), Israel's oldest Hebrew newspaper. He a strong proponent of adopting the Hebrew language not only for scripture, but also for academic and daily life. He then taught at the Mizrahi Teachers' Seminary in Jerusalem until he retired in 1950. He was one of the three founding members of the Israel Exploration Society and its first honorary secretary.



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