Josef Flesch
Josef Flesch (; 19 September 1781 – 17 December 1839) was Moravian writer, translator, and merchant. He has been called the "father of the Moravian Haskalah." Biography. Josef Flesch was born in Neu-Rausnitz, Moravia, the son of local rabbi Abraham Flesch. He attended yeshiva in Prague with his father's childhood friend, . After marrying the daughter of Salomon Berger in Leipnik in 1801 and spending three years in the house of his father-in-law, he returned to his hometown and joined his father's business. He was a frequent contributor to the "", and translated into Hebrew several of  the writings of Philo, notably "Quis rerum divinarum heres sit" (under the title "Ha-yoresh divre Elohim", Prague, 1830) and "De vita Moysis" (under the title "Ḥayye Moshe", Prague, 1838). To the former work was added the oration which Flesch delivered at his father's funeral. His other publications includee a Hebrew translation of philosopher Karl Heinrich Heydenreich, and a list of Jewish scientists under the title "Reshimat anshe mofet" (Prague, 1838).