death_date children birth_date organization death_place image_size notable_works spouse image citizenship name occupation native_name_lang birth_place awards relatives known_for religion native_name article_title
18 august 1994 6 29 january 1903 hebrew university of jerusalem jerusalem , israel 225px '' encyclopaedia hebraica '' greta yeshayahu leibowitz.jpg israeli yeshayahu leibowitz philosopher , chemist hebrew riga , russian empire '' ` israel prize '' ' 1993 nechama leibowitz -lrb- sister -rrb- jewish philosophy morality chemistry history of science politics ethics jewish ישעיהו ליבוביץ yeshayahu leibowitz

yeshayahu leibowitz

yeshayahu leibowitz -lrb- ; 29 january 1903 -- 18 august 1994 -rrb- was an israeli jewish public intellectual , professor of biochemistry , organic chemistry and neurophysiology at the hebrew university of jerusalem and a polymath known for his outspoken opinions on judaism , ethics , religion and politics .
