Simon, Ernst Akiva (1899-1988) 
 Born 1899. Educator, researcher, and philosopher 
 A German Jew from an assimilated upbringing, he was one of Martin Buber's closest students as a young man; in the aftermath of World War I, he became a Zionist. In the early 1920s, he was active in the Free Jewish House of Learning, established by Buber and Rosenzweig. He emigrated to Palestine in 1928 but returned to Germany in 1934 to participate in the Centre for Jewish Adult Education, founded by Buber. In 1935, he returned to Palestine and joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Died 1988.