Joseph Klausner deserves a closer look.

Joseph Gedaliah Klausner , was a Lithuanian-born Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature.

Joseph Gedaliah Klausner , was a Lithuanian-born Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature. He was the chief redactor of the Encyclopedia Hebraica. He was a candidate for president in the first Israeli presidential election in 1949, losing to Chaim Weizmann. Klausner was the great-uncle of Israeli author Amos Oz.