Marc-Alain Ouaknin

Marc-Alain Ouaknin
Born (1957-03-05) 5 March 1957
Paris, France
EducationParis Nanterre University
Occupation(s)Philosopher
Rabbi

Marc-Alain Ouaknin (born 5 March 1957) is a French rabbi and a philosopher. He is the son of Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin (b. 1932, Marrakesh, Morocco) and Eliane Erlich Ouaknin (b. 1932, Lille; d. 2007, Marseille.) His father is the Grand Rabbi of the French cities of Reims, Lille, Metz, and Marseille. Ouaknin dedicated his best-known work, The Burnt Book, to "my father, my master, Grand Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin."