His father is the Grand Rabbi of the French cities of Reims, Lille, Metz, and Marseille.
Ouaknin holds a doctorate in philosophy and is the Director of the Centre De Recherches Et D’études Juives in Paris.
A major focus of his work since the 1980s has been to comment upon and extend the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas by comparing Levinas's writings to other Jewish texts—in particular to those of Hasidism and the Kabbalah.
His work is in the continental philosophical tradition and emphasizes concepts current in French intellectual life.
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