Today's Jew of the Day is René Cassin!

René Cassin was a French lawyer known for his co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Cassin was a soldier in WW1, where he was awarded the Croix de Guerre. After the war, he helped found and run several organizations, including the French Federation of Disabled War Veterans, and Union fédérale, a pacifist veteran organization. He was eventually sent by France as a delegate to the League of Nations where he advocated for disarmament.

During WW2, he encouraged Jews to fight the the Vichy government and work to free France. Shortly after, they stripped him of his citizenship and sentenced him to death in absentia. After the war, he worked on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the UN Human Rights Commission, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Hague Court of Arbitration.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968.

Today's Jew of the Day is Georges Moustaki!

Georges Moustaki was a musician and songwriter in France who wrote many of the biggest French musical hits for artists such as Édith Piaf, Brigitte Fontaine, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Barbara, and more.

Moustaki grew up in Aleandria as a Romaniote Jew. At age 17, he moved to France and worked as a door to door salesman by day and working nightclubs by night, and soonafter began working for a songwriter. He specifically wrote songs for Edith Piaf, who he then became romantically involved with as well.

Many of his songs were international hits, and he eventually began his own career, and as a polygot, he would sing in all the languages he knew, which were Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, English, Spanish and Portugese.