100 Notable alumni of
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is 44th in the world, 6th in Asia, and 1st in Israel by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem won Nobel Prizes in Economics.
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Natalie Portman
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Natalie Portman is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Yuval Noah Harari
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- historianinternational forum participantmedievalistwriterphilosopher
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Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli author, public intellectual, historian and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014), Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018). His writings examine free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, and suffering.
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Ariel Sharon
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- military officerpolitician
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Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
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Naftali Bennett
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Naftali Bennett is an Israeli politician who was the 13th prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as the 3rd Alternate Prime Minister of Israel from 1 July to 8 November 2022. Bennett was the leader of the New Right party from 2018 to 2022, having previously led The Jewish Home party between 2012 and 2018.
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Daniel Kahneman
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- In 1954 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in psychology
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- writeruniversity teachereconomistpsychologistinternational forum participant
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Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American author, psychologist and economist notable for his work on hedonic psychology, psychology of judgment and decision-making. He is also known for his work in behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith). His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory.
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Ehud Barak
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- international forum participantpoliticianmilitary officerdiplomat
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Ehud Barak is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party between 1997-2001 and 2007-11.
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Reuven Rivlin
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- politicianlawyerjurist
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Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the tenth president of Israel between 2014 and 2021. He is a member of the Likud party. Rivlin was Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003, and subsequently served as Speaker of the Knesset from 2003 to 2006 and 2009 to 2013. On 10 June 2014, he was elected President of Israel. His term ended on 7 July 2021.
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Dmitry Glukhovsky
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- writerscience fiction writernovelistscreenwriterjournalist
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Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky is a Russian author, best known for the science fiction novel Metro 2033 and its sequels. As a journalist, Dmitry Glukhovsky has worked for Euronews, RT in its early years, and others. Aside from his native Moscow, Glukhovsky has also lived in Israel, Germany, and France. He currently lives abroad due to his wanted status and prison sentence in Russia for his criticism of the Russian government and the war in Ukraine.
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Wolf Blitzer
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- program hostjournalist
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Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network. He is the host of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer since 2005; previously he served as the network's lead political anchor until 2021.
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Ehud Olmert
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- lawyeradvocateinternational forum participantpolitician
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Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006. Between his first and second stints as a cabinet member, he served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. After serving as prime minister, he was sentenced to serve a prison term over convictions for accepting bribes and for obstruction of justice during his terms as mayor of Jerusalem and as trade minister.
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Amos Oz
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Amos Oz was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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Neri Oxman
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- designerinternational forum participantarchitectuniversity teacher
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Neri Oxman is an Israeli-American designer and former professor known for art that combines design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. She coined the phrase "material ecology" to define her work.
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Avigdor Lieberman
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science and international relations
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- politicianchief executive officer
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Avigdor Lieberman is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance between 2021 and 2022, having previously served twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012.
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Sara Netanyahu
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- educational psychologist
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Sara Netanyahu is the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. By profession, she is an educational and career psychologist. She is the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Israel holding the role for her third time.
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Moshe Katsav
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- politician
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Moshe Katsav is an Israeli former politician who was the eighth President of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its cabinet. He was the first Mizrahi Jew to be elected to the presidency, and second non-Ashkenazi president after Yitzhak Navon.
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Esther Perel
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
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- podcastersex therapistmarriage counselorpsychotherapist
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Esther Perel is a Belgian-American psychotherapist, known for her work on human relationships.
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Benzion Netanyahu
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- university teacherwriterzionistpedagogueJudaic scholar
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Benzion Netanyahu was an Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. He served as a professor of history at Cornell University. A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state. His field of expertise was the history of the Jews in Spain. He was an editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia and assistant to Benjamin Azkin, Ze'ev Jabotinsky's personal secretary.
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David Grossman
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- children's writerwriterscreenwriterradio personalityjournalist
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David Grossman is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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Aviv Kochavi
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Bachelor of Philosophy
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- military officermilitary personnel
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Aviv Kohavi was the 22nd Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on January 15, 2019. Before becoming Lieutenant General (Rav-Aluf), he was commander of the Gaza Division, commander of the Northern Command, commander of the Paratroopers Brigade and Military Intelligence Director.
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Karin Kneissl
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- diplomatpoliticianopinion journalistinternational forum participantjournalist
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Karin Kneissl is an Austrian diplomat, journalist, and politician, having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2017 and 2019. Prior to assuming her government position, she was a lecturer.
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Yair Netanyahu
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- journalist
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Yair Netanyahu is an Israeli podcaster and political activist. He is the eldest son of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Herzi Halevi
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- military officermilitary personnel
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Herzl "Herzi" Halevi is the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on 16 January 2023.
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Nouriel Roubini
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- economistart collectorinternational forum participantuniversity teacher
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Nouriel Roubini is a Turkish-born Iranian-American economic consultant, economist, and writer. He is a Professor Emeritus since 2021 at the Stern School of Business of New York University.
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Lucy Aharish
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- television presenterreality television participantradio personalityactorfilm actor
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Lucy Aharish is an Israeli journalist, news anchor, television host, and actress. She was the first Arab-Muslim news presenter on mainstream Hebrew-language Israeli television.
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Miriam Adelson
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- physicianpublisher
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Miriam Adelson is an American and Israeli physician, philanthropist and political donor. She was married to Sheldon Adelson from 1991 until his death in 2021. After his death, she became the owner of the Las Vegas Sands and is estimated to be the fifth richest woman in America, with a net worth of $32.8 billion, as of November 2023. She is the richest Israeli in the world, and the 42nd richest person in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, while Forbes places her as the 44th.
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Amir Hetsroni
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Master of Arts in communication studies
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- honorary fellowsenior teachervisiting scholarlecturer
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Amir Hetsroni is an Israeli professor of communication science, novelist, comedian and social media personality. Commonly described as an internet troll, Hetsroni is known for his extremely divisive views and frequent employment of shock humor.
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Ilan Pappé
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- historianuniversity teacherpolitical scientist
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Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian, political scientist and former politician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.
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Yitzhak Navon
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- diplomatwriterpoliticianeducatorplaywright
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Yitzhak Rachamim Navon was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the first Israeli president born in Jerusalem and the first Sephardi Jew to serve in that office.
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Nir Barkat
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- politicianentrepreneurbusinessperson
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Nir Barkat is an Israeli businessman and politician currently serving as Minister of Economy. He served as mayor of Jerusalem between the years 2008–2018.
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Yonit Levi
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Yonit Levi is an Israeli news anchor, television presenter and journalist.
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Yariv Levin
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- politicianlawyeradvocate
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Yariv Gideon Levin is an Israeli lawyer and politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. He served as Speaker of the Knesset in December 2022, previously serving that role from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud, and previously held the posts of Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Aliyah and Integration.
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Ada Yonath
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- university teachercrystallographermolecular biologistchemistscientist
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Ada E. Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Amit Segal
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- journalistwriterreporter
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Amit Segal (born April 10, 1982) is an Israeli journalist, radio and television personality. He serves as the political commentator of Hevrat HaHadashot (N12 News company) and a political columnist in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. He is regarded as one of the most influential journalists in Israel. Nowadays he acts as the presenter of the Israeli Meet the Press alongside Ben Caspit.
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Avi Loeb
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- university teacherastrophysicist
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Abraham "Avi" Loeb is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, where since 2007 he has been Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Center for Astrophysics. He chaired the Department of Astronomy from 2011–2020, and founded the Black Hole Initiative in 2016.
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Mansour Abbas
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- politiciandentist
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Mansour Abbas is an Israeli Arab politician. He is currently the leader of the United Arab List and represents the party in the Knesset. He was appointed as the chair of Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs in the Knesset on 27 April 2021. In 2021, Abbas made history by becoming the first Israeli Arab political leader to join an Israeli governing coalition.
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Delphine Horvilleur
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- journalistwriterphilosopherrabbi
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Delphine Horvilleur is France's third female rabbi, and (as of 2012) editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a. She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-leading the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, a Jewish liberal cultural and religious association affiliated to the World Union for Progressive Judaism, which she joined in 2008. In 2013 her book En tenue d’Eve. Féminin, Pudeur et Judaïsme (In a Birthday Suit: Feminism, Modesty and Judaism), which discusses the representation of nudity and modesty in the Bible, was published.
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Meir Shalev
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- children's writerwritertelevision presenterjournalistpsychologist
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Meir Shalev was an Israeli writer and newspaper columnist for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Shalev's books have been translated into 26 languages.
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Robert Aumann
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- economistprofessorresearchermathematicianpedagogue
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Robert John Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory.
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David Gross
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- university teacherphysicisttheoretical physicist
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David Jonathan Gross is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and was formerly the KITP director and holder of their Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics. He is also a faculty member in the UCSB Physics Department and is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Tamar Zandberg
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- human rights activisteducatoractivistpolitician
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Tamar Zandberg is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Environmental Protection from 2021 to 2022. Zandberg also served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz from 2013 to 2021, and as the party's leader between 2018 and 2019.
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Yinon Magal
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- television presenterjournalistpolitician
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Yinon Magal is an Israeli journalist and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home for most of 2015.
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A. B. Yehoshua
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- In 1961 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
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- playwrightwriterscreenwriterpedagogue
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Avraham Gabriel Yehoshua was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Underlying themes in Yehoshua's work are Jewish identity, the tense relations with non-Jews, the conflict between the older and younger generations, and the clash between religion and politics.
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Assi Dayan
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- writeractorjournalistfilm directorsongwriter
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Assaf "Assi" Dayan was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
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Avi Gabbay
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- politicianchief executive officer
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Avraham "Avi" Gabbay is an Israeli businessman and politician. He was CEO of the telecommunications company Bezeq from 2007 to 2013, then entered politics. He served as Minister of Environmental Protection between 2015 and 2016 as a member of the Kulanu party, before being elected leader of the Israeli Labor Party in 2017. He was elected to the Knesset in April 2019, but resigned as leader shortly afterwards. He did not run in the September 2019 elections. After leaving politics, Gabbay returned to the business world. He is currently the CEO of Cellcom.
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Bernardo Arévalo de León
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in sociology
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- writerpoliticiansociologistdiplomat
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César Bernardo Arévalo de León is a Guatemalan diplomat, sociologist, writer, and politician who is serving as the 52nd president of Guatemala. A member and co-founder of the Semilla party, he previously served as a deputy in the Congress of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024, as Ambassador to Spain from 1995 to 1996 and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1995.
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Ahmad Tibi
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Doctor of Medicine
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- physicianpolitician
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Ahmad Tibi is a Palestinian-Israeli politician. The leader of the Ta'al party, he has served as a member of the Knesset since 1999. Tibi was acknowledged as a figure in the Israeli-Palestinian arena after serving as a political advisor to the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (1993–1999).
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Aharon Barak
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- juristlegal scholaruniversity teacherjudge
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Aharon Barak is an Israeli lawyer and jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006. Prior to this, Barak served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1978 to 1995, and before this as Attorney General of Israel from 1975 to 1978.
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Eva Illouz
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- writeruniversity teachersociologistdirector of studiescommunication scholar
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Eva Illouz is a professor of sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. She was the first woman president of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
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Ephraim Katzir
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- biologistbiophysicistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
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Benny Morris
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- historianjournalistuniversity teacher
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Benny Morris is an Israeli historian. He was a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel. Morris was initially associated with the group of Israeli historians known as the "New Historians", a term he coined to describe himself and historians Avi Shlaim, Ilan Pappé and Simha Flapan. Scholars have perceived an ideological shift in Morris's work and a departure from the critical scholarship of his New Historian colleagues starting around 2000 during the Second Intifada.
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Uri Zohar
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- stand-up comedianfilm directorscreenwriteractorrabbi
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Rabbi Uri Zohar was an Israeli film director, actor and comedian who left the entertainment world to become an orthodox rabbi.
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Omer Bar-Lev
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- military officerpolitician
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Omer Bar-Lev is an Israeli politician who formerly served as Minister of Public Security. He was previously a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party. He was placed seventh on the party's list for the 2013 Israeli legislative election, and serves as the Party's point person on issues of peace and defense. Bar-Lev is an IDF reserve officer with the rank of colonel (Aluf mishne), who was commander of the Sayeret Matkal elite commando unit between 1984 and 1987.
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Ofer Cassif
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- politician
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Ofer Cassif is a far-left Israeli politician who has represented Hadash in the Knesset since April 2019.
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Ze'ev Elkin
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- historianjournalistpolitician
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Ze'ev Elkin is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a Member of the Knesset for the National Unity Party. He was previously a member of the Knesset for Kadima, Likud and New Hope and served as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Minister of Housing and Construction, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Environmental Protection, Minister of Higher Education and Minister of Water Resources.
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Yehuda Amichai
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- translatorwriterpoetplaywrighteducator
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Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times.
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Yigael Yadin
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- archaeologistpoliticianmilitary personnelmilitary officeranthropologist
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Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Deputy Prime Minister from 1977 to 1981.
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Aharon Appelfeld
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- prose writerwriterphysical education teacheruniversity teacher
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Aharon Appelfeld was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor.
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Yael Dayan
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- journalisthuman rights activistwriterpolitician
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Yaël Dayan is an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv city council. Her service on the city council ended with the 2013 election. She is the daughter of Moshe Dayan and sister of Assi Dayan and Udi Dayan.
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Israel Katz
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- politician
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Israel Katz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Security Cabinet of Israel. Katz has previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Energy and Minister of Finance.
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Daphne Koller
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- computer scientistartificial intelligence researcheruniversity teacherengineerinternational forum participant
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Daphne Koller is an Israeli-American computer scientist. She was a professor in the department of computer science at Stanford University and a MacArthur Foundation fellowship recipient. She is one of the founders of Coursera, an online education platform. Her general research area is artificial intelligence and its applications in the biomedical sciences. Koller was featured in a 2004 article by MIT Technology Review titled "10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World" concerning the topic of Bayesian machine learning.
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Mordechai Gur
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- politicianwritermilitary officer
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Mordechai "Motta" Gur was an Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. During the Six-Day War (1967), he commanded the brigade that penetrated the Old City of Jerusalem and broadcast the famous words, "The Temple Mount is in our hands!" (Hebrew: הר הבית בידינו, Har HaBayit B'Yadeinu). As Chief of Staff, he had responsibility for planning and executing Operation Entebbe (1976) to free Jewish hostages in Uganda. He later entered the Knesset and held various ministerial portfolios. Gur wrote three popular children's books and three books about military history.
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Shevah Weiss
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- university teacherwriterpolitical scientistpedagoguediplomat
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Shevah Weiss was an Israeli politician who served as Knesset Speaker under Yitzhak Rabin. He was Israel's ambassador to Poland and chairman of Yad Vashem.
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Tzachi Hanegbi
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- politiciantrade unionist
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Tzachi Hanegbi is an Israeli politician and national security expert serving as Israel's National Security Advisor. A member of Likud, Hanegbi previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Regional Cooperation and Minister of Community Affairs.
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Shulamit Aloni
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- writerhuman rights activistwomen's rights activistactivistpolitician
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Shulamit Aloni was an Israeli politician. She founded the Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, and served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993. In 2000, she won the Israel Prize.
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Benny Begin
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- politiciangeologist
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Ze'ev Binyamin "Benny" Begin, is an Israeli geologist and politician. He was a member of the Knesset for New Hope, having previously served as a member for Likud and Herut – The National Movement. He is the son of former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin.
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Alona Barkat
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- businessperson
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Alona Barkat is an Israeli businesswoman, and owner of the football team Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
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Ehud Yaari
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- journalistwriterorientalist
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Ehud Yaari is an Israeli journalist, author, television personality and political commentator.
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Zvi Yehezkeli
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- filmmakerjournalistorientalist
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Zvi Yehezkeli (Hebrew: צבי (צביקה) יחזקאלי, born August 17, 1970) is an Israeli television journalist and documentarian. He is an Arab affairs correspondent and head of the Arab desk at Israeli News 13, the news division of Israel 13.
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Yuval Steinitz
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
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- politicianuniversity teacherphilosopherpedagogue
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Yuval Steinitz is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party. He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Strategic Affairs and Minister of Energy. Steinitz holds a PhD in philosophy and was a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa.
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Nechama Rivlin
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- secretary
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Nechama Rivlin was an Israeli researcher, science secretary, and First Lady of Israel from 2014 to 2019. She worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1967 to 2007.
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Danny Yatom
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- military officerpolitician
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Danny Yatom is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Labor. In 1996–1998, Yatom was head of the Mossad and between 1999 and 2001, he served as Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Chief Of Staff and security advisor.
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Ehud Manor
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- songwritertelevision presenterpoettranslatorlyricist
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Ehud Manor was an Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel's most prolific lyricist of all time, having written or translated over 1,000 songs. In 1998, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his exceptional contributions to Israeli music.
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Danny Danon
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- politiciandiplomat
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Danny Danon is an Israeli politician and former diplomat. A member of the Likud party, Danon served in the Knesset from 2009 to 2015, and re-entered the Knesset in 2022. From 2015 to 2020, Danon served as Israel's 17th Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The former leader of the world Betar organization, Danon was elected Chairman of the World Likud. Considered a 'right-wing thorn in Netanyahu's side," Danon challenged Benjamin Netanyahu for the party's leadership in 2007 and 2014.
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Joseph Raz
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- philosopheruniversity teacher
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Joseph Raz was an Israeli legal, moral and political philosopher. He was an advocate of legal positivism and is known for his conception of perfectionist liberalism. Raz spent most of his career as a professor of philosophy of law at Balliol College, Oxford, and was latterly a part-time professor of law at Columbia University Law School and a part-time professor at King's College London. He received the Tang Prize in Rule of Law in 2018.
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Shlomo Goren
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- military officerrabbi
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Shlomo Goren, was a Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Talmudic scholar. An Orthodox Jew and Religious Zionist, he was considered a foremost rabbinical legal authority on matters of Jewish religious law (halakha). In 1948, Goren founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), a position he held until 1968. Subsequently, he served as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Jaffa between 1968 and his 1972 election as the Chief Rabbi of Israel; the third Ashkenazi Jew to hold office. After his 1983 retirement from the country's Chief Rabbinate, Goren served as the head of a yeshiva that he established in Jerusalem.
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Meirav Cohen
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- activistpolitician
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Meirav Cohen is an Israeli politician and social equality activist. She is currently a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and served as Minister for Social Equality from May 2020 to January 2021. She took up the post again in June 2021.
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Samuel Willenberg
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Samuel Willenberg, nom de guerre Igo, was a Polish Holocaust survivor, artist, and writer. He was a Sonderkommando at the Treblinka extermination camp and participated in the unit's planned revolt in August 1943. While 300 escaped, about 79 were known to survive the war. Willenberg reached Warsaw where, before war's end, he took part in the Warsaw Uprising. At his death, Willenberg was the last survivor of the August 1943 Treblinka prisoners' revolt.
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Zeruya Shalev
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Graduated with laurea magistrale in biblical studies
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- children's writerliterary editorwriterscreenwriter
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Zeruya Shalev is a bestselling Israeli author.
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Martin van Creveld
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- military historianuniversity teacherwriter
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Martin Levi van Creveld is an Israeli military historian and theorist.
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Aaron Ciechanover
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- university teacherphysicianbiochemistchemistpedagogue
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Aaron Ciechanover is an Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.
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Nimrod Aloni
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- military officer
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Nimrod Aloni is a major-general in the Israeli Defence Force.
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Avraham Burg
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- politicianwriterinternational forum participant
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Avraham "Avrum" Burg is an Israeli author, politician and businessman. He was a member of the Knesset, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Speaker of the Knesset, and Interim President of Israel. He was the first Speaker of the Knesset to have been born in Israel after its declaration of independence in 1948. A member of the Labor Party when he was a member of the Knesset, Burg announced in January 2015 that he had joined Hadash.
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Efraim Halevy
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- diplomatjournalistpedagogue
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Efraim Halevy is an Israeli intelligence expert and diplomat. He was the 9th director of the Mossad and the 3rd head of the Israeli National Security Council.
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Kazuya SHIMBA
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- politician
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Kazuya Shimba is a Japanese politician, the general-secretary of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). He is serving as a member of the House of Councillors.
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Geulah Cohen
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- journalistwriterpoliticianpublisher
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Geulah Cohen was an Israeli politician and activist who founded the Tehiya party. She won the Israel Prize in 2003. Between 1974 and 1992, she served as a member of Knesset, initially for Likud. She changed her political affiliation to Tehiya in 1979. In 1992, she lost her seat in the Knesset.
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Zeev Sternhell
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- historianuniversity teacherpolitical scientistopinion journalist
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Zeev Sternhell was a Polish-born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism. Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote for Haaretz newspaper.
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Dalia Itzik
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- trade unionistpoliticianeducator
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Dalia Itzik is a former Israeli politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and served as President of Israel in an interim capacity in July 2007.
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Avram Hershko
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- biochemisteducatorphysicianuniversity teacher
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Avram Hershko is a Hungarian-Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.
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Uzi Dayan
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- military personnelpoliticianmilitary officer
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Aluf Uzi Dayan (Hebrew: עוּזִי דַּייָּן, born January 4, 1948) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces and an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2020 to 2021.
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Yoram Yovell
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
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- psychiatristpsychoanalystuniversity teacherneuroscientist
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Yoram Yovell is an Israeli psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and brain researcher. He is an Associate Professor of the Practice at the Department of Medical Neurobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His areas of research include the neurobiology of emotions and mechanisms of physical and mental pain.
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Tom Segev
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- historianjournalist
- Biography
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Tom Segev is an Israeli historian, author and journalist. He is associated with Israel's New Historians, a group challenging many of the country's traditional narratives.
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Zahava Gal-On
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- politician
- Biography
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Zehava Galon, is an Israeli politician, the president of the research institute ZULAT for Equality and Human Rights and former leader of Meretz.
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Nathan Zach
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- university teachertranslatorwriterpoetsongwriter
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Nathan Zach was an Israeli poet. Widely regarded as one of the preeminent poets in the country's history, he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1995 for poetry. He was also the recipient of other national and international awards. Zach was a professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of Haifa.
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Eli Zeira
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- military officer
- Biography
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Eli Zeira is a former major general in the Israel Defense Forces. He was director of Aman, Israel's military intelligence, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. He is most remembered for his ill-conceived prewar assessment that Egypt and Syria would not attack (also known as "The Concept"), despite intelligence to the contrary.
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Yaakov Peri
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- chief executive officermanagerpolitician
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Ya'akov Peri is a former head of the Israeli security agency Shin Bet and formerly a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He headed Shin Bet between 1988 and 1994. He was the first Shin Bet head born in Israel. After his service with Shin Bet he entered the business world. He became an MK in 2013 and was appointed Minister of Science, Technology and Space, a post he held until resigning on 2 December 2014. He resigned from the Knesset in February 2018.
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Makram Khoury
- Enrolled in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Studied in 1963
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- television actorfilm directorstage actorfilm actoractor
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Makram Jamil Khoury is a Israeli-Arab actor, born 30 May 1945 in Jerusalem. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel.
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Miriam Naor
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- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Miriam Naor was an Israeli judge who was President of the Supreme Court of Israel from January 2015 to October 2017. Naor retired at the end of October 2017 upon reaching the mandatory judicial retirement age of 70. She was succeeded by Esther Hayut.
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Gideon Hausner
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- politicianjudgejurist
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Gideon Hausner was an Israeli jurist and politician. Between 1960 and 1963, he served as Attorney General and was later elected to the Knesset and served in the cabinet.
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Amira Hass
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- journalistwriteropinion journalist
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Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper Haaretz covering Palestinian affairs in Gaza and the West Bank, where she has lived for almost thirty years.
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Dan Meridor
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- lawyermilitary personneladvocatepolitician
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Dan Meridor is an Israeli politician and minister. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Centre Party. He rejoined Likud a decade later, and returned to the Knesset following the 2009 elections. Meridor served at various times as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy in the Israeli Cabinet. In 2014, Meridor succeeded Avi Primor as president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, an institute of international affairs which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress.
