Yoram Hazony

Who is Yoram Hazony?

Yoram Hazony is an Israeli philosopher and author. He is known for founding The Shalem Center in Jerusalem which became an accredited educational institution in 2013 under the name Shalem College. His most recent book, The Philosophy of the Hebrew Scriptures has received a great deal of attention in academia and public media. He is currently President of The Herzl Institute in Jerusalem. He was born in Rehovot, Israel in 1964.

Hazony received his B.A. from Princeton University in East Asian Studies in 1986, and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Political Philosophy in 1993. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Yael Hazony and nine children. He is the older brother of author David Hazony.

Hazony serves on the Board of Advisors of the John Templeton Foundation, and is a Senior Editor for the peer-reviewed journal Hebraic Political Studies.

He is author of a regular weblog on philosophy, Israel, Judaism, and higher education called Jerusalem Letters.