Aliza Shenhar () is a professor, author and was President of Emek Yezreel College who served as Israel's ambassador to Russia (1994–1997) and deputy mayor of Haifa.

Biography

Shenhar was born Rosh Pina where her father worked as a laborer. The family moved to

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

when she was four years old. She attended

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

and majored in popular literature. In 1991, she became the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

's first female Rector as well as the first female to hold that position in Israel. In 1991 she "headed the Shenhar Committee, which examined Jewish education in Israeli public schools." In 2003, she was the Israeli Labor Party nominee for mayor of Haifa. However, facing a lack of support, she withdrew three days before the election and endorsed Yona Yahav.

Publications

* ''Loved and Hated: Women in the Bible, Midrash and Modern Hebrew Literature''

References

Israeli women ambassadors Ambassadors of Israel to Russia Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Academic staff of the University of Haifa People from Rosh Pinna 21st-century Israeli women writers People from Haifa Israeli women academics Presidents of universities in Israel Deputy Mayors of Haifa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Israel-diplomat-stub