David Wilder is an American leader of
Israeli settlers and the
spokesman for The Committee of The Jewish Community of Hebron.
History
David Wilder was born in
New Jersey in the United States in 1954, and graduated from
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...
with a BA in History and teacher certification in 1976. He went to Israel in 1974 and studied in Yeshiva for over eight years. He worked at Yeshivat Shavei Hebron in a
Public Relations capacity. He has worked at
Hebrew University and
Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav
Mercaz HaRav (officially, he, מרכז הרב - הישיבה המרכזית העולמית, "The Center of Rabbi ook- the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a religious Zionist, national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem, founded in 1924 by Ashkena ...
. For the Israeli settlers of Hebron, he is the
spokesperson for the community, in Israel and internationally.
David Wilder announced his resignation from the Hebron Community organization, effective April 1, 2015.
Presently he is Executive Director of Eretz.Org.
Activism
David Wilder has spoken on behalf of the Israeli settlers of Hebron and has been an activist for their interest for 21 years.
[ When the legality of the ]Beit HaShalom
Beit HaShalom, ( he, בית השלום, lit. ''House of Peace'') or the Rajabi House, also known as Beit HaMeriva ("House of Contention"), is a four-story apartment building located in the H-2 Area of Hebron.
Originally built by two Palestinian ...
community's ownership of their living quarters was questioned, Wilder was active in speaking out on behalf of the community. When '' The Jerusalem Post'' talked with him, they wrote that he was certain that the community "had a strong claim to the structure."
An interview with David Wilder by an Egyptian-Belgian journalist was published in May 2012.
His op-ed piece concerning the expulsion from Beit HaShalom was published in ''The Jerusalem Post''.[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702464908&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull]
Publications
David Wilder has published a number of Ebooks which can be found at hi
website.
These include: Hebron Chronicles, Breaking the Lies, Sites in Hebron and more. He has also produced a number of apps for android which can be foun
here
Family
David Wilder is the son of the late Samuel and Pamela Wilder, and is married to Ora Wilder. They lived in the Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba for 17 years and as of 2013 have lived at Beit Hadassah
Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East Jer ...
for 17 years. They have seven children and many grandchildren.[
]
See also
* Yossi Dagan
References