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Haim Beinart (1917–2010) was an Israeli historian and academic administrator. Originally from Russia, he was a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as the dean of humanities at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...
. He specialized in the history of Iberian Jews.


Biography

Haim Beinart was born on November 14, 1917, in Pskow, Russia. In 1923, when he was six years old, his family settled in Riga. Beinart's parents were
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, and he attended a Jewish school. He graduated in 1934, and served in the
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until 1937. Beinart made aliyah to attend the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1937. While he was at university, he served as an intelligence officer in the
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. He also served in the 1948 War of Independence. He subsequently went on a trip to Spain, where he researched the history of Iberian Jews. He earned a PhD from the HUJ in 1955. With his wife Ruth, Beinart had four children: Yael, Yosef, Shelomo, and Hagit. He died on February 16, 2010, in Jerusalem, Israel.


Academic career

Beinart became a lecturer at his alma mater, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in 1958. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1963, associate professor in 1966 and full professor in 1971. Meanwhile, he was appointed as the dean of humanities at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...
in 1969. He was also a visiting scholar at the Institute of Advanced Study from September 1986 to June 1987. He retired from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1988 as the Bernard Cherrick Professor Emeritus of History of the Jewish People. Beinart was an expert on Iberian Jews. He visited many towns in Spain to investigate their Jewish pasts. Beinart became a corresponding member of the Spanish Academy of Humanities in 1973 and a member of the
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in 1981. He was the inaugural recipient of the "Three Cultures Prize" from the Córdoba, Andalusia for his scholarship in 1986. He received an honorary doctorate from the
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in 1988. He was the recipient of the Israel Prize in 1991.


Published works

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References

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