Itamar Rabinovich ( he, איתמר רבינוביץ; born 1942) is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was
Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
between 1993 and 1996, and the former president of
Tel Aviv University (1999–2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at
New York University and a distinguished fellow at the
Brookings Institution.
Biography
Itamar Rabinovich received a
B.A. degree from the
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 ...
, an
M.A. from Tel Aviv University, and a
Ph.D. from the
University of California, Los Angeles.
Academic career
Rabinovich has been a member of
Tel Aviv University's faculty since 1971, and served as Ettinger Professor of the Contemporary History of the Middle East, chairman of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, director of th
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and Dean of Humanities and Rector. He is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was president of Tel Aviv University (1999–2007) (following
Yoram Dinstein, and succeeded by
Zvi Galil).
Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at
New York University, and a distinguished fellow at the
Brookings Institution.
Diplomatic career
He was
Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
between 1993 and 1996.
Published works
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Awards and recognition
In 1992, he won the
National Jewish Book Award in the Israel category for ''The Road Not Taken: Early Arab-Israeli Negotiations''
He received
Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques from
France.
Rabinovitch is a member of the
American Philosophical Society and the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been awarded the Honorary Grand Golden Cross of the
Austrian Republic
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...
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References
External links
* Includes bio of Itamar Rabinovich.
* Bio, papers, events.
Rabinovich speeches an official page on the Israeli Embassy website.
Jewish Virtual Library.
Itamar RabinovichKennedy School of Government.
Itamar Rabinovich NYU Arts & Science.
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1942 births
Living people
Israeli Jews
Ambassadors of Israel to the United States
People from Jerusalem
Harvard Kennedy School staff
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Tel Aviv University alumni
Tel Aviv University faculty
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Camp Rising Sun alumni
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Presidents of universities in Israel
Members of the American Philosophical Society