Yoram Hazony
Yoram Reuben Hazony (born 1964)[1] is an Israeli-American philosopher, Bible scholar, and political theorist. He is president of the Herzl Institute[2] in Jerusalem and serves as the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation.[3] He has argued for national conservatism in his 2018 book The Virtue of Nationalism[4] and 2022's Conservatism: A Rediscovery.[5]
Yoram Hazony
- American
- Israeli
- Princeton University (BA)
- Rutgers University (PhD)
The Virtue of Nationalism (2018), Conservatism: A Rediscovery (2022)
Yael Hazony
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David Hazony (brother)
Biography[edit]
Yoram Hazony was born in Rehovot, Israel, and moved with his family to Princeton, New Jersey, US. He was raised and educated in the United States and returned to live in Israel after finishing university.[6] Hazony received his BA from Princeton University in East Asian studies in 1986 and his PhD from Rutgers University in political philosophy in 1993. While a junior at Princeton, he founded the Princeton Tory, a magazine for moderate and conservative thought.[7] He is the brother of David Hazony and Daniel Hazony. He married Yael Fulton, whom he met at Princeton, and she moved to Israel with him. The couple live in Jerusalem and have nine children.[8]
Academic and journalistic career[edit]
Hazony founded the Shalem Center in Jerusalem in 1994 and was president and then provost until 2012.[9][10] He designed the curriculum for Shalem College, Israel's first liberal arts college, established in 2013. Hazony has served as director of the John Templeton Foundation's project in Jewish Philosophical Theology and as a member of the Israel Council for Higher Education committee examining general studies programs in Israel's universities and colleges.[11]
He authors a blog on philosophy, politics, Judaism, Israel, and higher education, called Jerusalem Letters.[12] Hazony has published in outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and American Affairs.[13][14][15]
Books
Edited books
Translated books