Eliezer Rafaeli

Eliezer Rafaeli (Hebrew: אליעזר רפאלי‎; September 18, 1926 – May 27, 2018) was the Israeli founding President of the University of Haifa.

Eliezer Rafaeli
אליעזר רפאלי
Eliezer Rafaeli
Born	18 September 1926 Tel Aviv, Israel
Died	27 May 2018 (aged 91)
Resting place	Degania Bet, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Known for	founding President of the University of Haifa

Biography

Rafaeli was born in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] He was in the Palmach from 1944 to 1948, and in the Israel Defense Forces from 1948 to 1951.[1] He lived in Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev from 1946 to 1952, and Kibbutz Maagan Michael from 1952 to 1957.[1]

He taught at The New School for Social Research from 1957 to 1959, and at Columbia University from 1960 to 1963.[1][2]

Rafaeli was the founding President of the University of Haifa from 1973 to 1977.[3][2][4][5]

In 2000, Rafaeli was the Chancellor of the University of Haifa, and founder of its Jewish-Arab Center.[6]

Rafaeli died on May 27, 2018, and was buried in Degania Bet, Israel.[7]

References

1. "Home". www.eliezerrafaeli.co.il.
2. "Person: Eliezer Rafaeli [1920]". The New School Archives: Digital Collections.
3. "Saturday Review; Volume 2; Issues 8-25". Saturday Review Magazine Company. February 1, 1975 – via Google Books.
4. "Haifa University Head is Tulip Week Visitor". Holland Sentinel, p. 3. May 14, 1977.
5. "1976, Israel, English". The Jerusalem Post Magazine – via Internet Archive.
6. Wall, Alix (December 8, 2000). "Visitors from JCF find hints of Jewish-Arab coexistence". J.
7. "הנשיא הראשון של האוניברסיטה הלך לעולמו". colbonews.co.il (in Hebrew). 29 May 2018.