Creator Bio
Yehouda Shenhav
b. 1952
Born in Beersheva, Yehouda Shenhav is a professor of anthropology and sociology at Tel Aviv University. He received a B.A. in sociology and labor studies from Tel Aviv University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University. Shenhav has written about social justice, class equality, and post-colonialism. He is a founder of the Mizrachi Democratic Rainbow Coalition, and since 2000 has been editor of the journal Teoryah uvikoret (Theory and Criticism). Shenhav is a recipient of the Elon Prize.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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The Idea of the Arab Jew in Israel
Yehuda Shenhav reflects on his Iraqi Jewish roots and reclaims “Arab Jewish” identity, challenging Israel’s divide between Jews and Arabs.