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Yoram Reuben Hazony ( Hebrew : יורם חזן ; born 1964) is an Israeli-American philosopher, Bible scholar , and political theorist . He is president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and serves as the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation . He has argued for national conservatism in his 2018 book The Virtue of Nationalism and 2022's Conservatism: A Rediscovery .
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Yoram Hazony is an Israeli philosopher and political theorist. He was born in Rehovot, Israel in 1964. Hazony received his B.A. from Princeton University in East Asian Studies in 1986, and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Political Philosophy in 1993. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Yael Hazony and nine children. In 1994, Hazony founded the Shalem Center in Jerusalem together with colleagues Ofir Haivry, Daniel Polisar, and Joshua Weinstein. Hazony served as president of the Center until 2002. He is presently Provost and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy, Political Theory and Religion (PPR). Hazony is responsible for academic aspects of Shalem's current effort to open Israel's first liberal arts college . Hazony serves on the Board of Advisors of the John Templeton Foundation , and is a Senior Editor for the peer-reviewed journal Hebraic Political Studies . He is author of a regular weblog on philosophy, Israel, Judaism, and higher education called Jerusalem Letters .
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Yoram Hazony is an Israeli philosopher and political theorist. Hazony is known for founding The Shalem Center in Jerusalem in 1994, and leading it through its accreditation in 2013 as Shalem College , Israel's first liberal arts college.Hazony's most recent book, The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture (Cambridge, 2012) received the second place PROSE Award for best book in Theology and Religion from the American Association of Publishers. Hazony received his B.A. from Princeton University in East Asian Studies in 1986, and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Political Philosophy in 1993. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Yael Hazony and nine children. He is the older brother of author David Hazony . He was born in Rehovot, Israel in 1964. Hazony serves on the Board of Advisors of the John Templeton Foundation , and is a Senior Editor for the peer-reviewed journal Hebraic Political Studies . He is author of a regular weblog on philosophy, Israel, Judaism, and higher education called Jerusalem Letters .
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Yoram Hazony is an Israeli philosopher, Bible scholar and political theorist.He is President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, and serves as the Chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation.Hazony's book The Virtue of Nationalism (Basic Books, 2018) was selected as the Conservative Book of the Year for 2019. His Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture (Cambridge, 2012) received the second-place PROSE Award for best book in Theology and Religion from the American Association of Publishers. Hazony founded The Shalem Center in Jerusalem in 1994, and was president and then provost until 2012.He designed the curriculum for Shalem College , Israel's first liberal arts college, established in 2013.
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Israeli-American philosopher (born 1964) Yoram Reuben Hazony (born 1964) is an Israeli-American philosopher, Bible scholar , and political theorist . He is president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and serves as the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation. He has argued for national conservatism in his 2018 book, The Virtue of Nationalism .
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