Ari Elon

Ari Elon

Ari Elon (Hebrew: ארי אלון) (born 1950) is an Israeli writer, a Talmud scholar and educator.

Elon was born in Jerusalem in 1950, He is the son of former Israel Supreme Court Justice Menachem Elon. Elon's brothers include the Israeli politician, MK Benny Elon, Rabbi Mordechai Elon and Be'er Sheva District Court Judge Joseph ("Sefi") Elon .

Despite the family's religious background He became secular at a young age.^[1] he taught Talmud and Midrash at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Elon taught at various institutions throughout Israel, including BINA Center for Jewish Identity and Hebrew Culture, and served as the director of the Rabbinic Texts Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia.

Published works

From Jerusalem to the Edge of Heaven, Jewish Publication Society, 1996
Trees, Earth, and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology, (Editor) The Jewish Publication Society, 2000
Ba el ha-ḳodesh : 36 agadot nistarot, Yediʻot aḥaronot, 2005

References

↑ Because Judaism isn't a dirty word, haaretz,1,4, 2007

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