The Institute is led by its founding president, Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich. Rabinovich was Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and chief negotiator with Syria from 1992 to 1996. He is a renowned scholar on the Middle East, former President of Tel Aviv University and currently a Distinguished Global Professor at New York University.
Leadership Bios
Board of Directors
President; former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S. and President of Tel Aviv University
Schusterman/Josey Professor of Judaic History, Director of Judaic Studies, The University of Oklahoma
Advisory Board
Director, Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society, University of California, Berkeley
President, Association for Israel Studies; Professor of Law, International Studies, and Political Science, University of Haifa Law School; Professor, University of Washington
Director, The Posen Forum for Jewish European and Israeli Political Thought, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, Oxford University, and Samuel Zacks Professor of Jewish History, University of Toronto
Director, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, University of Maryland
Emeritus Professor, Pears Senior Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
