By Eyal Ben-Ari, Yoram Bilu ∙ October 14, 2018
Eyal Ben-Ari (born 1953) was professor emeritus of anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2008, a master's dissertation which he supervised became an object of public controversy due to its thesis that the refusal of Israeli soldiers to rape Arab women was a form of racism; Ben-Ari, co-supervisor Edna Lomsky-Feder, and Zali Gurevitch defended the thesis in media comments.
View all posts Yoram Bilu is an Israeli professor of anthropology and psychology emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his work on folk religion (messianism, saint worship); the interaction between culture and mental health; the sanctification of space in Israel; and the religious and cultural practices of Moroccan Jews. He is recipient of 2013 the Israel Prize in sociology and anthropology. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
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