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Dr. Arye Carmon is the current the President of the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). He has founded the Institute in 1991 along with American businessman Bernard Marcus, as an independent think tank dedicated to promoting and strengthening democracy and democratic values in Israel.

Arye Carmon was born in Jerusalem and received a B.A. in History and Philosophy and an M.A. in History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin with a major in European History and a minor in Educational Policy Studies. Since then he has taught at prestigious institutes around the world including Max Planck Institut in Germany, UCLA in the United States, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, where he also teaches at the School of Public Policy.

During the course of his career in education, Arye Carmon has held the positions of Educational Counselor at the Boyer Boarding School in Jerusalem, Deputy Principal of the Ort Alliance Vocation High School, Head of the Curriculum Division of the Youth Department of the Ministry of Education, and Academic Advisor and Moderator of the educational series "Open Circuit" on Israeli Educational Television. He has also served as the Chairman of the Israeli National Committee for Fostering Democratic Education, a Member of the International Council of Yad Vashem, and President of the Israeli-Diaspora Institute.

Dr. Carmon has written extensively on the subjects of education, Israel-Diaspora relations, and the Holocaust. His books include:

  • Schooling of a Society in the Making: Education in Israel;
  • Mamlachtiyut Yehudit ;
  • The Holocaust (an educational program for high school students).

References

  1. Israel Democracy Institute
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