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Moshe Many
משה מני
Born1928
Mandatory Palestine
Died2015
NationalityIsraeli
Alma mater
Occupationurologist
Known for
AwardsIsraeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award

Moshe Many (1928-2015) was an Israeli urologist who was President of Tel Aviv University from 1983 to 1991, and President of Ashkelon Academic College from 2002 to 2012.

Biography

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Moshe was born in Hebron to Israel and Simcha Mani, of the well-established Mani family. His great-grandfather was Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, the renown scholar who led the Jewish community of Hebron for 40 years.[1] His father was Dr. Israel Mani, who served as a judge.[2] The family survived the 1929 Hebron massacre when he was a child.[3]

Many attended Gymnasia Herzliya school in Tel Aviv, and then a Protestant English school in Jerusalem.[3] He earned an M.D. from Geneva University in Switzerland in 1952, and a Ph.D. in renal physiology from Tufts University in Massachusetts in 1969.[4]

In the early 1960s Many was head of the urology department at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel.[3]

At the request of the Israeli government he flew to various Islamic countries and over the years and secretly treated Muslim dignitaries including shah of Iran.[3] In the 1980s he was asked to contact the Sudanese government in preparation for Operation Moses the 1984 airlift that rescued Jewish-Ethiopians.[5]

Many was President of Tel Aviv University, from 1983 to 1991, following Haim Ben-Shahar and succeeded by Yoram Dinstein.[6][7][8]

He served as President of Ashkelon Academic College, from 2002 to 2012.[6][9][4]

Starting in 2010 he was Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.[3][4]

In 2010 Many received the Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award for developing the urological field in Israel, and for promoting ties with other countries, including some Arab states.[6][4]

References

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  1. ^ Auerbach, Jerold S. (2009-07-16). Hebron Jews: Memory and Conflict in the Land of Israel. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7425-6617-0.
  2. ^ "משה מני", ויקיפדיה (in Hebrew), 2021-06-01, retrieved 2021-06-21
  3. ^ a b c d e Gabison, Yoram (May 24, 2013). "From Treating Kings and Shahs to Revolutionizing Israeli Medicine - the Enigmatic Life of Professor Moshe Many". Haaretz.
  4. ^ a b c d "Form 6-K". www.sec.gov.
  5. ^ "פרופסור משה מני, הלך לעולמו בגיל 87". www.ashqelon.net (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  6. ^ a b c "Academic Leadership". Ashkelon Academic College.
  7. ^ "Presidents of Tel Aviv University". Tel Aviv University. 10 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Universities Face a Crisis in Israel". The New York Times. February 8, 1987.
  9. ^ "Spread public health in South with higher education". The Jerusalem Post. October 11, 2014.
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