Chaim Noy

Chaim Noy was born in 1968 in Jerusalem

Chaim Noy was born in Jerusalem on 1 July 1968. His father was Prof. Dov Noy and his mother was the archaeologist Dr. Tamar Noy. He attended Gymnasia Rehavia.

He served in the IDF Intelligence Corps. He earned a B.A. in psychology and Bible from Bar-Ilan University in 1994 and an M.A. in clinical psychology from the Hebrew University in 1996. His Ph.D. from the Hebrew University, completed in 2002, analyzed the travel stories of Israeli backpackers.

He taught at the Hebrew University from 2003 to 2008 and at Sapir Academic College from 2009 to 2012. In 2012 he became an associate professor at the University of South Florida, and in 2015 he returned to Israel to teach tourism studies at Ashkelon Academic College. He joined Bar-Ilan University in 2018 and became a full professor in 2023.

His research uses qualitative and ethnographic methods to study communication in tourism, museums and political activism. His book on commemorative texts in Jerusalem received a book award from the Israeli Communication Association, which he later chaired.

He is married to Orly, has 2 daughters and lives in Jerusalem. He also teaches Aikido at Mount Scopus.