Moshe Oren

Moshe Oren was born in 1947 in shuaffat

Moshe Oren was born on December 28, 1947, on Kibbutz Mizra in the Jezreel Valley.

When drafted into the IDF, he volunteered for Sayeret Shaked and later completed an infantry officers course. He fought with Battalion 890 in the Six-Day War and then with the Paratroopers reconnaissance unit in the Battle of Karameh.

He studied history at Tel Aviv University, focusing on the ancient period. As a journalist he wrote for Al HaMishmar, Haaretz and Yedioth Ahronoth, mainly on culture and art. He worked as a journalist in London and later went with his family on a mission to Hawaii, which led to 2 children's books.

His first book, Lights Out, came out in 1981 and was later made into a musical. At the Defense Ministry publishing house he created several book series, and he edited the first Hebrew survival guide for hikers. He walked the whole country from Dan to Eilat and described the journey in a 1994 book.

As head of commemoration projects at the Defense Ministry, he led memorial projects on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. These included the path linking Yad Vashem with Mount Herzl and the Garden of the Missing.