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Mosheh Tsuḳerman

Moshe Zuckermann is an Israeli sociologist and professor emeritus at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University.

born 1949Research on the Frankfurt SchoolHolocaust and Israeli political cultureHeading the Minerva Institute

Mosheh Tsuḳerman
Occupation
sociologist, university teacher, historian, academic
Education
Tel Aviv University

Mosheh Tsuḳerman was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv

Moshe Zuckermann was born in Tel Aviv in 1949 to parents who survived the Holocaust. In 1960 his parents moved to Germany and settled in Frankfurt.

He returned to Israel in 1970 and studied sociology, political science and history. He earned his doctorate at Tel Aviv University in 1986.

From 1973 to 1980 he served in the IDF as an organizational sociologist in the Air Force.

Since 1990 he has taught at the Cohn Institute at Tel Aviv University, and from 2000 to 2005 he headed the university's Minerva Institute for German History. Since 2009 he has directed academic activity at the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna. His research covers the Frankfurt School, the history of the social sciences, aesthetics and the philosophy of art, and the impact of the Holocaust on political culture in Israel and Germany.

Politically he belongs to the left and supports a federation between Israel and an independent Palestinian state.

Milestones in Mosheh Tsuḳerman's life

  1. 1949

    Born in Tel Aviv.

  2. 1960

    His family moved to Frankfurt, Germany.

  3. 1970

    Returned to Israel to study.

  4. 1973

    Began IDF service as an Air Force organizational sociologist.

  5. 1986

    Completed his doctorate at Tel Aviv University.

  6. 1990

    Began teaching at the Cohn Institute.

  7. 2000

    Became head of the Minerva Institute for German History.

  8. 2009

    Began directing academic activity at the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna.

Mosheh Tsuḳerman served in the military

He served in the IDF from 1973 to 1980 as an organizational sociologist in the Air Force.

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