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Nahem Ilan
Nahem Ilan is an Israeli professor emeritus at Hemdat Academic College who studies Jewish writing in Judeo-Arabic from the Middle Ages and modern times.
born 1954Research on Judeo-Arabic Jewish literatureHistory of the Jews of Egypt and SudanDean of humanities at Hemdat
- Occupation
- professor, linguist
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nahem Ilan was born in 1954 in Israel
Nahem Ilan was born in Israel in 1954. He attended Zeitlin High School in Tel Aviv and studied at the Keren Institute for humanist Jewish education. He is married to the daughter of Yehuda Ariel.
From 1980 to 1999 he earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Arabic language and literature at the Hebrew University. His advisor was Professor Haggai Ben-Shammai. His doctorate dealt with the thought of Rabbi Israel Israeli of Toledo.
From 1978 to 1997 he served as an intelligence officer in Unit 8200. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
He taught at Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, the University of Haifa, Touro College, the Lander Institute and the Schechter Institute. From 2019 he taught at Hemdat Academic College, where he served as dean of the humanities faculty. His research covers Judeo-Arabic preaching and commentary, Jewish Sufi writing, and the history of the Jews of Egypt and Sudan.
He has written and edited several books and many articles. Since 2008 he has headed the fund commemorating the martyrs of Cairo. He retired from Hemdat at the end of August 2023.
Nahem Ilan's life in 8 milestones
- 1954
Born in Israel.
- 1978
Began service as an officer in Unit 8200.
- 1997
Retired from the army as a lieutenant colonel.
- 1998
Began teaching Arabic at Tel Aviv University.
- 1999
Completed his studies at the Hebrew University.
- 2008
Became head of the fund commemorating the martyrs of Cairo.
- 2019
Began teaching at Hemdat Academic College.
- 2023
Retired from Hemdat and from his post as dean.
Nahem Ilan served in Unit 8200
He served as an officer in the Intelligence Corps in Unit 8200 from 1978 to 1997. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
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Based on Hebrew Wikipedia, נחם אילן, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.