Uriel Rappaport

Uriel Rappaport was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv

Uriel Rappaport was born in Tel Aviv in 1935 and grew up in Netanya.

He studied History and Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and finished his master's degree in 1962. He completed a PhD there in 1965 under Abraham Schalit. He then did postdoctoral work in Paris with Louis Robert and Georges Le Rider.

He was among the first teachers at the University of Haifa, when it was still a branch of the Hebrew University. In 1972 he became the second dean of its Faculty of Humanities, and he later served as rector. He also taught as a visiting professor at Temple University, Oxford and the Hebrew University.

His research dealt with relations between Jews and non-Jews in the land, Greek influence on Jewish society, and revolts such as the Great Revolt. He wrote a school textbook with Israel Shatzman and books on John of Giscala and the Hasmoneans. He served on the Council for Higher Education and headed the humanities committee of the Israel Science Foundation.

He became professor emeritus in 2003 and was president of Kinneret College from 2002 to 2006. He was married and had 3 children. He died in December 2019 and was buried at Kibbutz Neve Yam.