Yossi Dahan

Yossi Dahan was born in 1954 in Morocco

Yossi Dahan was born in Morocco in 1954 and came to Israel in 1960. His family lived in transit camps in Beit Shemesh and Bat Yam before moving to Holon. He finished high school at the Kugel school there.

He earned a BA in philosophy and psychology at Tel Aviv University. He then completed a PhD at Columbia University in New York on political equality in democratic theories. In 1999 he received a law degree from the College of Management.

Dahan is an associate professor of law at the College of Law and Business, where he heads the Human Rights Division. He also teaches philosophy at the Open University. His work deals with labor law, workers' rights, social justice and the right to education.

He cofounded the Adva Center and chairs it. In 2003 he founded the Haokets website with Yitzhak Saporta and has edited it since. He also cofounded the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition and served as a public representative of workers at the National Labor Court.

His book Theories of Social Justice appeared in 2007, and an expanded edition was published in 2013. In November 2024 he was named winner of the Sami Michael Prize for Equality and Social Justice for 2023. He is married to Miri and has 3 children.