Eliezer Rafaeli

 

  • Born in Israel. Tel Aviv, Yom Kippur 1926
  • Palmakh. 1944 – 1948
  • I.D.F. 1948 - 1951
  • Kibbutz. 1946 - 1957
  • Kibbutz Teachers’ College  1952 - 1953
  • New School for Social Research, New York 1957 - 1959
  • Columbia University, New York  1959 - 1962
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PAST AND PRESENT ROLES:

  • Invited to plan, found and direct the establishment of Haifa University 1963
  • First President of Haifa University.. 1972 – 1978
  • Now Chancellor ("Nagid")
  • Participated, in the establishment of the Jewish - Arab Center, The program of Bridging The Gap, the Kibbutz Research Institute, etc., , amongst other units in the University 1966
  • Participated in the establishment of the Haifa Medical School. 1968
  • Invited to plan and set up "Project Renewal" (to comprehensively rehabilitate the distressed towns and neighborhoods of Israel) and served as its first Director General. 1978 - 1981
  • First Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Golda Meir Association For Labor Education. 1981
  • Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 1981 -2
  • Exec. Vice President and Director General - NCLI.  Member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 1982 - 1990
  • Member of the Board of Governors, Haifa University 1082 - 1990
  • Senior Consultant - The Abraham Fund. 1991 - 1993
  • Member Board of Directors, Haifa Museums. 1998 - 2005
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Jewish - Arab Center at the University of Haifa. 1966 – 1972 
  •   1990 – 1995     2001 -  2004                    
  • Elected By The City Council of Haifa "HAIFA AWARD OF MERIT" ("YAKIR HAIFA")  2002
  • DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY HONORIS CAUSA UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   2003.
  • etc.
  • Returned to study: Law, History, Demography.

 

Family  

Was married to the late Dr. Devorah Rafaeli-Eshkol –

                                                         

 

                                                                                               

 

Now living with Ella Grankin

                                           

                                                    

                                             

                                                           

Children

Gitit & Zvika, Guy & Rachel, Sheizaf & Anat, Dolev & Dinah, Eshkol & Alexandra.

Grandchildren

Ad,  Agam,  Arbel,  Bar,  Dotan and Robin,  Hillel,  Lotem,  Maayan,  Miraz,  Niv,  Ofek,  Peleg,  Roni,  Sela, Shaked,  Shir

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More to come...

Address:
95a Einstein St., Haifa 34601, Israel
Tel.: 972 4 8241304 *** Fax : 972 4 8344771 *** Mobile: 053 329320
E-MAIL : elieraf@gmail.com