Benzion Netanyahu
Benzion Netanyahu | |
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בֶּנְצִיּוֹן נְתַנְיָהוּ | |
Netanyahu in 1986 | |
| Born | Benzion Mileikowsky March 25, 1910 |
| Died | April 30, 2012 (aged 102) West Jerusalem, Israel |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA) Dropsie College (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Encyclopedist, historian, medievalist |
| Spouse |
Tzila Segal
(m. 1944; died 2000) |
| Children | |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Elisha Netanyahu (brother) Nathan Netanyahu (nephew) others (see Netanyahu) |
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Benzion Netanyahu (Hebrew: בֶּנְצִיּוֹן נְתַנְיָהוּ; born Benzion Mileikowsky; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012) was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. He served as a professor of history at Cornell University. A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state. His field of expertise was the history of the Jews in Spain. He was an editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia and assistant to Benjamin Azkin, Ze'ev Jabotinsky's personal secretary.
Netanyahu was the father of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Yonatan Netanyahu, ex-commander of Sayeret Matkal; and Iddo Netanyahu, a physician, author, and playwright.