Yair Auron

Yair Auron
יאיר אורון
Born (1945-04-30) April 30, 1945
Alma materTel-Aviv University
Occupation(s)Historian, Scholar

Yair Auron (Hebrew: יאיר אורון, Ya'ir Oron; born April 30, 1945) is an Israeli historian, scholar and expert specializing in Holocaust and genocide studies, racism and contemporary Jewry. Since 2005, he has served as the head of the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication of The Open University of Israel and an associate professor.