Israel Exploration Society Staff

 

Dr. Rona Avissar Lewis, Director

 

Mr. Alan Paris, Deputy director

Ms. Esti Aboudi, Finance manager

Mr. Manolo Cimadevilla, Education

Ms. Keren Sharf, Secretary

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Board of Directors of the Israel Exploration Society (July 2026)

 

Prof. Ronny Reich, Chairperson

 

Dr. Uri Davidovich

Mr. Eli Escuzido

Prof. Avraham Faust

Mr. Hillel Geva

Dr. Hayah Katz

Prof. Uzi Leibner

Uri Lombrozo, Esq.

Mr. Oded Sagi

Prof. Itzick Shai

Prof. Oren Tal

Prof. Yana Tchekhanovets

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Control Committee:

 

Prof. Dan Bahat

Prof. Zeev Weiss

 

Council of the Israel Exploration Society (July 2026)

 

Prof. Shmuel Ahituv

Dr. Eran Arie

Prof. Michal Artzy

Dr. Wallid Atrash

Dr. Gideon Avni

Prof. Dan Bahat

Prof. Anna Belfer-Cohen

Dr. Meir Ben Dov

Dr. Ruhama Bonfil

Dr. Baruch Brandl

Dr. Yehuda Dagan

Dr. Uzi Dahari

Prof. Shimon Dar

Prof. Israel Eph`al

Prof. Adi Erlich

Prof. Israel Finkelstein

Dr. Norma Franklin

Prof. Yuval Gadot

Prof. Yossi Garfinkel

Prof. Ayelet Gilboa

Prof. Sy Gitin

Prof. Avi Gopher

Prof. Naama Goren

Prof. Yuval Goren

Prof. Rafael Greenberg

Dr. Zvi Greenhut

Prof. Leore Grosman

Dr. Oren Gutfeld

Dr. Gideon Hadas

Prof. Ze’ev Herzog

Dr. David Ilan

Dr. Ruth Jacoby

Dr. Zvi Lederman

Prof. Uzi Leibner

Prof. Lee I. Levine

Prof. Oded Lipschits

Prof. Aren Maeir

Dr. Yitzhak Magen

Prof. Ofer Marder

Prof. Amihai Mazar

Dr. Eyal Meioron

Prof. Nadav Na’aman

Prof. Tallay Ornan

Dr. Ossi Misch-Brandl

Dr. Asher Ovadiah

Dr. Nava Panitz-Cohen

Prof. Joseph Patrich

Prof. Orit Peleg-Barkat

Dr. Yosef Porath

Dr. Ofra Rimon

Prof. Myriam Rosen-Ayalon

Dr. Sylvia Rozenberg

Prof. Zeev Safrai

Prof. Arthur Segal

Dr. Guy Stiebel

Prof. Zeev Weiss

Prof. Naama Yahalom-Mack

Dr. Eli Yannai

Dr. Irit Ziffer

Prof. Boaz Zissu

Prof. Alon Ziv

 

Past Chairpersons of the Board of Directors

 

Mr. David Yellin ז"ל

Prof. Benjamin Mazar ז"ל

Prof. Yigael Yadin ז"ל

Prof. Ephraim Stern ז"ל

Prof. Avraham Biran ז"ל

Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor ז"ל

 

Past Presidents of the Society

 

Prof. Leon A. Mayer ז"ל

Prof. Benjamin Mazar ז"ל

Prof. Avraham Biran ז"ל

Mr. Joseph Aviram ז"ל

 

Past Directors of the Society

Mr. Joseph Aviram ז"ל

Mr. Hillel Geva

 

Founders of the Israel Exploration Society

 

Dr. Avraham Yaakov Brawer ז"ל

Mr. Eliezer Meir Lifschitz ז"ל

Dr. Aharon Meir Mazie ז"ל

Mr. Yeshayahu Press ז"ל

Dr. Avraham Baruch Rosenstein ז"ל

Dr. Avraham Schlomo Waldstein ז"ל

Mr. David Yellin ז"ל

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