Boas Evron

Background

Evron was born on June 6, 1927 in Jerusalem. Evron's family had lived in Palestine since the early nineteenth century. He is the great-grandson of Yoel Moshe Salomon, one of the founders of Petah Tikva.

Education

Evron studied at the Herzliya Hebrew High School (1944) and at the Hebrew University(1946), also graduated form the Tel Aviv University (1970).

Career

In 1956 Boas Evron co-founded the political group Semitic Action. His writings were published in Semitic Action's journal Etgar and in Tzipor HaNefesh, a paper edited by Amos Kenan and Dahn Ben-Amotz.

He worked for Haaretz from 1956 to 1964 and for Yediot Aharonot from 1964 to 1992. At Yediot, Evron wrote a column which appeared on the same page as Kenan's; their page in the paper was given the satirical nickname "Fatahland" in reference to their perceived sympathy for the Palestinians.

He also translated books by Bertrand Russell and Edith Nesbit into Hebrew.

Evron was the director of the Beit Zvi theater school from 1970 until 1979.He was on the editorial board of the Palestine-Israel Journal.

Works

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• Other Work

  • Holocaust : The Uses of Disaster

    (A brave clear headed analysis of the uses made by the pol...)

  • Jewish State or Israeli Nation?

    (". . . an excellent book . . . provides valuable insights...)

Politics

In his youth, Evron was a member of Lehi and the Canaanite movement. He criticized Zionism and supported some of the tenets of Canaanism.

Connections

Boas was the great-grandson of Yoel Moshe Salomon, one of the founders of Petah Tikva.

Evron was married, had 2 children.

child:

Gilad Boas

child:

Yoav Boas

great grandfather:

Yoel Moshe Salomon

Wife:

Miriam Rubinstein