Background

Benjamin, Jonathan was born on October 3, 1950 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Morris and Helen Phyllis (Israel) Benjamin.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, University Cape Town, 1972. Doctor of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 1983.

Career

Resident, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheba, 1985-1989; attending psychiatrist, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheba, 1990-1993; director anxiety disorders clinic, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheba, 1991-1993; visiting associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1993-1994; visiting scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1994-1995; associate director psychiatry, Soroka Medical Center, since 1995.

Achievements

• Jonathan Benjamin has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Israeli Defense Forces, since 1992. Member Israel Medical Association, Israel Psychiatric Association.

Interests

• Skiing.

Connections

Married Miriam Yakubowicz, April 6, 1982. Children: Haggai L., Asaf M., Gal.

Father:

Morris Benjamin

Mother:

Helen Phyllis (Israel) Benjamin

Spouse:

Miriam Yakubowicz

child:

Gal Benjamin

child:

Asaf M. Benjamin

child:

Haggai L. Benjamin