Background

Nachman Ben-Yehuda was born on March 8, 1948 in Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel, in the family of Itzhak and Dina Ben-Yehuda.

Education

Nachman received Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1972. Then he earned Master of Arts at University of Chicago in 1976, and Doctor of Philosophy at University of Chicago in 1977.

Career

Since 1978 Nachman is a member of faculty of sociology in Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also worked as a visiting professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Toronto, and London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nachman served as an international member of board of advisers in U.S. National Council of Drug Abuse in 1976 - 1980, and was a director of Drug Abuse Unit at Israeli Interministerial and Interinstitutional Committee on Drug Abuse.

After that, Nachman served as a member of Interministerial Committee on Cults in Israel at Israeli Ministry of Education in 1982 - 1985. He was also a member of National Committee on Police Violence and National Committee on Reforms in the Government Civil Service.

Achievements

• Nachman is famous for his books "Deviance and Moral Boundaries: Witchcraft, the Occult, Deviant Sciences and Scientists", "The Politics and Morality of Deviance: Moral Pan¬ics, Drug Abuse, Deviant Science, and Reversed Stigmatization", "Political Assassinations by Jews: A Rhetorical De¬vice for Justice", and "The Masada Myth: Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel."

Works

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  • Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance 2009
  • Masada Myth: Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel 1995
  • Deviance and Moral Boundaries: Witchcraft, the Occult, Science Fiction, Deviant Sciences and Scientists 1987
  • Fraud and Misconduct in Research: Detection, Investigation, and Organizational Response 2017
  • Theocratic Democracy: The Social Construction of Religious and Secular Extremism 2010
  • Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada 2002
  • Political Assassinations by Jews: A Rhetorical Device for Justice (Suny Series in Deviance & Social Control) 1992
  • Betrayals and Treason: Violations of Trust and Loyalty 2001

Membership

• Israeli Sociological Association

• American Sociological Association

• American Society of Criminology

• U.S. Naval Institute

Interests

• science fiction, astronomy, movies, naval warfare

Connections

On August 29, 1973 Nachman married Etti Ben-Yehuda, with whom he has two children, Tzach and Guy.

Father:

Itzhak Ben-Yehuda

Mother:

Dina Ben-Yehuda

Spouse:

Etti Ben-Yehuda

child:

Tzach Ben-Yehuda

child:

Guy Ben-Yehuda