Background
Friedlander, Yehuda was born on August 19, 1939 in Tel Aviv. Son of Shim'on and Zipora Friedlander.
Friedlander, Yehuda was born on August 19, 1939 in Tel Aviv. Son of Shim'on and Zipora Friedlander.
Bachelor, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 1963. Master of Arts, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 1968.
Researcher The British Museum, 1969—1970. Visiting professor Near Eastern & Judaic Studies Brandeis University, 1975—1976, visiting professor Near Eastern & Judaic Studies (Joseph & Esther Foster), 1985—1986. Visiting scholar of Hebrew literature The Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, 1989—1990.
Assistant Bar-Ilan University, 1964, instructor, 1965—1968, chairman status committee, 1968—1969, lecturer, 1968—1972, head department Hebrew and World Lits., 1972—1974, senior lecturer, 1972—1975, head department Hebrew Literature, 1972—1975, associate professor, 1976—1980, chairman B. Kurzweil Institute Hebrew Literature, 1979—1980, head department comparative literature, 1979—1980, rector council for research institutes and chairs, 1979—1981, director Kotlar Institute Judaism and Contemporary Thought, 1980—1983, dean Jewish studies, 1983—1985, dean humanities, 1982—1983, professor Hebrew and Comparative Literature, since 1980, professor Hebrew & comparative literature, since 1980, chair incumbent History and Culture of E European Jewry, 1981—2004, rector, 1996—2000, chairman Z. Warhaftig Institute Religious Zionism, 1998—2004, pro rector, 2000—2002. Chairman academy committee Bar-Ilan University Press, 1991—1995. Associate professor Everyman University, Tel-Aviv, 1977—1979.
Member of National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH), Association Jewish Studies (AJS), Hebrew Writers' Association in Israel, World Union of Jewish Studies, Council for Higher Education.
Married Esther Eisenberg, July 10, 1943. Children: Shlomo Tuvya, Yael Farkash, Yedidya, Avraham, Yishai.