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Yirmiyahu Yovel (20 October 1935, Haifa – 10 June 2018^[1]) was an Israeli philosopher and public intellectual.

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He was Professor Emeritus of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the New School for Social Research in New York. Yovel had also been a political columnist in Israel, cultural and political critic and a frequent presence in the media.

Yovel was a laureate of the Israel Prize in philosophy and officier of the French order of the Palme académique. His books were translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Hebrew, Korean and Japanese.

Yovel was married to Shoshana Yovel, novelist and community organizer, and they had a son, Jonathan Yovel, poet and law professor, and a daughter, Ronny, classical musician, TV host and family therapist.^[2]

Biography

Education and early philosophical development

Born in Haifa, Palestine, then under a British mandate, Yirmiyahu Yovel graduated in 1953