| Eliezer Rafaeli | |
| Native Name: | אליעזר רפאלי |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Resting Place: | Degania Bet, Israel |
| Nationality: | Israeli |
| Known For: | founding President of the University of Haifa |
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Eliezer Rafaeli (Hebrew: אליעזר רפאלי; September 18, 1926 – May 27, 2018) was the Israeli founding President of the University of Haifa.
Rafaeli was born in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] He was in the Palmach from 1944 to 1948, and in the Israel Defense Forces from 1948 to 1951.[1] He lived in Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev from 1946 to 1952, and Kibbutz Maagan Michael from 1952 to 1957.[1]
He taught at The New School for Social Research from 1957 to 1959, and at Columbia University from 1960 to 1963.[1] [2]
Rafaeli was the founding President of the University of Haifa from 1973 to 1977.[3] [2] [4] [5]
In 2000, Rafaeli was the Chancellor of the University of Haifa, and founder of its Jewish-Arab Center.[6]
Rafaeli died on May 27, 2018, and was buried in Degania Bet, Israel.[7]