Ilya Dvorkin

Ilya Saulovich Dvorkin
Dvorkin in 2024
Born (1954-07-23) July 23, 1954 (age 70)
Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russia, Israel
Alma materPolytechnic Institute
Known forFirst rector and organizer of the St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies
Scientific career
Fieldsphilology, history, Jewish studies
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
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Ilya Dvorkin (Russian: Илья Саулович Дворкин) is a Russian and Israeli historian, philologist and philosopher. He was the organizer and the first rector of St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies from 1989 to 1997.[1][2]

  1. ^ "St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies". Retrieved 2024-06-19. The new Leningrad Jewish University was created in 1989 during the new Soviet policy of Perestroika by enthusiasts and Jewish Activists, Ilya Dvorkin (the first Rector of the university)
  2. ^ "History and Philosophy of History of Matvey Kagan". Hebrew University in Jerusalem. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-06-17. Ilya Dvorkin is a philosopher, researcher of the philosophy of dialogue, the philosophy of Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Mikhail Bakhtin, founder and first rector of St. Petersburg Jewish University