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Benzion Netanyahu | |
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| Born | Benzion Mileikowsky March 25, 1910 |
| Died | April 30, 2012 (aged 102) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA) Dropsie College (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Encyclopedist, historian, medievalist |
| Spouse |
Tzila Segal
(m. 1944; died 2000) |
| Children | |
| Parent(s) | Rabbi Nathan Mileikowsky Sarah (Lurie) Mileikowsky |
| Relatives | Elisha Netanyahu (brother) Nathan Netanyahu (nephew) |
Benzion Netanyahu (Hebrew: בֶּנְצִיּוֹן נְתַנְיָהוּ, IPA: [bentsiˈjon netaˈnjahu]; born Benzion Mileikowsky; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012)[2][3] was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. He served as a professor of history at Cornell University. A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state. His field of expertise was the history of the Jews in Spain. He was an editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia and assistant to Benjamin Azkin, Ze'ev Jabotinsky's personal secretary.
Netanyahu was the father of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Yonatan Netanyahu, ex-commander of Sayeret Matkal; and Iddo Netanyahu, a physician, author, and playwright.
- ^ Staff (2000-02-01). "Cela Netanyahu, at 87". News. The Jerusalem Post. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC. Fee via Fairfax County Public Library, accessed 2009-05-18. Document Number: H1000072529.
- ^ Hastings, Max, Yoni, Hero of Entebbe, states that Yoni Netanyahu's birthday preceded his father's by three days. Yoni's birthdate, after sunset, is 11 Weadar 5706 (March 13, 1946); March 25, 1910, is 14 Weadar 5670.