Uzzi Ornan | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 November 2022 | (aged 99)
Nationality | Israeli |
Other names | Uzziel Halperin |
Occupation | Professor |
Known for | Linguistics, social activism |
Uzzi Ornan (Hebrew: עוזי אורנן; ISO 259-3: ˁuzzi ˀornan; 7 June 1923 – 3 November 2022)[1] was an Israeli linguist and social activist. Ornan was a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, professor of natural languages computing at the Technion and professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ornan was a member of the Israeli Canaanite movement, founded by his brother Yonatan Ratosh.[2] He was the founder of the League against religious coercion in Israel and an active supporter of the separation of church and state.