Yaniv Mezuman

Yaniv Mezuman has been the Director of the pre-military academy for religious and secular Israelis, Metarim Lachish, for nine years. He is completing his PhD at Ben Gurion University in the Department of Jewish Philosophy. Previously, he wrote for various newspapers and magazines, has published poetry, as well as a reference guide to the Talmud together with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. He also taught at the Malad and Himmelfarb high schools in Jerusalem. He earned his BA from Hebrew University in Middle East Studies and International Relations, and holds an MA in philosophy from Bar Ilan University, and in Jewish law from Beit Morasha. In his military service, he served in the paratroopers and at the Army Radio Station. He is a graduate of Yeshivat Othniel.