Dr. Amnon Ramon

Amnon is a historian and a trail guide, and a researcher at the Institute since 1989. His main research topics are East Jerusalem’s population (since 1967), East Jerusalem residency and its problems, education in East Jerusalem, the history of Jerusalem in the modern era (19th century to present days), the activity of the churches and Christian communities In the Holy Land and in the State of Israel, the historic basin of Jerusalem and the holy places (Temple Mount, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, etc.), the city limits, the separation fence and the Jerusalem metropolis, pilgrimages and tourism to Jerusalem.

Amnon also serves as the deputy head of the Institute for the Study of the Land of Israel and its settlement at the Yad Ben-Zvi Institute. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a third degree in Land of Israel Studies at the University of Haifa. He taught at the Hebrew University, the Ashkelon Academic College and the Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies.