Dr. Yehudah Paz is the founder and Chairmen of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development.

 

He was born in New York in 1930 and immigrated to Israel in 1950. In 1951 he was one of the founders of Kibbutz Kissufim in the Negev. Yehudah has served in many leadership, managerial, and educational positions in the kibbutz. He has a B.Sc. in Economics, an M.Sc. in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Social Philosophy. Dr Paz studied at Columbia University, University of London; and the Jewish Teachers Institute

 

Among Yehudah’s many activities and positions are the following:

1958 – 1960 Lecturer, member of directorate – Efal Education and Research Institute,

                     United Kibbutz Movement

1963 – 1967 Teacher and Principal (headmaster) – Kibbutz Kissufim school

1967 – 1969 Director – general, Youth and Hechalutz Department, Jewish Agency

1969 – 1971 Chairperson, Division of Higher Education, Culture and Information,  United Kibbutz Movement

1973 – 1975 Deputy Director, Acting Director, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

1975 – 1979 Principal (Headmaster), Maale Habesor Regional Secondary School

1980 – 1992 Director and Principal, International Institute for Development, Labor and Cooperative Studies (Afro-Asian Institute)

1993 – 1997 Director and Principal, International Institute (incorporating the

Afro-Asian Institute, the Latin-American Center for Labor and Cooperative Studies and the Institute for Central and Eastern Europe)

 

 

Publications: Dr. Paz is the author of numerous studies, monographs and articles in English and in Hebrew. Translations have appeared in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages. He has also served as visiting lecturer at universities and colleges in the USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, Spain, India, and to the United Kingdom.

 

Citations and Awards: Dr. Paz has received citations, awards and honors from academic, cooperative and other institutions in various countries. Two recent awards are:

2005: Rochdale Award from the International Cooperative Alliance

2006: Co-recipient of the Golden Dove of Peace Prize from the President of Italy              

 

Yehudah is married to Ruth, Director of Resource Development at NISPED. He has 4 children and 7 grandchildren.