Dr. Arye Carmon

Dr. Arye Carmon has been the President of the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) since its inception in 1991. Dr. Carmon founded the IDI, along with American businessman Bernard Marcus, as an independent think tank dedicated to promoting and strengthening democracy and democratic values in Israel.

Dr. Carmon was born in Jerusalem and received a B.A. in History and Philosophy and an M.A. in History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin with a major in European History and a minor in Educational Policy Studies. Since then he has taught at prestigious institutes around the world including Max Planck Institut in Germany, UCLA in the United States, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.

Dr. Carmon has been involved in education, not just as an educator, but also as an administrator and counselor. During the course of his career he has held the positions of Educational Counselor at the Boyer Boarding School in Jerusalem, Deputy Principal of the Ort Alliance Vocation High School, Head of the Curriculum Division of the Youth Department of the Ministry of Education, and Academic Advisor and Moderator of the educational series "Open Circuit" on Israeli Educational Television. He has also served as the Chairman of the Israeli National Committee for Fostering Democratic Education, a Member of the International Council of Yad Vashem, and President of the Israeli-Diaspora Institute.

Arik Carmon, 2001. 'Policy Think-Tanks: The Experience of the Israel Democracy Institute', Israel Affairs 7(4): 65–78.

Arieh Carmon, 2000. 'Towards an Inclusive Definition of Jewishness', Israel Studies 5(1): 355–360.

Arye Carmon, 1993. 'Fostering Israel's Age of Reform', Journal of Democracy 4(3): 114–123.

Arye Carmon, 1993. 'Political Education during a Crisis of National Identity', in: Larry Diamond and Ehud Sprinzak (eds.), Israeli Democracy under Stress, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers: 293-308.

Arye Carmon, 1988. 'Teaching the Holocaust in Israel: The Dilemma as a Disturbing Reality and Pedagogical Concept', in: Alan L. Berger, Zev Garber, and Richard Libowitz (eds.), Methodology in the Academic Teaching of the Holocaust, Lanham: University Press of America.

Arye Carmon, 1980. 'Problems in Coping with the Holocaust: Experiences with Students in a Multinational Program’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 450(1): 218–226.

Arye Carmon, 1979. 'Teaching the Holocaust as a Means of Fostering Values', Curriculum Inquiry 9(3): 209–228.

Arye Carmon, 1979. 'Die Erziehung zu Werten in der Schule: Ein Unterrichts projekt Holocaust', Neue Sammlung, 2: 172–189.

Arye Carmon, 1978. ‘The Diverse and Changing Fortunes of the University of Heidelberg under National Socialism’, Minerva 16(4): 516–545.

Arye Carmon, 1977. 'Die Einfuehrerprinzips in die deutsche Universitat', Neue Sammlung, 6: 553–574.

Arye Carmon, 1976. 'The Impact of the Nazi Racial Decrees on the University of Heidelberg', Yad Vashem Studies 11: 131–163.