Meir Ezri

Meir Ezri
מאיר עזרי
Meir Ezri picture
Israel Ambassador to Iran
The embassy was closed
in 1979
In office
1968–1973
Preceded byZvi Duriel (1964–1968)
Succeeded byUri Lubrani (1973–1978)
Personal details
Born
Meir Ezri

1924
Iran
Died2015
Israel
Parents
  • Haaji Zion Ezri (father)
  • Zuleikha Ezri (mother)

Meir Ezri (in Hebrew: מאיר עזרי) (1924-2015) was the ambassador and the first representative plenipotentiary of the Israeli political representation in Tehran, capital of Iran.[1][2]

He played an important role in promoting Iran-Israel relations between 1958 to 1975.[3] Meir Ezri was also one of the activists of the Jewish Agency for Israel in Iran and played an important role in facilitating the immigration of Iranian Jews to Israel.[4]

Book of memories

In 2001, Meir Ezri published a memoir called "Anyone of his people among you" (in Hebrew: מי בקלם מכל עמו).[5][3][6] Israeli politician Shimon Peres mentioned in the introduction of his book:[7]

From many years ago, perhaps even from the previous generation, Mr. Meir Ezri, one of the leaders of Iranian Jews and Israel's ambassador to Iran, is a well-known figure. It is difficult to find someone among us Israelis who is as well aware of the twists and turns of Iranian history and politics as he is. Meir Ezri knows Iranian language well and is well acquainted with Iranian culture. What we see in the mirror, he sees in the raw adobe.

In the book "Anyone of his people among you", Meir Ezri has shown new angles of the relationship between Israel and Iran in the Pahlavi dynasty era.[8]

Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies

With the financial assistance of Meir Ezri, in 2006, a research center was opened in Haifa University to learn the history and culture of Iran and the Persian Gulf region.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "اسرائیل شصت ساله و رابطه با ایران" [Sixty years of Israel and the relationship with Iran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Experts: Iran's Jews to vote for Ahmadinejad, Yedioth Ahronoth" [کارشناسان: یهودیان ایران به احمدی نژاد، یدیعوت آحارونوت رای می‌دهند]. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "About the Founder Dr. Meir Ezri" [درباره بنیانگذار دکتر مئیر عزری]. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Iran, Jews and the Holocaust" [ایران، یهودیان و هولوکاست]. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Anyone of his people among you - mission in Iran" [مردمان در میان شما - مأموریت در ایران]. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ "על הספר: "מי מכם מכל עמו", מאת מאיר עזרי" [About the book: "Anyone of his people among you", by Meir Ezri] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Ezri book" [کتاب عزری] (PDF) (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. ^ "يادنامه يا خاطرات مئير عزری" [Memoirs or memories of Meir Ezri] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  9. ^ "آئین گشایش کتابخانه فارسی در دانشگاه حیفا در شمال اسرائیل" [The ceremony of opening the Persian library at the University of Haifa in the north of Israel] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  10. ^ "مرکز پژوهشی ایران و خلیج فارس در دانشگاه اسرائیلی" [Iran and Persian Gulf Research Center in Israeli University] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.