Yehoshua Arieli

Yehoshua Arieli
יהושע אריאלי
Yehoshua Arieli
Born(1916-07-26)July 26, 1916
DiedAugust 3, 2002(2002-08-03) (aged 86)
NationalityIsraeli
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard University
OccupationHistorian
Known forIndividualism and Nationalism in American Ideology
AwardsIsrael Prize (1993)

Yehoshua Arieli (Hebrew: יהושע אריאלי; 26 July 1916 – 3 August 2002) was an Israeli historian and Emeritus Professor of American History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was born in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia, and was taken to Ereẓ Israel in 1931. Arieli was perhaps best known for writing Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology. Between 1976 and 1991 Arieli served as chairman and member of the board of directors of the Historical Society of Israel. In 1993, Arieli was awarded the Israel Prize for his contributions to history.