Moshe Many

Moshe was born in Hebron to Israel and Simcha Mani, of the well-established Mani family. His great-grandfather was Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, the renown scholar who led the Jewish community of Hebron for 40 years.[1] His father was Dr. Israel Mani, who served as a judge.[2] The family survived the 1929 Hebron massacre when he was a child.[3]

Many attended Gymnasia Herzliya school in Tel Aviv, and then a Protestant English school in Jerusalem.[3] He earned an M.D. from Geneva University in Switzerland in 1952, and a Ph.D. in renal physiology from Tufts University in Massachusetts in 1969.[4]

In the early 1960s Many was head of the urology department at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel.[3]

At the request of the Israeli government he flew to various Islamic countries and over the years and secretly treated Muslim dignitaries including shah of Iran.[3] In the 1980s he was asked to contact the Sudanese government in preparation for Operation Moses the 1984 airlift that rescued Jewish-Ethiopians.[5]

Many was President of Tel Aviv University, from 1983 to 1991, following Haim Ben-Shahar and succeeded by Yoram Dinstein.[6][7][8]

He served as President of Ashkelon Academic College, from 2002 to 2012.[6][9][4]

Starting in 2010 he was Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.[3][4]

In 2010 Many received the Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award for developing the urological field in Israel, and for promoting ties with other countries, including some Arab states.[6][4]