Institute for the Study of Modern Israel
of Emory University
1256 Briarcliff Road A-427N Atlanta, GA 30306 404.727.2798 tel 404.727.2441 fax
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ISMI Staff
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Roni Eshel E-Mail: reshel@emory.edu Tel: 404.727.8068 |
Roni Eshel, fourth generation Israeli, was born in Tel Aviv. He received his B.A. in International Relations from California State University at Los Angeles in 1968 and two Masters Degrees from UCLA -- Political Science, 1970 and African Studies, 1970. He was also chosen to become a member of the American National Political Science Honor Society in 1969.
During his studies, he served as the West Coast correspondent for Ma’ariv newspaper covering, among other subjects, the Sirhan Sirhan trial. After completing his studies, he returned to Israel and worked for Ma’ariv in various capacities, from investigative reporting to senior editorial positions. Eshel became the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper’s seven metro (daily and weekly) editions, and later worked for the News Desk as an Assignment Editor and as Senior News Editor.
His investigative reporting covered many areas, including social and economic issues. Some of his exposés were on issues of institutional corruption, the scope of undeclared income in the country, the changing status of the youth movements in the country, “Second Israel” and the developing towns, inadequacies in the political arena, and discrepancies in education. Many of these articles instigated radical changes both in the Government and other institutional policies. These included changes in Kupat Holim and in the tax code.
During this time, Eshel was also a visiting lecturer in the History Department of Tel Aviv University.
He later founded and managed his firm which specialized in advertising, public affairs and political consultation.
Since coming to the U.S. in 2000, he has taught courses on the Middle East Conflict and on Modern Israel at Yeshiva High School and Weber High School.
In 2005, he joined the Emory University Institute for the Study of Modern Israel as Assistant Director. He has recently worked on developing curriculum for topics pertaining to National Security and Civil Liberties while researching and gathering educational material for the study of the period of the Yishuv. He regularly lectures on topics relating to modern Israeli society and politics.