# Moshe Many

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*[Geneva University](/source/Geneva_University) (M.D., 1952)
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'''Moshe Many''' ({{Langx|he|משה מני}}; 1928-2015) was an Israeli [urologist](/source/urologist) who was President of [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University) from 1983 to 1991, and President of [Ashkelon Academic College](/source/Ashkelon_Academic_College) from 2002 to 2012.

==Biography==
Moshe was born in [Hebron](/source/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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Auerbach|first=Jerold S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ooUqc8snyZUC&dq=mani&pg=PA56|title=Hebron Jews: Memory and Conflict in the Land of Israel|date=2009-07-16|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-7425-6617-0|language=en}}</ref> His father was Dr. Israel Mani, who served as a judge.<ref>{{Citation|title=משה מני|date=2021-06-01|url=https://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99&oldid=31505823|work=ויקיפדיה|language=he|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref> The family survived the [1929 Hebron massacre](/source/1929_Hebron_massacre) when he was a child.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|last=Gabison|first=Yoram|date=May 24, 2013|title=From Treating Kings and Shahs to Revolutionizing Israeli Medicine - the Enigmatic Life of Professor Moshe Many|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-05-24/ty-article/.premium/the-quiet-israeli-doctor-of-muslim-leaders/0000017f-ea50-d3be-ad7f-fa7b6be90000|work=Haaretz}}</ref>

Many attended [Gymnasia Herzliya](/source/Gymnasia_Herzliya) school in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), and then a Protestant English school in Jerusalem.<ref name="auto1" /> He earned an M.D. from [Geneva University](/source/Geneva_University) in Switzerland in 1952, and a Ph.D. in [renal physiology](/source/renal_physiology) from [Tufts University](/source/Tufts_University) in Massachusetts in 1969.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818686/000119312513293657/d567130d6k.htm|title=Form 6-K|website=www.sec.gov}}</ref>

In the early 1960s Many was head of the [urology](/source/urology) department at [Sheba Medical Center](/source/Sheba_Medical_Center) in [Tel Hashomer](/source/Tel_Hashomer) in [Ramat Gan](/source/Ramat_Gan), Israel.<ref name="auto1" />

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.<ref name="auto1" /> In the 1980s he was asked to contact the Sudanese government in preparation for [Operation Moses](/source/Operation_Moses) the 1984 airlift that rescued Jewish-Ethiopians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=פרופסור משה מני, הלך לעולמו בגיל 87|url=https://www.ashqelon.net/%d7%97%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%aa/6373|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.ashqelon.net|language=he}}</ref>

Many was President of [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University), from 1983 to 1991, following [Haim Ben-Shahar](/source/Haim_Ben-Shahar) and succeeded by [Yoram Dinstein](/source/Yoram_Dinstein).<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aac.ac.il/en/about-us/academic-leadership/|title=Academic Leadership|publisher=Ashkelon Academic College}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.tau.ac.il/list_of_presidents|title=Presidents of Tel Aviv University|website=Tel Aviv University|date=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/08/world/universities-face-a-crisis-in-israel.html|title=Universities Face a Crisis in Israel|first=|last=|date=February 8, 1987|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

He served as President of [Ashkelon Academic College](/source/Ashkelon_Academic_College), from 2002 to 2012.<ref name="auto2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Spread-public-health-in-South-with-higher-education-378605|title=Spread public health in South with higher education|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=October 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto" />

Starting in 2010 he was Vice Chairman of the board of directors of [Teva Pharmaceutical Industries](/source/Teva_Pharmaceutical_Industries).<ref name="auto1" /><ref name="auto" />

In 2010 Many received the [Israeli Ministry of Health](/source/Israeli_Ministry_of_Health) Lifetime Achievement Award for developing the [urological](/source/urological) field in Israel, and for promoting ties with other countries, including some Arab states.<ref name="auto2" /><ref name="auto" />

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Category:20th-century Israeli medical doctors
Category:Israeli expatriates in Switzerland
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