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Yaron Kanner

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Yaron Kanner (Hebrew: ירון קנר; born 1968, Holon) is an Israeli social entrepreneur and lawyer, as well as the director of the Hinam Center for Social Tolerance.

Biography

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Yaron Kanner was born in Holon in 1968. He studied at the Netiv Meir High School in Jerusalem and later at Yeshivat Ateret Cohanim (today known as Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim). [citation needed] He served in the "Shimshon" undercover unit in the IDF during the First Intifada and then as a reserve officer (Major). In the 1990s, he served as a correspondent for Israel Radio's Channel 2 network and, was among the first reporters to broadcast live on Israel Radio that shots had been fired at then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. [citation needed] ↵After working as a journalist, he began to study social law. [citation needed]. As a lawyer, he served as the director of the Legal Department of the Tebeka Association and led legal battles against the private and institutional discrimination of members of the Ethiopian community. He was one of the attorneys which handled the legal struggle in the affair of the "Nezer Etzion" school in Petach Tikvah, whose students (except one) were members of the Ethiopian community.[1][2]

In 2012-2013 he served as CEO of the Kol BaRama radio station,[2][3] following that he became director of Panim – the Association of Israeli Jewish Organizations.[4][5][6][7] In 2016 founded the Hinam Center for Social Tolerance.[citation needed]

Kanner holds a master's degree in law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a PhD student of sociology at AMU. His research examines the tools for promoting social tolerance.

In 2018, Kenner was selected by Israel Today Newspaper as one of the "Seventy Israelis You Must Know."[8]

As a Journalist

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About two months before the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Kanner entered the Eyal organization, where Yigal Amir was a member. During his recruitment period, Avishai Raviv visited his home, and Kanner also held meetings with Yigal Amir and Hagai Amir in Hebron. He agreed to join the organization as a weapons instructor. Kanner's intention for having these meetings was for him to evaluate the organizations intentions in light of their public threats against Yitzhak Rabin. The investigation was planned to continue for several months, but the timetable was interrupted by Rabin's assassination, after which Kanner immediately published a series of articles detailing his investigation.[9]

Kanner served, at the time, as a reporter for the Israel Radio network. On November 4, 1995, he was sent by the radio network to cover the "Yes to Peace, No to Violence" rally held at Malkhei Yisrael Square (today Rabin Square in Tel Aviv). Kanner was one of the first reporters to report that shots were fired at Yitzhak Rabin as he descended the back stairs of the stage.[10][11]

In 1996, Kanner conducted an investigation into forced psychiatric hospitalization, during which he managed to get himself hospitalized at the Abarbanel Psychiatric Hospital for four days. The investigation showed that the district psychiatrist was not conducting the necessary tests before ordering forced hospitalization. Following a series of articles published on the subject, an investigation committee was set up by the Ministry of Health, and some of the legal requirements relating to forced hospitalization were changed.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

In the World of Tolerance

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Kanner promotes a tolerant society through a long and meaningful acquaintance with the other. The Hinam Center that he founded applies this approach through in-depth journeys into the Israeli society where participants live "the lives of others" and spend extended periods of time in various communities in Israeli society (ultra-Orthodox, Arabs, settlers, Ethiopians, etc.).[18][19][20][21][22][23] In 2016, President Reuven Rivlin met members of one of the Hinam Center's groups after they completed a four-month journey between communities in Israel. The President noted that this is the way to truly recognize Israeli society in all its forms.[24][25]

As part of the 71st Independence Day events, the President of the State awarded the Center, which Kanner founded, the Unity Award.[26][27]

References

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  1. ^ "דעה: סגירת בית הספר נר עציון רצף של טעויות - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! חדשות (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  2. ^ a b ברק, רועי (2012-02-12). "עו"ד ירון קנר מונה למנכ"ל החדש של רדיו קול ברמה". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ^ "קול ברמה מזנק, קול חי בירידה חדה". כיכר השבת (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. ^ "Jewish Pluralism, Bay Area Style: Israeli Gvanim Fellows Travel to the Bay for Cultural Exchange". Jewish Community Federation. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  5. ^ Sharon, Jeremy; Siegel, Judy (4 August 2014). "Conference on social unity and tolerance to be held in Modi'in on Tisha Be'av". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-03-06 – via PressReader.
  6. ^ "20 שנה אחרי טבח גולדשטיין: איך נמנע את הרצח הבא?". NRG. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  7. ^ "חרדים שימו לב: חילונים לומדים תורה". www.makorrishon.co.il. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  8. ^ יורי ילון (3 February 2018). "ירון קנר: "אין תחליף להיכרות עם האחר"". www.israelhayom.co.il. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  9. ^ "לא חשבתי אחרת". Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  10. ^ yaron kanner (2008-08-13). "רצח רבין - הדיווח הראשון". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  11. ^ "לא חשבתי שהוא יצחק - הסרט המלא". ערוץ עשר (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  12. ^ "ירון קנר סיוט במחלקה 5 בית חולים אברבנל – לורי שם טוב מידעו"ס ומשפטפטת". shemtov1.com (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  13. ^ "פסיכיאטריה: משוגע בעל כורחו - ירון קנר - ידיעות אחרונות - 16.8.1996". פסיכיאטריה. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  14. ^ "ירון קנר אשפז את עצמו ב'אברבנאל' כדי לבדוק מה קורה בחדרי החדרים של המוסד". חדשות רווחה (in Hebrew). 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  15. ^ "סיוט במחלקה 5 – ירון קנר – 7 ימים – ידיעות אחרונות – 23.08.1996". חדשות רווחה (in Hebrew). 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  16. ^ "ציפור הנפש שוב כלואה – אלכסון". alaxon.co.il (in Hebrew). 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  17. ^ "ירון קנר - MLB Debate". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  18. ^ "An alternative schedule for VP Pence". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  19. ^ Staff, JLNJ. "YI of Teaneck Hosts MK Glick, Hinam's Kanner". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  20. ^ "Jewish Pluralism, Bay Area Style: Israeli Gvanim Fellows Travel to the Bay for Cultural Exchange". Jewish Community Federation. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  21. ^ "A lesson in co-existence - Israel Hayom". Israel Hayom. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  22. ^ "ירון קנר: "אין תחליף להיכרות עם האחר" | ישראל היום". ישראל היום (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  23. ^ חבוט, אילנית סולומונוביץ' (2017-08-09). "הינם כאן". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  24. ^ "Ultra-Orthodox, Arab, Ethiopian, and settler youth unite under one roof". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  25. ^ "Achi Israeli Update | Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ". www.jfedgmw.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  26. ^ "יום האחדות". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  27. ^ "זוכי 2019". פרס ירושלים לאחדות ישראל (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-09-03.
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