Yitzhak Melamed

Yitzhak Yohanan Melamed
Education Tel Aviv University
Yale University
Occupation University professor
Employer Johns Hopkins University

Yitzhak Yohanan Melamed (born 7 March 1968) is an Israeli-American university professor. He is the Charlotte Bloomberg Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, and the author or editor of several books about Spinoza.[1] He holds master's degrees from Tel Aviv University and a PhD from Yale University.[2]

On July 11, 2018 Melamed claims he was punched by a Palestinian man who made an antisemitic remark in Bonn, Germany because he was wearing a kippah.[3] The police confused him with the perpetrator, arrested him and beat him several times in the face.[4]

Published works

  • Spinoza's Metaphysics (2013)

References

  1. ↑ "Yitzhak Y. Melamed". Department of Philosophy. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Sales, Ben (July 18, 2018). "Jewish professor beaten by police says he'll keep coming back to Germany". The Times of Israel. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Jewish professor describes being attacked by a Palestinian and German police". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Königs, Philipp (2018-07-17). "Jüdischer Professor attackiert - Bonn reagiert mit "Tag der Kippa" auf antisemitischen Angriff". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Bonn, Germany: Bonner Zeitungsdruckerei und Verlagsanstalt H. Neusser GmbH. Retrieved 2018-07-17.


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